England won the toss and chose to field.
Australian Batting was justified as middle put together total score to 260.
England bowling took beating with Broad being more expensive to follow Collingwood.
With almost all the players contributing to chase 260 which ended short of 4 runs giving way for Australians to win the 7 match series.
| Bowler Name | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
| Lee | 9 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 7.22 |
| Bracken | 10 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 4.80 |
| Johnson | 7 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 3.42 |
| Hopes | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2.80 |
| Hauritz | 9 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 4.88 |
| Clarke | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Watson | 6 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 6.66 |
| Player Name | Batsmen Status | Runs | Balls | Four's | Six |
| Strauss | c white b lee | 12 | 14 | 2 | |
| Bopara | st paine b hauritz | 49 | 88 | 3 | |
| Prior | c johnson b hauritz | 28 | 47 | 2 | |
| Shah | hit wicket b johnson | 40 | 48 | 4 | |
| Collingwood | c watson b johnson | 23 | 39 | 1 | |
| Wright | run out(paine) | 38 | 27 | 4 | 1 |
| Broad | c clarke b johnson | 2 | 5 | ||
| Rashid | not out | 31 | 23 | 4 | |
| Swann | c paine b watson | 4 | 5 | ||
| Sidebottom | not out | 13 | 7 | 2 | |
| Anderson | |||||
| Extras | (byes 3, wide 10, noball 3) | 16 | |||
| TOTAL | 50 Overs | 256/8 (5.12 rpo) |
| Bowler Name | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
| Anderson | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Broad | 9 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 5.77 |
| Sidebottom | 7 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 6.85 |
| Wright | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Rashid | 10 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3.70 |
| Collingwood | 9 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 5.22 |
| Swann | 7 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4.14 |
| Player Name | Batsmen Status | Runs | Balls | Four's | Six |
| Watson | c and b Collingwood | 46 | 50 | 6 | |
| Paine | run out(Collingwood) | 0 | 6 | ||
| White | run out(Swann/Prior) | 53 | 71 | 7 | |
| Clarke | c Shah b Collingwood | 45 | 72 | 3 | |
| Ferguson | not out | 71 | 75 | 5 | |
| Hussey | b Sidebottom | 20 | 15 | 3 | |
| Hopes | not out | 18 | 11 | 1 | |
| Johnson | |||||
| Lee | |||||
| Hauritz | |||||
| Bracken | |||||
| Extras | (lb 3, wide 4) | 7 | |||
| TOTAL | 50 Overs | 260/5 (5.20 rpo) |
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
Ryder taking for a ride with splendid 52 runs off 37 balls which helped New Zealand to have 170 runs on board.
In reply, Sri Lankan Top batting order failed to capitalize. Middle order batsmen Jayawardene and Sangakkara built a partnership which was of no good losing to New Zealand by 22 runs, the match and series.
| Bowler Name | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
| Bond | 4 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 4.50 |
| Mills | 3 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 7.33 |
| Butler | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 8.50 |
| Vettori | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 9.00 |
| McCullum | 3 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 6.00 |
| Oram | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 9.00 |
| Player Name | Batsmen Status | Runs | Balls | Four's | Six |
| Dilshan | c guptill b bond | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jayasuriya | c taylor b mills | 7 | 8 | 1 | |
| Udawatte | c broom b mills | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jayawardene | c ryder b N McCullum | 41 | 30 | 5 | 1 |
| Sangakkara | c and b Oram | 69 | 50 | 7 | |
| Mathews | c taylor b N McCullum | 1 | 2 | ||
| Rupasinghe | c vettori b bond | 18 | 18 | 1 | |
| Kulasekara | c taylor b bond | 2 | 4 | ||
| Bandara | not out | 4 | 4 | ||
| Malinga | not out | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mendis | |||||
| Extras | (lb 2, w 3) | 5 | |||
| TOTAL | 20 Overs | 148/8 (7.40 rpo) |
| Bowler Name | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
| Kulasekara | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Malinga | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 8.75 |
| Mendis | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 5.25 |
| Jayasuriya | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 5.50 |
| Bandara | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9.50 |
| Dilshan | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 15.50 |
| Player Name | Batsmen Status | Runs | Balls | Four's | Six |
| B McCullum | c and b Jayasuriya | 49 | 34 | 4 | 2 |
| J Ryder | c Rupasinghe b Mendis | 52 | 37 | 3 | 3 |
| R Taylor | lbw b Jayasuriya | 16 | 18 | 1 | |
| M Guptill | b Malinga | 32 | 20 | 2 | 1 |
| J Oram | not out | 17 | 12 | 1 | |
| N Broom | |||||
| N McCullum | |||||
| K Mills | |||||
| D Vettori | |||||
| I Butler | |||||
| S Bond | |||||
| Extras | (nb 1, lb 2, w 1) | 4 | |||
| TOTAL | 20 Overs | 170/4 (8.50 RPO) |
New Zealand won the Match by 3 runs
Read more...Sri Lanka Batting Card
| Player Name | Batsmen Status | Runs | Balls | Four's | Six |
| T Dilshan | c Ryder b Butler | 57 | 28 | 8 | 2 |
| S Jayasurya | c Bond b Mills | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| M Jayawardane | run out(Ryder) | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| K Sangakkara | c McCullum b Vettori | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| R Rupasinghe | lbw b Vettori | 15 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| C Kapugadera | b Butler | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| A Mathews | c & b Oram | 21 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| N Kulasekara | c Broom b Oram | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| M Bandara | c McCullum b Oram | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| L Malinga | not out | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| A Mendis | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | lb 2 | 2 | |||
| TOTAL | 20 Overs | 138/9(6.90 RPO) |
New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat
New Zealand Batting Card
| Player Name | Batsmen Status | Runs | Balls | Four's | Six |
| B McCullum | run out (Kulasekara) | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| J Ryder | c Bandara b Kulasekara | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| M Guptill | c Kapugedera b Bandara | 29 | 25 | 2 | 1 |
| R Taylor | c Kulasekara b Mathews | 60 | 45 | 5 | 1 |
| J Oram | c Kulasekara b Mendis | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| N Broom | Not Out | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| P McGlashan | run out (Mathews) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K Mills | b Malinga | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| D Vettori | b Malinga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| I Butler | Not Out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S Bond | DNB | ||||
| Extras | b 3, lb 3, w 3 | 9 | |||
| TOTAL | 20 Overs | 141/8(7.05 RPO) |
| Bowler Name | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
| N Kulasekara | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 5.25 |
| L Malinga | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5.25 |
| A Mathews | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 9.50 |
| A Mendis | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 |
| M Bandara | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 |
| S Jayasurya | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 12.00 |
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