- T20I no. 275 | 2012/13 season
- Played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
- 27 September 2012 - day/night (20-over match)
| New Zealand innings (20 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
 | RJ Nicol | c Thirimanne b Dananjaya | 58 | 71 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 145.00 |
| MJ Guptill | c Perera b Dananjaya | 38 | 34 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 126.66 |
| BB McCullum† | c Perera b BAW Mendis | 25 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 156.25 |
| LRPL Taylor* | b Kulasekara | 23 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 153.33 |
| JDP Oram | c Dilshan b Kulasekara | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| NL McCullum | b Malinga | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
| JEC Franklin | not out | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 160.00 | |
| KS Williamson | run out (BMAJ Mendis/†Sangakkara) | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 5) | 9 | ||||||
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| Total | (7 wickets; 20 overs; 99 mins) | 174 | (8.70 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat DL Vettori, TG Southee, KD Mills |
| Fall of wickets 1-57 (Guptill, 7.3 ov), 2-99 (BB McCullum, 12.2 ov), 3-137 (Nicol, 15.4 ov), 4-154 (Taylor, 17.2 ov),5-159 (Oram, 17.6 ov), 6-164 (NL McCullum, 18.5 ov), 7-174 (Williamson, 19.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| KMDN Kulasekara | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 8.25 | (2w) | |
| AD Mathews | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 | |||
| SL Malinga | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7.50 | (1w) | |
| BAW Mendis | 4 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 12.00 | (1w) | |
| A Dananjaya | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 8.00 | ||
| BMAJ Mendis | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 |
| Sri Lanka innings (target: 175 runs from 20 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| DPMD Jayawardene* | c Vettori b Oram | 44 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 169.23 |
| TM Dilshan | run out (Southee/†BB McCullum) | 76 | 81 | 53 | 5 | 3 | 143.39 |
| KC Sangakkara† | run out (Oram/†BB McCullum) | 21 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 150.00 |
| BMAJ Mendis | c Taylor b Franklin | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 88.88 |
| AD Mathews | not out | 12 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 109.09 | |
| NLTC Perera | b Franklin | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 166.66 |
| HDRL Thirimanne | run out (Franklin/Taylor) | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 125.00 |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 2) | 3 | ||||||
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| Total | (6 wickets; 20 overs; 95 mins) | 174 | (8.70 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat KMDN Kulasekara, SL Malinga, BAW Mendis, A Dananjaya |
| Fall of wickets 1-80 (Jayawardene, 7.2 ov), 2-119 (Sangakkara, 12.1 ov), 3-131 (BMAJ Mendis, 14.4 ov),4-161 (Dilshan, 18.2 ov), 5-167 (Perera, 18.6 ov), 6-174 (Thirimanne, 19.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| NL McCullum | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8.33 | |||
| KD Mills | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7.50 | |||
| TG Southee | 4 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 11.00 | (1w) | ||
| JDP Oram | 3 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 8.66 | ||
| DL Vettori | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 7.25 | (1w) | ||
| JEC Franklin | 4 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 8.50 |
| Match details |
| Toss New Zealand, who chose to bat Points Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0 |
| T20I debut A Dananjaya (Sri Lanka) Player of the match TM Dilshan (Sri Lanka) |
| Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and SJA Taufel (Australia) TV umpire SJ Davis (Australia) Match referee J Srinath (India) Reserve umpire Asad Rauf (Pakistan) |
