The only thing left for Sri Lanka in this series is to avoid whitewash and this is possible only if they won third T20I. Sri Lanka played well in first T20I but New Zealanders dominated today's game. Today New Zealand gave target of 186 and Sri Lankans were 45 runs short of this target. Now pressure is on Sri lanka in the final game and they have the capability to win the last T20I to avoid whitewash. To win the last game, Sri Lanka need to control New Zealand batters and stop them from giving big target in case they are batting first.
Sri Lanka main goal now is to stop New Zealand from winning all games in series. They can only do this if they win third T20I game. In first match Sri Lanka played well but New Zealand played better in second game. Sri Lanka tried to catch up to New Zealand score of 186 but they were 45 runs short. Now Sri Lanka is under pressure to do well in last match but they are good enough to win and not lose all games. To win they need to stop New Zealand batsmen from scoring too many runs especially if New Zealand bats first. 
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In the second T20 match yesterday we thought maybe Sri Lanka would win very easily with a target of 187 runs but Sri Lanka were four wickets up to 127 runs but then the next 6 Sri Lankan batsmen got out to collect only 14 runs. So it is easy to understand that Sri Lanka will be whitewashed in the T20 series because there were some easy matches which Sri Lanka could not win. So in the last match too, New Zealand will want to whitewash and that's how they will perform.
Although the Kiwis had a slow start, they amassed runs towards the end. They scored 41 runs from the last 2.3 overs, with Mitchell Hay smashing the Lankan bowlers without any mercy. That more than made up for the relatively slow scoring from both Tim Robinson and Mark Chapman. And Lankans struggled with their batting, once Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera got out. Matt Henry and Jacob Duffy made use of the pace-friendly conditions at the Bay Oval and Lankan batsmen struggled against them.
The only thing left for Sri Lanka in this series is to avoid whitewash and this is possible only if they won third T20I. Sri Lanka played well in first T20I but New Zealanders dominated today's game. Today New Zealand gave target of 186 and Sri Lankans were 45 runs short of this target. Now pressure is on Sri lanka in the final game and they have the capability to win the last T20I to avoid whitewash. To win the last game, Sri Lanka need to control New Zealand batters and stop them from giving big target in case they are batting first.
In the second T20 match yesterday we thought maybe Sri Lanka would win very easily with a target of 187 runs but Sri Lanka were four wickets up to 127 runs but then the next 6 Sri Lankan batsmen got out to collect only 14 runs. So it is easy to understand that Sri Lanka will be whitewashed in the T20 series because there were some easy matches which Sri Lanka could not win. So in the last match too, New Zealand will want to whitewash and that's how they will perform. However, the result of the match was expected for me and from my personal perspective, I also think that most people expected New Zealand to win this match as well. However, I will agree with you that Sri Lanka's wickets fell a little too quickly, especially when it came to taking the last wickets here, with two outs almost every over. In this regard, New Zealand's batting lineup has also performed excellently, with Jacob Andrew Duffy in particular having a hilarious performance as a T20I fielder.
Anyway, New Zealand has already won the series, so what are your thoughts on match number three? I expect that since New Zealand are the hosts in this series, they will enjoy the advantage in the third match as well and whitewash the Sri Lankan team.
Anyway, New Zealand has already won the series, so what are your thoughts on match number three? I expect that since New Zealand are the hosts in this series, they will enjoy the advantage in the third match as well and whitewash the Sri Lankan team.
The only thing left for Sri Lanka in this series is to avoid whitewash and this is possible only if they won third T20I. Sri Lanka played well in first T20I but New Zealanders dominated today's game. Today New Zealand gave target of 186 and Sri Lankans were 45 runs short of this target. Now pressure is on Sri lanka in the final game and they have the capability to win the last T20I to avoid whitewash. To win the last game, Sri Lanka need to control New Zealand batters and stop them from giving big target in case they are batting first.
