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[Swordsoffreedom]

SL Vs NZ , 3rd ODI
The third ODI match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand is being played where New Zealand have won the first two matches to seal the series win. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat and till the last update they are still 36 runs after seven overs. But if Sri Lanka lose in today's match then they will be ashamed of being whitewashed and from that shame today's match will be for now Sri Lanka will want to win and save themselves from whitewash.

Sri Lankan current run rate is 5.35. Today Sri Lankan batting hasn't been bad. Their opening couple starting this match fairly. Pathum Nissanka (66), Kusal Mendis (54), and Kamindu Mendis (46), playing well in today's match. 237/5 from 44 overs is not bad. Yes, there 6 over remaining, In these 6 overs Sri Lanka will collect 80+ runs. I think Sri Lanka gives a stranded rus Target to New Zealand.

After losing badly in the first two matches of the T20 series, Sri Lanka won the last match. Sri Lanka also lost the first two matches of the ODI series. And Sri Lanka won the last match by a big margin. However, Sri Lanka lost both the series in this tour.

Sri Lanka was able to give a decent target of 291 runs in this match. Pathum Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, Kusal Mendis and Janith Liyanage batted responsibly in this match. This is why Sri Lanka was able to collect big numbers today. Along with the batsmen, Sri Lanka's bowlers also bowled in a controlled manner today.

Except for Mark Chapman, no other batsman in the New Zealand squad could bat well. Mark Chapman was able to collect 81 runs and New Zealand's total was only 150 runs. Asitha Fernando, Maheesh Theekshana and Malinga took three wickets each.

[Patrol69]

In the third ODI match, Sri Lanka played a great game against New Zealand where they scored 290 runs. However, the performance of the New Zealand team is not so good today, but after they won the series, this match was not so important for them. As a result, Sri Lanka performed well in today's match against New Zealand and will be free from being whitewashed in the series. Since the New Zealand team has already lost their important seven wickets, they will soon become all out. In today's match, no batsman could stand firm for New Zealand, but they got out badly, only Mark Chapman is still holding the game and his current collection is 65 runs. If Mark Chapman gets out, Sri Lanka will win today's match very soon, at this moment New Zealand still needs to score 183 runs to win, which is not possible.

Sri Lanka team won the toss and decided to bat first to avoid whitewash in the third ODI match. The Sri Lankan batsmen have batted responsibly in today's match. Due to the responsible batting of the Sri Lankan batsmen, the Sri Lankan team gave New Zealand a target of 290 runs. The Sri Lankan batsmen performed brilliantly against New Zealand today which led Sri Lanka to win the 3rd ODI against New Zealand by a huge margin of 140 runs. The New Zealand batsmen were put under a lot of pressure after losing wickets at the beginning when they came down to bat against the target of 290 runs given by the Sri Lankan team. Mark Chapman scored the highest runs for the New Zealand team. Mark Chapman got out with 81 runs from 81 balls. Except this batsman, no other batsman could collect such a good song, due to which the New Zealand team was all out for 150 runs against Sri Lanka.

[Haunebu]

Looks like Sri Lanka managed to avoid a whitewash in a convincing manner. NZ were clearly overdependent on Ravindra and Chapman in the batting department while their bowling department performed really well overall.

Fernando, Theekshana and Malinga bowled well in this match, but Theekshana was their best bowler in this series in my opinion.

[As-Soon-As]

Looks like Sri Lanka managed to avoid a whitewash in a convincing manner. NZ were clearly overdependent on Ravindra and Chapman in the batting department while their bowling department performed really well overall.

Fernando, Theekshana and Malinga bowled well in this match, but Theekshana was their best bowler in this series in my opinion.

Sri Lanka set a target of 290 runs for New Zealand in this match, which was a big target for New Zealand. However, it was never imagined that New Zealand would lose by such a margin. Despite winning the previous two matches by huge margins, New Zealand lost by 140 runs in this match, the top batsmen were easily dismissed, especially the opening batsmen. The New Zealand team had a poor performance in both bowling and batting.

