In the third and final ODI, New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets and sealed the 3💯-match series 2-0. Notably, the hosts had won the opening game by 198 runs, while the second ODI was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain.
Henry Nicholls seals the win and a 2-0 series vi🔴ctory! Catch up on all scores at or the NZC app 📲
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS)
W﷽ith the series loss, the Isla𒀰nders have also lost their hopes of securing a direct qualification for the upcoming ODI World Cup, scheduled to take place in India later this year. Now they will have to play qualifiers in June.
♏Sri Lanka failed to Qualify directly into the 2023 World Cup.
They will play in Qualifiers in June.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Coming back to the third ODI, chasing a modest target of 158 runs, New Zealand had a shaky start, losing three wickets for just 19 runs. However, Will Young‘s gritty knock of 86 runs off 113 balls, with 11 fours, helped them to recover and eventually win the match by 6 wickets in 32.5 overs.
New Zealand win the ODI series 2-0!
— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC)
Earlier, the Sri Lankan innings struggled to get going after opting to bat, as they were bowled out for just 157 runs in 41.3 overs. Pathum Nissanka was 𒈔the only Sri 💯Lankan batter to put up a fight, scoring 57 runs off 64 balls with eight fours and 1 six.
During 🥃this NZ tour, Sri Lanka got eliminated from WTC Final as well as direct qualification to World Cup.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
Matt Henry, Henry Shipley and Daryl Mitchell were the pick of the bowlers for the Black Caps, taking 3 wick𒁃ets each and conceding just 14, 32 and 32 runs, respectively.
