NZ vs SL Highlights, World Cup 2023: Kiwis win big; push PAK, AFG out

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Highlights, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: The Kiwis won the match in just 23.2 overs to boost their net run rate and make sure Pakistan and Afghanistan don't have any chance

3:05 PM

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Spin introduced

 

Over Summary: 0 1 0 0 0 0; SL 85-5 after 13 overs

Dhananjaya de Silva (5), Angelo Mathews (10); Mitchell Santner 1-0-1-0

 

Spin has been introduced to the attack and Mitchell Santner goes for one in his first over. 

 

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3:03 PM

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Boundary for Mathews

 

Over Summary: 1 0 4 0 0 1; SL 84-5 after 12 overs

Dhananjaya de Silva (5), Angelo Mathews (9); Lockie Ferguson 3-0-19-1

 

Boundary for Mathews

 

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2:59 PM

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Four from the over

 

Over Summary: 0 4 0 0 0 0; SL 78-5 after 11 overs

Dhananjaya de Silva (4), Angelo Mathews (0); Trent Boult 6-1-30-3

 

The way Sri Lanka are scoring runs is actually troublesome as they are either hitting boundaries or getting out. 

 

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2:54 PM

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Perera out, Ferguson gets him

 

Over Summary: 0 0 W 0 4 0; SL 74-5 after 10 overs

Dhananjaya de Silva (4), Angelo Mathews (0); Lockie Ferguson 2-0-13-1

 

Lockie Ferguson does what he was brought to do, puts impact in the game with his bowling and has got the big wicket of Kusal Perera who was taking apart the Kiwi bowling.

 

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2:49 PM

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Maiden wicket over

 

Over Summary: 0 W 0 0 0 0; SL 70-4 after 9 overs

Kusal Perera (51), Charith Asalanka (8); Trent Boult 5-1-26-3

 

Charith Asalanak has been trapped in front of the wicket andBoult has his third wicket. 

 

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2:47 PM

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Perera hits fifty

 

Over Summary: 4 1 4 0 0 0; SL 70-3 after 8 overs

Kusal Perera (51), Charith Asalanka (8); Lockie Ferguson 1-0-9-0

 

Kusal Perera has hit fifty and it has come in quick time in just 22 balls. 

 

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2:39 PM

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Perera on fire

 

Over Summary: 0 1 0 0 4 4; SL 61-3 after 7 overs

Kusal Perera (47), Charith Asalanka (3); Trent Boult 4-0-26-2

 

Kusal Perera has just dismantled the Kiwi bowling attack single-handedly as he has now reached 47 in just 21 balls. 

 

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2:37 PM

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Fifty up for Sri Lanka

 

Over Summary: 0 6 4 0 4 4; SL 52-3 after 6 overs

Kusal Perera (39), Charith Asalanka (2); Tim Southee 3-0-35-1

 

Kusal Perera is firing all cylinders and has now accumulated 18 runs in this over. 

 

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2:34 PM

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Double wicket over by Boult

 

Over Summary: W 1 1 W 0 2; SL 34-3 after 5 overs

Kusal Perera (21), Charith Asalanka (2); Trent Boult 3-0-17-2

 

Trent Boult has bowled a brilliant over, getting the wickets of Kusal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama. Thus the three best batters of Sri Lanka in this World Cup, Menids, Nissanka and Samarawickrama are back in the hut. 

 

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2:31 PM

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Good over for Lanka

 

Over Summary: 0 0 1 4 6 4; SL 30-1 after 4 overs

Kusal Perera (20), Kusal Mendis (6); Tim Southee 2-0-17-1
 

Yet another nice over for the Sri Lankan team as they get 15 from this over

 

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2:29 PM

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: 12 from the over

 

Over Summary: 4 0 0 Wd 1 Wd 4 1; SL 15-1 after 3 overs

Kusal Perera (6), Kusal Mendis (5); Trent Boult 2-0-13-0

 

Good over for Sri Lanka as they get 12 runs from it. 

 

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2:12 PM

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Southee gets Nissanka

 

Over Summary: 1 0 0 1 W 0; SL 3-1 after 2 overs

Kusal Perera (1), Kusal Mendis (0); Tim Southee 1-0-2-1

 

After dropping Kusal Perera, Tom Latham catches Pathum Nissanka and Tim Southee strikes in his first over. 

 

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2:02 PM

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Will rain play spoilsport?

With New Zealand in a must-win situation today against Sri Lanka, once again, the rain threat looms over a World Cup game in Bengaluru.
 

The Kiwis must win today's match to keep themselves in the reckoning for the semifinal or else they have to depend on the results of other matches. Notably, New Zealand lost their previous fixture at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru after scoring 400 runs as the DLS declared Pakistan victorious. 

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Kane Williamson. Photo: PTI

2:01 PM

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: The team sheets are out

 

The official team sheets of both the sides are out 

1:58 PM

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE | World Cup 2023 Updates: Karunaratne back in Sri Lanka playing 11

 

Sri Lanka Playing 11

 

Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka