NZ vs SL World Cup 2023 Match 41: Awards List, Man of The Match, Key Stats, Presentation Ceremony

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NZ vs SL World Cup 2023 Match 41: New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by five wickets in their must-win match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday, November 9.

With the win, New Zealand have almost confirmed their spot in the semi-finals. Pakistan will have to beat England by 287 runs or chase any target in three overs to finish with a better Net Run Rate (NRR) than New Zealand and qualify for the semi-finals.

New Zealand opted to bowl first and bundled out Sri Lanka for 171 in 46.4 overs. New Zealand were reduced to 128/9 in 32.1 overs, but a 43-run partnership between Maheesh Theekshana (38* off 91) and Dilshan Madushanka (19 off 48) took the team past 150.

Trent Boult picked three wickets, while Lockie Ferguson, Mitchell Santner and Rachin Ravindra picked two wickets apiece. Tim Southee picked one wicket.

In reply, the Kane Williamson-led side chased down the target in 23.2 overs. Devon Conway (45 off 42) and Rachin Ravindra (42 off 34) gave New Zealand a flying start. Daryl Mitchell (43) also chipped in with a handy contribution. Glenn Phillips stayed unbeaten on 17 off 10 balls.

NZ vs SL, World Cup 2023: Full List of Awards

Man of the Match: Trent Boult (NZ) for picking three wickets for 37 runs in 10 overs. Boult bowled three maiden overs.

NZ vs SL, World Cup 2023: Who Said What?

Trent Boult (Man of the Match): Trent Boult | PoTM: Nice to get bit of success at the top there (new ball). Big game, must-win game for us, pleasure is getting that result, yeah a good night. It's a challenging format, challenging part of the world to open the bowling. I feel like I've used my experience in some part of the game. Nice to be on a decent side of it tonight. Always the biggest challenge here (India) is to come across different conditions and conditions that change throughout the tournament. Everyone wants a piece of the host nation, they are playing phenomenal cricket. Time will tell what will happen there (playing India in the semifinal). I am sure it will be an exciting game.

Kane Williamson (New Zealand captain): Really good performance. Early wickets and spin was a challenge through those middle overs. Pitch really slowed down later. The guys showed some good intent later with the chase so great performance overall. We thought there was going to be some weather later but there wasn't any.

Hard to read such things. Glad we were able to pick up wickets, people like Perera can take the game away from you. Always great getting our 5th and 6th spinners into the game, a great effort overall. Few teams can end up on the same points, it's about control.

Hopefully we can get a couple of days off, we'll be hanging around, not really sure what we'll do. Hopefully if things go our way, would be great to involved in a semi. Will be looking forward to the challenge.

Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka captain): We lost 4 wickets in first 10 overs and that's what got us into trouble. We could have easily gotten 300 on this pitch. Madushanka bowled really well but it was tough to take wickets because we were defending a small total. Quite enjoyed captaincy, disappointed about my own performance but overall it was enjoyable. Very happy to see players putting their hands up and performing.

NZ vs SL Key Stats

• Trent Boult became first New Zealand bowler to take over 50 World Cup wickets
• Kusal Perera smashed the fastest fifty of World cup 2023. He scord a 22-ball fifty against New Zealand
• Rachin Ravindra (565) is now the leading run-scorer in World Cup 2023. It's the highest score by a batter in his batter in his debut World Cup campaign.