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Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Scorecard, 1st ODI, New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 2018-19
Result · Jan 03 2019, Thu - 06:30 AM (IST)
NEW ZEALAND371/7
SRI LANKA326
New Zealand won by 45 runs
CRR:6.65
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2018/19 |
| Date: | Jan 03 2019, Thu - 06:30 AM (IST) |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| City: | Tauranga |
| Venue: | Bay Oval |
| Toss: | New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, Tim Seifert (wk), Jimmy Neesham, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Danushka Gunathilaka, Dinesh Chandimal, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Asela Gunaratne, Seekkuge Prasanna, Thisara Perera, Lakshan Sandakan, Lasith Malinga (c), Nuwan Pradeep |
- New Zealand have won seven of their last nine ODI matches against Sri Lanka, despite winning the toss on just two occasions in that time.
- The only previous meeting between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui was their most recent ODI encounter in January 2016, the home side winning by 36 runs.
- New Zealand have won just one ODI at the Bay Oval (L3) - this is their worst record for any venue on home soil where they have played a minimum of three ODI matches.
- Sri Lanka have tasted defeat in 18 of their 23 ODI fixtures played on the road since the start of 2017; losing successive matches in such games heading into this contest.
- Sri Lanka averaged 5.5 runs per over in 2018 ODI matches; only England (6.1), India (5.8) and Australia (5.5) have managed better rates with the bat in that time.
- Sri Lanka have only won one ODI bilateral series against New Zealand in their last seven attempts (D2, L4) - the last time they won a bilateral series on New Zealand's turf was in January 2001.
- Sri Lankan captain Lasith Malinga has failed to take an ODI wicket in his last two ODI matches (both against England) - the last time he failed to take a wicket in three consecutive ODI matches was between November and December in 2013.
- Only Indian skipper Virat Kohli (133.5) had a higher ODI batting average in 2018 than New Zealand's Ross Taylor (91.3) - however Taylor averages just 26.1 in ODI cricket against Sri Lanka, his lowest against any opponent.
- Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews's highest ODI score against New Zealand (95) came at the Bay Oval in 2016 - Mathews finished 2018 with the highest ODI batting average of any Sri Lankan batsman (52.5).
- New Zealand's Matt Henry's best ODI figures on home soil and second-best ODI career figures came at the Bay Oval against Sri Lanka in 2016 (5/40), behind his 5/30 against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi - these are his only two fifers in ODI cricket.