Sydney: New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 65 runs thanks to Glenn Phillips' aggressive batting in the T20 World Cup.
In the match held in Sydney, Australia, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first. Initially, the Kiwis' start was very disappointing, New Zealand's top order struggled and both openers went to the pavilion with only one run each. .
Second-ranked skipper Kane Williamson also left the field after scoring just 8 runs, leaving the Kiwis out for just 15 runs with 3 players out, but then middle-order batsman Glenn Phillips sent his team down like sand. Took over the batting.
Glenn Phillips played an unbeaten innings of 104 runs off 64 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 10 fours while charging the baton against Sri Lanka.
New Zealand scored 167 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs and set the Islanders a target of 168 runs to win.
Chasing the target of 168 runs, no batsman from Sri Lanka could perform well and the entire team was bundled out for 102 runs and the Kiwis managed to win the match by 65 runs.
Only two Sri Lankan batsmen could get into double figures, skipper Dasan Shanaka with 35 and Rajapaksa with 34. Trent Boult took 4 wickets for the Kiwis.
Middle-order batsman Glenn Phillips was awarded the Man of the Match award for his century, with the victory moving New Zealand to the top of Group 1 of the mega event with 5 points.
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