Kiwis record thrilling win

Jacob Oram took a hat-trick as New Zealand came from behind to shock Sri Lanka by three runs in a Twenty20 match on Wednesday.The tourists, restricted to 141-8, hit back to keep the World Twenty20 finalists down to 138-9 in a tense finish. Oram finished with 3-33 and skipper Daniel Vettori took 2-11 as Sri Lanka lost seven wickets for 71 runs after Tillakaratne Dilshan’s brilliant 57 off 28 had lifted them to 67-2 in the seventh over.The tall all-rounder took a return catch off Angelo Mathews with the last ball of his third over, the 17th of the innings. He awas then called on to bowl the final over with Sri Lanka needing nine runs with three wickets in hand to surpass New Zealand’s 141-8. Oram dismissed Malinga Bandara and Nuwan Kulasekara off the first two deliveries, both to catches in the deep, and conceded just five runs in the over to clinch victory for the Kiwis. It was only the second hat-trick in Twenty20 internationals after Australian fast bowler Brett Lee’s three in three against Bangladesh in the inaugural World Twenty20 in South Africa in 2007. Ian Butler took 2-29 including the important wicket of Dilshan.New Zealand’s innings revolved around Ross Taylor’s 60 off 45 balls after Vettori won the toss and elected to bat on the slow wicket. Taylor hit five fours and a six in his third Twenty20 half-century, but the Kiwis lost five wickets for 19 runs after they had reached 117-3 in the 17th over. 2222