On Wednesday, New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka for 141 with the help of fast bowler Adam Milne, who took 5-26, to win the second Twenty20 cricket international by nine wickets.Adam Milne of New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka in the second T20, level series. Milne became the third New Zealander after Tim Southee (5-18 against Pakistan) and Lockie Ferguson (5-21 against West Indies) to claim a five-wicket haul in a T20 international. The Black Caps defeated Sri Lanka in exactly 19 overs.Opener Tim Seifert then, at that point, hit an unbeaten 79 from 43 balls as New Zealand arrived at 146-1 in 14.4 overs to win with 32 balls in excess, polishing off with sequential sixes.Milne took wickets of Kusal Perera (35) and Charith Asalanka (26) in Sundays first T20 match between the teams, which Sri Lanka won in a Super Over. Perera scored 35 runs and Asalanka scored 26. He also got rid of opener Pathum Nissanka (0 runs) and clean bowled Pramod Madushan and Dilshan Madushanka to end the innings.Milne stated, “Any time you get a five-for its very nice,” and “its nice to come back and put in a good performance” after the previous game with the Super Over.When Sri Lanka reached 50-2 in the powerplay on Wednesday and 83-2 in the first 10 overs, led by Perera and Dhananjaya de Silva, who made 37 from 26 balls, Sri Lanka appeared to be on track for another high score. For the third wicket, the pair scored 62 runs.De Silva was bowled by Rachin Ravindra, a spinner, after Milne removed Perera, and Sri Lankas innings lost some of its momentum. At the University Oval, the pitch was slow, but the boundaries were short and inviting, making it hard for the visiting batters to resist the big shot. A number of batters were caught in the deep as a result of New Zealands successful use of the slower ball.Milne stated, “I believe the spinners did really well through the middle there to tie them up.”“I think we were able to take a few quick wickets in the middle compared to the previous game, which allowed us to attack a little bit more,”Chad Bowes, an opener from South Africa, got the New Zealand innings off to a flying start with 31 runs from 15 balls, seven of which were fours.Seifert took over the attack on the Sri Lankan bowlers when he was out with 40 runs, and New Zealand quickly reached 103-1 after 10 overs.Seifert hit two fours and four sixes in 30 balls to score his sixth T20 half-century. He struck the sixth six of his innings out of the ground off De Silvas bowling to increase New Zealands score to 140-1, and then he struck the seventh on the following ball to bring the game to an end.After supporting a 106-run partnership with Seifert that went unbeaten, Captain Tom Latham was 20 not out.Latham stated, “It was a pretty clinical performance.”“We clawed things back from eight overs in, and the way we were able to keep taking wickets allowed us to stall the run rate. I thought the bowling execution was exceptional.“The manner in which Chad and Tim played was the good to beat all.”Sri Lankas batting performance from the first match could not be replicated.Dasun Shanaka, captain, stated, “We lost wickets at regular intervals, and 141 was never enough on this wicket.”“When the wickets were there, we were looking around the 180 mark, but we lost too many wickets and couldnt get there.” Kim Cotton of New Zealand became the first female umpire to stand in a full mens international between ICC member nations, marking a significant milestone in the match.On Saturday, the series final match will be against Queenstown.