[kro55]

Looks like Sri Lanka managed to avoid a whitewash in a convincing manner. NZ were clearly overdependent on Ravindra and Chapman in the batting department while their bowling department performed really well overall.
Fernando, Theekshana and Malinga bowled well in this match, but Theekshana was their best bowler in this series in my opinion.

Sri Lanka set a target of 290 runs for New Zealand in this match, which was a big target for New Zealand. However, it was never imagined that New Zealand would lose by such a margin. Despite winning the previous two matches by huge margins, New Zealand lost by 140 runs in this match, the top batsmen were easily dismissed, especially the opening batsmen. The New Zealand team had a poor performance in both bowling and batting.

This match was not important for New Zealand. Because New Zealand team had won the first two matches of the series. New Zealand had already won the series. So I think New Zealand players did not give full effort in this match.

However, Sri Lankan batsmen played very well in this match. If Sri Lankan batsmen could have batted decently in the last two matches, then maybe Sri Lanka would not have lost the series. In the first match, Sri Lanka gave a target of only 179 runs. And in the second innings, Sri Lanka had collected only 142 runs.

[dezoel]

Looks like Sri Lanka managed to avoid a whitewash in a convincing manner. NZ were clearly overdependent on Ravindra and Chapman in the batting department while their bowling department performed really well overall.

Fernando, Theekshana and Malinga bowled well in this match, but Theekshana was their best bowler in this series in my opinion.

Sri Lanka have consolation win in this last ODI of the series as they lost T20I series with the score of 2–1 and then another lost in ODI series with the same score their inconsistency and poor batting giving them problems now they are not in Champions Trophy2025, but this was good practice for the New Zealand.
While Sri Lanka bat first their batting in this match was much better as their top order give good performance which helps them for having good target of 290 for 8 Matt Henry doing good job as he completes his 150 wickets in ODI.

In reply, we have New Zealand in trouble from start all batsmen gone cheaply just Mark Chapman were able to have 81 runs, but these were not enough with all gone on 150 runs, and they lost match by 140 runs.

[noormcs5]

Sri Lanka team won the toss and decided to bat first to avoid whitewash in the third ODI match. The Sri Lankan batsmen have batted responsibly in today's match. Due to the responsible batting of the Sri Lankan batsmen, the Sri Lankan team gave New Zealand a target of 290 runs. The Sri Lankan batsmen performed brilliantly against New Zealand today which led Sri Lanka to win the 3rd ODI against New Zealand by a huge margin of 140 runs. The New Zealand batsmen were put under a lot of pressure after losing wickets at the beginning when they came down to bat against the target of 290 runs given by the Sri Lankan team. Mark Chapman scored the highest runs for the New Zealand team. Mark Chapman got out with 81 runs from 81 balls. Except this batsman, no other batsman could collect such a good song, due to which the New Zealand team was all out for 150 runs against Sri Lanka.

I don't understand how Sri Lanka do one good performance once in a while and then they just bogged down for the next few matches. This is just a lack of consistency or some other issue in the team management that needs to be addressed properly.

In this match, the Sri Lanka team batted so well, Pathum Nissanka made 66 runs. Even Kusal Mendis, Kamindu Mendis and Janith Liyanage who failed in pervious matches, made 50 or near to 50 runs in this match. Also when Sri Lanka came to bowl, they were looking a different side. Asitha Fernando, Maheesh Theekshana and Eshan Malinga took three wickets each and did not let the NZ team to bat in this innings.

[ThemePen]

This match was not important for New Zealand. Because New Zealand team had won the first two matches of the series. New Zealand had already won the series. So I think New Zealand players did not give full effort in this match.

However, Sri Lankan batsmen played very well in this match. If Sri Lankan batsmen could have batted decently in the last two matches, then maybe Sri Lanka would not have lost the series. In the first match, Sri Lanka gave a target of only 179 runs. And in the second innings, Sri Lanka had collected only 142 runs.

