Nicholls, the debutant, puts the seal on NZ's thumping win! Mendis serves up another short ball outside off, this is cracked away past backward point. Nicholls takes in the applause from the home crowd
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI at Christchurch, Dec 26 2015 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
1st ODI, Christchurch, December 26, 2015, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand
188
(21/50 ov, T:189) 191/3
New Zealand won by 7 wickets (with 174 balls remaining)
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end of over 218 runs
NZ: 191/3CRR: 9.09
Henry Nicholls23 (21b 5x4)
Ross Taylor5 (9b)
Ajantha Mendis 5-0-49-0
Milinda Siriwardana 5-0-45-2
4:49pm: New Zealand have bossed their way to a seven-wicket victory with 29 overs to spare! After Henry's four-for helped New Zealand keep Sri Lanka to 188, Baz and Guptill opened the chase with a flurry of boundaries. Baz blazed to a 23-ball fifty while Guptill wasn't far behind. Siriwardana, who had earlier made a solid fifty to help the visitors recover, nipped out both the New Zealand openers, but Nicholls finished off the chase with successive fours. Vishal's report will tell you the full story.
That is all we have for you. Thanks for your company and comments. Do come back for the second ODI. Until then, this is Deivarayan Muthu signing off.
Presentation
Mathews: Winning the toss was crucial. Unfortunately, we kept losing wickets in 10 overs. It was a good effort from Kulasekara and Siriwardana. They bowled well and we couldn't handle it. It was just that we could not negotiate the 10 overs. It is not easy to bowl at Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill. They are power hitters and we need to shove it under the carpet. It has to be a quick turnaround for us.
Baz: I thought both Milne and Henry were outstanding. We have two wonderful bowlers in Southee and Boult, they have been the kingpins, but the others have stepped up. It was a 280-290 par wicket. Martin stuck the ball clean and he deserved the runs. Great crowd, and we go again in 48 hours. We will have a quiet day tomorrow. We are starting to build some depth.
Henry, Man of the Match: It is fantastic to be back in the side. I was just working on getting the rhythm back. For Canterbury, I have always had the new ball. I am also developing into a change-up role. The crowd was awesome.
20.6
4
Mendis to Nicholls, FOUR runs
20.5
4
Mendis to Nicholls, FOUR runs
filthy long hop outside off, Nicholls goes deep in the crease and rattles a pull over midwicket
20.4
•
Mendis to Nicholls, no run
short ball on middle, punched to mid-off
20.3
•
Mendis to Nicholls, no run
full and on middle, patted to mid-off off the front foot
20.2
•
Mendis to Nicholls, no run
pushed through outside off, guided to backward point
20.1
•
Mendis to Nicholls, no run
fired outside off at 96ks, slapped to cover
end of over 204 runs
NZ: 183/3CRR: 9.15 • RRR: 0.20
Henry Nicholls15 (15b 3x4)
Ross Taylor5 (9b)
Milinda Siriwardana 5-0-45-2
Ajantha Mendis 4-0-41-0
19.6
1
Siriwardana to Nicholls, 1 run
tucked off the back foot to deep midwicket
19.5
1
Siriwardana to Taylor, 1 run
Taylor uses his feet again, pushed smoothly to long-off
19.4
•
Siriwardana to Taylor, no run
drifts in on middle, blocked on the front foot
19.3
1
Siriwardana to Nicholls, 1 run
flighted and outside off, swept away for one
19.2
1
Siriwardana to Taylor, 1 run
picked off the pads through midwicket
19.1
•
Siriwardana to Taylor, no run
flighted on off, Taylor skips out and drives to cover
Mathews is rotating the bowlers around. Siri...
end of over 198 runs
NZ: 179/3CRR: 9.42 • RRR: 0.32
Henry Nicholls13 (13b 3x4)
Ross Taylor3 (5b)
Ajantha Mendis 4-0-41-0
Tillakaratne Dilshan 2-0-10-1
18.6
•
Mendis to Nicholls, no run
full on middle, the debutant bends forward to defend
18.5
•
Mendis to Nicholls, no run
tossed up on middle, blocked
18.4
•
Mendis to Nicholls, no run
fired quick at 93ks, raps the pad... Oh wait, Nicholls had jammed it onto his pad off an inside edge to weather the lbw shout
18.3
•
Mendis to Nicholls, no run
flat and on the pads, swept away... the man at forward short leg takes a blow on his ankle
18.2
4
Mendis to Nicholls, FOUR runs
full and outside off, laced past the covers for back-to-back fours
18.1
4
Mendis to Nicholls, FOUR runs
speared short and down the leg side, tripe ball, helped away fine for four
Mendis comes back on.
end of over 183 runs
NZ: 171/3CRR: 9.50 • RRR: 0.56
Ross Taylor3 (5b)
Henry Nicholls5 (7b 1x4)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 2-0-10-1
Milinda Siriwardana 4-0-41-2
17.6
•
Dilshan to Taylor, no run
pitched up on middle, Taylor gets across in defence
17.6
1w
Dilshan to Taylor, 1 wide
slanted down the leg side, wide called
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