Match update: 12:52 pm IST: The opening match of the ICC Cricket world cup 2015 is won by the hosts New Zealand, thanks to some good hitting by man of the match - Corey Anderson. Its always good to start a tournament like world cup winning the first match. Here is the finals scorebaod (Courtsey - Espncricinfo)
Match update 10:53 pm IST: Sri Lankan team didn't have the much expected start of the match and the host New Zealand are looking to win the opening match of the world cup in next 45 minutes. There are 10 over left and Sri Lanka required more than 100 runs to win this match with only 3 wickets left. The Sri Lankan bowlers did a poor job and conceded more than 300 runs. Here is the details of the New Zealand innings.
Hagley Oval cricket stadium at Christchurch will host the opening match of the ICC cricket world cup 2015 on Feb 14 Indian time and Feb 13 New Zealand time. Match will be played between Sri Lanka and New Zealand. For New Zealand its a home conditions advantage, however the Sri Lankan team has already spent some good time in New Zealand playing a test series so the team already has accumulated to the conditions here. You can watch the live socre of the match at the live scorebaord widget above. And in case you need a detailed ball by ball analysis please visit this post.
As far as world cup performance in concerned New Zealand has so far just made it once to semi finals as their best performance. Sri Lanka on the other hand has won the world cup once and they have featured in the final of last three ICC world cup tournaments. Thus the match is goind to be a super entertainer.
| New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MJ Guptill | c †Sangakkara b Lakmal | 49 | 94 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 79.03 | |
| BB McCullum* | c Mendis b Herath | 65 | 68 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 132.65 | |
| KS Williamson | c Karunaratne b Mendis | 57 | 70 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 87.69 | |
| LRPL Taylor | st †Sangakkara b Mendis | 14 | 49 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| GD Elliott | c Thirimanne b Lakmal | 29 | 53 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 85.29 | |
| CJ Anderson | c Lakmal b Kulasekara | 75 | 77 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 163.04 | |
| L Ronchi† | not out | 29 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 152.63 | |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 8, nb 3) | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets; 50 overs) | 331 | (6.62 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMDN Kulasekara | 8 | 0 | 78 | 1 | 9.75 | 16 | 9 | 2 | (3w) | |
| SL Malinga | 10 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 8.40 | 19 | 8 | 1 | (3nb, 3w) | |
| AD Mathews | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4.66 | 20 | 4 | 0 | ||
| HMRKB Herath | 9 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 4.11 | 30 | 3 | 0 | (1w) | |
| TM Dilshan | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 7.00 | 11 | 2 | 1 | (1w) | |
| RAS Lakmal | 10 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 6.20 | 28 | 8 | 0 | ||
| BMAJ Mendis | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2.50 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka innings (target: 332 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
HDRL Thirimanne | b Boult | 65 | 90 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 108.33 |
|
TM Dilshan | c & b Vettori | 24 | 50 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 58.53 |
|
KC Sangakkara† | lbw b Boult | 39 | 48 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 102.63 |
|
DPMD Jayawardene | c †Ronchi b Vettori | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
FDM Karunaratne | b Milne | 14 | 32 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
|
AD Mathews* | c Vettori b Southee | 46 | 80 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 88.46 |
|
BMAJ Mendis | c †Ronchi b Milne | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
|
KMDN Kulasekara | c Elliott b Anderson | 10 | 32 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 47.61 |
|
HMRKB Herath | c Milne b Anderson | 13 | 41 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 68.42 |
|
SL Malinga | c †Ronchi b Southee | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| RAS Lakmal | not out | 7 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 41.17 | |
| Extras | (w 10, nb 1) | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 46.1 overs) | 233 | (5.04 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TG Southee | 10 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 4.30 | 37 | 5 | 0 | (2w) | |
| TA Boult | 10 | 0 | 64 | 2 | 6.40 | 27 | 9 | 0 | ||
| AF Milne | 10 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 5.60 | 30 | 6 | 0 | (1nb, 3w) | |
| DL Vettori | 10 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 3.40 | 33 | 1 | 0 | (2w) | |
| GD Elliott | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| KS Williamson | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CJ Anderson | 3.1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 5.68 | 10 | 2 | 0 | (3w) |
Match update 10:53 pm IST: Sri Lankan team didn't have the much expected start of the match and the host New Zealand are looking to win the opening match of the world cup in next 45 minutes. There are 10 over left and Sri Lanka required more than 100 runs to win this match with only 3 wickets left. The Sri Lankan bowlers did a poor job and conceded more than 300 runs. Here is the details of the New Zealand innings.
| New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
MJ Guptill | c †Sangakkara b Lakmal | 49 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 79.03 | ||||||||
|
BB McCullum* | c Mendis b Herath | 65 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 132.65 | ||||||||
|
KS Williamson | c Karunaratne b Mendis | 57 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 87.69 | ||||||||
|
LRPL Taylor | st †Sangakkara b Mendis | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | ||||||||
| GD Elliott | c Thirimanne b Lakmal | 29 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 85.29 | |||||||||
| CJ Anderson | c Lakmal b Kulasekara | 75 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 163.04 | |||||||||
| L Ronchi† | not out | 29 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 152.63 | |||||||||
| Extras | (lb 2, w 8, nb 3) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Total | (6 wickets; 50 overs) | 331 | (6.62 runs per over) | ||||||||||||
Hagley Oval cricket stadium at Christchurch will host the opening match of the ICC cricket world cup 2015 on Feb 14 Indian time and Feb 13 New Zealand time. Match will be played between Sri Lanka and New Zealand. For New Zealand its a home conditions advantage, however the Sri Lankan team has already spent some good time in New Zealand playing a test series so the team already has accumulated to the conditions here. You can watch the live socre of the match at the live scorebaord widget above. And in case you need a detailed ball by ball analysis please visit this post.
As far as world cup performance in concerned New Zealand has so far just made it once to semi finals as their best performance. Sri Lanka on the other hand has won the world cup once and they have featured in the final of last three ICC world cup tournaments. Thus the match is goind to be a super entertainer.
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