That is fair way to look at match. Because New Zealand had already won the series they probably did not try their hardest. But Sri Lanka batsmen played well in this match which makes you think about what could have happened if they had played like that in other matches. First match was especially missed chance for Sri Lanka because they did not score enough runs. If they had batted more carefully in that match result of series might have been different. By the way this match was amazing and I congratulate Srilanka on their win.

[UmerIdrees]

This match was not important for New Zealand. Because New Zealand team had won the first two matches of the series. New Zealand had already won the series. So I think New Zealand players did not give full effort in this match.

However, Sri Lankan batsmen played very well in this match. If Sri Lankan batsmen could have batted decently in the last two matches, then maybe Sri Lanka would not have lost the series. In the first match, Sri Lanka gave a target of only 179 runs. And in the second innings, Sri Lanka had collected only 142 runs.

That is fair way to look at match. Because New Zealand had already won the series they probably did not try their hardest. But Sri Lanka batsmen played well in this match which makes you think about what could have happened if they had played like that in other matches. First match was especially missed chance for Sri Lanka because they did not score enough runs. If they had batted more carefully in that match result of series might have been different. By the way this match was amazing and I congratulate Srilanka on their win.

I do not know why sides who loses the last match when the series is already won say, that this last match wasn't important when they are being paid for every match to perform to their full potential and win for their country.

I think Sri Lanka is focusing only on test matches, because they always made a good performance in test matches since the previous year started, beaten to Pakistan and New Zealand very well that was a really unexpected results but now they are just trying to maintain good results in all formats but somehow cannot achieve it.

However, already Sri Lanka lost the series but they won the last match. At least they have something to cheer about at the end of the series but that changes nothing about the Sri Lanka's bad performance in the whole series.

[IvugeoEvolutionCoin]

In today's 3rd ODI match between New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka won the match by 140 runs. Sri Lanka team came out to bat and gave a target of 290 runs losing 8 wickets in 50 overs. New Zealand team performed poorly on the bowling line, due to which Sri Lanka team gave so many runs in this match. New Zealand team came out to bat and scored 150 runs in 29.4 overs. New Zealand team performed poorly in both bowling and batting.

[Bitcoin_people]

Looks like Sri Lanka managed to avoid a whitewash in a convincing manner. NZ were clearly overdependent on Ravindra and Chapman in the batting department while their bowling department performed really well overall.

Fernando, Theekshana and Malinga bowled well in this match, but Theekshana was their best bowler in this series in my opinion.

Sri Lanka set a target of 290 runs for New Zealand in this match, which was a big target for New Zealand. However, it was never imagined that New Zealand would lose by such a margin. Despite winning the previous two matches by huge margins, New Zealand lost by 140 runs in this match, the top batsmen were easily dismissed, especially the opening batsmen. The New Zealand team had a poor performance in both bowling and batting.

In the third match, Sri Lanka's game changed so much that they were on the verge of victory, New Zealand failed to meet the target of 290 runs. It was quite dramatic that a team like New Zealand would lose by such a huge margin of 140 runs, where they had won two matches by big margins. However, since New Zealand won the ODI series, the series result was also good 2/1. Sri Lanka was also very happy that they did not have to lose the last match and saved themselves from a whitewash.

[Bitcoinsummoner]

Looks like Sri Lanka managed to avoid a whitewash in a convincing manner. NZ were clearly overdependent on Ravindra and Chapman in the batting department while their bowling department performed really well overall.

Fernando, Theekshana and Malinga bowled well in this match, but Theekshana was their best bowler in this series in my opinion.

Thanks to Sri Lankan players for saving their shame from whitewash in ODI cricket by New Zealand. Whitewash is a bad credit to a country. They give perfect feedback on the 3rd ODI innings. A big victory for Sri Lanka in the 3rd ODI from New Zealand. It was a 3-match series. The first 2 matches were won by New Zealand it was the ending match here Sri Lanka won the match with a big run score left (140). This match appears to be New Zealand's very tragic end. There any batsman couldn't spend much time in the field to face the Sri Lankan bowler's ball.

