New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka at the SCG by 65 Runs to boost their NRR and stayed at the top of the points table.
Glenn Philips brilliant Century and New Zealand’s brilliant effort by Bowling unit help them to defeat Asia Cup 2022 Champions Sri Lanka by 65 Runs.
New Zealand bowlers in this T20 World Cup so far:
•Boult: 4-0-24-2 & 4-0-13-4.
••Southee: 2.1-0-6-3 & 4-1-12-1.
•Santner: 4-0-31-3 & 4-0-21-2.
••Ish Sodhi: 4-0-29-1 & 3.2-0-21-2
•Ferguson: 3-0-20-1 & 4-0-35-1
Losing Captain, Dasun Shanaka said:
First ten overs, we bowled really well. Credit to Glenn Phillips who played an outstanding knock but while fielding we dropped a few chances. Then 160 was maybe too much for us with the quality of Southee and Trent Boult. There is a way to chase big totals, but we lost early wickets and then lost them at regular intervals. We need to come out with positive intent in the next couple of games.
Winning Captain, Kane Williamson said:
Interesting match, the wicket was different as the surface had some tennis ball bounce so slower balls, cutters were very effective. (On Glenn Phillips) Incredible, any hundred is amazing but the way he worked hard and put pressure on the opposition after our poor start. We were being aggressive but keeping it simple in the powerplay, the length ball was the most difficult to hit, so we stuck to that and those cutters. The boys executed the plans really well.
Player of the Match, Glenn Phillips said:
My conversation (with Mitchell) was to carry on as long as possible, play the right possible shots, was a little difficult against the slower balls, but we managed to get to a competitive total. I couldn’t put away the slower ones, but managed to execute my skills against the pacers, especially when pace was on. The bowlers did well later on. I did cramp up a bit, lack of salts possibly there, the boys asked me not to take any further risks on limping away). They swung the new ball (Boult and Southee), the slower ones were holding onto the surface, getting early wickets was crucial and we managed to do that early. It was an exceptional performance by our bowlers and fielders, we were high on energy right throughout.
