New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 46th Match, Super 8 Group 2 (Y2 v Y4), ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Maheesh Theekshana to Mitchell Santner, 2 runs, another massive over - 21 runs. Drags it short around off, Santner camps back and punches it in front of square. Bit of ground to cover for the sweeper and the duo pocket a couple

Maheesh Theekshana to Mitchell Santner, SIX, pressure getting to Theekshana. He had not conceded a four or six until this over. But Santner has put him under pressure. High full toss, Santner stands tall and launches the heave towards deep mid-wicket. He gets it high and all the way.. There's a check for a no-ball but it comes back as a fair delivery. That was close..

Maheesh Theekshana to Mitchell Santner, SIX, New Zealand on the charge. Santner joins the party. Flighted delivery and he picked the bones out of that, sits down and belts the slog sweep over deep mid-wicket. Short boundary on the leg-side and Santner made the most of it

Maheesh Theekshana to Mitchell Santner, FOUR, sloppy from Ratnayake. 86.6ks flighted delivery but fraction short, Santner hangs back and cracks it square on the off-side. Ratnayake does the hard work of getting there but his dive is not fluent, the ball does not stick and rolls into the rope

Maheesh Theekshana to McConchie, 1 run, now the off-break around leg, McConchie sits down and reverse sweeps it square on the off-side, just a single

Maheesh Theekshana to McConchie, no run, 88.8ks slower and it is the carrom ball, McConchie waits and attempts the cut, beaten on the outside edge

Maheesh Theekshana to Mitchell Santner, 2 wides, pressure showing. 103.6ks darted outside off, not inside the marker and Santner lets it pass. Mendis does not glove it cleanly and the pair cross over

Maheesh Theekshana to Mitchell Santner, no run, slides in from a length on off stump, Santner sits back and defends with soft hands

Maheesh Theekshana to Mitchell Santner, no run, yes-no, yes-no and Santner gets back in time. He poked it into the leg-side and wanted a quick single, Daryl Mitchell responded but decided against it almost instantly. Thankfully for New Zealand, their skipper had enough time to rush back to the crease

Maheesh Theekshana to Mark Chapman, out Bowled!! Maheesh Theekshana is on a roll here. This is the kind of dismissal he would play on loop and show it to his grandkids. Classic offbreak. Lands in line with leg stump, turns enough and bites the deck before hammering the top of off stump. Mark Chapman had no clue about that. He got opened up completely on the back foot and was made to look like a kid lost in a circus. Mark Chapman b Maheesh Theekshana 0(2)

Maheesh Theekshana to Mark Chapman, no run, short outside off, punched straight to short cover

Maheesh Theekshana to Rachin Ravindra, out Caught by Dushan Hemantha!! That is a crucial wicket for Sri Lanka. Rachin Ravindra throws his head back in disappointment. It was dropped short and wide of off stump, Rachin had all the time in the world to play whatever shot he would have liked. Opted for the cut and ended up hitting it flat and straight to the fielder at backward point. Rachin Ravindra c Dushan Hemantha b Maheesh Theekshana 32(22) [4s-3 6s-1]

Maheesh Theekshana to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run, short and wide of off, Mitchell goes deep inside the crease and cuts to Kamindu Mendis at sweeper cover

Maheesh Theekshana to Rachin Ravindra, 2 runs, uses the length (short) to camp back and work it into the gap at mid-wicket for a couple of runs

Maheesh Theekshana to Glenn Phillips, 1 run, oh dear! Phillips had no clue about that one. It drifted in and held its line on off stump, Phillips got a tiny leading edge that flew to the right of the keeper for a quick single. Got him squared up completely there...

Maheesh Theekshana to Glenn Phillips, no run, full on off, played back to the bowler

Maheesh Theekshana to Rachin Ravindra, 1 run, short outside off, Ravindra cuts to the right of the diving fielder at cover. Fine stop, but can't prevent the single

Maheesh Theekshana to Glenn Phillips, 1 run, touch flatter just outside off, Phillips punches it to the left of mid-off for a quick single

Maheesh Theekshana to Glenn Phillips, no run, carrom ball on leg stump, Phillips looks to flick and misses. Past the inside edge and hits him high on the front pad

Maheesh Theekshana to Tim Seifert, no run, knocked back to the right of the bowler

Maheesh Theekshana to Rachin Ravindra, 1 run, flat on off stump, Ravindra punches it to long-off. A fumble from the fielder, but they don't risk the second

Maheesh Theekshana to Tim Seifert, 1 run, short on the stumps, bunted down to long-on

Maheesh Theekshana to Rachin Ravindra, 1 run, tad quicker just outside off, Ravindra gets off the mark with a drive down to long-off

Maheesh Theekshana to Rachin Ravindra, no run, floated up on off, Rachin Ravindra prods across and defends it

Maheesh Theekshana to Finn Allen, out Caught&Bowled!! That is one way to make amends. Maheesh Theekshana takes a fine catch, throws the ball towards the umpire and then hits the turf in what appears to be a slight bit of disappointment from that drop catch in the last over. Well, he can put that behind him for now. It was a carrom ball on the stumps, Allen went deep inside the crease to stay leg-side of the delivery and ended up chipping it tamely back to the bowler. It went low to the left of Theekshana and he claimed it with both hands inches above the turf. Finn Allen c and b Maheesh Theekshana 23(13) [4s-3 6s-1]