 |
|
 |
||
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|||
MidWest MFA AgriServices group has locations at St. Joseph, Maysville, and KingCity. CLICK - MFA CONNECT
|
|
Printable Page
02/25 11:48 CST Co-host Sri Lanka knocked out of T20 World Cup after losing to
New Zealand
Co-host Sri Lanka knocked out of T20 World Cup after losing to New Zealand
By KRISHAN FRANCIS
Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) --- A counterattacking 80-run partnership for the
seventh wicket between captain Mitchell Santner and Cole McChonchie guided New
Zealand to a 61-run win that knocked host Sri Lanka out of the Twenty20 World
Cup on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and elected to bowl and New
Zealand reached a competitive 168-7 thanks to Santner's 47 runs off 26
deliveries and McConchie's 31 off 23 deliveries which salvaged the innings.
Sri Lanka could on score 107-8 in reply.
The Sri Lankan bowlers had restricted New Zealand to 84-6 and had their
opponents at 90-6 after 15 overs when the No. 7 pair started counterattacking.
McChonchie scored 18 runs in the 17th over bowled by fast bowler Dushmantha
Chameera and spinner Maheesh Theekshana conceded 21, including two wides, in
the 18th.
When Santner was out in the last ball the pair had added 80 runs off 43
deliveries.
Santner hit four sixes and two boundaries while McChonchie hit two sixes and
three boundaries.
Chameera and Theekshana took three wickets each.
New Zealand fast bowler Matt Hendry bowled opener Pathum Nissanka in the first
ball and Charith Asalanka, who had been recalled for the match, soon departed
to Sri Lanka 6-2.
Then the spinners tightened the screws by bowling slow through the air and
curtailing runs and taking wickets when the batters tried to attack.
Left-arm spinner Rachin Ravindra took a career-best 4-27 while Henry took two
wickets for three runs.
Kamindu Mendis top scored for Sri Lanka with 31.
The game was a must-win for Sri Lanka to have any hope of reaching the
semifinals after losing to England in its Group 2 opener.
England is the only team already through to the semifinals after defeating
Pakistan on Tuesday to make it two wins from two games in Group 2.
New Zealand now stands second with three points after their match against
Pakistan was abandoned because of rain and the two teams shared a point each.
Pakistan will have to win against Sri Lanka by a big margin to have any hope of
advancing because both England and New Zealand maintain high net run rates.
___
AP cricket: https://apnews.com/hub/cricket
