Pacer Adam Milne took 5-26 as New Zealand bowled out Sri Lanka for 141 to win the second Twenty20 cricket by 9 wickets on Wednesday.
Milne turned solely the third New Zealander after Tim Southee (5-18 vs Pakistan) and Lockie Ferguson (5-21 vs West Indies) to assert a five-wicket haul in T20 Internationals because the Black Caps dismissed Sri Lanka. Exactly 19 overs.
Opener Tim Seifert then hit an unbeaten 79 off 43 balls to assist New Zealand put up 146-1 in 14.4 overs, hitting consecutive sixes in 32 balls to seal the win.
Milne’s haul included the wickets of Kusal Perera (35) and Charith Aslanka (26), who have been to attain half-centuries within the first T20 match between the groups on Sunday, which Sri Lanka received in a Super Over. He additionally dismissed opener Pathum Nissanka (0) and cleaned up Pramod Madushan and Dilshan Madushanka to wrap up the innings.
“Any time you get five – it’s great and it’s good to come back and do well after the last game with a Super Over,” Milne mentioned.
Sri Lanka scored 196-5 within the first match and seemed to achieve one other excessive on Wednesday, reaching 50-2 within the powerplay and 83-2 within the first 10 overs, led by Perera and Dhanjaya de Silva, who scored 37. . From 26 balls. Both added 62 runs for the third wicket.
But after Milne eliminated Perera, de Silva fell to spinner Rachin Ravindra and Sri Lanka’s innings misplaced a few of its momentum. The pitch on the University Oval was sluggish however the boundaries have been brief and engaging and the visiting batsmen discovered it tough to withstand the temptation of the large shot. New Zealand used the slower ball to good impact and a succession of batsmen fell to take catches within the deep.
Milne mentioned, “I think the spinners did really well in the middle order to contain them.”
“I think compared to the last game we were able to get some quick wickets in the middle and that gave us a bit more attack.” South African-born opener Chad Bowes obtained New Zealand’s innings off to a flying begin, scoring 31 off 15 balls with the assistance of seven fours.
When he was dismissed with a complete of 40, Seifert attacked the Sri Lankan bowlers and New Zealand reached 103–1 after 10 overs.
Seifert accomplished his sixth T20 half-century in 30 balls with the assistance of two fours and 4 sixes. He took New Zealand to 140–1 together with his sixth six of the innings off de Silva, then completed the match together with his seventh six off the subsequent ball.
Captain Tom Latham, who performed a supporting function in an unbeaten 106-run partnership with Seifert, was dismissed for 20 not out.
“It was a very clinical performance,” mentioned Latham.
“From over eight we obtained issues again and the way in which we saved taking wickets, we have been capable of comprise the run-rate. I assumed the bowling efficiency was wonderful.
“The way Chad and Tim played was icing on the cake.” Sri Lanka was not capable of get better the batting type of the primary match.
Captain Dasun Shanaka mentioned, “We lost wickets at regular intervals and 141 was not enough on this wicket.”
“We were looking around 180 when the wickets were there but we lost a lot of wickets and could not get there.” The match marked a notable achievement as New Zealand’s Kim Cotton turned the primary feminine umpire to face in an all-male worldwide match between ICC member nations.
The last match of the sequence is on Saturday within the type of Queenstown.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
