4th ODI: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka at Nelson, Jan 2, 2016
New Zealand 75/3 (9/24 ov)
Sri Lanka
No result
New Zealand RR 8.33
Last 5 ovs 33/2 RR 6.60
Current time 17:38 local, 04:38 GMT ODI Career
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR This bowler
Henry Nicholls (lhb) 4 7 0 0 57.14 2 (3b)
Ross Taylor (rhb) 20 14 3 0 142.85 4 (7b)
Mat Runs HS Ave
4 47 23* 47.00
170 5646 131* 43.76
Bowlers O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s
Milinda Siriwardana (sla) 2.0 0 11 0 5.50 5 0 0
Jeffrey Vandersay (lb) 1.0 0 15 0 15.00 1 3 0
Mat Wkts BBI Econ
12 8 2/27 5.41
3 2 2/55 8.00
Recent overs
1 1 W • • 1
1 1 1wd • 1 2 •
1 • 4 4 2 4
Current partnership 22 runs, 2.3 overs, RR: 8.80
Last bat KS Williamson c & b Chameera 12 (15m 12b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
Fall of wicket 53/3 (6.3 ov); Partnership: 8 runs, 1.4 overs, RR: 4.80
4.55pm That's it folks. It has been called off. Time eventually ran out on Sri Lanka's chances of winning the series. As soon as we got off the park with about 30 minutes left, it was always going to be dicey. So, we will go to the fifth ODI with NZ 2-1 up. It has been an utterly frustrating day with a steady drizzle persisting through much of the day, before we managed to squeeze in nine overs of entertaining cricket. That will be it from us at ESPNcricinfo for this game, but today's cricketing action is far from over. Until next time, ciao.
4.43pm More covers coming on. If the rain doesn't stop in 10 minutes from now, it'd be it for the day, I reckon.
Kevin: "@Ryan: One of the most common cliches in cricket "Nelson strikes again"."
4.40pm Just a light drizzle at the moment, but play cannot resume if there is discernible precipitation, however inconsequential it may be.
Harin: "This shouldn't be surprising to anyone. It either rains in Sri Lanka, or rains wherever the Sri Lankans go regardless of the history of the location "
Ryan rubs it in, "I can't get over Nelson of all places being the first game to be heavily disrupted by rain. It is statistically the sunniest place in New Zealand."
4.35pm Low-lying cloud, murky conditions and surrounding gloom in Nelson. Ah, how does it to feel to be in Cape Town?
4.23pm And the rain has got too heavy now. The covers rush on. We have just 32 minutes to spare (8 overs multiplied by 4 minutes). So this rain has to stop soon for us to have a chance but conditions have been cloudy and overcast all day.
Tim: "@Liam - if it's any consolation, Taylor and Nicholls are averaging infinity. "
Dickson: "So what happens if the game is abandoned? Does this count as a match played by everyone, or would the next game still be Henry Nicholls' fourth game for instance?" The former.
Liam: "KW is only averaging 12 across all formats this calendar year. Shock. Horror." -- Yikes!
End of over 9 (15 runs) New Zealand 75/3
LRPL Taylor 20 (14b 3x4 0x6)
HM Nicholls 4 (7b 0x4 0x6)
JDF Vandersay 1-0-15-0
TAM Siriwardana 2-0-11-0
Match State: Delay - Rain Match State: Delay - Rain
8.6
Vandersay to Taylor, FOUR, the moisture not helping the legspinner. drags this short down leg. Taylor pummels the pull past short fine leg for four, not easy conditions to bowl but these are free runs for Taylor and NZ.
Spots of rain in the air again
8.5
Vandersay to Taylor, 2 runs, low full toss outside off, lots of flight. Thwacked to deep cover for a couple.
8.4
Vandersay to Taylor, FOUR, that is a freebie. Short down leg, all taylor needed to do was get some bat on it and that he did. Raced to the fine leg boundary
8.3
Vandersay to Taylor, FOUR, nicely played, goes to the boundary. Gets down early after picking his gap and executes perfectly, ramped the paddle sweep nicely to the fine leg boundary. Great batting this
8.2
Vandersay to Taylor, no run, flat down leg, Taylor finds fine leg. Should have been put away, missed opportunity
8.1
Vandersay to Nicholls, 1 run, short on off, Vandersay rocks back to belt a pull to deep midwicket
Legspin, Vandersay.
End of over 8 (6 runs) New Zealand 60/3
LRPL Taylor 6 (9b 0x4 0x6)
HM Nicholls 3 (6b 0x4 0x6)
TAM Siriwardana 2-0-11-0
PVD Chameera 3-0-32-1
7.6
Siriwardana to Taylor, no run, good length on off and middle, Taylor rocks back to punch back to the bowler
7.5
Siriwardana to Taylor, 2 runs, too short, too wide. Taylor finds the gap nicely through point for an easy couple. Good batting
7.4
Siriwardana to Nicholls, 1 run
7.3
Siriwardana to Nicholls, no run, drives towards cover
7.3
Siriwardana to Nicholls, 1 wide, what happened there? Completely slipped out of the hands. Umpire Billy calls it a no ball before changing to wide. Slips out his hands and bounces once on the pitch before bouncing two or three times in the adjacent pitch.
