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| NZ claim dramatic last-ball win | NZ claim dramatic last-ball win |
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| New Zealand hit a four off the last ball of the innings to secure a desperately close win over Sri Lanka in the second one-day international. | New Zealand hit a four off the last ball of the innings to secure a desperately close win over Sri Lanka in the second one-day international. |
| With the scores level, number 11 batsman Michael Mason hit Sanath Jayasuriya for four after having failed to score off the previous five balls. | With the scores level, number 11 batsman Michael Mason hit Sanath Jayasuriya for four after having failed to score off the previous five balls. |
| Sri Lanka reached 224-7, mainly thanks to Kumar Sangakkara's 89. | |
| But the total proved to be just within reach as Mason's heroics took his side to 228-9, levelling the series at 1-1. | But the total proved to be just within reach as Mason's heroics took his side to 228-9, levelling the series at 1-1. |
| Needing just a single to win the match, Mason looked to have missed his chance after failing to make contact with a misdirected waist-high full toss outside off-stump from Jayasuriya. | |
| But the tailender, who had team-mate James Franklin unbeaten on 45 at the non-striker's end, made amends with a lofted drive to long-on at the death. | |
| New Zealand put the visitors in to bat after winning the toss, and made early inroads with the cheap dismissals of Jasyasuiya and Jayawardene. | |
| But Sangakkara's superb 89 - the highest score in a one-dayer at the Queenstown Events Centre - anchored Sri Lanka's innings, and included 10 boundaries. | |
| Sangakkara was again in top form with the bat | |
| Sangakkara provided the lion's share of the runs in partnerships with Upul Tharanga, Marvan Atapattu and Chamara Silva before being run out to leave the score at 176-5. | |
| Lower order batsmen Farveez Maharoof (29 not out) and Chaminda Vaas (nine not out) both made quickfire runs to bring Sri Lanka's total up to 224, with Mason taking 2-50 and Mark Gillespie 2-46. | |
| Makeshift opener James Marshall top-scored for New Zealand with a composed 50 from 80 balls, while his fellow opener Brendon McCullum made 32 before falling lbw to Maharoof with the score on 57. | |
| But the innings soon began to wobble, slipping from 89-1 to 141-6 as Ross Taylor, Peter Fulton, Marshall, Craig McMillan and Daniel Vettori all departed. | |
| Marshall's twin brother Hamish helped to steady the ship as he made 29 from 35 balls at number seven, sharing an important partnership of 34 with Franklin. | |
| Franklin made 45 from 46 balls to take New Zealand to the brink of victory before Mason grabbed the winning runs. | |
| The third game of the five-match series gets under way in Christchurch on Tuesday. |