Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    4.2 Taken at deep square leg! Chameera keeps breathing fire! This was full around middle and off at 139.4kph, Seifert looks to flick it away and nearly got away with a six. But Kamindu Mendis is an excellent fielder in the deep and he gets under it and leaps in the air, taking the catch at full stretch above head height. Does well to maintain his balance too, with momentum taking him behind. In the space of eight balls, Sri Lanka have wrestled the powerplay momentum back in their favour! 34/2
    3.1 Oh he does, and how! That's a stunning return catch! And it's the big fish, Finn Allen! Drilled in full on middle at 97kph and the carrom ball just turns away a little as Allen tries to flick it leg side. Gets a leading edge to Theekshana's left, and this time he makes no mistake, diving and grabbing it. His celebration is almost the same as how he reacted to the dropped catch. But he can rest a little easier now. Allen was looking deadly today! 30/1
    11.2 Slices this straight to backward point! Theekshana has his hands in the air. The ball is floated on a length, well outside off, deviates just a little as Rachin frees his arms and slices this. Mistimed and he has to walk back 84/4
    9.3 Phillips bears the brunt of Chameera's fury! When a 144.5kph length ball seams in from outside off to hit leg stump, there's little you can do! Phillips plays all around it and hears the death rattle, and a fired up Chameera has some respite after that dropped catch last ball! 75/3
    12.1 Another mini-masterpiece on this Colombo pitch! A story in one ball: it pitches on a length and outside off, Mitchell strides out with the humble aim of just keeping this out. But it's an arm ball, holds in the pitch, and angles back in from outside off and through the batter's defence. Rips out his bails and Mitchell knew, even without looking back, that he's a goner 84/6
    11.4 Absolute ripper! Brings out the rare offbreak - drops this on a length, muchhh slower. Chapman waits for this and gets on the front foot to defend this. But the ball rips away from the middle stump and into off, knocking back the pegs. 84/5
    19.6 What a stunner to finish things off! Santner spears this away towards covers. It was a full ball. Asalanka was lying in wait at covers, and he puts in a superb dive to his right to just snare this up. He raises his hands in the air and has a smile on his face. That's one way to finish... 168/7
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    6 (lb 1, w 5)
    TOTAL
    168/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.4)
    Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Finn Allen, 3.1 ov), 2-34 (Tim Seifert, 4.2 ov), 3-75 (Glenn Phillips, 9.3 ov), 4-84 (Rachin Ravindra, 11.2 ov), 5-84 (Mark Chapman, 11.4 ov), 6-84 (Daryl Mitchell, 12.1 ov), 7-168 (Mitchell Santner, 19.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    D Madushanka3034011.3352230
    DN Wellalage402716.7594000
    M Theekshana403037.5111210
    PVD Chameera403839.5113300
    MADI Hemantha202201132100
    KIC Asalanka301605.3361000
  • BATSMEN
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    0.1 Silence around the Premadasa as Henry knocks Nissanka over first ball! 137kph length ball just outside off, it seams in and Nissanka is caught at the crease. He tries to get his bat down but the ball goes through his defences and crashes into the stumps! What a start for New Zealand! Got to feel for Nissanka. That's an incredible delivery to face first up 0/1
    8.1 Did his back foot come up?! Mendis is walking! He was looking to skip out but Rachin sees him and pulls back his length. Also bowls it wider and gets it to spin away. Mendis can't reach the ball and Seifert is very quick to collect from wide and take the bails off. Mendis' back foot had lifted up and come forward, and he couldn't get it back in time 27/3
    2.1 Oh, that's gone high and it's an easy catch! Henry has a second. Henry bowls an offcutter into the pitch and Asalanka skips out and has a hoick across the line. Tope-edges it right up and Mitchell settles under it around midwicket 6/2
    8.2 And that's another one gone!. Rathnayake now dances down and Rachin does what he did against Kusal Mendis by pulling back his length and getting it to spin away. This one didn't even need to be checked as Rathnayake was well out of his crease! It's deja vu for Sri Lanka, and not in a good way! 29/4
    14.6 Straight to Phillips! Santner sticks to the plan: outside off, on a long hop line, spinning back into the batter this time. Was there to be hit, but he doesn't middle this at all, and it's straight to Phillips stationed at cow corner for this exact scenario 77/7
    10.3 Ravindra has a third! A long hop, a nothing ball really, and it was pitched well outside off. Shanaka chances his arm at this but the ball sticks in the wicket and looms in the air after biting Shanaka's edge. In the air and pouched at backward point by Finn Allen 46/5
    12.2 And now Mitchell puts in a great drive to snap this one up! Ravindra commits to keeping this one wide of off once more. Hemantha has to reach for it and it means there's absolutely no power on this. Hangs in the air for a bit and then, long-on runs in to give Rachin his fourth wicket 59/6
    19.4 This time it's straight to long leg! Goes for a similar shot, on his knees and sweeping. Except Phillips changed this up just a little, and pushed this closer onto the line of the stumps. Straight to Ravindra. New Zealand have already won this but Phillips still brings out a roar and a passionate pump of the firsts as he gets a wicket in his columns 105/8
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    7 (b 1, lb 1, w 5)
    TOTAL
    107/8 (20 Overs, RR: 5.35)
    Did not bat: D Madushanka
    Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Pathum Nissanka, 0.1 ov), 2-6 (Charith Asalanka, 2.1 ov), 3-27 (Kusal Mendis, 8.1 ov), 4-29 (Pavan Rathnayake, 8.2 ov), 5-46 (Dasun Shanaka, 10.3 ov), 6-59 (Dushan Hemantha, 12.2 ov), 7-77 (Kamindu Mendis, 14.6 ov), 8-105 (Dunith Wellalage, 19.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    MJ Henry21321.5100000
    CE McConchie302006.6683010
    MJ Santner401914.75111000
    LH Ferguson1020240000
    IS Sodhi201306.521000
    R Ravindra402746.75113030
    GD Phillips402115.2590100

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20

Match days

25 February 2026 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

New Zealand 2, Sri Lanka 0

Match Notes

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0BKG MendisP Nissanka
2nd6BKG MendisKIC Asalanka
3rd21BKG MendisP Rathnayake
4th2PHKD MendisP Rathnayake
5th17MD ShanakaPHKD Mendis
6th13MADI HemanthaPHKD Mendis
7th18PHKD MendisDN Wellalage
8th28PVD ChameeraDN Wellalage
9th2PVD ChameeraM Theekshana

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Super Eights, Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA33062.259
IND32140.106
WI31220.993
ZIM3030-3.415
Super Eights, Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG33061.096
NZ31131.39
PAK3113-0.123
SL3030-1.95
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND44082.5
PAK43160.976
USA42240.788
NED4132-1.217
NAM4040-3.108
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM43071.506
SL43161.741
AUS42241.523
IRE41230.15
OMA4040-4.845
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
WI44081.874
ENG43160.201
SCOT41320.184
ITA4132-1.02
NEP4132-1.349
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA44081.943
NZ43161.227
AFG42240.889
UAE4132-1.364
CAN4040-2.426