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Things were completely in SiriLankan hands and they can easily revert results in thier favor but thier batting collapse were just horrible, because from a winning and dominance side within blink of eye they goes downward and become defeating side. At the moment when they required 90 around just like you mentioned SiriLankan just lose a single wicket and having huge number of wickets. but still they unable to goes even closer to required like with more than 40 runs margin they lose the second match of the series and thus lose the t20 series by 2-0 which I believe will be turn into 3-0 in last match
However, the result of the match was expected for me and from my personal perspective, I also think that most people expected New Zealand to win this match as well. However, I will agree with you that Sri Lanka's wickets fell a little too quickly, especially when it came to taking the last wickets here, with two outs almost every over. In this regard, New Zealand's batting lineup has also performed excellently, with Jacob Andrew Duffy in particular having a hilarious performance as a T20I fielder.Anyway, New Zealand has already won the series, so what are your thoughts on match number three? I expect that since New Zealand are the hosts in this series, they will enjoy the advantage in the third match as well and whitewash the Sri Lankan team.
New Zealand scored 186 runs for the loss of 5 wickets against Sri Lanka today. New Zealand scored good runs in the second T20 match but Sri Lanka is currently batting well. Sri Lanka has lost only 3 wickets and still has the best chance of winning, if Sri Lanka can bat better in today's match then victory is certain. But at the moment Sri Lanka will try to bat well although if they lose today's match then they will lose the series. At the moment Sri Lanka needs to score 90 runs from 50 balls which is difficult but if they bat well they can easily achieve it, but New Zealand will now bowl well to put pressure on Sri Lanka.
Things were completely in SiriLankan hands and they can easily revert results in thier favor but thier batting collapse were just horrible, because from a winning and dominance side within blink of eye they goes downward and become defeating side. At the moment when they required 90 around just like you mentioned SiriLankan just lose a single wicket and having huge number of wickets. but still they unable to goes even closer to required like with more than 40 runs margin they lose the second match of the series and thus lose the t20 series by 2-0 which I believe will be turn into 3-0 in last match 
The Sri Lankan team's opening batting performance was very good, Kusal Perera was the last patient batsman in this match. But after Kusal Perera was out, no other patient batsman could survive, there was enough runs scored until the power play but in the end they failed to save the wickets and win.
The New Zealand team's bowler Jacup Duffy gave the most important bowling performance and took 4 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs, and he dismissed the wickets that were the most aggressive batsmen of the Sri Lanka team. That's why I think the New Zealand team players won very easily.
Yeah, in 2 nd game of the Sri Lanka tour to New Zealand has played, in which New Zealand won by a good margin of 45 runs. If you see the strength between these two, it is clear that they are New Zealand because Sri Lanka is not strong enough to beat New Zealand. In the first match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka also lost and in this game too, Sri Lanka lost the series and it is not so beneficial to win the next game. New Zealand won 2 matches on the tail of their hard work and strength and in this game New Zealand had given a target of 186 which was very difficult for Sri Lanka and they lose by scoring only 141 runs. The new Zealand bowler dismissed the all Sri Lanka batsman in 19 overs and win series. The New Zealand team's bowler Jacup Duffy gave the most important bowling performance and took 4 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs, and he dismissed the wickets that were the most aggressive batsmen of the Sri Lanka team. That's why I think the New Zealand team players won very easily.
Sri Lanka played pretty badly. The target was actually within their reach in my opinion. Sri Lanka was in a pretty dominating position when they were at 97/2. And that was probably on the 12th over. From that situation I think New Zealand had a great chance to actually win the match. But after the 3rd wicket fell, after Mendis got out, The flow of runs absolutely dried out for too longga. And New Zealand took advantage of that. From that moment Sri Lanka lost wickets pretty quickly. 6 players that came into bat after Asalanka, scored 9 runs all together. Damn, New Zealand has given more extras than that. And with this win New Zealand is able to secure the series win as well.
In the last stages of the game, it also became hard for the Sri Lanka to win this game as few balls were left and as i remember they needed to make around 60 runs in the last 5 overs. I feel pity for them as it was a difficult task for them but still the hopes were with them. As in the previous game, they were so close but cannot win, that is why I was hoping for today but at the end of the day New Zealand won the game. From the start of the game, the match was so interesting and both teams played equally well but NZ kept their nerves till the end.
