NEW ZEALAND vs SRI LANKA, 1st T20I
NEW ZEALAND vs SRI LANKA, 1st T20I: match overview
NEW ZEALAND and SRI LANKA met in the 1st T20I of Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand, 2015-16 at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui on Thursday, January 7, 2016. Result: New Zealand won by 3 runs.
This is a short-format fixture: each side bats for a fixed number of overs with a powerplay at the start, so momentum swings quickly and strike rates, economy rates and death-overs bowling usually decide it.
Follow every ball on this page: live commentary, the full scorecard with batting and bowling figures, both squads, over-by-over summaries, partnerships, run-rate and win-probability charts. Crickpal updates the score from official feeds in real time, and the latest news around Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand, 2015-16 appears alongside the match.
Match facts
- Match
- 1st T20I, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand, 2015-16
- Teams
- NEW ZEALAND vs SRI LANKA
- Format
- T20 (20 overs)
- Venue
- Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
- Date
- Thursday, January 7, 2016
- Start time
- 07:30 AM local (02:00 GMT)
- Status
- New Zealand won by 3 runs