Due to the irresponsible and weak batting, the Sri Lankan team had to suffer a huge defeat of 9 wickets in the first ODI match of the New Zealand tour of the Sri Lankan team today (5th).

The New Zealand captain, who won the toss in this match held at the Basin Reserve Stadium in Wellington, invited Sri Lanka to score first. Accordingly, when Sri Lanka's scoreboard was recorded as 15, Pathum Nissanka was dismissed as the first wicket for 9 runs. Kusal Mendis could collect only 2 runs.Kamindu Mendis, who had collected 3 runs, was caught running out and the New Zealand bowlers were able to get the skipper Charit nearer to score. Accordingly, when Sri Lanka's scoreboard reached 23, all four first-order batsmen had become spectators at the stadium.
However, Janith Liyanage and Avishka Fernando, who came together for the 5th wicket, scored 87 runs, adding some hope to Sri Lanka. However, Janith, who paid for his wicket for unnecessary trouble, became the 5th wicket of the innings for 36 runs. Then the scoreboard of Sri Lanka was shown as 110.
After that dismissal, Avishka Fernando was also dismissed for 56 runs and Chamindu Wickramasinghe and Vanindu Hasaranga worked hard to add 48 runs for the 7th wicket. Chamindu was out for 22 runs while Vanindu Hasaranga was out for 35 runs.In this match, Ashan Malinga, who won the one-day international for Sri Lanka, was dismissed for 4 runs.
Accordingly, Sri Lanka's innings was limited to 178 runs in 43 overs.
The pair of New Zealand opening batsmen who entered the field in order to chase the easy target from Sri Lanka, added 93 runs for the first wicket.Accordingly, Rachin Ravindra, who became the first wicket, was dismissed for 45 runs. However, Will Young and Mark Chapman took New Zealand to victory by building an unbroken 87-run partnership for the second wicket. Will Young scored an unbeaten 90 and Mark Chapman scored an unbeaten 29.Accordingly, New Zealand won the match by scoring 180 runs per wicket in only 26.2 overs and they were able to take the lead in the 3-match ODI series by 1-0 matches.
Score summary
Sri Lanka innings - 178 (43.4) (Avishka Fernando 56, Janith Liyanage 36, Vanindu Hasaranga 35, Chamindu Wickramasinghe 22, Matt Henry 19/4, Jacob Duffy 39/2, Nathan Smith 43/2, Mitchell Santner 27/1)
New Zealand innings - 180/1 (Will Young 90 not out, Rachin Ravindra 45, Mark Chapman 29 not out, Chamindu Wickremesinghe 28/1)