World Cup: New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets

The 172-run goal was no huge deal for the Black Caps batters as Devon Conway began with a blast and scored 45 off 42 earlier than shedding his wicket to Dushmantha Chameera.

Rachin Ravindra turned out to be one other Kiwi batter to overlook out on a half-century as he grew to become the sufferer of Maheesh Theekshana for 42 runs.

Kane Williamson received out after scoring 14 runs as he was attempting to play in direction of level Angelo Mathews however an inside edge received his bowled. Mark Chapman was run out following a misunderstanding with Daryl Mitchell for simply seven runs.

Mitchell scored 43 off 31 with seven boundaries however ended up shedding his wicket as he was attempting to hit a most when New Zealand simply required 10 runs to win the match.

Nevertheless, Glenn Phillips and Tom Latham led their aspect to an necessary win as they chased down the 172-run goal in 23.2 overs.

New Zealand’s win has put them in a dominating seat to qualify for the World Cup semi-final as they’ve improved their internet run fee (NRR) to 0.743.

Batting first, Sri Lanka gamers struggled from the beginning having misplaced their high three gamers — Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama — in 4.4 overs leaving their aspect 32-3.

Nevertheless, Kusal Perera did not give in to the stress and began attacking the Kiwis’ bowlers as he performed a speedy knock, scoring 51 off 28 balls courtesy of 9 fours and two sixes.

Because of no assist from the opposite finish, Perera ended up shedding his wicket in 9.3 overs, leaving Sri Lanka in a troublesome situation at 70-5.

Veteran Angelo Mathews (16) and Dhanajaya de Silva (19) offered some stability however their knocks weren’t sufficient to take Mendis’ males to a aggressive whole.

Wickets saved falling and the Islanders had been quickly 128-9 in 32.1 overs with two tailenders, Maheesh Theekshana and Dilshan Madhushanka nonetheless on the crease.

It seemed just like the Islanders could be all-out earlier than reaching the 150-run mark however Theekshana and Madhushanka’s resilient partnership cruised their aspect to publish 171-runs earlier than they had been bundled out.

The 2 constructed a 43-run partnership with Theekshana creating historical past by enjoying essentially the most balls amongst No. 9 to 11 batters in World Cup historical past after enjoying whopping 91-balls.

It was an all-round show by New Zealand bowlers with Trent Boult selecting three, Lockie Ferguson, Mitchell Santner and Rachin Ravindra bagging two whereas Tim Southee may get one wicket to his identify.