New Zealand vs Sri Lanka ICC World T20 2014 Group 1 Match 30: Sri Lanka in command

Mar 31, 2014

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In the ICC World T20 2014 Group 1 game played between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Chittagong, New Zealand’s hopes hinge on opening batsman, Kane Williamson. He has a huge task on his hands as the required run-rate is over 10.  After bowling out the opposition for 119, they simply crumbled under pressure to the wily old fox, Rangana Herath. He presented an upright to straighten the ball a wee bit down the line to leave New Zealand in doldrums after the completion of 15 overs.  To make it worse for them, Lasith Malinga still has overs to bowl. It has been a disastrous batting performance from New Zealand.

Actually,  New Zealand batsmen made a steady start to their innings, while chasing a modest total of 120 runs put up by Sri Lanka. On a slow deck with the dew factor not really coming into play as expected, Sri Lankan pacers too swung the new ball. In particular,  Nuwan Kulasekara swung it a touch back into the right-handed batsmen. Sri Lankan seamers though, don’t complement the swing by hitting the deck hard like their counterparts.

At the right time though, Martin Guptill was run out. He was followed by the captain, Brendon McCullum playing a rash shot to get himself stumped against the bowling off Herath. To make it slight worse for New Zealand, Corey Anderson has dislocated his finger and won’t bat.

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