The match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka has begun. The New Zealand team has won the toss and chosen to bowl first. Sri Lanka has lost some early wickets, scoring 82/4 in 20 overs. Fernando: 36* (44) Liyanage: 28* (39) on the crease have built the partnership. The New Zealand team bowlers are good with the ball, trying to keep everything under control. Sri Lanka won the previous ODI series that took place a month back, and this time it looks like New Zealand is winning the series.
In the first ODI match of New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka batting was really disappointing. The New Zealand team decided to bowl first by winning the toss and this decision was put to good use. The New Zealand bowlers bowled very aggressively from the beginning, due to which the Sri Lankan batsmen could not collect very good runs. The Sri Lankan team was bowled out for just 177 runs. The Sri Lankan batsmen should have batted more responsibly if they tried to play the whole over maybe they could have given the opposition a bigger target. Avishka Fernando scored the maximum runs for the Sri Lanka team. Avishka Fernando batted fairly well and got out for 56 runs off 63 balls. The target of 178 runs given by Sri Lanka was batted very responsibly by the New Zealand opener pair, the New Zealand team lost only one wicket to meet their target. New Zealand team won by nine wickets Congratulations to New Zealand team.