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Overs: 30.2
Mitchell Santner | New Zealand skipper: We opened up really well, lost wickets in the middle but seamers did their thing on a wicket that offered a little bit. Knew we had to bowl well at the start, credit to Theekshana and he bowled wide and made us hit to the bigger side and they stuck to their line and lengths for a long time and made it challenging for us. Usually it swings here under lights, but the bounce our bowlers got has proven to be challenging. Good game-time for the guys.
Rachin Ravindra | Player of the Match: Nice natural tempo to go out there and play cricket shots (in ODIs). I enjoy the ODI format although you don’t see many games happening now, it’s a format I grew up watching. We kept reacting to the ball, I’ve also got a pretty nice bat so I can’t complain. (On his dismissal) Probably could’ve hit it over the top but it was a nice catch, we don’t play for milestones. We were wanting to chase, it was a little bit sticky to start, the way our boys bowled was fantastic.
Charith Asalanka | Sri Lankan skipper: It was a fair score in this kind of small ground. Again bad batting in the powerplay cost us the game.
Rachin Ravindra | Player of the Match: Nice natural tempo to go out there and play cricket shots (in ODIs). I enjoy the ODI format although you don’t see many games happening now, it’s a format I grew up watching. We kept reacting to the ball, I’ve also got a pretty nice bat so I can’t complain. (On his dismissal) Probably could’ve hit it over the top but it was a nice catch, we don’t play for milestones. We were wanting to chase, it was a little bit sticky to start, the way our boys bowled was fantastic.
22:05 local, 09:05 GMT, 14:35 IST:
30.2
William ORourke to Theekshana, out Caught by Mitchell!! Theekshana c Mitchell b William ORourke 6(20) [4s-1]
William ORourke to Theekshana, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
30.1
William ORourke to Theekshana, FOUR, pitched up outside off at 138ks, Theekshana with a high elbow drives on the up, beating the fielder at extra cover to his left for his first boundary
30.1
William ORourke to Theekshana, wide, short and wide of off, Theekshana looks to flay it over the off-side but that was far from his reach
29.6
Santner to Asitha Fernando, no run, slower on leg stump, Fernando slogs and gets it off the thick inside half to mid-wicket
29.5
Santner to Asitha Fernando, no run, full on off, blocked off the front foot
29.4
Santner to Theekshana, 1 run, to short fine leg
29.3
Santner to Theekshana, no run, looped up outside off, Theekshana looks to slog and gets beaten on the under edge