Posted at 9:32 29 Oct 20229:32 29 Oct 2022Post updateAlex HartleyFormer England bowler on BBC Test Match SpecialYou cannot be bowling no balls at this stage of the game.
17.3 oversNZ 137-5Just two from the free hit... BUT it's another no-ball! He has to bowl another. Sri Lanka have lost it.
17.4 oversNZ 135-5A low full toss is heaved away for four, and Glenn Phillips is on to 90. Oh and it's a no-ball!! From bad to worse for Sri Lanka. I praised their bowlers too soon.
Posted at 9:29 29 Oct 20229:29 29 Oct 2022Post updateTheir fielding has been poor, but Sri Lanka's bowlers have generally done very well.
Posted at 9:29 29 Oct 20229:29 29 Oct 2022Post updateAlex HartleyFormer England bowler on BBC Test Match SpecialJust gone deep in his crease to hit it over extra cover has Neesham. But really pats it to extra. He couldn't quite get going.
17.1 overswicketWICKETNeesham c Dasun b Rajitha 5 (NZ 129-5)Another!Glenn Phillips may be wreaking havoc but at least Sri Lanka are chipping away at the other end. Jimmy Neesham tries to join the boundary-hitting party but clubs it straight to cover instead.
Posted at 9:27 29 Oct 20229:27 29 Oct 2022Post updateHenry MoeranBBC Test Match Special commentatorA win for this Sri Lanka side would see them be top of the group. There's an awful lot riding on this.
17 oversNZ 129-416 runs from that over, completely ruining Maheesh Theekshana's figures.He had bowled two overs, 1-7 before it.
16.4 overssixNZ 127-4Brutal. Just brutal. Absolutely pummelled over long-on this time and Sri Lanka have no answers to him.
Posted at 9:25 29 Oct 20229:25 29 Oct 2022Post updateAlex HartleyFormer England bowler on BBC Test Match SpecialIt's such a remarkable shot. He goes forward and goes back and heaves it with so much bottom hand. What a shot!
16.3 overssixNZ 121-4Oh, that is unreal. Glenn Phillips is pretty much batting outside leg stump, showing the bowler all three. He rocks on to the back foot and slices it over cover for six.
16 oversNZ 113-4What a recovery from New Zealand, having been 25-3. If Phillips can stay there for another four overs, then we're in for some fun.
Posted at 9:21 29 Oct 20229:21 29 Oct 2022Post updateAlex HartleyFormer England bowler on BBC Test Match SpecialIt's a wonderful shot. 89m. Dhananjaya doesn't even try to stop it.
15.4 overssixNZ 112-4Glenn Phillips.Can bat. Smashed down the ground and he moves on to 72 from 48 balls.
Posted at 9:18 29 Oct 20229:18 29 Oct 2022Post updateAlex HartleyFormer England bowler on BBC Test Match SpecialThey did need that wicket to break that partnership and stop the flow of runs.
15 oversNZ 102-4The question for Sri Lanka now is how they get rid of Glenn Phillips.Two from the final ball concludes a good spell for Hasaranga, with 1-22.
Posted at 9:15 29 Oct 20229:15 29 Oct 2022Post updateAlex HartleyFormer England bowler on BBC Test Match SpecialMitchell was looking to go into the leg side. It's not got up anywhere near as much as he thought.
14.3 overswicketWICKETMitchell b Hasaranga 22 (NZ 99-4)Hasaranga fights back. Daryl Mitchell loses his stumps trying to whack the spinner through the leg side and Sri Lanka really needed that. They've just lost a bit of control in the past three or four overs. Can they bring it back?
Posted at 9:13 29 Oct 20229:13 29 Oct 2022Post updateStuart ClarkFormer Australia fast bowler on Test Match SpecialLovely hands from Phillips. He had to hit it beautifully and he has pierced the gap. The timing was exquisite.
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Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
You cannot be bowling no balls at this stage of the game.
NZ 137-5
Just two from the free hit...
BUT it's another no-ball! He has to bowl another. Sri Lanka have lost it.
NZ 135-5
A low full toss is heaved away for four, and Glenn Phillips is on to 90.
Oh and it's a no-ball!! From bad to worse for Sri Lanka. I praised their bowlers too soon.
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Their fielding has been poor, but Sri Lanka's bowlers have generally done very well.
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Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
Just gone deep in his crease to hit it over extra cover has Neesham. But really pats it to extra. He couldn't quite get going.
WICKET
Neesham c Dasun b Rajitha 5 (NZ 129-5)
Another!
Glenn Phillips may be wreaking havoc but at least Sri Lanka are chipping away at the other end.
Jimmy Neesham tries to join the boundary-hitting party but clubs it straight to cover instead.
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Henry Moeran
BBC Test Match Special commentator
A win for this Sri Lanka side would see them be top of the group. There's an awful lot riding on this.
NZ 129-4
16 runs from that over, completely ruining Maheesh Theekshana's figures.
He had bowled two overs, 1-7 before it.
NZ 127-4
Brutal. Just brutal.
Absolutely pummelled over long-on this time and Sri Lanka have no answers to him.
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Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
It's such a remarkable shot. He goes forward and goes back and heaves it with so much bottom hand. What a shot!
NZ 121-4
Oh, that is unreal.
Glenn Phillips is pretty much batting outside leg stump, showing the bowler all three.
He rocks on to the back foot and slices it over cover for six.
NZ 113-4
What a recovery from New Zealand, having been 25-3. If Phillips can stay there for another four overs, then we're in for some fun.
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Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
It's a wonderful shot. 89m. Dhananjaya doesn't even try to stop it.
NZ 112-4
Glenn Phillips.
Can bat.
Smashed down the ground and he moves on to 72 from 48 balls.
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Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
They did need that wicket to break that partnership and stop the flow of runs.
NZ 102-4
The question for Sri Lanka now is how they get rid of Glenn Phillips.
Two from the final ball concludes a good spell for Hasaranga, with 1-22.
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Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
Mitchell was looking to go into the leg side. It's not got up anywhere near as much as he thought.
WICKET
Mitchell b Hasaranga 22 (NZ 99-4)
Hasaranga fights back.
Daryl Mitchell loses his stumps trying to whack the spinner through the leg side and Sri Lanka really needed that.
They've just lost a bit of control in the past three or four overs. Can they bring it back?
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Stuart Clark
Former Australia fast bowler on Test Match Special
Lovely hands from Phillips. He had to hit it beautifully and he has pierced the gap. The timing was exquisite.
NZ 98-3
Slashed over cover for four more.
Phillips is into a very dangerous groove now.