04/01Result
1st ODI, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Jan 5 2025
New Zealand won by 9 wkts (142b rem)
Player of the Match
Matt Henry
Matt HenryNew Zealand
04/01Result
1st ODI, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Jan 5 2025
New Zealand won by 9 wkts (142b rem)
Player of the Match
Matt Henry
Matt HenryNew Zealand

2:30 pm Oh, well. Today's windy and challenging conditions in Wellington caused the Sri Lankan batters to struggle tremendously throughout the innings. With four wickets lost in the first ten overs, Sri Lanka got off to a disastrous start in their powerplay. They lost their first four wickets in a span of eight runs. Beginning with Nissanka chipping it off the leading edge towards Santner at mid-off. Asalanka, the captain, scored a duck, and the four of them returned to the dressing room on a single digit. Three of the dismissals included Santner, who executed a superb run-out to remove Kamindu after hitting one stump down under his arm. He then took a brilliant review after Smith and Hay persuaded him to dismiss Asalanka. Liyanage and Avishka then began to reconstruct the innings. Avishka reached his ninth ODI fifty off fifty-two balls with a stunning knock. Liyanage scored 36 runs before losing his wicket while attempting to knock Santner over the on-side. Before giving up his wicket to backward point while attempting to drive it over the covers, Avishka scored 56 runs. Lower down the order, Wickramasinghe and Hasaranga provided some important runs for the Sri Lankan bowlers to defend in the second innings. Matt Henry was excellent with the ball today! He finished his 10-over quota with four wickets and an economy rate of 1.90. Santner took the other wicket, while Duffy and Smith both took two. We will return for more action after the innings break, with Fidel guiding you during the start of the second inning.

Navid: "@Avin, I agree with you. Theekshana and Vandersay can bat more sensibly than Hasaranga. He must understand that T20 is not ODI "

Abiran: "Hasarangas wicket is a beautiful example of what differentiates a great team from an average team. A lower order batsmen from one of the better teams (AUS, IND, ENG etc) would come in to that position and play according to the game. Best example? Cummins. It's not about better cricketing facilities, or coaching staff its about mindset. Learning to adapt. It's not just Hasaranga, look at how Avishka and Chamidu got out? Playing shots getting caught. Throwing a wicket when things were flowing"

Afeef: "Seeing "Malinga" mentioned over and over on comms is gonna bring a tear to my eye out of nostalgia."

New Zealand require 179 runs to win the match

43.4
W
Duffy to AM Fernando, OUT, Nicked through to Hay! Short of a length ball, Duffy follows Fernando as the batter moves away early, tried to defend off the back foot, thick outside edge and Hay grabs on to it behind the stumps

AM Fernando c †Hay b Duffy 2 (8m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25

43.3
0
Duffy to AM Fernando, no run, Length ball outside the leg stump, makes room outside leg and charges down the ground for a wild swing of the bat, does not connect
43.2
0
Duffy to AM Fernando, no run, Short and wide outside the off stump, shoulders arms
43.1
0
Duffy to AM Fernando, no run, Short pitched ball on the stumps, plays off the back foot and beats the outside edge of the bat

END OF OVER:
43 | 1 Run | SL: 178/9 | RR: 4.13

  • Lahiru Kumara1 (10b)
  • Asitha Fernando2 (4b)
  • Mitchell Santner7-0-27-1
  • Matt Henry10-1-19-4
42.6
0
Santner to Kumara, no run, Flighted ball slower through the air on the stumps, defends on the track
42.5
0
Santner to Kumara, no run, Flatter on the pads, whisked down to fine leg
42.4
0
Santner to Kumara, no run, Flighted short of a length ball around off, pushes off the front foot
42.3
1
Santner to AM Fernando, 1 run, Slight fuller length on the stumps, works it away through the on-side
42.2
0
Santner to AM Fernando, no run, Good length on middle-leg, clipped away across the line to square leg
42.1
0
Santner to AM Fernando, no run, Generously flighted fuller length on the stumps around the wicket, driven softly to the covers

END OF OVER:
42 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 177/9 | RR: 4.21

  • Lahiru Kumara1 (7b)
  • Asitha Fernando1 (1b)
  • Matt Henry10-1-19-4
  • Will O’Rourke10-1-50-0

Avin: "This has always been the issue with Hasaranga, he never bats according to the game situation. 10 more overs to go and you are the last recognised batter and still trying to mussle everything out the park after getting 3 boundaries in the previous over. "

41.6
0
Henry to Kumara, no run, Good length darted on the stumps, poked back to Henry
41.5
0
Henry to Kumara, no run, Three-quarter length outside the off stump, left alone to the wicket keeper
41.4
1
Henry to AM Fernando, 1 run, Good length around the off stump, played off the front foot and outside edged to third man
41.3
W
Henry to Malinga, OUT, Short pitched ball wide outside off, Malinga tries to flat-bat it over the covers, skies it high to extra cover, Santner settles underneath and completes the catch

E Malinga c Santner b Henry 4 (18m 12b 1x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

41.2
1
Henry to Kumara, 1 run, Short of a length wide outside off, reaches for it and finds the thick outside edge fine of fine leg fielder
41.1
0
Henry to Kumara, no run, Hard line and length on the stump, swings it away to the on-side and failed to connect the ball

END OF OVER:
41 | (maiden) | SL: 175/8 | RR: 4.26

  • Eshan Malinga4 (11b)
  • Lahiru Kumara0 (3b)
  • Will O’Rourke10-1-50-0
  • Matt Henry9-1-17-3
40.6
0
O'Rourke to Malinga, no run, Full and overpitched on the stumps, shovels it away back to O'Rourke
40.5
0
O'Rourke to Malinga, no run, Banged in short pitched ball with the angle, moves away from the wicket and plays a no-look pull shot, nowhere near the ball
40.4
0
O'Rourke to Malinga, no run, Flatter on the stumps, plays it with the outside part of the bat to extra cover
40.3
0
O'Rourke to Malinga, no run, Well directed bouncer angling in on the body, moves away to the leg-side and tried to ramp it over the wicket keeper, does no connect

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