Glenn Phillips scored an excellent century to rescue New Zealand after a rocky begin and hearth them to an emphatic 65-run victory on Saturday which despatched the Black Caps clear on the high of Group 1 on the Twenty20 World Cup.
The muscular righthander helped resurrect New Zealand’s innings from three for 15 within the fourth over and departed for 104 along with his workforce closing on their final tally of 167 for seven. With paceman Trent Boult (4-13) to the fore, the New Zealand bowlers took over and gave Sri Lanka a fair worse begin, decreasing the 2014 champions to 8-4 within the fourth over and dismissing them for 102 within the twentieth. Tied with England, Australia and Ireland on the high of the rain-disrupted Super 12 group in the beginning of the night, New Zealand moved two factors away from their rivals and improved their already spectacular internet run fee.
An enormous win for New Zealand to maintain their internet run fee hovering 😍#T20WorldCup | #NZvSL | 📝: https://t.co/3GQdDyf5Yz pic.twitter.com/uBrTZPwEq6
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Tied with England, Australia and Ireland on the high of the rain-disrupted Super 12 group in the beginning of the night, New Zealand moved two factors away from their rivals and improved their already spectacular internet run fee.
“When it comes to cricket, I try to entertain as much as possible whether it’s for good or for bad, thankfully, it was on the good end of things,” stated Phillips. “But the way the bowlers bowled, the catches that were taken, we were high energy, we were exceptional all round.”
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Sri Lanka will now want a outstanding run of outcomes to seize one of many high two spots and a spot within the semi-finals however a balmy spring night on the Sydney Cricket Ground began properly for the latest Asia Cup winners.
Maheesh Theekshana foxed Finn Allen with a skidding supply, off-spinner Dhananjaya de Silva deceived Devon Conway with flight and Kane Williamson nicked a Kasun Rajitha supply to go away New Zealand in all types of bother. With Daryl Mitchell, Phillips steadied the ship in an 84-run stand for the fourth wicket earlier than the all-rounder was bowled for 22 by de Silva.
Points within the financial institution! Trent Boult leads the bowling effort with 4-13 on the @scg to defend towards @OfficialSLC. Wickets additionally for Santner, Sodhi, Southee and Ferguson. Card | https://t.co/evB7YxqHcD #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/pFnJPFzFK6
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Phillips, who was dropped on 12 and 45, was already in his stride and continued to string his pictures by means of the sector for boundaries as New Zealand’s anticipated rating eased up from acceptable to respectable. The 25-year-old, who hit 4 sixes, roared with delight as he punched certainly one of his 10 fours by means of sq. leg to turn into the second participant to attain a century within the match after South Africa’s Rilee Rossouw on the similar floor on Thursday.
Sri Lanka have been all the time going to battle after Boult and Tim Southee had toppled their high order and as soon as the third fast, Lockie Ferguson, had Bhanuka Rajapaksa caught at mid off for 34, the trigger seemed misplaced. Skipper Dasun Shanaka stood his floor with a defiant 35 however had little assist from the tailenders and holed out to present Boult his fourth wicket.
“We started well but there were a few dropped catches,” Shanaka stated. “We’ve still got a chance of qualifying if we can somehow get a couple of wins.”
