| ICC Cricket World Cup - 2011 New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 13 balls remaining) Scores :New Zealand:217 Sri Lanka:220 | Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 29 March 2011 - day/night (50-over match) |
| New Zealand Innings (50 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| MJ Guptill | b Malinga | 39 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 60.00 |
| BB McCullum | b Herath | 13 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 61.90 |
| JD Ryder | c ↑Sangakkara b Muralitharan | 19 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 55.88 |
| LRPL Taylor | c Tharanga b Mendis | 36 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 65.45 |
| SB Styris | lbw b Muralitharan | 57 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 74.02 |
| KS Williamson | lbw b Malinga | 22 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 137.50 |
| NL McCullum | c ↑Sangakkara b Malinga | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
| JDP Oram | c Jayawardene b Dilshan | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 77.77 |
| DL Vettori | not out | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| TG Southee | c ↑Sangakkara b Mendis | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| AJ McKay | b Mendis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | (lb 5, w 6, nb 1) | 12 | ||||
| Total | (all out; 48.5 overs) | 217 | (4.44 runs per over) | |||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| SL Malinga | 9 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 6.11 |
| HMRKB Herath | 9 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 3.44 |
| AD Mathews | 6 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4.50 |
| BAW Mendis | 10 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 3.55 |
| M Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 4.20 |
| TM Dilshan | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 4.40 |
| Sri Lanka Innings (target: 218 runs from 50 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| WU Tharanga | c Ryder b Southee | 30 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 96.77 |
| TM Dilshan | c Ryder b Southee | 73 | 93 | 10 | 1 | 78.49 |
| KC Sangakkara | c Styris b McKay | 54 | 79 | 7 | 1 | 68.35 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | lbw b Vettori | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| TT Samaraweera | not out | 23 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 60.52 |
| LPC Silva | b Southee | 13 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 52.00 |
| AD Mathews | not out | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 77.77 |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 10) | 12 | ||||
| Total | (5 wickets; 47.5 overs) | 220 | (4.59 runs per over) | |||
| Did not bat: SL Malinga, HMRKB Herath, BAW Mendis, M Muralitharan | ||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| NL McCullum | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 5.50 |
| TG Southee | 10 | 2 | 57 | 3 | 5.70 |
| DL Vettori | 10 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 3.60 |
| JDP Oram | 8 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 3.62 |
| AJ McKay | 10 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 3.76 |
| SB Styris | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 |
| JD Ryder | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 |
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Toss New Zealand, who chose to bat Series Sri Lanka advanced Man of the match KC Sangakkara |
