Mahela Jayawardene 104 vs New Zealand 2015

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00:00of the day.

00:16Hagley Park in Christchurch is

00:19the scene in the venue for the

00:21very first one day

00:22international between New

00:24Zealand and Sri Lanka in this

00:26series of seven matches to be

00:29played in Afghanistan and it

00:31was Angelo Matthews, the

00:34Sri Lankan skipper who won the

00:36toss earlier this morning. He

00:40was out in the middle with

00:41Brendan McCallum and Mark

00:42Richardson said, we want to bat

00:43first. Looked like a good

00:45surface. The New Zealand

00:47bowlers were outstanding.

00:48Barring Mahela who was

00:51exceptional once again, 104

00:53from 107 deliveries. There was

00:55not a lot of help around them.

00:56Very minimal contributions from

00:58the New Zealand bowlers.

01:00They were able to get the

01:02ball away.

01:04It meant the 218 was the lot

01:07for Sri Lanka.

01:09New Zealand struck early with

01:11Adam Milne.

01:14They just struggled to get

01:15going, didn't they?

01:17The Sri Lankans, that one was

01:19pretty adjacent. They went for

01:20the review on that one. It was

01:22bouncing quite high. I think

01:24the height of the bounce is a

01:26bit too high.

01:28That was the very good

01:30Sengagara taken by a very good

01:31catch by Williamson.

01:33His catching was outstanding.

01:35Mahela was really the only

01:39Sri Lankan player to get a

01:41handle for the pace of the

01:42wicket.

01:43Nearly got himself run out

01:44there.

01:45Mitchell McClennan just failed

01:47to get the ball onto the

01:49wickets.

01:50Instead it was Mitchell

01:51McClennan onto the wickets.

01:54He might have been threatening

01:55and then he just ran past one.

01:58It was a disappointing wicket,

01:59that one, I feel, for the

02:00Sri Lankans.

02:03Russell Arnold, do you agree

02:05with me that the Sri Lankans

02:06just struggled with the pace and

02:08yet the high bounce of the

02:09surface?

02:11It was more the bounce.

02:14The single options are

02:15different and that's what Sri

02:16Lanka struggled with.

02:19When the big shot was required,

02:22you find a way.

02:26Rotating the strike was the

02:27real issue.

02:31Even Javadana right through that

02:33innings.

02:34Even his ball percentage was

02:35slightly higher than what he is

02:37used to.

02:40Batting power play.

02:42The only wicket to fall.

02:44Only 24 runs scored.

02:48Javadana to the left.

02:50That's tremendous.

02:54A couple of boundaries away.

02:59Including a 6.

03:02Javadana to the left.

03:05Top player, isn't he?

03:08Back of the length was what

03:09worked towards the end of the

03:10innings for the New Zealanders

03:11as well.

03:15That's two in a row.

03:16Another line.

03:19He was too early to get the

03:20ball away on the onside.

03:22Once again, got through it too

03:23soon.

03:24And skied it.

03:28That was the two in a row there.

03:30The first ball he faced.

03:32Clinton was on a hat trick

03:33after that.

03:37But too much for the tail to do

03:38really.

03:41Yes, 218 was their lot.

03:44And excellent from New Zealand.

03:46McLennigan came back very strongly.

03:48Anderson a little expensive.

03:50Milne good.

03:52Bolt economical.

03:54And Nathan McCullum very, very good

03:56with his right arm off spin.

03:58McLennigan I think did a great job there.

04:00His first two overs went for 15.

04:02And he came back to pick up four wickets

04:04for very few runs

04:06post those first two overs.

04:08So that means that New Zealand

04:10will chase 219 to win it.

04:12Just 4.38.

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