New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka 2nd Odi 08 January 2025

2nd ODI • Seddon Park • Hamilton

New Zealand

255/9 (37)

Sri Lanka

142 (30.2)

NZ won by 113 runs

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Date & Time

08 Jan, 06:30 AM IST

Venue

Seddon Park, Hamilton

TV/Streaming

Sonyliv

Match

2nd ODI,

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Cory Black (New Zealand), Richard Kettleborough (England), Richard Illingworth (England, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

Toss

Sri Lanka elected to bowl

Pitch Report

- There is a little bit of wind around. It has gotten a little bit cooler too. Shorter bounday on one side (59m), compared to the other (67m). The straight boundary is 72m. There is a bit of grass covering. There will be some help for the fast bowlers. But you have to be spot-on with your lengths. A little bit short and you will get hooped over the short boundaries. It is a quick scoring ground. The onus will be on the bowlers to be precise. The batters will have to be pro-active.

1st Innings

242Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

88.06Avg SR

2nd Innings

217Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

88.88Avg SR

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

8- 2

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

New Zealand

Sri Lanka

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Will Young

NZ . BAT

90 Runs

1 Match

Avishka Fernando

SL . BAT

56 Runs

1 Match

Rachin Ravindra

NZ . BAT

45 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Matt Henry

NZ . BOWL

4 Wkts

1 Match

Jacob Duffy

NZ . BOWL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Nathan Smith

NZ . ALL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Player of the Match Rachin Ravindra

79(63)

Info

New Zealand

255/9 (37)

Batters

Will Young

88.89

b Fernando

Rachin Ravindra

125.40

c Asalanka b Hasaranga

Mark Chapman

119.23

c (sub Fernando) b Theekshana

Daryl Mitchell

100.00

c Fernando b Malinga

Tom Latham

100.00

runout (Mendis / Malinga)

Glenn Phillips

84.62

c Wickramasinghe b Hasaranga

Mitchell Santner

133.33

c Wickramasinghe b Theekshana

Nathan Smith

0.00

c Mendis b Theekshana

Matt Henry

33.33

c (sub Fernando) b Theekshana

Jacob Duffy

0.00

Not out

William O’Rourke

60.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 5, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(37 Ov, RR: 6.89)

255/9

Bowlers

EXT

Asitha Fernando

7.71

Maheesh Theekshana

5.50

Eshan Malinga

7.71

Charith Asalanka

8.00

Wanindu Hasaranga

4.88

Janith Liyanage

7.00

Chamindu Wickramasinghe

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Will Young

b Fernando

1-31

4.5

Mark Chapman

c (sub Fernando) b Theekshana

2-143

19.6

Rachin Ravindra

c Asalanka b Hasaranga

3-168

22.6

Tom Latham

runout (Mendis / Malinga)

4-170

23.2

Glenn Phillips

c Wickramasinghe b Hasaranga

5-217

30.3

Mitchell Santner

c Wickramasinghe b Theekshana

6-247

34.5

Nathan Smith

c Mendis b Theekshana

7-247

34.6

Daryl Mitchell

c Fernando b Malinga

8-251

35.6

Matt Henry

c (sub Fernando) b Theekshana

9-251

36.1

Sri Lanka

142/10 (30.2)

Batters

Pathum Nissanka

16.67

c Santner b Duffy

Avishka Fernando

66.67

c Phillips b Henry

Kusal Mendis

50.00

c Latham b Duffy

Kamindu Mendis

96.97

c Mitchell b Rourke

Charith Asalanka

133.33

runout (Santner)

Janith Liyanage

70.97

c Latham b Smith

Chamindu Wickramasinghe

62.96

runout (Latham / Smith)

Wanindu Hasaranga

33.33

b Santner

Maheesh Theekshana

30.00

c Mitchell b Rourke

Eshan Malinga

80.00

c Smith b Rourke

Asitha Fernando

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 10)

