Black Caps beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets, win ODI series 2-0

New Zealand capitalized on another failure by Sri Lankas batters and avoided one of its own to win the third oneday international by six wickets in Hamilton on Friday and to take the threematch series 20After being bowled out for only 76 in the first match which New Zealand won by 198 runs Sri Lanka was dismissed for 157 in 413 overs as it batted first after winning the toss in Game 3 The second match was abandoned because of rainNew Zealand also was in trouble early when it lost two wickets in the second over of its innings and was 62 then 213 But Will Young who had been out of form with only 30 runs from his last four ODI innings ground his way back to form with an unbeaten 86 which guided New Zealand to victory with 171 overs remainingYoung and Henry Nicholls 44 shared an unbroken partnership of exactly 100 runs for the fifth wicketLike all batters Friday Young had moments of alarm in his innings and sometimes was tempted to dangle the bat outside off stump But he persevered and eventually reached his half century from 71 balls mostly from playing with sound technique rather than trying to hit out recklesslyIm stoked to spend a bit of time in the middle and contribute a bit to the team Henry said To end up with a series win was pretty special tooIt was a bit of a grind out there to be honest There was some good bowling and patches when they hit their length It wasnt always pretty but we got the job done in the endThe New Zealand seamers set up the win with another excellent performance Henry Shipley who took 531 in the first match returned 332 on Friday and has been a huge success in his first home seriesMatt Henry took 314 and produced an outstanding early spell in which he removed Nuwanidu Fernando 2 and Kusal Mendis 0 as Sri Lanka slumped to 233 by the end of the first 10over powerplaySri Lanka wasnt able to produce sustained partnerships which might break New Zealands grip on the match even when opener Pathum Nissanka became a possible anchor with his innings of 57 from 58 ballsApart from Nissanka only three Sri Lanka batters reached double figures Of those captain Dasun Shanaka was the best with 31 from 38 ballsThe New Zealand bowling was relentless After Henry and Shipley Daryl Mitchell chipped in with 332 from seven oversThe pitch at Seddon Park was similar to the one at Eden Park in Auckland on which Sri Lanka was bowled out for its lowestever ODI score against New ZealandBowlers early on were rewarded for a full length as the ball moved a little off the surface or held up and made timing difficult Bounce which sometimes was sharp sometimes tennis balllike also was difficult to judgeI think as a bowling group we talked of being quite ruthless dictating play and were happy with the efforts Henry saidIts been a great start for Henry Shipley and we as a collective have talked about being good for long periods of timeHenry first had the wicket of Nuwanidu who leaned forward on a ball pitched into his pads which straightened and delivered an easy catch to Henry Nicholls at slip Most of the wickets that fell Friday were to catches behind the wicketAlso readShipleyrsquos fifer helps New Zealand rout Lanka by 198 runsHenry then removed Kusal Mendis for a sixball duck The ball again was full just outside off stump and Mendis edged to Daryl Mitchell at first slipHenry twice had decisions against Nissanka overturned on review before Shipley stepped up and dismissed Angelo Mathews who defended a straight ball which also moved away and gave Mitchell another slip catchNissanka stayed on until Sri Lanka was 1006 Few others stayed long enough to build a more challenging totalNew Zealands top order also struggled in the conditions Chad Bowes was caught by Mendis from the first ball of the second over and Blundell also was caught behind from the sixth ball of the over bowled by Lahiru KumaraMitchell gave Mendis another catch from the bowling of Kasun Rajitha and Latham chopped on a delivery from Shanaka which was well wide of off stumpsYoung and Nicholls saw New Zealand home with plenty of overs to spare New Zealand now is unbeaten in its last six oneday international series at home It also leads the Super League standings for the ICC World Cup in India later this yearAfter losing the series Sri Lanka will not qualify automatically for the World Cup and will now face have to go through a repechage to qualifyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever