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There was some excellent bowling and some superb fielding from New Zealand, but that was a wildly substandard batting performance from Sri Lanka. On the plus side, Karunaratne had joined a very select club:
Dimuth Karunaratne becomes only the second opening batsman – after Ridley Jacobs in 1999 – to carry bat in the World Cup. #CWC19
30.2 overs: Sri Lanka 136 all out Karunaratne survives the closest of shaves from the first ball of the over, hitting to deep square leg where Santner runs in to collect the ball diving forward. They go upstairs to check the catch and the soft signal is out, but replays show the ball hitting the turf as the catch is completed. It makes not the slightest sniff of a difference, as Malinga is cleaned out next ball!
Written by Simon Burnton (now) and Tim de Lisle (later)
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/jun/01/new-zealand-v-sri-lanka-cricket-world-cup-2019-live under the title “New Zealand chasing 137 to beat Sri Lanka: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