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New Zealand won by 45 runs from Sri Lanka's 2nd T20. New Zealand Peak the score of 186/5 for caching score Sri Lanka all out in 141 runs. In New Zealand, the 40+ scorers in this match are 3 players. Among them, Mitchell Hay's Strike Rate is 215.78 much more than another 2 players. He played only 19 balls where he hit 2 sixes and 4 fours. For his outstanding performance, he got the trophy of Man of the Match.
Sri Lanka played pretty badly. The target was actually within their reach in my opinion. Sri Lanka was in a pretty dominating position when they were at 97/2. And that was probably on the 12th over. From that situation I think New Zealand had a great chance to actually win the match. But after the 3rd wicket fell, after Mendis got out, The flow of runs absolutely dried out for too longga. And New Zealand took advantage of that. From that moment Sri Lanka lost wickets pretty quickly. 6 players that came into bat after Asalanka, scored 9 runs all together. Damn, New Zealand has given more extras than that. And with this win New Zealand is able to secure the series win as well.
Tomorrow is the second game between New Zealand and Sri Lanka. As we know, yesterday's game was lost by Sri Lanka, in which they tried to win it but after getting so close, they lost by just 8 runs margin. Before this T20 match, Sri Lanka played a tour game against New Zealand in which they performed amazingly.
However this time New Zealand are prepared to face Sri Lanka and now the question is who wins this series ?
If we look at some of the previous games then Sri Lanka were winning it but as I said this time New Zealand are prepared to face Sri Lanka and they won't give them easy wins.
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One thing we know for sure is that both teams will try their best and that will make match very exciting.
Yes both teams tried their best to win this match but Sri Lankan batsmen got out very fast today too due to very good bowling of New Zealander Jacob Duffy. 
The Sri Lankan team's opening batting performance was very good, Kusal Perera was the last patient batsman in this match. But after Kusal Perera was out, no other patient batsman could survive, there was enough runs scored until the power play but in the end they failed to save the wickets and win.
The New Zealand team's bowler Jacup Duffy gave the most important bowling performance and took 4 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs, and he dismissed the wickets that were the most aggressive batsmen of the Sri Lanka team. That's why I think the New Zealand team players won very easily.
New Zealand International T20 cricket team gave excellent performance in today match because that team gave good target in this match and Sri Lankan International cricket team could not achieve this target and New Zealand team won the match by 45 runs. New Zealand team players played like a team and many players made runs in this match and that is the reason,they easily won this match. Chapman made 42 runs in this match and he played very less balls in this match and Robinson also played well and he made 41 runs in this match . Hay was the player who made match and he made 41 runs by facing only 19 balls in this match. No player could make half century in this match and Kusal Perera was the player who made highest runs in this match but no other player of his team played like him. The New Zealand team's bowler Jacup Duffy gave the most important bowling performance and took 4 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs, and he dismissed the wickets that were the most aggressive batsmen of the Sri Lanka team. That's why I think the New Zealand team players won very easily.
New Zealand won by 45 runs from Sri Lanka's 2nd T20. New Zealand Peak the score of 186/5 for caching score Sri Lanka all out in 141 runs. In New Zealand, the 40+ scorers in this match are 3 players. Among them, Mitchell Hay's Strike Rate is 215.78 much more than another 2 players. He played only 19 balls where he hit 2 sixes and 4 fours. For his outstanding performance, he got the trophy of Man of the Match.
In both the matches, the Sri Lankan team won the toss and decided to bowl first. In the first match the Sri Lanka team lost the match. At least this time they could've chosen to bat first after winning the toss. The New Zealand team played really well, and 186 is a good score. Except Rachin Ravindra, all others scored good runs. While chasing the target, Sri Lanka started well, same as the first T20, and the third wicket fell at 97 runs. At that point, the Sri Lankan team was in need of 89 runs from 50 balls. The final score is really disappointing. At least the Sri Lankan team could've come closer to the target. After the third wicket, the Sri Lankan team has lost 7 wickets, scoring 44 runs. Let's wait and see whether Sri Lanka can win the final match and avoid the whitewash of the series. 
