Posted by: born_to_rule April 24, 2007
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Result of Game 1 for WEEK 7:
1st semi-final:
Sri Lanka 289/5 (50 ov)
New Zealand 208 (41.4 ov)
Sri Lanka won by 81 runs
"Once Sri Lanka had made 289, New Zealand didn't have much of a chance, especially with the pitch taking turn and Sri Lanka posessing a varied attack. Muralitharan teased and tormented with 4 for 31 while Malinga and Vaas turned in excellent support acts. New Zealand had a chance at 100 for 2 but a collapse of sorts left them high and dry.
So Sri Lanka enter their second World Cup final (after the memorable one in 1996). New Zealand fail to cross the semi-final stage for the fifth time in World Cups but when they reflect on today they will look back at a truly outstanding knock by Mahela Jayawardene, probably the defining innings of the tournament. "