Jacob Oram's hat-trick helps New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 3 runs in 1st T20

Jacob Oram took 2nd hat-trick of the Twenty20 and guided New Zealand to a thrilling victory against Sri lanka in the 1st Twenty20 game on September 2nd, 2009 at Colombo.

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first managed 141 run for 8 wickets in 20 overs as only Ross Taylor scored a fighting 60 runs. Lasith Malinga took 2 wickets for Sri Lanka.

In reply, Sri Lanka started well by in-form batsman Tilakratne Dilshan who scored 28 balls 57 runs with 8 fours and 2 sixes but tight bowling by captain Daniel Vettori took 2 wickets for just 11 runs and Jacob Oram's hat-trick secured a close 3 run victory for visitors.

Daniel Vettori got Man of the Match for his economical bowling.

New Zealand 141 for 8 (Taylor 60, Malinga 2-21) beat Sri Lanka 137 for 9 (Dilshan 57, Oram 3-32) by three runs

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New Zealand vs. Sri Lanka 1st Twenty20 Live Scores | NZ vs SL 1st T20 | Squads & Scorecard, Commentary

Sri Lanka and New Zealand will meet for the first Twenty20 Internationals on September 2, at Colombo. Both the twenty20 match will be played Da-Night.

Sri Lanka dominated the test series and thier all players are in good form specially Dilshan and Jayawardhane. Angelo Mathews back in team along with farveez Mahroof.

Shane Bond has come back in the team and that will boost their moral as they were struggling in fast bowling department.

Sri Lanka T20 Team:

1 Sanath Jayasuriya, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (capt/wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Chamara Kapugedera, 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Farveez Maharoof, 8 Thilan Thushara, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Kaushal Lokuarachichi/Malinga Bandara, 11 Lasith Malinga.

New Zealand T20 Team:

1 Brendon McCullum (wk), 2 Jesse Ryder, 3 Martin Guptill, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Jacob Oram, 6 Neil Broom/Grant Elliott, 7 Peter McGlashan (wk), 8 Daniel Vettori (capt), 9 Kyle Mills, 10 Shane Bond, 11 Nathan McCullum/ Ian Butler

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Live Score Card:

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