Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the third and final ODI between Sri Lanka and New Zealand, in Pallekele on Tuesday (November 19, 2024). (Streaming | More Cricket News)
Follow the highlights, scorecard and ball-by-ball commentary from the SL vs NZ 3rd odi match here
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the third and final ODI between Sri Lanka and New Zealand, in Pallekele on Tuesday (November 19, 2024). (Streaming | More Cricket News)
The third ODI between the two sides was abandoned midway through the match as weather in Pallekele did not allow for play just 21 overs into the match.
New Zealand: Will Young, Tim Robinson, Henry Nicholls, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Mitch Hay(w), Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Ish Sodhi, Zakary Foulkes, Adam Milne.
Sri Lanka: Nishan Madushka(w), Avishka Fernando, Nuwanidu Fernando, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka(c), Janith Liyanage, Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Dilshan Madushanka, Mohamed Shiraz.
New Zealand had won the toss and opted to bat first. Mohamed Shiraz picked the first New Zealand wicket in only the fourth over as Tim Robinson got caught out for 9. Will Young then put up a good partnership with Henry Nicholls and the Kiwis reached 112/1 in 21 overs. After that rain played hide and seek and ultimately the match could not go on further.
The Lankans sealed their first ODI series win against New Zealand since 2012, thanks to an unbeaten 74 from Kusal Mendis that steered them past the 210-run target in the penultimate over, with just three wickets in hand.
Earlier, the rain-hit opener saw centuries from Mendis and Avishka Fernando, who constructed a 206-run partnership to propel the Lankans to 324 for five in 49.2 overs before the downpour began. The home team's spinners later engineered a collapse in the Kiwi innings, scalped five wickets in the middle overs for just 22 runs to restrict the visitors to 175 for nine in their designated 27 overs. The win margin was a healthy 45 runs.