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

Mitchell Santner to Kamindu Mendis, out Caught by Glenn Phillips!! Phillips won't drop that at deep mid-wicket. He is in from the fence, this is a flat length delivery on middle, Kamindu Mendis goes on the back foot to pull and holes out. Phillips tracks back to take it on the reverse-cup. Held that easily and then gets up with a smile on his face. Kamindu Mendis c Glenn Phillips b Mitchell Santner 31(23) [4s-4]

Mitchell Santner to Kamindu Mendis, 2 runs, quicker good length on middle, Kamindu Mendis gets forward and shows the full face of the bat to drive to long-on, this time to the right of Ferguson and it's two more

Mitchell Santner to Kamindu Mendis, 2 runs, quicker and flatter outside off, good length, Kamindu Mendis goes on the back foot and pulls over mid-wicket, between deep mid-wicket and long-on and it's two more

Mitchell Santner to Kamindu Mendis, 2 runs, slower and shorter outside off, Kamindu Mendis goes on the back foot and pulls wide of long-on for two. Ferguson the man there

Mitchell Santner to Kamindu Mendis, no run, fullish just outside off, Kamindu Mendis gets low and reverse-sweeps hard and straight to backward point

Mitchell Santner to Kamindu Mendis, no run, flat good length and down leg, Kamindu Mendis misses the reverse-sweep and called a wide

Glenn Phillips to Kamindu Mendis, 1 run, flat back of a length on off, Kamindu Mendis goes on the back foot and punches it down to long-on

Glenn Phillips to Kamindu Mendis, 1 run, flat good length outside off, Kamindu Mendis goes on the back foot and cuts to sweeper cover

Glenn Phillips to Kamindu Mendis, no run, tossed up full just outside off, turns away, Kamindu Mendis gets forward to push and it runs off the open-face to short third man

Rachin Ravindra to Kamindu Mendis, 1 run, good length and turns into leg-stump, Kamindu Mendis goes on the back foot and nudges it to the backward square-leg area

McConchie to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, slower and wider outside off, but shorter, Kamindu Mendis goes on the back foot to cut and the top-edge flies through the vacant slip region. Runs away wide of short third man for four

McConchie to Kamindu Mendis, wide, way outside off, turns away, Kamindu Mendis lets it go and takes the wide

McConchie to Kamindu Mendis, no run, flat back of a length outside off, Kamindu Mendis goes on the back foot to cut and misses

McConchie to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, the reverse-sweep and it's four. It's full outside off, turns away, Kamindu Mendis turns around and nails the reverse-sweep, hit in the air and over the infield

McConchie to Kamindu Mendis, 1 run, slower and wider outside off, turns away, Kamindu Mendis goes on the back foot and cuts to sweeper cover

Rachin Ravindra to Kamindu Mendis, no run, slower and tossed up on a good length outside off, turns in, Kamindu Mendis gets forward to pat it back

Rachin Ravindra to Kamindu Mendis, 1 run, quicker and good length, turns from outside off to middle, Kamindu Mendis goes on the back foot and glances to short fine, quick single taken

Rachin Ravindra to Kamindu Mendis, no run, slower and the good length delivery turns in, Kamindu Mendis is way early into the pull, misses, hit on the tummy

Ish Sodhi to Kamindu Mendis, 1 run, slower and fuller the googly outside off, Kamindu Mendis sinks on one knee and slams the slogsweep, along the ground and straight to the fielder at deep mid-wicket

Ish Sodhi to Kamindu Mendis, 1 run, flat good length outside off, Kamindu Mendis goes on the back foot and cuts, the top-edge is found as there's extra bounce, just short of the forward-dive of Ferguson at backward point, then Henry fires a throw at the bowler's end and there's nearly a mix-up. No backing up but finally Sri Lanka settle for one as Mitchell comes in from long-on to keep it to one

Ish Sodhi to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, the googly and Kamindu Mendis does well, it's going away from him, well outside off, he turns around and reverse-sweeps over backward point, flies away

Ish Sodhi to Kamindu Mendis, 1 run, flat good length outside off, Kamindu Mendis goes on the back foot and pulls to long-on

Rachin Ravindra to Kamindu Mendis, 1 run, tossed up full outside off, turns in and Kamindu Mendis gets forward to defend, off the thick inner half of the bat and to the vacant square-leg area, they take one

Rachin Ravindra to Kamindu Mendis, wide, tossed up down leg, full, Kamindu Mendis looks to sweep and the ball turns down, with extra bounce, called a wide as Tim Seifert collects

Rachin Ravindra to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, tossed up full on middle, Kamindu Mendis shuffles across and the top-edge on the sweep helps, beats the fine-leg fielder who's Henry who runs and dives to his left to stop and can't. A welcome boundary

Rachin Ravindra to Kamindu Mendis, 2 wides, what a poor delivery, short and well down leg, Kamindu Mendis lets it go and Tim Seifert can't glove it, so it's two wides