Determined New Zealand Trash Butter Fingered Sri Lanka by 65 Runs to close in on a place in the Semi Finals

ICC 08th Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup Championship 2022 – Australia – 14th Day
Super 12 Stage – Group 01 – 06th Day – 09th Match ( 27th Match ) – Sydney, New South Wales

New Zealand electing to bat, 167 / 7 – ( 20 Overs ) Glenn Phillips 104 ( 4×6, 10×4, 64 balls ), Daryl Mitchell 22, Mitchell Santner 11no, Extras 10 – recovered from 15 / 3 – Glenn Phillips / Daryl Mitchell added 84 runs for the 04th wicket, Glenn Phillips / James Neesham put on 30 runs for the 05th wicket, Glenn Phillips / Mitchell Santner involved in a 33 run partnership for the 06th wicket – first 06 overs : 25 / 3, 10 overs : 54 / 3, 15 overs : 102 / 4, last 05 overs : 65 / 3 – Kasun Rajitha 2 / 23, Dhananjaya De Silva 1 / 14, Dasun Shanaka 02 catches.

Sri Lanka in reply, 102 all out – ( 19.2 Overs ) Skipper Dasun Shanaka 35, Bhanuka Rajapaksa 34 – 03 batters dismissed without scoring – lost the first 05 wickets for the addition of 24, the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 44 runs – first 06 overs : 24 / 4, 10 overs : 58 / 6, 15 overs : 82 / 8, last 4.2 overs : 20 / 2 – Trent Boult 4 / 13 – career best – Ish Sodhi 2 / 21, Mitchell Santner 2 / 21, Devon Conway 02 victims, Skipper Kane Williamson 02 catches.

Player of the Match : Glenn Phillips – New Zealand