In New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka match, New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 65 runs. Sri Lanka had New Zealand 15 for 3 in the powerplay. But then they released Phillips, which was all New Zealand there. Phillips thrashed 104 off 64 deliveries to almost single-handed convey New Zealand to 167 for 7 before Tim Southee, and Trent boult set on a powerplay showcase, snatching four wickets between them. At the same time, the fielding restrictions were still in motion in Sri Lanka’s case.
Where New Zealand kept enough experts in store for the last overs explosion, hitting 113 off the last 10. Sri Lanka misspends their batters before any base they could establish. They had collapsed to 58 for 6 after 10 overs. And had no hope for further. The result took New Zealand to the top of the Group 1 table, which is five points and a nice Net Run Rate of 3.85.
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka: New Zealand Chose to Bat After Winning the Toss
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New Zealand vs Sri Lanka: Starting overs were really challenging for the New Zealand team, as they scored 15-3 in just 3 overs. The 27th game of the T20 World Cup has blown to a one-sided start, well, thanks to Sri Lanka. The Lankan bowlers who agonized the Australian bowling attack in the previous match ran through the ruling New Zealand top order. Get off by Maheesh Theekshana, who dissolves the big-hitting Finn Allen for just one. He gave a huge breakthrough to the New Zealand batting order. Soon Dhananjaya de Silva joined the team as he sent back in form Devon Conway also for a score of one.
The interest was rising as Kasun Rajitha then took out the Captain Kane Williamson after an inactive eight of 13 balls and knocked down the Kiwi top order. Also, Hasaranga took a big wicket as a googly from him and did it for Mitchell. The partnership ends at 84 off 64 balls.
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka: Glenn Phillips Blasts in Joy After Getting his 100 off 61 Deliveries against Sri Lanka
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka: New Zealand batter Glenn Phillips scored an exhilarating century as he saved his team after a horrible start against Sri Lanka in their T20 World Cup match. Phillips joined the game when the score was 7/2. He batted carefully before banging the Lankan bowlers across SCG. He achieved the milestone in 61 balls as he hit four sixes and ten fours at a strike rate of 165.08. With this bang, he registered the second-highest score for a Kiwi batter behind Brendon McCullum. It was a delightful scene to watch Glenn Phillips’s roar after crossing 100. He achieved the century on the fifth delivery of the 18th over with a magnificent boundary.
The Head To Head Match Of New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka being the fourth-highest run-scorer in T20Is this year by 636 from 21 innings. But those have emerged with a strike rate of only 111. Sri Lanka has been one of Santner’s favored opponents in the past. He has grabbed seven wickets against them in five matches. The strike rate was 6.26. At the same time, New Zealand has won 10 and lost 7 T20Is against Sri Lanka. The tally in the T20 world cups, however, is 4-1 in Sri Lanka’s favor. However, they have not met in this tournament since 2014. Out of 13 finished matches this year, New Zealand has lost only three. They had a significant top order, good horsepower through the middle and a top-class seam attack for Australian conditions. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka acquires top-order runs without the middle order giving, and their attacks look more vulnerable following Tuesday’s loss to Australia.
Mitchell Santner has magnificent stats this year. Against Australia, he took 3 for 31 bowling inside the powerplay and then through the middle overs. In T20Is this year, he has 17 wickets from 12 matches with an economy rate of 6.69.
Williamson-led New Zealand had declared their arrival by bashing World Cup host Australia in their super 12 openers at SCG.
On the other side, Sri Lanka experienced 7 wicket defeat at the hands of defending world champions Australia in Perth. This match result for Sri Lanka was horrible as they were fighting with 58 for 6 after 10 overs. Sri Lanka, however, will find a semi-finals place difficult to seize from here. The win of New Zealand was tremendous.
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