TOTAL

(30.2 Ov, RR: 4.68)

142/10

Bowlers

EXT

Matt Henry

3.80

Jacob Duffy

6.00

William O’Rourke

6.2

4.89

Nathan Smith

4.86

Mitchell Santner

2.80

Daryl Mitchell

6.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Pathum Nissanka

c Santner b Duffy

1-6

1.2

Kusal Mendis

c Latham b Duffy

2-18

3.6

Avishka Fernando

c Phillips b Henry

3-18

4.1

Charith Asalanka

runout (Santner)

4-22

4.4

Janith Liyanage

c Latham b Smith

5-79

15.6

Chamindu Wickramasinghe

runout (Latham / Smith)

6-126

24.4

Wanindu Hasaranga

b Santner

7-129

25.3

Kamindu Mendis

c Mitchell b Rourke

8-131

28.1

Eshan Malinga

c Smith b Rourke

9-136

28.6

Maheesh Theekshana

c Mitchell b Rourke

10-142

30.2

Match Info

Date & Time

08 Jan, 06:30 AM IST

Venue

Seddon Park, Hamilton

TV/Streaming

Sonyliv

Match

2nd ODI,

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Cory Black (New Zealand), Richard Kettleborough (England), Richard Illingworth (England, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

Toss

Sri Lanka elected to bowl

1 0 0 0 0 W

Over 28

Runs: 1

W 0 0 4 1wd 0 W

Over 29

Runs: 5

0 0 0 1 0 0

Over 30

Runs: 1

1wd 4 W

Over 31

Runs: 5

All Overs

Player of the Match Rachin Ravindra

79(63)

Commentary

That would be all from me, Dwaipayan Mukherjee, as New Zealand wrap up the series with a match in hand. Along with my hard-working co-commentator, Bidipto, this is curtains down from this game! We will see you soon.

Mitchell Santner (New Zealand Captain) : We cannot complain. We opened up pretty well with the bat in hand. We did lose wickets in the middle but the score was a competitive one. We were looking at the 280 mark and credit to Theekshana as he made us hit to the big parts of the ground. Usually it does swing a bit under the lights but the bounce that we can get makes it challenging for the batters. The last game is another important match for us. It will be useful game time for the guys to understand what roles they would be playing in Pakistan for Champions Trophy along with a few other guys who will be traveling with us for that prestigious competition.

Charith Asalanka (Sri Lanka Captain) : I think it was a fair pitch for the batters. It is a small ground and that batting in the powerplay costed us the match. We could do better. We are still finding the reasons why we cannot do in ODIs what we can perform in the T20Is. The overcast conditions is where we thought we get early wickets but unfortunately, we were not able to do that.

Rachin Ravindra (Player of the Match, 79 off 63 balls): I enjoy the ODI format! We don't see too many games in this format these days, but I grew up watching it and love it. I loved batting on this wicket, the partnership I had with Mark Chapman helped and I think I could have done better than chunking it to the fielder to get out! Under lights, we used the nip off the seam well and the extra bounce.

It is time now for the post-match presentation!

10:04 PM Local Time (2:34PM IST) : New Zealand (255 for 9 from 37 overs) defeat Sri Lanka (142 all out in 30.2 overs) by 113 runs

Kamindu Mendis - 64 (66) | Janith Liyanage - 22 (31)
William ORourke - 3/31 | Jacob Duffy - 2/30

Dominant display by New Zealand at Hamilton tonight. Sri Lanka have picked up the most ODI hat-tricks in the history of the game with 10 such instances. Pakistan are next in the list with 8, Australia have got 6. Bangladesh and India have both got 5 each. That would be the only piece of good memory for the visitors from this match as their batting never really arrived in the chase.

It did not take long for New Zealand to strike in the chase. Jacob Duffy was able to extract a false shot from Nissanka's bat in what was an awful piece of timing which saw the first wicket go down in only the 2nd over of the innings.

