New Zealand fight back to eliminate cohosts Sri Lanka from T20 World Cup
Al Jazeera
New Zealand win by 61 runs, ejecting Sri Lanka at the Super Eights stage.
New Zealand have recovered from a poor start to crush Sri Lanka by 61 runs in the Twenty20 World Cup Super Eights and eliminate the cohosts from the tournament.
Mitchell Santner led New Zealand’s recovery on Wednesday with a captain’s knock of 47 off 26 balls after coming in with his side in huge trouble at 84-5 to power them to a competitive 168-7 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
Sri Lanka managed 107-8 in reply, never recovering from a top-order collapse and succumbing to their second defeat in the Super Eight stage of the 20-team tournament.
Rachin Ravindra (4-27) and Matt Henry (2-3) impressed with the ball for New Zealand.
“It’s embarrassing to disappoint the home crowd. They’ve been very supportive,” Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka said.
India and Zimbabwe are both in need to a Super Eights win to keep alive T20 World Cup semifinal dream.
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