[Farhan99]

In today's 3rd ODI match between New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka won the match by 140 runs. Sri Lanka team came out to bat and gave a target of 290 runs losing 8 wickets in 50 overs. New Zealand team performed poorly on the bowling line, due to which Sri Lanka team gave so many runs in this match. New Zealand team came out to bat and scored 150 runs in 29.4 overs. New Zealand team performed poorly in both bowling and batting.

Yeah in 3rd ODi game Sri lanka team batted and bowled well and restricted New Zealand team on 150 runs. Sri lanka bowlers put high pressure on opposite team from start of the innings, Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis scored fifties. Matt Henry took four wickets and Mitchel Santer took dangerous wicket of Kusal Mendis. NZ team failed to chased the total all out 150. Mark Chapman played brilliant inning of 81 runs but didn't complete hundred. Kusal Mendis and Kamindu Mendis played more than 90 runs partnership, which helped their team to posted a total of near to 300 runs. Janith Liyanage also played brilliant 53 runs innings. SL team won game by big 140 runs big margin and avoid whitewashed

[WatChe]

I do not know why sides who loses the last match when the series is already won say, that this last match wasn't important when they are being paid for every match to perform to their full potential and win for their country.

I think Sri Lanka is focusing only on test matches, because they always made a good performance in test matches since the previous year started, beaten to Pakistan and New Zealand very well that was a really unexpected results but now they are just trying to maintain good results in all formats but somehow cannot achieve it.

However, already Sri Lanka lost the series but they won the last match. At least they have something to cheer about at the end of the series but that changes nothing about the Sri Lanka's bad performance in the whole series.

The result of last ODI showed that Sri Lanka is not an ordinary side and must not be taken as for granted. Also if Sri Lankans have the potential which they displayed today then why not they showed it in first two games, why they waited for 2 consecutive loss to regain the form. Sri Lankans were in complete command of the game today, first in batting they scored 290 runs and then in bowling they didn't allowed New Zealanders to score runs. Chapman was the only New Zealanders who score runs today but his knock was not enough because of no support from other end. 

[Haunebu]

The result of last ODI showed that Sri Lanka is not an ordinary side and must not be taken as for granted. Also if Sri Lankans have the potential which they displayed today then why not they showed it in first two games, why they waited for 2 consecutive loss to regain the form. Sri Lankans were in complete command of the game today, first in batting they scored 290 runs and then in bowling they didn't allowed New Zealanders to score runs. Chapman was the only New Zealanders who score runs today but his knock was not enough because of no support from other end. 

This was a pointless match for the Kiwis at the end of the day which is why it's simply a consolation win for the Lankans plain and simple. Nobody remembers who won which match since they only focus on remembering the winners of the entire series.

This series result was pretty predictable thanks to which it ended up being another boring ODI series.

[Soft Crem]

I do not know why sides who loses the last match when the series is already won say, that this last match wasn't important when they are being paid for every match to perform to their full potential and win for their country.

I think Sri Lanka is focusing only on test matches, because they always made a good performance in test matches since the previous year started, beaten to Pakistan and New Zealand very well that was a really unexpected results but now they are just trying to maintain good results in all formats but somehow cannot achieve it.

However, already Sri Lanka lost the series but they won the last match. At least they have something to cheer about at the end of the series but that changes nothing about the Sri Lanka's bad performance in the whole series.

The result of last ODI showed that Sri Lanka is not an ordinary side and must not be taken as for granted. Also if Sri Lankans have the potential which they displayed today then why not they showed it in first two games, why they waited for 2 consecutive loss to regain the form. Sri Lankans were in complete command of the game today, first in batting they scored 290 runs and then in bowling they didn't allowed New Zealanders to score runs. Chapman was the only New Zealanders who score runs today but his knock was not enough because of no support from other end. 

