SL Vs NZ Live Cricket Score: Mitchell Santner’s New Zealand are all set to face Charith Asalanka’s men in the first of two T20Is on Saturday, November 9 in Dambulla. The hosts hope to maintain their purple patch at home with a two-match T20I series against the Kiwis beginning Saturday, but rains may force Sri Lanka to keep its formidable spin attack on standby.
The evening is supposed to be partly cloudy in Dambulla, but with just a five percent chance of rain, so we might as well have a full match at hand.
Sri Lanka are riding high with victories in 11 of their 14 bilateral series this year, including nine out of the last 10 on home soil. The country has seen too much rain in recent times, flooding the nation and forcing school closures in Colombo.
Incessant rain washed out Sri Lanka’s training session on Friday and the ground remained covered till evening, as per latest reports. Dambulla will host two T20Is on Saturday and Sunday before a three-match ODI series starting in the same city next Wednesday.
The Kiwis were routed 2-0 in the Test leg of its Sri Lankan tour in October. But they soared high in India, beating the hosts 3-0 in a Test series, a one-of-a-kind drubbing for the hosts in over two decades.
Multiple key players from the victorious tour of India have returned home to rest ahead of the England Tests and Santner will lead a second-string side. He will lead in the absence of Kane Williamson, who didn’t play in India either due to an injury.
TOSS: The toss is scheduled to be held at 6.30 PM
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