World Cup 2019: New Zealand record agreeable 10-wicket prevail upon Sri Lanka
CARDIFF: New Zealand paceman Matt Henry drove a propelled bowling unit to go through Sri Lanka's batting and power the Black Caps to a 10-wicket win in their World Cup opener on Saturday.
Henry returned figures of 3-29 and joined with individual paceman Lockie Ferguson who likewise took three wickets to bowl out Sri Lanka for 136 in 29.2 overs in Cardiff.
Martin Guptill and Colin Munro at that point struck unbeaten half-hundreds of years to make short work of their humble target. The Kiwis traveled home in 16.1 overs to enlist their third win in a World Cup game by 10 wickets.
The right-left batting mix of Guptill, who hit 73, and Munro, who scored 58, had little inconvenience in crushing the Sri Lankan bowlers to all pieces of the ground.
Guptill pounded eight fours and two sixes including one hit that cruised out of the ground.
In any case, it was Henry's spell of seven straight overs that cleared a path for New Zealand's mastery against the 1996 bosses.
Henry emerged without senior paceman Tim Southee, who missed the game because of calf damage, with his sharp pace and swing.
He hit with the second conveyance of the game to send Lahiru Thirimanne walking back to the structure after the left-gave opener had hit a limit from the principal ball.
Thirimanne was at first discounted not by the on-field umpire, however the Kiwis effectively assessed the lbw ask for help after replays recommended the ball pitched on line and would have hit the batsman's leg stump.
The left-gave Karunaratne, who has come back to the one-day side following a hole of four years, at that point put on 42 keeps running for the second wicket with Kusal Perera.
Be that as it may, Williamson kept Henry on for the bowler's fifth over and the move satisfied as he got Perera for 29 and Kusal Mendis without scoring on progressive conveyances.
Dhananjaya de Silva played the cap trap ball with a heavenly off drive, yet before long tumbled to the pace of Lockie Ferguson in the wake of being caught lbw.
Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne emerged in the midst of the remnants with his unbeaten 52 including a 52-run remain with Thisara Perera, who made 27 off 23 balls, to give his group's absolute some regard.
The remainder of the batting demonstrated little guarantee with three scores of nothing in the innings including from previous chief Angelo Mathews.
Karunaratne enrolled his third ODI fifty of every 81 balls as he came up short on accomplices after Lasith Malinga was bowled by Ferguson for one.
Pacemen Colin de Grandhomme, James Neesham, Trent Boult and the group's just spinner in the XI Mitchell Santner guaranteed a wicket each.
The Black Caps, sprinters up in the 2015 release, will next face Bangladesh on June 5 in London.
Sri Lanka meet Afghanistan in Cardiff on June 4.
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Henry returned figures of 3-29 and joined with individual paceman Lockie Ferguson who likewise took three wickets to bowl out Sri Lanka for 136 in 29.2 overs in Cardiff.
Martin Guptill and Colin Munro at that point struck unbeaten half-hundreds of years to make short work of their humble target. The Kiwis traveled home in 16.1 overs to enlist their third win in a World Cup game by 10 wickets.
The right-left batting mix of Guptill, who hit 73, and Munro, who scored 58, had little inconvenience in crushing the Sri Lankan bowlers to all pieces of the ground.
Guptill pounded eight fours and two sixes including one hit that cruised out of the ground.
In any case, it was Henry's spell of seven straight overs that cleared a path for New Zealand's mastery against the 1996 bosses.
Henry emerged without senior paceman Tim Southee, who missed the game because of calf damage, with his sharp pace and swing.
He hit with the second conveyance of the game to send Lahiru Thirimanne walking back to the structure after the left-gave opener had hit a limit from the principal ball.
Thirimanne was at first discounted not by the on-field umpire, however the Kiwis effectively assessed the lbw ask for help after replays recommended the ball pitched on line and would have hit the batsman's leg stump.
The left-gave Karunaratne, who has come back to the one-day side following a hole of four years, at that point put on 42 keeps running for the second wicket with Kusal Perera.
Be that as it may, Williamson kept Henry on for the bowler's fifth over and the move satisfied as he got Perera for 29 and Kusal Mendis without scoring on progressive conveyances.
Dhananjaya de Silva played the cap trap ball with a heavenly off drive, yet before long tumbled to the pace of Lockie Ferguson in the wake of being caught lbw.
Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne emerged in the midst of the remnants with his unbeaten 52 including a 52-run remain with Thisara Perera, who made 27 off 23 balls, to give his group's absolute some regard.
The remainder of the batting demonstrated little guarantee with three scores of nothing in the innings including from previous chief Angelo Mathews.
Karunaratne enrolled his third ODI fifty of every 81 balls as he came up short on accomplices after Lasith Malinga was bowled by Ferguson for one.
Pacemen Colin de Grandhomme, James Neesham, Trent Boult and the group's just spinner in the XI Mitchell Santner guaranteed a wicket each.
The Black Caps, sprinters up in the 2015 release, will next face Bangladesh on June 5 in London.
Sri Lanka meet Afghanistan in Cardiff on June 4.
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