Sri Lanka scored a massive 290 runs against New Zealand in the third ODI and bowled out New Zealand for 150 runs.  Sri Lanka batting, bowling and fielding have done well in all departments.

[Insanity]

I do not know why sides who loses the last match when the series is already won say, that this last match wasn't important when they are being paid for every match to perform to their full potential and win for their country.

I think Sri Lanka is focusing only on test matches, because they always made a good performance in test matches since the previous year started, beaten to Pakistan and New Zealand very well that was a really unexpected results but now they are just trying to maintain good results in all formats but somehow cannot achieve it.

However, already Sri Lanka lost the series but they won the last match. At least they have something to cheer about at the end of the series but that changes nothing about the Sri Lanka's bad performance in the whole series.

The result of last ODI showed that Sri Lanka is not an ordinary side and must not be taken as for granted. Also if Sri Lankans have the potential which they displayed today then why not they showed it in first two games, why they waited for 2 consecutive loss to regain the form. Sri Lankans were in complete command of the game today, first in batting they scored 290 runs and then in bowling they didn't allowed New Zealanders to score runs. Chapman was the only New Zealanders who score runs today but his knock was not enough because of no support from other end. 

I never thought that Sri Lanka would perform so well in the last match after losing two matches in this series. I am sure that the New Zealand fans are extremely disappointed with the great performance of the Sri Lankan players in the last match. The New Zealand fans are very angry with the unexpected performance of the New Zealand players in this match. I think that the New Zealand team did not play this last match seriously after winning the previous two matches. The New Zealand team was extremely embarrassed in this match because of the unimportant performance of the New Zealand players. However, it must be admitted that in this last match, the Sri Lankan team has won the hearts of cricket lovers by showing great surprises in batting and bowling.

[Mahdirakib]

Sri Lanka scored a massive 290 runs against New Zealand in the third ODI and bowled out New Zealand for 150 runs.  Sri Lanka batting, bowling and fielding have done well in all departments.

Sri Lankan bowlers have done the main job today. The batting was normal as it should be in this pitch. There was unexpected collapse of New Zealand top order in today's match. They had lost the first 5 wickets in just 21 runs. Still, they scored 150 runs, which is not bad. The tri-series among Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa is going to be interesting before the Champions Trophy.

[ZAINmalik75]

SL Vs NZ , 3rd ODI

The third ODI match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand is being played where New Zealand have won the first two matches to seal the series win. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat and till the last update they are still 36 runs after seven overs. But if Sri Lanka lose in today's match then they will be ashamed of being whitewashed and from that shame today's match will be for now Sri Lanka will want to win and save themselves from whitewash.

Finally SiriLankan were able to won the last match but it's too late for them to make a comeback because here series were already out of their hand but just through that victory they will avoid white wash series defeat, anyway looking to scoreboard SiriLankan scored decent while bat first and to be honest I taught once again it Gona be new Zealand victory to seal the series but thier phenomenal bowling really surprised everyone, no doubt new Zealand has quite ordinary squad but some back to back Surprising dismissal really push them down and even having everything in control within blink of eye they lose entire things and lose the match

[Crypto Library]

Sri Lankan bowlers have done the main job today. The batting was normal as it should be in this pitch. There was unexpected collapse of New Zealand top order in today's match. They had lost the first 5 wickets in just 21 runs. Still, they scored 150 runs, which is not bad. The tri-series among Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa is going to be interesting before the Champions Trophy.

I will say bowlers and batters both have well done in this match from Sri Lankan team. But to be honest, I didn't expect such a performance at all and I think many people here lost their bets today. Anyway, I wanted to place a bet on New Zealand in this match, but unfortunately I didn't watch this match due to my busy schedule today. Anyway, it worked out good for me in one respect. 

I now feel like the New Zealand team, when they win every series, they rests themselves in the last match on that series and that is why they quickly collapses in their batting line-up. Besides, I don't see any other logic here.