An opportunity Sri Lanka missed out on for getting ten crucial Super League points. New Zealand had Williamson, Southee, Santner, Conway and Bracewell missing, and despite the pitch having good pace and bounce, 275 was never a mountain to climb. So that's it from us from the first ODI, as Raghav, Abhimanyu and me, Himanshu, bid you goodbye!
Henry Shipley is the Player of the Match for his 5 for 31
Ollie: "Avoided the follow on…"
Successive totals of less than 100 in men's ODIs: Kenya in 2013 (89 & 93 vs AFG) Sri Lanka in 2023 (73 vs IND & 76 vs NZ)
Melvin: "Now that Akshat said that, it feels like a loss for NZ"
8.12pm So Sri Lanka don't even last 20 overs. As someone just pointed out, they folded for 73 the last time they had batted in an ODI; today, they manage just three more. Only three batters reach double figures - two of them were bowlers - as Shipley grabbed a career-best 5 for 31. Sri Lanka were never in the chase - their highest stand of 15 came after they were 31 for 5 inside the first ten overs - and by then, that was it.
CBRLS Kumara c Ravindra b Tickner 10 (21m 10b 1x4 1x6) SR: 100.00
AKSHAT: "The last ODI Sri Lanka played, they got bundled out on 73 vs India. Can they overtake that score?"
END OF OVER:19 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 66/9 (209 runs required from 31 overs, RR: 3.47, RRR: 6.74)
- Dilshan Madushanka4 (2b)
- Lahiru Kumara0 (5b)
- Henry Shipley7-0-31-5
- Blair Tickner3-0-10-1
Now there is another change of a bail. Somebody bail us out of this, please.
Madushka the last man in. Two slips and a gully.
C Karunaratne c Phillips b Shipley 11 (54m 24b 1x4 0x6) SR: 45.83
Alex L: "And here we see why no run-outs were ever given in cricket until the invention of light-up bails..."
Shipley back. His fifth wicket in sight, with a slip and gully placed. But before that, a bail will be changed at the non-striker's end.
END OF OVER:18 | 5 Runs | SL: 62/8 (213 runs required from 32 overs, RR: 3.44, RRR: 6.65)
- Lahiru Kumara0 (5b)
- Chamika Karunaratne11 (20b)
- Blair Tickner3-0-10-1
- Daryl Mitchell3-0-12-2
END OF OVER:17 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | SL: 57/8 (218 runs required from 33 overs, RR: 3.35, RRR: 6.60)
- Lahiru Kumara0 (3b)
- Chamika Karunaratne6 (16b)
- Daryl Mitchell3-0-12-2
- Blair Tickner2-0-5-1
Karl: "One positive for Sri Lanka is that there are some great South Asian restaurants in nearby Sandringham... if they continue to bat like this, they can still make it in time for dinner service" --- Perhaps eight of them have already reached a restaurant?
A check for one of the bails at the striker's end
Kumara the new batter. Mitchell around the wicket to the left-hander.
CAK Rajitha c Bowes b Mitchell 5 (12m 9b 1x4 0x6) SR: 55.55