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New Zealand crushed Sri Lanka with the help of a stunning century from Glenn Phillips and a four-wicket haul from Trent Boult. The Kiwis won the toss and opted to bat first and initially, were struggling at 15/3 after 4 overs but a decent 84-run partnership between Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips for the 4th wicket helped them to resurrect their innings and post a total of 167/7 on board.
Glenn Phillips became the second batter after Rilee Rossouw to smash a century in T20 World Cup 2022. Sri Lanka's poor fielding also hurt them as they ended up dropping a fairly straightforward catch of Phillips when he was at just 12 runs.
Sri Lanka got bundled out for just 102 runs as their batters failed to apply themselves except their skipper Dasun Shanaka and Bhanuka Rajapaksa while New Zealand premium pacer Trent Boult ended up with bowling figures of 4/13 in his quota of 4 overs while other bowlers like Santner and Ish Sodhi ended up picking 2 wickets respectively. Tim Southee bowled well with his bowling partner Boult as he also ended with terrific figures of 4-1-12-1. Lockie Ferguson also picked the key wicket of Rajapaksa who was timing the ball very well.
Numbers and Stats from NZ vs SL game:
1 - Glenn Phillips became the first batsman to smash a century in the men's T20 World Cup while batting at number 4 (or) below.
2 - Glenn Phillips became 2nd batsman after Brendon McCullum to smash a century for New Zealand in the men's T20 World Cup.
3 - For 3rd time in T20 WC 2022, a batsman has outplayed the opposition team's total.
Instances of batsman outplaying opposition team total in T20 WC 2022:
Pathum Nissanka - 74 vs UAE in Geelong (First Round)
Rilee Rossouw - 109 vs BAN in Sydney (Super-12)
Glenn Phillips - 104 vs SL in Sydney (Super-12)
4/13 - Trent Boult recorded his best bowling figure of 4/13 in today's T20I match.
Best bowling figure for New Zealand bowler in men's T20 WC:
Mark Gillespie - 4/7 vs Kenya in Durban, 2007
Mitchell Santner - 4/11 vs India in Nagpur, 2016
Trent Boult - 4/13 vs Sri Lanka in Sydney, 2022
4 - Glenn Phillips became 4th New Zealand batsman to smash two (or) more centuries in men's T20I.
New Zealand batsman to smash two (or) more centuries in T20Is:
Brendon McCullum
Colin Munro
Martin Guptill
Glenn Phillips
11 - Kane Williamson won his 11th match as captain in the men's T20 World Cup.
Most matches won as captain in men's T20 WC:
MS Dhoni - 21
Daren Sammy - 12
Graeme Smith / Kane Williamson - 11
65 - New Zealand have defeated Sri Lanka by 65 runs.
Biggest margin of a win by runs vs Sri Lanka in men's T20 World Cup:
Australia by 81 runs in Bridgetown, 2010
New Zealand by 65 runs in Sydney, 2022
Namibia by 55 runs in Geelong, 2022
126 - Tim Southee surpassed Shakib Al Hasan to become the leading wicket-taker in men's T20I again.
Most wickets in men's T20I:
Tim Southee - 126
Shakib Al Hasan - 125
Rashid Khan - 119