New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka Live Cricket Score - Live Score, 1st ODI Match - Full Scorecard

T Perera to M Guptill, OUT! A soft dismissal for Guptill! Perera runs in and delivers a shortish ball on middle at 123.3 kph. It arrives a bit late to the batsman as he is early into his shot. Tries working it on the leg side but it catches the leading edge and flies straight into the hands of Sandakan at point. He makes no mistake and that ends a stunning knock by Martin. A timely breakthrough for Sri Lanka as Guptill was really putting their bowlers to the axe. The 88-run stand is over as well.

L Malinga to C Munro, OUT! No conclusive evidence to change the on-field decision says Richard Illingworth, the TV umpire. Munro has to go. A Malinga-special slower ball does the trick in the end. Drops it at 115 kph outside off and Colin is early into the shot as he looks to push this on the off side from the back foot. But the ball goes off the outer half and just about carries to Lakshan Sandakan at backward point. It dips in the end and the fielder does well to come ahead a bit and cup the ball in the end. The umpire wants to have a look upstairs (giving the soft signal as out) and when the replays roll through, it does seem like that the fingers were under the ball. The decision will remain and Sri Lanka draw first blood. Munro was looking dangerous there but we won't see more of him with the bat today.

N Pradeep to K Williamson, OUT! Chopped on! A wicket out of nowhere, against the run of play. Williamson is distraught, nothing in that ball and somehow he has managed to get out to it. Short length ball on top of middle and off, Williamson tried to run it down to third man again but the ball was too close to the body and there was no width on that one. Looked like Pradeep had rolled his fingers over the ball there and that brought the ball closer to the stumps. The NZ skipper can only play it onto his off stump and watched in dismay as the bails came off. There was a 100 for the taking but Kane has missed out today. Sri Lanka have a reason to smile here. The marathon stand worth 163 runs is broken.

T Perera to R Taylor, OUT! Taylor holes out! Perera gets his second wicket. Fuller in length outside off, Ross tries to pump it over long off but fails to get the timing right. Ends up having more elevation than distance on his shot and Seekkuge Prasanna at wide long off takes the skier safely. A brilliant knock by Taylor comes to a close, another timely breakthrough for Sri Lanka. Two new batsmen in the middle at the death.

T Perera to Tim Seifert, OUT! Perera hits the bull's eye. Nicholls is run out! Slower delivery, a full toss around leg, Seifert fails to flick and is hit on the thigh pad. The ball rolls back towards the leg side and Nicholls is mid-way down the track in search of a run. He is sent back but before he can reach, Perera picks up the ball and scores a direct hit at the bowler's end. Brilliant work by the bowler.

L Malinga to Tim Seifert, OUT! Sri Lanka doing well at the death! They hunt down yet another wicket. Slower delivery by Malinga has done the job. Seifert fetches it from outside off and tries to club it over long on. Fails to middle his shot and Kusal Perera holds onto the catch easily.

N Pradeep to M Henry, OUT! Caught at short fine leg. The quickfire 46-run stand comes to an end. Thisara Perera will feel a little better at least, after having taken that catch. Short ball on middle, hurried onto Henry who tried to pull this away. The ball goes high in the air and Thisara runs backward and takes a decent catch in the end. The damage has been done though.

J Neesham to N Dickwella, OUT! Drags it on! What a game Neesham is having! Quickfire runs with the willow and now he has dismissed both the set openers. Nice and full, wide outside off. Dickwella hangs back to punch it through the line but it takes the inside edge and goes onto the stumps. Niroshan is disappointed with himself and this game has turned on its head. New Zealand are again in the front seat with two new batsmen in the middle, 246 needed off 185 balls.

J Neesham to D Gunathilaka, OUT! Caught down the leg side. Not a wicket-taking delivery but Neesham won't complain. Back of a length delivery angling down the leg side, Gunathilaka tries to glance it across the line but gets a thin inside edge behind to the keeper. Seifert makes no mistake, they appeal and the finger has gone up. End of a 119-run stand. Can New Zealand pick a few more now? 253 needed off 194 balls.

T Boult to K Perera, OUT! Kusal Perera departs and with that Sri Lanka's hopes also if there was any left. Boult dishes out a fuller length ball wide outside off, Kusal Perera hangs back to heave it square of the wicket on the leg side but it takes a big top edge and flies behind. Seifert moves across to his left and takes the simplest of catches. The centurion is on his way. Top knock but he needed more support. New Zealand smelling a win now.

Ish Sodhi to K Mendis, OUT! Inside edge onto the pads, lobs up in the air and is taken by the keeper. Ish Sodhi has broken the 52-run stand. Lovely drift on this ball, delivered from a good height. There was good pace on the ball too. Mendis comes ahead to defend but the ball takes the inside edge on to the pads and lobs up for an easy catch for Seifert to his left. A really crucial juncture in the game.

J Neesham to D Chandimal, OUT! Third wicket for James Neesham. This man is making his comeback truly memorable. A slower one deceiving the batsman. He hurls in a 116.6 kph short ball around off, Chandimal tries to pull but it arrives a bit late and takes the top edge. It balloons in the air, goes in the night sky and by the time it comes down at mid-wicket, Taylor is ready with his bucket-hands to catch it. With this catch, Taylor also goes past Stephen Fleming as the person with most catches in international cricket for New Zealand. Another developing partnership is nipped in the bud. 161 needed off 104 balls.

Ish Sodhi to A Gunaratne, OUT! Straight down the throat of the deep mid-wicket fielder. The 56-run stand is broken. Tossed up ball landing full on middle, Gunaratne sits down on one knee and tries to slog sweep it into the stand at mid-wicket. But he fails to get enough behind the shot and Ferguson takes the catch safely. 105 needed off 57 balls as the Kiwis continue to chip away at the wickets at regular intervals.

L Ferguson to T Perera, OUT! Thisara falls and it's a big blow to Sri Lanka. The power-hitter is gone without doing any damage. Ferguson bowls it on a length and wide outside off. Thisara chases it away from his body and tries for a big shot over the off side. But it catches the outside half of his blade and he ends up slicing it in the air over backward point. Munro runs back and across from short third man and grabs the catch with ease. 99 needed off 48 balls, getting increasingly difficult with the fall of continuous wickets.

L Ferguson to S Prasanna, OUT! The third umpire signals it and Seekkuge Prasanna has to leave. What a catch from the debutant! That is his fourth catch today. A length ball on middle and Prasanna who was looking to slog it on the leg side gets a faint under edge that sneaks between the batsman and the leg stump. The ball goes low to the keeper's left and Seifert takes it inches above the surface. Well done! Sri Lanka all but done now.

M Henry to L Malinga, OUT! Bowled 'em! It's all over here. NEW ZEALAND WIN BY 45 RUNS AND GO UP 1-0 IN THE THREE-MATCH SERIES. A perfect yorker, somewhat like giving Malinga a taste of his own medicine. The Lankan skipper can't keep it out and the ball knocks the stumps. The NZ players are elated and Malinga and Pradeep wait patiently to shake hands. Been a great performance by both teams but the Kiwis were better in the end.

T Boult to L Sandakan, OUT! Cleaned up the no. 10 batsman. Pacy and on target, you miss I hit stuff. Too good for Sandakan who tries to hit it through the covers. Knocks the off stump as he misses. Boult gets his second wicket and mere formalities left now.