The first dropped catch of the innings happened as Will Young was the guilty man. Standing in the slip cordon, it burst through his hands. But New Zealand did not have to wait long for their 2nd wicket as they sent a caught behind decision upstairs to get it reversed in their favour, after the umpire initially deemed it not out.

Wickets kept tumbling at such a fast rate that when skipper Charith Asalanka had come out to bat at the fall of the 3rd wicket, neither of the batters at the crease had faced even a single ball. It was a horrible judgement of run that led to yet another run out with the visitors tottering at 22 for 4, after getting reduced to 23 for 4 in Wellington in the first ODI, just a few days ago.

The 5th wicket stand did stretch out for 57 runs but Nathan Smith broke the partnership just when it started to look threatening for the hosts. Kamindu Mendis brought up his 2nd ODI fifty with consecutive boundaries against Daryl Mitchell. He battled through a number of the Kiwis bowlers during tough situations and richly deserved the milestone. Another run-out meant that Sri Lanka never helped themselves every time they got into a position to challenge the hosts in the chase.

14 balls for a single run by Theekshana in a chase where the required rate is close to 14 forced Mendis to go for the big shot when Will O'Rourke returned for a new spell in the 29th over. The half-centurion was starved for the strike for the good part of 3 overs which saw the asking rate skyrocket. In the end, it was all a bit too much for Sri Lanka to do.

SL have lost 14 out of their last 18 ODIs in these shores. They have lost each of their last 8 ODIs, getting bowled out in each one of them. A couple of sensational catches led to the close of this match, which would undoubtedly make the highlights package. Stick around for the presentations!

30.2 William O'Rourke to Maheesh Theekshana, DARYL MITCHELL IS NOT DROPPING ANY TONIGHT! WHAT A WAY TO END THE MATCH! NEW ZEALAND ARE THE VICTORS! On the fuller side of good length around off-stump. A sliced cover drive from the back foot that does not get well timed. And Mitchell jumps from his position at cover point to take it with one hand first, and then, complete it by keeping it in his grasp while coming down on the ground!

Maheesh Theekshana c Daryl Mitchell b William O'Rourke 6 (20b, 1x4, 0x6)

30.1 William O'Rourke to Maheesh Theekshana, FOUR! Good length ball around off-stump. Driven on the up through the covers by staying leg-side of the ball.

30.1 William O'Rourke to Maheesh Theekshana, short and well wide outside off-stump. Theekshana tried to reach it with the cut shot but failed to connect.

30 overs are done. Only the formalities are left.

overs

137 /9 score

runs

Asitha Fernando *

0 (2)

Maheesh Theekshana

2 (18)

Mitchell Santner

1 /14

29.6 Mitchell Santner to Asitha Fernando, Oh! Slower length ball on middle-stump. Asitha had a swing at it across the line and managed to just drag it away to mid-wicket for no run.

29.5 Mitchell Santner to Asitha Fernando, full on off-stump and bowled flat through the air. Defended to short cover point for no run from the front foot.

29.4 Mitchell Santner to Maheesh Theekshana, Oh! Full and flat on middle-stump. Inside-edged off the attempted sweep shot for a single to the right of short fine-leg.

29.3 Mitchell Santner to Maheesh Theekshana, Oh! Full and slow around off. Theekshana tried to slog-sweep this time and got beaten!

29.2 Mitchell Santner to Maheesh Theekshana, good length arm-ball on middle-stump. Defended to the short cover fielder from the crease.

29.1 Mitchell Santner to Maheesh Theekshana, full and slow on off-stump. Swept away to mid-wicket on this occasion for no run.

Asitha Fernando, RHB, comes to the crease

We can hardly believe what Nathan Smith has just pulled off. Sri Lanka are 9 down now.

overs

136 /9 score

1wd

runs

Eshan Malinga *

4 (5)

Maheesh Theekshana