Santner and Sodhi spin Sri Lanka A out
Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi brought about a collapse in which Sri Lanka A lost nine wickets for 80 runs, paving the way for New Zealand A's eight-wicket victory at Hagley Oval
ESPNcricinfo staff
05-Oct-2015
New Zealand A 216 for 2 (Worker 83*, Pollard 59) beat Sri Lanka A 214 (Vithanage 58, Gunathilaka 57, Santner 4-38, Sodhi 3-28) by eight wickets
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Left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner and legspinner Ish Sodhi brought about a collapse in which Sri Lanka A lost nine wickets for 80 runs, paving the way for New Zealand A's eight-wicket victory at Hagley Oval, Christchurch.
Having chosen to bowl, New Zealand A faced some resistance from the visitors' top order. Opener Danushka Gunathilaka made 57 and added 95 for the second wicket with Kithuruwan Vithanage, who top scored for Sri Lanka A with 59. The slide began once Gunathilaka was lbw to Sodhi, who also dismissed Vithanage four overs later.
From 134 for 1, Sri Lanka A slipped to 202 for 5, and collapsed in a heap after that, losing their last five wickets for 12 runs. Santner cut through the middle order, and the visitors were dismissed for 214 in 45.3 overs.
New Zealand A were never in trouble during the chase. Hamish Rutherford scored 43 off 35 balls out of an opening stand of 52 with Michael Pollard to provide early momentum, and then Pollard, who made 59, put on 117 with George Worker for the second wicket. Shehan Jayasuriya dismissed both the openers but Worker remained unbeaten on 83 to finish the chase with 63 balls to spare.