New Zealand cricket team against Sri Lanka in USA in 2010

The New Zealand cricket team and the Sri Lanka cricket team toured the United States in May. This was the first time Full Members of the International Cricket Council met in an official match in the United States. All matches were played at Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida.^[1][2]

New Zealand cricket team against Sri Lanka in USA
	New Zealand	Sri Lanka
Dates	22 May – 23 May
Captains	Daniel Vettori	Kumar Sangakkara
Twenty20 International series
Results	2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Nathan McCullum (54)	Tillakaratne Dilshan (33)
Most wickets	Scott Styris (3)	Ajantha Mendis (4) Nuwan Kulasekara (4) Lasith Malinga (4)
Player of the series	Daniel Vettori (NZ)

The tournament was scheduled to be of 3 Twenty20 Internationals between the teams but due to substandard lights in the stadium, the 1st match scheduled to be held on 20 May was cancelled as it was a Night game.^[3]

Background

Both teams came straight from the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies to Florida.

Squads

New Zealand Batsmen All-rounders Wicket-keepers Bowlers

Sri Lanka[4] Batsmen Tillakaratne Dilshan Mahela Jayawardene Dinesh Chandimal Chamara Kapugedera Chinthaka Jayasinghe All-rounders Angelo Mathews Sanath Jayasuriya Wicket-keepers Kumar Sangakkara (c) Bowlers Muttiah Muralitharan Thisara Perera Nuwan Kulasekara Ajantha Mendis Lasith Malinga Chanaka Welagedara Suraj Randiv

Twenty20 Series

1st T20I

22 May Scorecard

New Zealand  120/7 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 92 (19.4 overs)
Ross Taylor 27 (30) Ajantha Mendis 2/18 (4 overs)		Angelo Mathews 27 (31) Scott Styris 3/10 (3 overs)

New Zealand won by 28 runs Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Scott Styris (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat

2nd T20I

23 May Scorecard

New Zealand  81 (17.3 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 86/3 (15.3 overs)
Nathan McCullum 36* (39) Nuwan Kulasekara 3/4 (3 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 33* (49) Nathan McCullum 2/15 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill, Florida Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Nuwan Kulasekara (SRI)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat

Coverage

• Sky Sport – New Zealand
• Star Cricket – India
• ESPN – United Kingdom
• Supersport 2 – South Africa
• Caribbean Media Corporation – West Indies
• Star Cricket – Singapore
• Fox Sports – Australia
• Geo Super – Pakistan
• ESPN3 – USA

See also

• United States v Canada (1844)

References

1. "USA to host New Zealand v Sri Lanka internationals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
2. "USA hosts its first Twenty20 internationals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
3. "First Florida Twenty20 cancelled". ECB. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
4. "Sanath Jayasuriya to play in Sri Lanka's historic maiden tour of USA". DreamCricket.com. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

External links

• Tournament Page