* However , the loss of four wickets for just 25 runs threatened to derail Sri Lankan hopes before Samaraweera and Mathews steered them to their victory target . Sri Lanka are through to their second successive Cricket World Cup final . Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by five wickets in front of 38,000 fans in Colombo . Muttiah Muralitharan takes a wicket in his final match on Sri Lankan soil . They will now face either Pakistan or India in Saturday 's final in Mumbai .
* Sri Lanka are through to their second successive Cricket World Cup final . Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by five wickets in front of 38,000 fans in Colombo . Muttiah Muralitharan takes a wicket in his final match on Sri Lankan soil . They will now face either Pakistan or India in Saturday 's final in Mumbai .