7.2
Siriwardana to Taylor, 1 run, overpitched on leg, Taylor drives to long-on for one
Mayura: "Matthews taken a lot of flak this tour for his captaincy, but he has definitely rotated the bowlers well today. "
7.1
Siriwardana to Nicholls, 1 run, short delivery outside off, skids onto the bat as Nicholls cuts to the sweeper cover
Mike: "That KW dismissal was very similar to the one in the WC final. I can't believe I'm daring to say this but does Williamson finally have a weakness?"
End of over 7 (3 runs) New Zealand 54/3
HM Nicholls 1 (3b 0x4 0x6)
LRPL Taylor 3 (6b 0x4 0x6)
PVD Chameera 3-0-32-1
TAM Siriwardana 1-0-5-0
6.6
Chameera to Nicholls, 1 run, good end. Shortish length on off and middle, Nicholls gets high on his toes to nurdle towards mid-on for a quick single. Great over
6.5
Chameera to Nicholls, no run, overly full outside off but Nicholls opens up the face to steer to point
6.4
Chameera to Nicholls, no run, back of a length on off, blocked with a high elbow towards cover
Henry Nicholls
6.3
Chameera to Williamson, OUT, taken, KW goes now. Full delivery on middle, Williamson closes the bat-face, looking towards the midwicket region and gets a leading edge which lobs back to Chameera to take. Big wicket, KW walks back.
KS Williamson c & b Chameera 12 (15m 12b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
6.2
Chameera to Taylor, 1 run, shortish outside off, Taylor too cuts down to third man to get a run
6.1
Chameera to Williamson, 1 run, fullish on off, KW dabs it late to third man. Good option to produce a run
End of over 6 (5 runs) New Zealand 51/2
KS Williamson 11 (10b 1x4 0x6)
LRPL Taylor 2 (5b 0x4 0x6)
TAM Siriwardana 1-0-5-0
KMDN Kulasekara 1-0-4-1
5.6
Siriwardana to Williamson, 1 run, some flight on middle, Williamson races down to meet the ball as it pitched to drill to long-on
5.5
Siriwardana to Williamson, 2 runs, slightly shortish outside off, KW goes deep and cuts late past point, earning him a couple
5.4
Siriwardana to Taylor, 1 run, flat and quick outside off, crashed to the sweeper cover
5.3
Siriwardana to Taylor, no run, lovely pressure. Floated up on middle, Taylor advances but nudges to midwicket who dives and stops
5.2
Siriwardana to Taylor, no run, nice and flat on off. Pushed towards cover
5.1
Siriwardana to Taylor, no run, very flat on off, extracts a bit of turn. Taylor wants to clip to leg but is taken aback by a bit of turn. Pats to the bowler
5.1
Siriwardana to Taylor, 1 wide, tossed up but drifts down leg, wide
Spin, Siriwardana.
End of over 5 (4 runs) New Zealand 46/2
LRPL Taylor 1 (1b 0x4 0x6)
KS Williamson 8 (8b 1x4 0x6)
KMDN Kulasekara 1-0-4-1
NLTC Perera 2-0-13-1
Febin: "I don't think this comparison would be wrong to do: Rohit Sharma and Martin Guptill, players with a double hundred in ODI, not so successful in tests. Look into their form. They're extra ordinary on their days and they look very uncomfortable when not. Such similarities!!"
4.6
Kulasekara to Taylor, 1 run, nicely played, pushed to mid-on for a quick single. Judged it well, safe even with a direct hit.
Big big wicket that for SL, Taylor strides out.
4.5
Kulasekara to Guptill, OUT, Out, plumb in front. Speared in the blockhole on middle, Guptill walks across to try and find the square leg boundary but misses and is struck right in front. Absolutely dead and Guptill has to walk off, writhing in pain from the yorker hitting him flush on the foot.
MJ Guptill lbw b Kulasekara 27 (23m 14b 1x4 3x6) SR: 192.85
4.4
Kulasekara to Williamson, 1 run, did not quite hit it well enough, raced down the pitch to try and clear the mid-off fielder, KW hits to mid-off for a quick run
4.3
Kulasekara to Williamson, 2 runs, this time he gets a gap. Fullish on middle and KW walks across to tickle it fine pats short fine leg, he'll get a couple.
Bharath Seervi: "Highest run-getter in International matches and highest run-getter in ODIs in 2015 are on the crease. "
Commentator: Nikhil Kalro
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Sixes by Corey Anderson v WI in 2013-14, the most by a NZ batsman in a bilateral ODI series. Guptill went past him today with his 3rd six off Chameera.
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