New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Kusal Perera Departs For 51, Sri Lanka Go 5 Down vs New Zealand | Cricket News

NZ vs SL Live Score: 4 runs off the over

Angelo Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva are standing steady as five-down Sri Lanka rely on their partnership. In the previous over of Mitchell Santner, the duo scores four runs and aims for boundaries in the coming overs. 

SL 95/5 (15 overs)

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Live Score: FOUR

FOUR!!! Dhananjaya de Silva smashes a boundary off Lockie Ferguson’s delivery. Dhananjaya stays back and punches it away to leave deep third man as the ball comfortable goes across the boundary line for a four. 

SL 90/5 (13.4 overs)

NZ vs SL Live Score: FOUR

FOUR!!! Angelo Mathews hits a boundary off Lockie Ferguson’s delivery. Mathews makes a good use of the short ball as he places it perfectly towards the fine leg and steals four runs. 

SL 83/5 (11.3 overs)

NZ vs SL Live Score: OUT

OUT!!! Lockie Ferguson joins the party and takes his first wicket of the day in the form of Kusal Perera for 51. Perera smashes it hard but the ball goes up in the air as Mitchell Santner takes a stunning catch. Fifth wicket gone for Sri Lanka. 

SL 70/5 (9.3 overs)

NZ vs SL Live Score: OUT

OUT!!! Trent Boult has taken his third wicket of the day as he dismissed Charith Asalanka for 8. Boult strikes directly onto the pads of Asalanka but the on-field umpire signals not out. Later, the DRS reviews shows that the wickets were hitting and Asalanka was declared LBW out. 

SL 70/4 (8.2 overs)

NZ vs SL Live Score: Perera hits 50

FOUR!!! Kusal Perera hits a boundary off Lockie Ferguson’s delivery and brings up his half-century in style. It is his 17th half-century in the ODI format and he brings it up in 22 balls. Terrific batting from Perera. 

SL 70/3 (7.3 overs)

NZ vs SL Live Score: Perera nears 50

Kusal Perera is standing like a strong wall for Sri Lanka as he is fearlessly smashing boundaries and inching closer towards his half-century. In the previous over of Tim Southeee, he smashed three boundaries and a six while in the next over of Trent Boult, he hit two boundaries. 

SL 61/3 (7 overs)

NZ vs SL Live Score: OUT

OUT!!! Trent Boult have struck twice in the same over and this time he dismissed Sadeera Samarawickrama for 1. Sadeera fails to judge the delivery as the ball hits the edge and Daryl Mitchell takes a brilliant catch at the slip. Third wicket gone for Sri Lanka. 

SL 32/3 (4.4 overs)

NZ vs SL Live Score: OUT

OUT!!! Trent Boult has provided New Zealand with their second wicket as he dismissed Kusal Mendis for 6. Mendis tries to smash it hard but fails to time the shot as the ball goes up in the air and lands into the hands of Rachin Ravindra at the third man. 

SL 30/2 (4.1 overs)

NZ vs SL Live Score: Perera on fire

Kusal Perera completely changes the momentum of the game with his powerful hitting. In the previous over of Tim Southee, he smashes two boundaries and a six and the pacer leaks 15 runs. Terrific batting from Perera. 

SL 30/1 (4 overs)

NZ vs SL Live Score: 12 runs off the over

Sri Lanka get a big over and Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera start dealing in boundaries. In the previous over of Trent Boult, the duo scores 12 runs, which include one boundary from both the batters. 

SL 15/1 (3 overs)

NZ vs SL Live Score: OUT

OUT!!! Tim Southee has provided New Zealand with their first breakthrough as he dismissed Pathum Nissanka for 2. The ball hits the edge of the bat as wicketkeeper Tom Latham makes no mistake and takes an excellent catch behind the stumps. First wicket gone for Sri Lanka.

SL 3/1 (1.5 overs)

NZ vs SL Live Score: Good over from Boult

Trent Boult has provided a terrific start to New Zealand. In the first over, he concedes only one run as New Zealand aim for some quick wickets. On the other hand, Kusal Perera and Pathum Nissanka are aiming for some boundaries in the coming overs. 