Since Sri Lanka had a big chance of winning the match, I think it was Sri Lanka's failure. The team's average performance in the recent statistics is certainly commendable. Wins and losses are normal in the game, but some losses are very difficult to accept, such as the loss in the last match of Sri Lanka. Hopefully, Sri Lanka can learn some lessons from this mistake. Sri Lanka won the practice matches brilliantly, but they started the series by losing the first match.
In the first T20 against New Zealand, Sri Lanka had many chances to win, if two of the Sri Lankan batsmen were not dismissed for zero runs, Sri Lanka could have taken that opportunity and won against New Zealand. In the game of cricket, many teams can not win the match despite their very good batting and bowling performance, and sometimes many teams lose the match by a margin of one or two runs.Quote
The Sri Lankan team did not do very well in bowling either, if they can restrict the New Zealand team to below 70 in the upcoming matches, then Sri Lanka will definitely win that match. In the last match, Daryl Mitchell and Michael Bracewell both scored well, while in Sri Lanka also two player scored well, but still the match was quite exciting.
The bowling performance of the Sri Lankan team in the first T20 does not seem like they will be able to all out the New Zealand team below 70 runs in the second T20. Moreover, this task may be much more difficult for the Sri Lankan bowlers. You must have seen that New Zealand batted very well in the first T20 so maybe they will bat very well in the second T20 and score a lot of runs against Sri Lanka.Sri Lanka lost their series by losing the second T20I against New Zealand. The batting and bowling performance of Sri Lanka was very strong in today's match and gave them such confidence that they won the series. Jacob Duffy's bowling performance was so great that the Sri Lankan batsmen could not play and were out, he took four wickets in this match. Since we are currently seeing a 2-0 lead in the T20I series, the next match will be very important for Sri Lanka. Because if Sri Lanka loses the third match, then they will definitely be whitewashed in the T20I series, in this match New Zealand will definitely try to beat Sri Lanka badly.
New Zealand won by 45 runs from Sri Lanka's 2nd T20. New Zealand Peak the score of 186/5 for caching score Sri Lanka all out in 141 runs. In New Zealand, the 40+ scorers in this match are 3 players. Among them, Mitchell Hay's Strike Rate is 215.78 much more than another 2 players. He played only 19 balls where he hit 2 sixes and 4 fours. For his outstanding performance, he got the trophy of Man of the Match.
The Sri Lankan team's opening batting performance was very good, Kusal Perera was the last patient batsman in this match. But after Kusal Perera was out, no other patient batsman could survive, there was enough runs scored until the power play but in the end they failed to save the wickets and win.
The New Zealand team's bowler Jacup Duffy gave the most important bowling performance and took 4 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs, and he dismissed the wickets that were the most aggressive batsmen of the Sri Lanka team. That's why I think the New Zealand team players won very easily.
The New Zealand team's bowler Jacup Duffy gave the most important bowling performance and took 4 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs, and he dismissed the wickets that were the most aggressive batsmen of the Sri Lanka team. That's why I think the New Zealand team players won very easily.
Sri Lanka played well, good effort produced by them but when the game reaches to its end all the middle order batsmen of Sri Lanka started to lost their important wickets and cannot dominate the game.
However, the start was good can you imagine at 127, the team had lost only 4 wickets and on 141 the full team has been all out. This is due to the pressure and I think Sri Lanka is not focusing on their batting side, they are doing good for bowling but have to maintain each and everything to wins games.
The Sri Lankan team's opening batting performance was very good, Kusal Perera was the last patient batsman in this match. But after Kusal Perera was out, no other patient batsman could survive, there was enough runs scored until the power play but in the end they failed to save the wickets and win.
The New Zealand team's bowler Jacup Duffy gave the most important bowling performance and took 4 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs, and he dismissed the wickets that were the most aggressive batsmen of the Sri Lanka team. That's why I think the New Zealand team players won very easily.
The New Zealand team's bowler Jacup Duffy gave the most important bowling performance and took 4 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs, and he dismissed the wickets that were the most aggressive batsmen of the Sri Lanka team. That's why I think the New Zealand team players won very easily.
