Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Pathum Nissanka	retired hurt	31	15	20	5	1	206.66
Kusal Mendis †	c KDC Clarke b Lister	13	9	8	1	1	144.44
Bhanuka Rajapaksa	retired hurt	25	16	20	2	2	156.25
Wanindu Hasaranga	c Shipley b Fisher	27	11	15	3	2	245.45
Charith Asalanka (c)	not out	13	8	15	1	1	162.50
Chamindu Wickramasinghe	not out	6	4	8	1	0	150.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 3, w 4)	13
Total	10 Ov (RR: 12.80, 44 Mins)	128/2
Did not bat: Kusal Perera, Kamindu Mendis, Jeffrey Vandersay, Matheesha Pathirana, Binura Fernando, Nuwan Thushara, Maheesh Theekshana
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Kusal Mendis, 1.6 ov), 2-107 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 8.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Raunaq Kapur	2	0	16	0	8.00	5	3	0	0	0
Ben Lister	2	0	25	1	12.50	5	2	1	2	3
1.6 to BKG Mendis, . 23/1
Henry Shipley	1	0	17	0	17.00	0	2	1	0	0
Kristian Clarke	2	0	25	0	12.50	5	2	2	2	0
Adithya Ashok	2	0	27	0	13.50	4	3	2	0	0
Matthew Fisher	1	0	12	1	12.00	2	1	1	0	0
8.2 to PW Hasaranga, . 107/2

New Zealand XI (T: 129 runs from 10 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Katene Clarke	b Thushara	8	5	6	2	0	160.00
Joe Carter (c)	c Theekshana b Thushara	23	18	39	1	1	127.77
Matthew Boyle	not out	57	34	36	2	5	167.64
Muhammad Abbas	not out	7	3	2	1	0	233.33
Extras	(lb 1)	1
Total	10 Ov (RR: 9.60, 42 Mins)	96/2
Did not bat: Bevon Jacobs, Henry Shipley, Callum McLachlan †, Kristian Clarke, Raunaq Kapur, Adithya Ashok, Matthew Fisher, Ben Lister
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Katene Clarke, 1.2 ov), 2-88 (Joe Carter, 9.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chamindu Wickramasinghe	2	0	28	0	14.00	3	3	2	0	0
Nuwan Thushara	2	0	10	2	5.00	6	1	0	0	0
1.2 to KD Clarke, . 15/1 9.2 to JF Carter, . 88/2
Binura Fernando	2	0	23	0	11.50	3	2	1	0	0
Maheesh Theekshana	2	0	12	0	6.00	5	0	1	0	0
Jeffrey Vandersay	2	0	22	0	11.00	1	0	2	0	0

Match Flow

It was decided that Sri Lanka will bat first, there was no coin toss.
Sri Lanka innings:
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 4.0 overs, 16 minutes, 4 extras
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 7.5 overs, 33 minutes, 10 extras
New Zealand XI innings:
New Zealand XI: 50 runs in 5.3 overs, 24 minutes, 1 extra
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls, 22 minutes, JF Carter 11 (7), MWT Boyle 39 (27), 0 extras
MWT Boyle: 50 runs in 32 balls, 28 minutes (2x4, 4x6)

Match Details

Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Toss	no toss
Series	Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand
Season	2024/25
Players per side	Sri Lanka 13 (11 batting, 11 fielding); New Zealand XI 12 (11 batting, 11 fielding)
Hours of play (local time)	11.00 start, First Session 11.00-12.30, Interval 12.30-12.50, Second Session 12.50-14.20
Match days	23 December 2024 - day (20-over match)
Umpires	Kannan Jagannathan Regan Dalley

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NZ XI Innings

Player Name	O	R	W	Econ
C Wickramasinghe	2	28	0	14
N Thushara	2	10	2	5
B Fernando	2	23	0	11.5
M Theekshana	2	12	0	6
JDF Vandersay	2	22	0	11

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