New Zealand cricket team has beaten Sri Lanka by 98 runs in the opening match of the ICC World Cup 2015 at Christchurch.
Blazing half-centuries from Brendon McCullum and Corey Anderson and solid contributions from most of the other batsmen propelled New Zealand to a total of 331, and the bowlers showed both control and incision in its defence.
This was best exemplified by the full, swinging missiles from Trent Boult that aborted the two most promising innings in Sri Lanka's chase.
Sri Lanka managed to score 233 runs.
Brief Scores:
New Zealand: 331 in 50 overs (Corey Anderson 75, Brendon McCullum 65; Jeevan Mendis 2-5, Suranga Lakmal 2-62)
Sri Lanka: 233 in 46.1 overs (Lahiru, 65, Dilshan, 24,Sanga,39, Dimuth, 14, Mathews, 46, Mendis, 4, Nuwan, 10, Herath, 13)
New Zealand Team
MJ Guptill, BB McCullum (C), KS Williamson, LRPL Taylor, GD Elliott, CJ Anderson, L Ronchi (WK), DL Vettori, TG Southee, AF Milne, TA Boult
Sri Lanka Team
TM Dilshan, HDRL Thirimanne, KC Sangakkara (WC), DPMD Jayawardene, AD Mathews (C), FDM Karunaratne, BMAJ Mendis, KMDN Kulasekara, RAS Lakmal, HMRKB Herath, SL Malinga
