New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, T20 World Cup 2024 Highlights: New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets

Rosemary Mair to Vishmi Gunarathne, WIDE! Full, sliding down the leg. Vishmi Gunarathne swings and misses. Another wide.

Rosemary Mair to Vishmi Gunarathne, WIDE! On a length, slanting down the leg. Vishmi Gunarathne plays and misses. Wided.

Rosemary Mair to Vishmi Gunarathne, BYES! Slower length ball, around off. Vishmi Gunarathne swings and misses. Lack of bounce from the pitch and the ball goes through the keeper for four byes.

Rosemary Mair to Chamari Athapaththu, NO BALL. On a length, on off. Chamari Athapaththu prods and gets the inside edge through backward square leg for one. Rosemary Mair has overstepped. No ball was called. Free hit coming up. 

Rosemary Mair to Vishmi Gunarathne, Sri Lanka Women and Vishmi Gunarathne are away! Full, on the middle and leg. Vishmi Gunarathne flicks it to deep backward square leg for one.

Rosemary Mair to Vishmi Gunarathne, Pitched full, at the stumps. Vishmi Gunarathne bunts it to silly mid on.

Rosemary Mair to Vishmi Gunarathne, Mair starts with a full-length delivery, tailing into the leg pole. Vishmi Gunarathne flicks and misses onto her pad. A loud appeal but this was going down.

Done with pre-match formalities and we are set for the action to begin. Chamari Athapaththu and Vishmi Gunarathne stride out to open the batting for Sri Lanka Women. It will be Rosemary Mair with the ball for New Zealand Women. Let's play...

All in readiness now as the teams and match officials make their way to the ground for the National Anthems. We start with the anthem of Sri Lanka Women, followed by that of New Zealand Women. Live action is not far away.

PITCH REPORT - Ian Bishop is near the pitchside alongside Anjum Chopra. They share that there is glorious sunshine with the temperature being 38 degrees and the players will be tested. Bishop further adds that the boundaries are 57m and 62m square down the ground it will be 73m. Anjum Chopra adds that the teams are going with more spin options and the batters will look to play late and allow the ball to come on.

Sophie Devine, the New Zealand Women, says that they were looking to bat first as well. Shares that Leigh Kasperek comes in for Fran Jonas. Mentions that they need to keep Sri Lanka Women under 120 and try to chase as well as they can. Adds that they have not thought about NRR and they are focussing on a game at a time with results taking care of themselves.

Chamari Athapaththu has won the toss and opted to BAT first. She says that the batting hasn’t gone to plan but they will back the batters. Adds that things have not gone their way but the belief is there in the camp and they are looking to play with positive mindset. Ends by sharing that Sachini Nisansala comes in for Inoka Ranaweera.

Sri Lanka Women (Playing XI) - Vishmi Gunarathne, Chamari Athapaththu(C), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kaveesha Dilhari, Nilakshika Silva, Inoshi Fernando, Ama Kanchana, Anushka Sanjeewani(WK), Sugandika Kumari, Sachini Nisansala (in place of Inoka Ranaweera), Udeshika Prabodani.

New Zealand Women (Playing XI) - Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Melie Kerr, Sophie Devine(C), Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Izzy Gaze(WK), Leigh Kasperek (in place of Fran Jonas), Rosemary Mair, Lea Tahuhu, Eden Carson. 

TOSS UPDATE – Sri Lanka Women have won the toss and opted to BAT.