Sri Lanka razed New Zealand's top-order Saturday to comfortably win the third one-day international in Auckland by 140 runs and salvage a lone victory in the series.
Santner said the target of 291 was "about par" at Eden Park but the game was ripped away from them by Sri Lanka's bowlers. "Asitha got the ball swinging, they took their catches and made it ...
The visitors were led by some lethal seam bowling from Asitha Fernando and Eshan Malinga, who claimed three wickets each, as did spinner Maheesh Theekshana. Fernando (3-26) was the chief destroyer ...
The biggest surprise of the evening came at the toss when the Gautam Gambhir-led think tank opted to leave out a seemingly fit-again Mohammed Shami, opting for a spin-heavy attack ...
Indian spinners continued to choke England's scoring rate and taking wickets, as a poor shot by Jamie Overton landed in the hands of Nitish Kumar Reddy, giving Axar Patel his first wicket of the match ...
They were led by some lethal seam bowling from Asitha Fernando and Eshan ... Fernando (3-26) was the chief destroyer with the new ball as New Zealand's first five wickets tumbled inside the ...