SL 1/0 (1 overs)

NZ vs SL Live Score: We are underway

The ODI World Cup 2023 match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka begins. For Sri Lanka, Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera have started the proceedings while Trent Boult will be bowling the first over for New Zealand. 

NZ vs SL Live Score: National anthems

Players of both the teams are out on the field for their respective national anthems. The ODI World Cup 2023 match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka will begin in a few minutes. 

NZ vs SL Live Score: Sri Lanka’s Playing XI

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka

NZ vs SL Live Score: New Zealand’s Playing XI

New Zealand (Playing XI): Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson(c), Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tom Latham(w), Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson

NZ vs SL Live Score: Here’s what Kusal Mendis said at the toss

I was looking to bowl. But unfortunately we are batting first. Very important game today. If we do the basics well, we should do well. NZ is a calm team. We played here against and played well. One change for us. Rajitha is not playing but Chamika is playing.

NZ vs SL Live Score: Here’s what Kane Williamson said at the toss

We will have a bowl first. Little bit of weather around. Little bit of unknowns. By and large we have won a few and lost a few. Been there and there abouts. Some close ones which could have gone either ways. Here we are here today, would want to address the issue in front of us. Lockie comes in for Ish Sodhi. Adjust to what is in front of us. Make use of the ball first up.

NZ vs SL Live Score: Toss

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and opted to bowl against Sri Lanka in their ODI World Cup 2023 match on Thursday.

NZ vs SL Live Score: Here’s what Devon Conway said before the match

Nice to have a couple of days off. We played some golf. We played our last game here. We have some good memories. We played well against Pakistan. We are trying to stay consistent as possible. Couple of results didn’t go our way. It is about being consistent. trying to do better in the coming games. As a team, we don’t have much differences in the batting and the bowling. We try and back each other as much. It is not our batters versus the bowlers.

NZ vs SL Live Score: Kiwi bowlers eye redemption

New Zealand’s batting has not really collapsed except against South Africa but their bowling lacked sting when it was needed. The Kiwis made 400 against Pakistan at this venue but their bowlers continued the rudderless ways, leaking runs in plenty and left clueless against Fakhar Zaman’s onslaught. The Kiwis bowlers failed in critical thinking when the going was getting tough for them, and it was quite surprising to see even experienced bowlers like Trent Boult and Tim Southee operating without a Plan B.

NZ vs SL Live Score: Head to head

New Zealand and Sri Lanka have faced off in 101 ODIs in the history of the format, with their first-ever clash dating back to June 1979. While the Black Caps have won 51 matches, the Lankans have emerged triumphant on 41 instances. Eight encounters have concluded with no result while one match ended in a tie. Interestingly, New Zealand have won each of their last seven ODIs versus Sri Lanka. The highest score in these fixtures is 371/7 by the Kiwis while the lowest has been 76/10 by Sri Lanka.

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Weather report

After rain played a spoilsport during New Zealand’s previous match against Pakistan, all eyes will be on today’s weather forecast. The temperature at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru is expected to hover around 27 degree celsius, accompanied by 78% humidity.

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Pitch report

The M Chinnaswamy Stadium is typically known as a high-scoring venue due to its shorter boundaries. No total can be considered safe at this venue. In the last match played here, New Zealand posted 401/6 while batting first. In the 41 ODIs played here, Teams batting first have won 15 matches whereas teams fielding first have emerged victorious on 22 occasions. Hence, teams prefer chasing at this venue. The average first innings total at this stadium is 237 runs.

NZ vs SL Live Score: Qualification scenario for NZ

Pakistan (+0.036) and Afghanistan (-0.338), who also have eight points apiece, can also potentially reach 10 points with a win over England and South Africa in their respective final league match. In that context, the Kiwis (+0.398) have to win sufficiently big to take care of the Net Run Rate as well. So, it is not an all too bright scenario for New Zealand, but a victory will at least keep them in the race to the semifinals for the time being.

NZ vs SL Live Score: Crucial match for New Zealand

Today’s match against Sri Lanka will be a crucial one for New Zealand as their semi-final spot is at stake. The Kiwis are currently standing at the fourth spot with a total of eight points. 

NZ vs SL Live Score: Hello

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the ODI World Cup 2023 match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka, straight from M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Stay tuned for all the live updates.