New Zealand scored 186 runs for the loss of 5 wickets against Sri Lanka today. New Zealand scored good runs in the second T20 match but Sri Lanka is currently batting well. Sri Lanka has lost only 3 wickets and still has the best chance of winning, if Sri Lanka can bat better in today's match then victory is certain. But at the moment Sri Lanka will try to bat well although if they lose today's match then they will lose the series. At the moment Sri Lanka needs to score 90 runs from 50 balls which is difficult but if they bat well they can easily achieve it, but New Zealand will now bowl well to put pressure on Sri Lanka.
Yes, New Zealand outstanding performance in second T20 match winning by a huge 45 runs margin against Sri lanka. While Chasing down the target Sri lanka only managed to score 141 runs all out. Kusal Perera palyed a responsible inning of 45 runs from just 35 balls, but didn't assist Sri Lanka to win this match. New Zealand bowling performance is amazing, especially Jacob Duffy picked four important wickets by just giving only 15 runs with an impressive economy rate of just 3.7 runs in his bowling spell. The man of the match award to Mitchell Hay for his magnificent batting performance scored 41 runs unbeaten from just 19 balls and assisted New Zealand to scored huge runs on board. After winning the second match, New Zealand also won the series with a lead of 2-0. 
New Zealand scored 186 runs for the loss of 5 wickets against Sri Lanka today. New Zealand scored good runs in the second T20 match but Sri Lanka is currently batting well. Sri Lanka has lost only 3 wickets and still has the best chance of winning, if Sri Lanka can bat better in today's match then victory is certain. But at the moment Sri Lanka will try to bat well although if they lose today's match then they will lose the series. At the moment Sri Lanka needs to score 90 runs from 50 balls which is difficult but if they bat well they can easily achieve it, but New Zealand will now bowl well to put pressure on Sri Lanka.
New Zealand's total run in this match is higher than the last match. Because of this, Sri Lanka needed to play better to win but Sri Lanka was not able to play like that. Everyone in the New Zealand team performed well except a few but the Sri Lankan team could not play like that. Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera scored well but they could not score required run. The performance of the others who were there was even worse and they were eliminated from the match. To play for the target of 185 runs, all the members of the team need to make good contributions. Which Sri Lanka completely failed to do. The match was already under the control of the New Zealand team as there was a big gap between their score and required run. If Sri Lanka does not win the upcoming match, it will be a whitewash which will definitely create an embarrassing situation for them. 
New Zealand scored 186 runs for the loss of 5 wickets against Sri Lanka today. New Zealand scored good runs in the second T20 match but Sri Lanka is currently batting well. Sri Lanka has lost only 3 wickets and still has the best chance of winning, if Sri Lanka can bat better in today's match then victory is certain. But at the moment Sri Lanka will try to bat well although if they lose today's match then they will lose the series. At the moment Sri Lanka needs to score 90 runs from 50 balls which is difficult but if they bat well they can easily achieve it, but New Zealand will now bowl well to put pressure on Sri Lanka.
Tomorrow is the second game between New Zealand and Sri Lanka. As we know, yesterday's game was lost by Sri Lanka, in which they tried to win it but after getting so close, they lost by just 8 runs margin. Before this T20 match, Sri Lanka played a tour game against New Zealand in which they performed amazingly.
However this time New Zealand are prepared to face Sri Lanka and now the question is who wins this series ?
If we look at some of the previous games then Sri Lanka were winning it but as I said this time New Zealand are prepared to face Sri Lanka and they won't give them easy wins.
New Zealand is batting first in the 2nd T20 match against Sri Lanka. They lost an early wicket of Rachin Ravindra and since then they are playing very slowly. Scoring 37 runs in 5 overs isn’t a good run rate and they should have to focus now not only increasing the runrate but also make sure they do not lose wickets in the process.
On the other hand, Sri Lanka bowlers have started the innings well. Nuwan Thushara took a wicket and both opening bowlers were economical too in their first spells. Still 15 overs remaining in the innings and NZ would be hoping to restrict the Sri Lanka under 130. That would be ideal if they can achieve this.
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