New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by six wickets within the third and closing one-day worldwide on Friday to clinch the collection 2-0 and finish the Asian crew’s probabilities of instantly qualifying for this 12 months’s World Cup in India.
Chasing 158 for victory in Hamilton, New Zealand made a poor begin, shedding two wickets within the second over and reaching dwelling with 103 balls to spare because of batsmen Will Young’s 86 not out and Henry Nicholls’ 44 not out .
Sri Lanka gained the toss and elected to bat however solely opener Pathum Nisaka (57), captain Dasun Shanaka (31) and Chamika Karunaratne (24) made notable scores as Matt Henry, Henry Shipley and Daryl Mitchell took three wickets every. For.
India and 6 different groups have booked their locations within the World Cup beginning in October, with the West Indies occupying the final computerized qualification spot within the Super League standings. South Africa and Ireland are additionally in competition.
New Zealand gained the ODI collection 2-0!#NZvSL pic.twitter.com/OLBmDCsPC4
– Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) March 31, 2023
Sri Lanka will now look to earn their place by means of a 10-team qualifying competitors in Zimbabwe in June and July.
The 1996 world champions received 5 factors after the deserted second ODI as a substitute of 10 wins and in addition docked a degree for sustaining a gradual over-rate throughout their 198-run defeat within the opener.
New Zealand additionally gained the earlier Test collection 2–0 to sprint Sri Lanka’s hopes of reaching the ultimate of the World Test Championship. They will subsequent host three Twenty20 Internationals, with the primary in Auckland on Sunday.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
