🏏 Cricket World Cup 2023: Match #41: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 🏏- Page 21

9.5 Ferguson to Dhananjaya, FOUR, short ball, Dhananjaya gets hold of the delivery from outside off and slams the pull to send it over square leg. That was put away with elan as he climbed on top of the short ball

SL: 74-5

Good over for NZ ..4 runs and 1 major wicket 👏

10.2 Boult to Mathews, FOUR, between extra cover and long-off

Summary (Overs 01-10); 74/5 - Phase winner: New Zealand

> Latham drops a regulation catch off Kusal Perera

> Southee induces an edge of Nissanka and Latham pouches it this time

> Kusal Perera targets Southee for two fours and a six in his second over

> Boult gets Mendis and Samarawickrama in the same over

> Perera counterattacks with 6 4 0 4 4 in the next over

> Aggressive Perera gets a 22-ball fifty

> Boult convinces for LBW review and traps Asalanka in front

> Ferguson forces a miscue, Perera gone and Sri Lanka five down

SL: 78-5 after 11 overs

END OF OVER 11 4 runs

SL: 78/5CRR: 7.09

AD Mathews4 (10)

DM de Silva4 (3)

TA Boult6-1-30-3

LH Ferguson2-0-13-1

SL are just throwing away their wickets. It is such a nice surface to bat on if they last for 50 overs

Originally posted by: WildestDreams

lockie takes Perera’s wk🥳

11.3 Ferguson to Angelo Mathews, FOUR runs

Helped away. Bangs it short down leg at 145 clicks. Mathews hops, gets inside the line and rolls his wrist to play it fine and comfortably beat fine leg