Sri Lanka Triangular Series in 2010

The Tri-nation series in Sri Lanka in 2010 was the One Day International cricket tournament in Sri Lanka that was held between India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand in the month of August 2010. All the matches were held in Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla.

Tri-nation series in Sri Lanka in 2010
Date	10 August 2010 – 28 August 2010
Location	Sri Lanka
Result	Sri Lanka won the series
Player of the series	Virender Sehwag
Teams New Zealand Sri Lanka India Captains Ross Taylor Kumar Sangakkara Mahendra Singh Dhoni Most runs Ross Taylor 119 Tillakaratne Dilshan 239 Virender Sehwag 268 Most wickets Kyle Mills 8 Thissara Perera 8 Praveen Kumar 9
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Format

Points were awarded in group stage as follows:^[1]

Result	Points
Win	4 points
Tie	2 points
No result	2 points
Loss	0 points

One bonus point was awarded in a match if a team won with a run rate 25% or more higher than the losing team. (i.e. By winning within 40 overs batting second or by restrict the opposition to 80% of their target after batting first.)

Fixtures

Group stage

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	T	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Sri Lanka	4	2	1	1	0	1	11	+0.960
2	India	4	2	2	0	0	2	10	-0.946
3	New Zealand	4	1	2	1	0	1	7	+0.394

Round 1

10 August Scorecard

New Zealand  288 (48.5 overs)	v	India 88 (29.3 overs)
Ross Taylor 95 (113) Ashish Nehra 4/47 (9.5 overs)		Ravindra Jadeja 20 (44) Daryl Tuffey 3/34 (8 overs)

New Zealand won by 200 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Simon Taufel (Aus) & Ranmore Martinesz (Sri) Player of the match: Ross Taylor

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat

New Zealand elected to bat and collapsed at 28/3 before Scott Styris and Ross Taylor came into the crease and scored 88 and 95 respectively this helped to push the New Zealand total to 288. India then started to bat and got of to a good start before a flurry of Indian wickets fell starting with opener Virender Sehwag, most of the batters were caught in the slip cordon. India then collapsed at 88.^[2]

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13 August Scorecard

New Zealand  192 (48.1 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 195/7 (40.5 overs)
BJ Watling 55 (68) Lasith Malinga 3/35 (10 overs)		Upul Tharanga 70 (109) Kyle Mills 4/41 (9.5 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Simon Taufel (Aus) & Kumar Dharmasena (Sri) Player of the match: Upul Tharanga

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat

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16 August Scorecard

Sri Lanka  170 (46.1 overs)	v	India 171/4 (34.3 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 45 (62) Pragyan Ojha 3/36 (9.1 overs)		Virender Sehwag 99* (100) Angelo Mathews 2/32 (7 overs)

India won by 6 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) & Ranmore Martinesz Player of the match: Virender Sehwag

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

Round 2

19 August Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Sri Lanka

No result (abandoned with a toss) Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) & Tyron Wijewardene (Sri)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Match abandoned due to rain. Match rescheduled for 20 August.

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20 August Scorecard

Sri Lanka  203/3 (43.3 overs)	v	New Zealand
Mahela Jayawardene 59* (72) Scott Styris 2/36 [10]

No result Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Tyron Wijewardene (Sri)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• Match abandoned due to rain.

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22 August Scorecard

India  103 (33.4 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 104/2 (15.1 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 38 (64) Thissara Perera 5/28 (7.4 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 35 (23) Ishant Sharma 2/15 (3.1 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and Kumar Dharmasena Player of the match: Thissara Perera (SL)

• India won the toss and elected to bat

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25 August Scorecard

India  223 (46.3 overs)	v	New Zealand 118 (30.1 overs)
Virender Sehwag 110 (93) Tim Southee 4/49 (10 overs)		Kyle Mills 52 (35) Munaf Patel 3/21 (7 overs)

India won by 105 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Asoka de Silva Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (IND)

• India won the toss and elected to bat

Final

28 August Scorecard

Sri Lanka  299/8 (50 overs)	v	India 225 (46.5 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 110 (115) Munaf Patel 2/43 (9 overs)		MS Dhoni 67 (100) Thisara Perera 3/36 (9 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 74 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and Asoka De Silva Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

Media coverage

Television

• Ten Sports / TEN Cricket : India, Pakistan, Middle East, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Singapore
• Doordarshan : India (Only India matches and final)
• Zee Café : England and Wales
• SuperSport : South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe
• Setanta Sports : Australia
• Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation : Sri Lanka
• Sky Network Television : New Zealand