{"id":504070,"date":"2026-02-25T23:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/504070\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T23:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:19:10","slug":"sri-lanka-v-new-zealand-scorecard-result-match-report-standings-table-eliminated-video-highlights-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/504070\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka v New Zealand, scorecard, result, match report, standings, table, eliminated, video, highlights, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand knocked co-hosts Sri Lanka out of the T20 World Cup on Wednesday with a 61-run win in Colombo that boosted their semi-final hopes.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka needed an emphatic win to stay alive but instead exited with a whimper, limping to 107-8 chasing New Zealand\u2019s 168-7.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffWatch the Australia Women\u2019s team take on India LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX CRICKET, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=cricket&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkcricket-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-cri-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A win for New Zealand against England on Friday at the same R. Premadasa stadium would see them top the Super Eights group and qualify for the semi-finals along with Harry Brook\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>A defeat would open the door for Pakistan, who would probably need a big win against Sri Lanka in Kandy on Saturday to sneak through on net run rate.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka were never in the chase as Matt Henry dismissed their leading batsman Pathum Nissanka with the first ball of the innings.<\/p>\n<p>Henry also removed Chairth Asalanka with the first ball of his second over to leave Sri Lanka in trouble at 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka crawled to 20-2 at the end of the six-over power play, the lowest in the competition and Sri Lanka\u2019s second lowest ever in T20 internationals.<\/p>\n<p>Part-time spinner Rachin Ravindra found turn to put the game beyond Sri Lanka with a career-best 4-27.<\/p>\n<p>TOPSHOT &#8211; New Zealand&#8217;s Rachin Ravindra (R) celebrates with captain Mitchell Santner after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka&#8217;s Dushan Hemantha during the 2026 ICC Men&#8217;s T20 Cricket World Cup Super Eights match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on February 25, 2026. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA \/ AFP)Source: AFP<\/p>\n<p>Ravindra had a charging Kusal Mendis stumped and then removed Pavan Rathnayake in similar fashion in the same over as the sellout crowd was stunned into silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very embarrassing to disappoint the home crowd,\u201d said Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started really well, but to be honest, the Santner-McConchie and that partnership, it was a good one, which took the game away from us.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>New Zealand earlier recovered from a mini-collapse to reach 168-7. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it was obviously a nice score there with the amount of spin on the ball. They squeezed us a lot,\u201d said New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffGet all the latest cricket news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=CricketArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Schutt on bouncing back from dropping | 00:58<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka were right in the game as New Zealand slumped from 84-3 to 84-6 in the space of six deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>But an 84-run stand off just 47 deliveries for the seventh wicket between Cole McConchie and Santner enabled them to set a tricky target on a turning pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Skipper Santner top scored with 47 off 26 balls with two fours and four sixes. <\/p>\n<p>New Zealand captai Mitchell Santner plays a shot during the 2026 ICC Men&#8217;s T20 Cricket World Cup Super Eights match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on February 25, 2026. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR \/ AFP)Source: AFP<\/p>\n<p>McConchie, recalled to the side, posted an unbeaten 31 off 23 balls New Zealand were struggling to read Maheesh Theekshana as the spinner claimed 3-9 in his first three overs.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand blasted 70 off the last four overs, including 21 off the final one from Theekshana.<\/p>\n<p>Pace bowler Dushmantha Chameera finished with 3-38.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Zealand knocked co-hosts Sri Lanka out of the T20 World Cup on Wednesday with a 61-run win&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2620,1724,63,689,1950,111965,253329,1208,2057,43,24575,1209,11471,45895,137509,1736,44,3583,677,57607,182109,150018,11094,253328,12540,1210,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-504070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-agence-france-presse","tag-asia","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-cricket-news","tag-dasun-shanaka","tag-emphatic-win","tag-england","tag-europe","tag-headlines","tag-home-crowd","tag-india","tag-match-report","tag-matt-henry","tag-mitchell-santner","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-northern-europe","tag-oceania","tag-pace-bowler","tag-run-rate","tag-sellout-crowd","tag-semi-finals","tag-semi-final-hopes","tag-southern-asia","tag-sri-lanka","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}