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The picture of Martin Guptill trying to hide his disappointment after failing to save a sinking Kiwi ship told the story as Sri Lanka pipped New Zealand by 48 runs in the Group F match here to march into the semi-finals of the ICC World Twenty20 in Trent Bridge on Tuesday.
New Zealand got off to a flying start, chasing a competitive 159 for victory against Sri Lanka. Isuru Udana drew the first blood for Sri Lanka by sending back Brendon McCullum cheaply.
Lasith Malinga then took the wicket of Aaron Redmond to push New Zealand on to the back foot while Ajantha Mendis took the wickets of both Ross Taylor and Scott Styris in the same over to give Sri Lanka an upper hand.
The Black Caps never really looked in the hunt as the wickets kept falling on regular intervals. Martin Guptill scored 43 runs off 34 balls and was the only batsman who provided some resistance.
In no time, New Zealand lost more than half their side for less than 100 runs on the board. New Zealand lost their last six wickets for 17 runs.
Earlier, Tillakaratne Dilshan scored 48 and Mahela Jayawardene 41 not out to lead Sri Lanka to 158-5.
Dilshan smashed five boundaries in 37 balls and Jayawardene six fours and six in 29 balls.
Kiwi captain Daniel Vettori was the pick of the bowlers, with 2-32.
New Zealand landed an early blow when Sanath Jaysuriya was caught off the third ball of the innings, offering a simple chance to Ross Taylor after top-edging a delivery from Nathan McCallum to be out for a golden duck.
The decision to move Chamara Silva up the order to No. 3 then backfired when he mishit a ball from Kyle Mills straight to Jacob Oram in the fourth over.
Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara steadied the innings with a 50-run partnership from 32 balls, until the former was caught by Brendon McCullum off Vettori in the 12th over.
Jayawardene smashed Vettori into the top tier of the pavilion two overs later, and Mills went for 14 in the 16th as Sri Lanka accelerated.
Sangakkara was out straight after the pair had completed its half-century stand in 37 balls, caught by Scott Styris off Vettori in the 17th over.
Sri Lanka top the Group F and along with Pakistan qualify for the semi-finals.
Scorecard:
Innings 1
Sri Lanka Batting
| Batsman | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | S/R |
| Total | 20 Overs | 158 | ||||
| TM Dilshan | c BB McCullum b DL Vettori | 48 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 129.73 |
| ST Jayasuriya | c LRPL Taylor b NL McCullum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| LPC Silva | c JDP Oram b KD Mills | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 130.00 |
| KC Sangakkara | c SB Styris b DL Vettori | 35 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 100.00 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | not out | 41 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 141.38 |
| J Mubarak | lbw b IG Butler | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 160.00 |
| AD Mathews | not out | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 150.00 |
| I Udana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| M Muralitharan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SL Malinga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| BAW Mendis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | B: 1, Lb: 1, Wd: 4, Nb: 1, Pen: 0 | |||||
Fall of wickets
1-3 ( ST Jayasuriya, 0.3ov ), 2-25 ( LPC Silva, 3.5ov ), 3-87 ( TM Dilshan, 11.3ov ), 4-137 ( KC Sangakkara, 17.4ov ), 5-147 ( J Mubarak, 18.5ov ),
New Zealand Bowling
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | Eco |
| NL McCullum | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.50 |
| KD Mills | 4 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.25 |
| JDP Oram | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.75 |
| IG Butler | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.67 |
| DL Vettori | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8.00 |
| SB Styris | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 |
Innings 2
New Zealand Batting
| Batsman | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | S/R |
| Total | 17 Overs | 110 | ||||
| BB McCullum | c J Mubarak b I Udana | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 83.33 |
| AJ Redmond | c LPC Silva b SL Malinga | 23 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 176.92 |
| MJ Guptill | c AD Mathews b ST Jayasuriya | 43 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 126.47 |
| LRPL Taylor | st KC Sangakkara b BAW Mendis | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| SB Styris | b BAW Mendis | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| JDP Oram | b I Udana | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 58.33 |
| PD McGlashan | c J Mubarak b BAW Mendis | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| NL McCullum | run out | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| DL Vettori | c SL Malinga b M Muralitharan | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 |
| KD Mills | run out | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 |
| IG Butler | not out | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras | B: 0, Lb: 1, Wd: 3, Nb: 0, Pen: 0 | |||||
Fall of wickets
1-30 ( BB McCullum, 2.6ov ), 2-39 ( AJ Redmond, 4.5ov ), 3-64 ( LRPL Taylor, 8.1ov ), 4-66 ( SB Styris, 8.4ov ), 5-93 ( JDP Oram, 12.6ov ), 6-95 ( MJ Guptill, 13.4ov ), 7-98 ( PD McGlashan, 14.3ov ), 8-100 ( NL McCullum, 15.1ov ), 9-102 ( DL Vettori, 15.4ov ), 10-110 ( KD Mills, 16.6ov ),
Sri Lanka Bowling
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | Eco |
| I Udana | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.67 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.33 |
| M Muralitharan | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 |
| SL Malinga | 3 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8.67 |
| BAW Mendis | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
| TM Dilshan | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.00 |
- Brendon McCullum, Aaron Redmond, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Jacob Oram, Peter McGlashan, Nathan McCullum, Daniel Vettori, Kyle Mills, Ian Butler
- TM Dilshan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Silva, Jehan Mubarak, Angelo Mathews, Isuru Udana, Muttiah Muralitharan, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis
