New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI at Auckland, NZ v SL, Mar 25 2023 - Match Result

RESULT
1st ODI (D/N), Auckland, March 25, 2023, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand
(19.5/50 ov, T:275) 76

New Zealand won by 198 runs

Player Of The Match
5/31
henry-shipley
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Scorecard summary
New Zealand 274/10(49.3 overs)
Sri Lanka 76/10(19.5 overs)

An opportunity Sri Lanka missed out on for getting ten crucial Super League points. New Zealand had Williamson, Southee, Santner, Conway and Bracewell missing, and despite the pitch having good pace and bounce, 275 was never a mountain to climb. So that's it from us from the first ODI, as Raghav, Abhimanyu and me, Himanshu, bid you goodbye!

Henry Shipley is the Player of the Match for his 5 for 31

Ollie: "Avoided the follow on…"

Successive totals of less than 100 in men's ODIs:

Kenya in 2013 (89 & 93 vs AFG)

Sri Lanka in 2023 (73 vs IND & 76 vs NZ)

Melvin: "Now that Akshat said that, it feels like a loss for NZ"

8.12pm So Sri Lanka don't even last 20 overs. As someone just pointed out, they folded for 73 the last time they had batted in an ODI; today, they manage just three more. Only three batters reach double figures - two of them were bowlers - as Shipley grabbed a career-best 5 for 31. Sri Lanka were never in the chase - their highest stand of 15 came after they were 31 for 5 inside the first ten overs - and by then, that was it.

19.5
W
Tickner to Lahiru Kumara, OUT

Ravindra waits, waits.. and waits before pouching it at mid-on! That was launched high into the Auckland sky, as Ravindra kept his eyes on it to bag it well. Length delivery angling into him, as Kumara made room to have a wild heave at that. All he could manage was send it sailing for an easy catch, as New Zealand win by 198 runs to go 1-0 up

Lahiru Kumara c Ravindra b Tickner 10 (10b 1x4 1x6 21m) SR: 100
19.4
Tickner to Lahiru Kumara, no run

good length outside off, as he backs away and pulls, but is beaten

19.3
4
Tickner to Lahiru Kumara, FOUR runs

Shipley at deep third slides to his right, but the ball zips through his hands. He indicated that the lights played a role there. Much fuller ball outside off, as Kumara sliced hard and aerially

19.2
Tickner to Lahiru Kumara, no run

short delivery outside off, and he is beaten

19.1
6
Tickner to Lahiru Kumara, SIX runs

backs away and swats over mid-off! On a good length, and ends wide of off while angling in. Biffed for six to have some fun

AKSHAT: "The last ODI Sri Lanka played, they got bundled out on 73 vs India. Can they overtake that score?"

end of over 194 runs • 1 wicket
SL: 66/9CRR: 3.47 RRR: 6.74 • Need 209 from 31 overs
Dilshan Madushanka4 (2b 1x4)
Lahiru Kumara0 (5b)
Henry Shipley 7-0-31-5
Blair Tickner 3-0-10-1
18.6
Shipley to Madushanka, no run

another yorker on off, and again that is jammed back

Now there is another change of a bail. Somebody bail us out of this, please.

18.5
4
Shipley to Madushanka, FOUR runs

fires a low yorker on off at 138kph, and that is four. Ah, that was only pushed back using the pace of the bowler, with the ball bouncing over the bowler's head

Madushka the last man in. Two slips and a gully.

18.4
W
Shipley to C Karunaratne, OUT

five wickets for Shipley! We are further close to getting home. The man at deep backward square leg was placed well inside the rope, and so he just had to take a few steps further in to gobble that. Shipley banged that ball short just outside off, as Chamika backed away and had a swing. But the ball took the top edge and ballooned up for a catch

Chamika Karunaratne c Phillips b Shipley 11 (24b 1x4 0x6 54m) SR: 45.83
18.3
Shipley to C Karunaratne, no run

good length just outside off, and tapped back

Alex L: "And here we see why no run-outs were ever given in cricket until the invention of light-up bails..."

18.2
Shipley to C Karunaratne, no run

good length ball, angling into fourth stump. Dabbed down

18.1
Shipley to C Karunaratne, no run

shorter side of a length, and wide-ish of off. Poked to point

Shipley back. His fifth wicket in sight, with a slip and gully placed. But before that, a bail will be changed at the non-striker's end.

end of over 185 runs
SL: 62/8CRR: 3.44 RRR: 6.65 • Need 213 from 32 overs
Lahiru Kumara0 (5b)
Chamika Karunaratne11 (20b 1x4)
Blair Tickner 3-0-10-1
Daryl Mitchell 3-0-12-2
17.6
Tickner to Lahiru Kumara, no run

very full and outside off. Slashed and beaten

17.5
Tickner to Lahiru Kumara, no run

squared up by a good length ball angling into off from outside off, as he tries to poke

17.4
1
Tickner to C Karunaratne, 1 run

good length on middle, and clipped wide of mid-on. Another run-out chance for which the third umpire is dialled. The throw arrived at the bowler's end, as the batters had a mix-up. Chamika dived back after thinking of a second and taking off, but the wicket was disturbed by Tickner when the batter's bat was just short of the crease. Wow, scratch that, even as Chamika had started walking back himself. New Zealand aren't happy either. No way that can be not out, and I have no idea why that was given so. Even Chamika doesn't. So the TV commentators guess that because the battery of the bail which was flicked first wasn't working, it wasn't given out. The lights came up only after the other bail - and a stump - was hit

17.3
Tickner to C Karunaratne, no run

makes room again, as Tickner goes short and wide of off this time. Left alone

17.2
4
Tickner to C Karunaratne, FOUR runs

backs away and hacks it for four! Good length ball around off, as the ball took the top edge to fly and roll over point

17.1
Tickner to C Karunaratne, no run

short ball at 135kph. Pitches around off, and shapes in to end on middle and leg as Chamika ducks

end of over 171 run • 1 wicket
SL: 57/8CRR: 3.35 RRR: 6.60 • Need 218 from 33 overs
Lahiru Kumara0 (3b)
Chamika Karunaratne6 (16b)
Daryl Mitchell 3-0-12-2
Blair Tickner 2-0-5-1
16.6
Mitchell to Lahiru Kumara, no run

good length, but nice movement into the batter from outside off, as it ends around leg stump. Nudged down by Kumara

Karl: "One positive for Sri Lanka is that there are some great South Asian restaurants in nearby Sandringham... if they continue to bat like this, they can still make it in time for dinner service" --- Perhaps eight of them have already reached a restaurant?

16.5
Mitchell to Lahiru Kumara, no run

short delivery angled into middle and off. Dabbed to point

A check for one of the bails at the striker's end

16.4
Mitchell to Lahiru Kumara, no run

bowls short right away, angling it into off. Kumara sways away

Kumara the new batter. Mitchell around the wicket to the left-hander.

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
FH Allen
51 runs (49)
5 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
cut shot
11 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
61%
R Ravindra
49 runs (52)
4 fours1 six
Productive shot
sweep shot
14 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
85%
Best performances - bowlers
HB Shipley
O
7
M
0
R
31
W
5
ECO
4.42
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
2W
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
C Karunaratne
O
9
M
0
R
43
W
4
ECO
4.77
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
Match details
Eden Park, Auckland
TossSri Lanka, elected to field first
Series
Season2022/23
Player Of The Match
Series resultNew Zealand led the 3-match series 1-0
Match numberODI no. 4548
Match days25 March 2023 - daynight (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsNew Zealand 10, Sri Lanka -1
Language
English
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