Vinay Kumar
New Zealand won a big win in the match played between New Zealand and Sri Lanka (NZL vs SRL T20 World Cup, 2022) on Saturday, 29 October. Batting first, New Zealand had scored 167 runs for 7 wickets, thanks to a tremendous century from batsman Glenn Phillips and set Sri Lanka a target of 168 runs to win. But, the entire team of Sri Lanka, who came to the field to chase the target, was bundled out for 102 runs in front of the dangerous fast bowling of Trent Boult and Tim Southee.
Significantly, New Zealand lost 3 wickets for 15 runs in their batting inside the powerplay. After that, the pair of Glenn Phillips and Daryl Mitchell solidified on the pitch and they broke the Sri Lankan bowlers fiercely. Glenn Phillips played an excellent innings of 104 runs in just 64 balls with the help of 10 brilliant fours and 4 brilliant fours.
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Daryl Mitchell also scored 22 runs in 24 balls. There was a partnership of 84 runs between the two. Phillips got life on the score of 12 runs. Sri Lanka dropped his catch, after which he got another life. He did not stop and hit a tremendous century.
It is worth noting that New Zealand batsman Glenn Phillips, who came out to bat at number four, got life on the score of 12 runs. One of his easy catches was missed by Sri Lanka. Then he played carefully and completed the half-century in 39 balls with the help of 1 six and 5 fours. After this, he also completed the century in just 61 balls with the help of 10 fours and 4 sixes. He was dismissed on a personal score of 104 runs, but he took the team to a respectable position. Sri Lanka will continue to suffer the pain of that missed catch.