END OF OVER:20 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | SL: 164/8 (9 runs required, RR: 8.20)
- Binura Fernando4 (4b)
- Matheesha Pathirana0 (1b)
- Zakary Foulkes4-0-41-2
- Matt Henry4-0-28-2
11.16pm Right, that's your lot. Remarkable game. We're back again on Monday for the second T20I. From Miller and Venkat, good night!
11.09pm Shane: "Duffy the Lanka Slayer!" Oh very good... presentations coming up.
Jacob Duffy is indeed the Player of the Match: "Big opening partnership, brought midwicket up to create something, it came off... We know these conditions pretty well, after a lot of cricket in Asia, it was cool to get [some pace and bounce]."
Charith Asalanka: "Very disappointed, we should have done better. Pathum and Kusal batted well, the rest including me should take responsibility for this loss. We hope to come back really well. I thought we could have done better in bowling and fielding but it was a decent pitch and when the openers were batting it looked easy."
Mitchell Santner: "Game of two halves, set up by Daryl and Beast, then tried to put pressure on batters coming in. Their left-arm seamer bowled well, but when you lose wickets in clumps it's hard to get starts. Massive partnership for us, soaked it up then put the pressure back on to put up a pretty good score. Can we try to take wickets? The run rate was around 8s, but some aggressive bowling with aggressive fields, and midwicket up, Duff changed the game."
Sampath notes that Sri Lanka's win probability after 13.1 overs was 98.13 % Yikes
11.04pm Well blow me down... New Zealand were 65 for 5 and floundering in the first innings... Sri Lanka were 121 and cruising in the second. But a fast-paced century stand from Bracewell and Mitchell changed the former picture, before Jacob Duffy's three in four balls tore up Sri Lanka's comfortable chase. Pathum Nissanka's 90 from 60 would have won it at a canter with any support beyond Mendis's 46 at the top. Instead the next highest score was ... 8! Matt Henry provided the wise old head at the death, and Zak Foulkes capped his first home international with a final over to remember!
Sajid: "To the Kiwi fans, you're most welcome! I would love to take all the credit of jinxing the innings to myself, but I extend my gratitude to the Sri Lankan middle order for doing the thing that only they can do! "
Yashi: "What just happened here??!!! SL was 96/0 in 10 overs.. unbelievable!! :("
Udam: "Discipline of bowlers cost the match for Sri Lanka. You could be a slinger and fascinating but end of the day you need to give your maximum effort consistently in international arena."
Vasumathy : "This is called stealing defeat from the jaws of victory!"
PW Hasaranga run out 5 (8m 2b 1x4 0x6) SR: 250.00
Krithika : "1st innings (NZ Setting) : SL bossed the 1st half and NZ regained momentum in the 2nd half 2nd innings (SL Chasing) : SL bossed the 1st half and NZ regained momentum in the 2nd half "
M Theekshana c Duffy b Foulkes 1 (4m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00
Foulkes with the final over... Santner and Henry in consultation...
END OF OVER:19 | 6 Runs 2 Wkts | SL: 159/6 (14 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.36, RRR: 14.00)
- Wanindu Hasaranga5 (2b)
- Maheesh Theekshana1 (1b)
- Matt Henry4-0-28-2
- Zakary Foulkes3-0-37-1
Ranjoo : "18.2 that had 6 written over it ! Only anyone as tall as Robinson could have caught it ! What a knock from pathum!!!"
PBB Rajapaksa b Henry 8 (12m 5b 2x4 0x6) SR: 160.00
Three big balls coming up... what can Henry leave for the final over?
What a match! The rate is back to two a ball as Hasaranga arrives. He can give it some humpty...
P Nissanka c Robinson b Henry 90 (91m 60b 7x4 3x6) SR: 150.00
Two more overs like the last ones, and Sri Lanka win it from the final ball... here's Henry to disrupt the narrative
END OF OVER:18 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 153/4 (20 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.50, RRR: 10.00)
- Bhanuka Rajapaksa8 (4b)
- Pathum Nissanka90 (58b)
- Zakary Foulkes3-0-37-1
- Michael Bracewell3-0-30-0
KIC Asalanka c Bracewell b Foulkes 3 (16m 7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 42.85
Back comes Foulkes. He's been expensive, but intermittently threatening
END OF OVER:17 | 11 Runs | SL: 144/3 (29 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.47, RRR: 9.66)
- Pathum Nissanka89 (57b)
- Charith Asalanka3 (6b)
- Michael Bracewell3-0-30-0
- Jacob Duffy4-0-21-3