- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.3 Jimmy Neesham has another 'what do you have for food' catches. Runs in front, leaps low and takes it mid-air at deep midwicket to send back Nissanka. Short ball was picked up early by the batter as he rocked back but the pull wasn't middled. 76/113.5 Slower one foxes Mendis, Sodhi takes the catch at short third. Excellent innings from Mendis ends. Was around a fullish length just outside off, Mendis was making room and tried lifting it over mid-off but it held in the pitch and got ballooned off the splice. Sodhi lunged forward and took a simple catch. Ravindra's drop earlier in the over doesn't cost much; Lister is among the wickets. 122/216.5 Is that a direct hit from deep midwicket and is Perera short of his ground? Yes, Perera puts in the dive but is about a yard short. It was a slower one around a length. Perera went on one knee and tried to slog sweep. Went off the bottom of the bat, hovered in the air and landed outside the ring and rolled along the ground. Milne charged across from the deep (long-on) and sent in a flat throw. The batters' attempt to turn one and a half into two with quick running goes against them. 156/317.2 Taken at deep cover, Lister has two with the slower ball. Was wide on a fullish length, de Silva tried to slap it over cover but got it off the top edge. Was through with the shot a bit too early. Seifert ran in and took a bread-basket catch. 162/418.6 Top edge off the pull is a stratospheric skier, taken well by Bowes at deep midwicket. Was a shortish ball that Shanaka tried to biff, seemed a bit hurried. 179/519.3 Asalanka pushes for two, Latham gets a good throw from the deep and whips off the bails. Sent upstairs, this looks out. Yes, he is. Was a low full toss that was clipped to deep square leg 180/6Extras13 (b 2, lb 1, w 10)TOTAL182/6 (20 Overs, RR: 9.1)Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Pathum Nissanka, 9.3 ov), 2-122 (Kusal Mendis, 13.5 ov), 3-156 (Kusal Perera, 16.5 ov), 4-162 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 17.2 ov), 5-179 (Dasun Shanaka, 18.6 ov), 6-180 (Charith Asalanka, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MJ Henry 4 0 33 0 8.25 14 2 3 1 0 AF Milne 4 1 30 1 7.50 12 3 1 2 0 BG Lister 4 0 37 2 9.25 6 6 0 1 0 IS Sodhi 4 0 30 1 7.50 8 0 2 1 0 JDS Neesham 2 0 22 0 11.00 3 2 1 1 0 R Ravindra 2 0 27 0 13.50 3 2 2 2 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.3 finally, an edge yields a wicket. Bowes tries to slam a fullish ball on off stump to the legside again, and once more there is a big leading edge. This one goes straight up, though, which means wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis can track it with the gloves. He settles under it near the point region and Sri Lanka have a breakthrough. 53/116.1 no century for Seifert. This was a slower ball, length outside off, and Seifert reaches for it, but slaps it straight to Rajitha at cover. The fielder takes it at head height. Seifert is bitterly disappointed, as a hundred goes begging. But he'd rode his luck early in the innings as well. Either way, New Zealand don't have a lot more to do, thanks to that innings 154/314.1 the carrom ball gets Theekshana a breakthrough. This was length outside off, angled into Latham from around the wicket, and turning back at him slightly. It hurries him up, and he's late on the shot. The ball sneaks through and rattles the top of off. 137/219.3 another wicket! A team hat-trick, and this is getting hectic. This is a short ball just wide of off. Mitchell tries to flat bat it down the ground, with both mid on and mid off up in the circle. But it goes hiiigh off his tip edge, and Shanaka settles under it, and takes it above his head. 180/619.2 he's gone now, though. Is there another twist here? This is a length ball, 140kph, and Chapman tries to pummel this over the legside again, and can only get a top edge to the ball. It floats towards cover, where Asalanka takes a good catch, backpedaling. 179/419.2 run out! I think Neesham is gone here.This is a very wide yorker, just inside the tram lines. They try to run a bye, but the keeper throws the ball back to Kumara, who throws down the non-striker's stumps to find Neesham a few inches short. It's called a wide, though, so New Zealand got something out of that ball. 180/5Extras14 (b 1, lb 9, w 4)TOTAL183/6 (19.5 Overs, RR: 9.22)Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Chad Bowes, 5.3 ov), 2-137 (Tom Latham, 14.1 ov), 3-154 (Tim Seifert, 16.1 ov), 4-179 (Mark Chapman, 19.2 ov), 5-180 (James Neesham, 19.2 ov), 6-180 (Daryl Mitchell, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CAK Rajitha 4 0 34 0 8.50 7 1 2 2 0 M Theekshana 4 0 22 1 5.50 9 1 0 0 0 Pramod Madushan 4 0 38 1 9.50 4 4 1 0 0 CBRLS Kumara 3.5 0 38 3 9.91 7 4 1 2 0 PW Hasaranga 4 0 41 0 10.25 4 4 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to field first
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Series result
New Zealand won the 3-match series 2-1
Match number
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Match days
8 April 2023 (20-over match)
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Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 0 wicket)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 6.0 overs (36 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (P Nissanka 17, BKG Mendis 29, Ex 5)
- BKG Mendis: 50 off 36 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 8
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 16.3 overs (99 balls), Extras 8
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 182/6 in 20.0 overs (PWH de Silva 0, M Theekshana 0)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 58 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 1.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - CM Brown, Batter - CJ Bowes (Struck down)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (CJ Bowes 17, TL Seifert 35, Ex 0)
- TL Seifert: 50 off 26 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 10.2 overs (62 balls), Extras 8
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (TL Seifert 31, TWM Latham 15, Ex 8)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 15.4 overs (94 balls), Extras 10
- Over 17.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - CM Brown, Batter - MS Chapman (Struck down)
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