The first match had no result due the interruption of rain and the other game was just taken away by the KIWIS getting an unbeatable lead. Black Caps had to win the next match too to wrap up the series but the Srilankans wanted to avoid a home defeat. They were on their wits end in order to level the series which was the least amongst what could be done.
3rd ODI between the two islanders was played yesterday. Newzealand led the 3 match series by of 1-0.
The match started late from the scheduled time leading to the lessening of number of overs.The toss was won by the Black Caps and they decided to field first. Srilanka did every thing right despite the toss. Their opening was controlled by Mahela Jayawardene and TM Dilshan scoring a cameo of 46 and 53 runs respectively. Srilanka finished with 211 runs/8 wickets. Mitchell Mcelanaghan took away 2 wickets for 37 runs in 7 overs.
Later on, the rain interrupted again and Kiwis had to chase a D/L adjusted total of 163 runs from 25 overs with a rate of 6.52 runs per over. The target was never out of reach but Senanayake and Herath just perished the Kiwi upper order. Newzealand looked in all sorts of trouble right from the beginning. A bit of spark was shown from Nathan McCullum and Jimmy Neesham scoring 35 and 42 runs respectively. However the resistance couldn't stand hard enough to avoid Srilanka's 36 runs victory. Newzealand could only manage a total of 126 runs/6 wickets. In this way Srilanka avoided the home series defeat and shared the silverware. Man of the Match was awarded to Sachitra Senanayake for his excellent figures of 5 overs-1 maiden-2 wickets-14 runs(econ. 2.80) where as Tilakaratne Dilshan was given the Man of the Series award for his consistent batting throughout the series.
This was all from the ODIs but still a lot to come from the two teams in the upcoming 2 T20s. Lets see who gets through the shorter format. Will Srilanka maintain their 1st position the ICC T20 ratings or KIWIS will climb up the hill.Until then ramian tuned in right here.
Schedule of the T20Is between Srilnaka and Newzealand
Tue 19 November,2013
| 13:30 GMT | 19:00 Local 18:30 PKT | Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Pallekele, 1st T20I |
| Thur 21 November,2013 13:30 GMT | 19:00 Local 18:30 PKT | Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Pallekele, 1st T20I |
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