New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 65 runs.

A stunning century from Glenn Phillips followed by a career best figures from Trent Boult helped NewZealand bagged a convincing 65-run win over SriLanka on today. The Lankans could only muster 102 in response to NZ’s 167,

Chasing 168, Sri Lanka’s innings never got going as they failed to counter the clever bowling from Tim Southee and Trent Boult. Southee scalped one wicket in the first over, with Boult scalping two in the second as Sri Lanka were reduced to 6/3. Boult would have his third in his fourth over, sending Charith Akalanka packing as Sri Lanka were reeling at 8/4.

After the early blows, Sri Lanka never quite recovered, despite the best efforts of Bhanuka Rajapaksa. The batter scored 34 off 22 before being dismissed by Lockie Ferguson. Mitchell Santner would also strike twice, getting the wickets of Chamika Karunaratne and Maheesh Thekshana, as Sri Lanka were limping around at 65/8.