Adam Milne’s five-wicket haul and Tim Seifert‘s unbeaten 79 arrange New Zealand‘s nine-wicket victory in the second one Twenty20 International towards Sri Lanka on Wednesday, with the tournament additionally incomes feminine umpire Kim Cotton a spot in historical past.
Seifert smashed six sixes in his 43-ball blitz as New Zealand romped house with 5.2 overs to spare to stage the three-match collection and acquire a mental edge forward of Saturday’s decider in Queenstown.
Auckland-born Cotton turned into the primary feminine umpire to face in a males’s global tournament between two International Cricket Council full-member international locations.
Earlier, Milne claimed a career-best 5-26 to assist bowl out Sri Lanka for 141 in 19 overs, which proved below-par at Dunedin’s University Oval, which has fairly brief obstacles.
Sri Lanka misplaced their openers cost effectively and after Kusal Perera (35), Dhananjaya de Silva (37) and Charith Asalanka (24) shored them up the wheels got here off their innings in the second one part.
Sri Lanka, who had received the hole tournament on Sunday by the use of Super Over, misplaced their remaining 8 wickets for fifty runs with Milne claiming 3 within the ultimate over.
New Zealand’s chase were given off to a blazing get started with Chad Bowes (31) hitting Dilshan Madushanka for 4 obstacles in the second one over, together with 3 in a row, throwing the seamer out of the assault.
Seifert ensured there was once no respite for the vacationers even after Bowes fell as he tore into the Sri Lankan assault, sealing New Zealand’s victory with back-to-back sixes.
Sri Lanka’s sloppy catching didn’t assist their reason both as they dropped each Seifert and residential captain Tom Latham, who remained unbeaten on 20.
Seifert smashed six sixes in his 43-ball blitz as New Zealand romped house with 5.2 overs to spare to stage the three-match collection and acquire a mental edge forward of Saturday’s decider in Queenstown.
Auckland-born Cotton turned into the primary feminine umpire to face in a males’s global tournament between two International Cricket Council full-member international locations.
Earlier, Milne claimed a career-best 5-26 to assist bowl out Sri Lanka for 141 in 19 overs, which proved below-par at Dunedin’s University Oval, which has fairly brief obstacles.
Sri Lanka misplaced their openers cost effectively and after Kusal Perera (35), Dhananjaya de Silva (37) and Charith Asalanka (24) shored them up the wheels got here off their innings in the second one part.
Sri Lanka, who had received the hole tournament on Sunday by the use of Super Over, misplaced their remaining 8 wickets for fifty runs with Milne claiming 3 within the ultimate over.
New Zealand’s chase were given off to a blazing get started with Chad Bowes (31) hitting Dilshan Madushanka for 4 obstacles in the second one over, together with 3 in a row, throwing the seamer out of the assault.
Seifert ensured there was once no respite for the vacationers even after Bowes fell as he tore into the Sri Lankan assault, sealing New Zealand’s victory with back-to-back sixes.
Sri Lanka’s sloppy catching didn’t assist their reason both as they dropped each Seifert and residential captain Tom Latham, who remained unbeaten on 20.