New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in their opener World Cup tournament at Cardiff on Saturday.
Black Caps opening batsmen Martin Guptill and Colin Munro chased down the target in just 16.1 overs and witnessed a ruthless 10 wicket win on the day.
Both players managed to score half centuries.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Black Caps opening batsmen Martin Guptill and Colin Munro chased down the target in just 16.1 overs and witnessed a ruthless 10 wicket win on the day.
Both players managed to score half centuries.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
One thing that stood out strongly in this game is the green pitch. Honestly it wasn't too different from the colour of the outfield . Interesting to find out how pitches for the rest of the tournament will look like.— Roshan Abeysinghe (@RoshanCricket) June 1, 2019
Demoralising defeat here for SL. Can’t see how they trouble the big boys in this tournament. Hopelessly under powered. Good start for NZ #NZvSL— Rahul Puri (@rahulpuri) June 1, 2019
Great victory for NZ to start the tournament. A moral booster with bigger games to come. #cwc19 #nzvsl— Sam Smith (@sgowsmith1988) June 1, 2019
Someone needs to remind these guys that this is the 50 over worldcup, not the T20 worldcup!! 🏏 #WC2019 #CricketWorldCup2019 #WorldCup2019 #cwc19 #PAKvWI #NZvSL— Aniket Pargaonkar 🇮🇳 (@aniketsp) June 1, 2019
Would rather watch New Zealand Netherlands than New Zealand Sri Lanka.— Aneesh Chandoke (@AneeshChandoke) June 1, 2019
Why these nations automatically keep playing world cups? Boring. Trim down to 4-6 then. Why only associates should stay out?#cwc19 #NZvSL
Not sure there is a lot of merit to this early World Cup form, save for England defending a par score v South Africa with ease.Need to see New Zealand and West Indies against the top teams before elevating them to serious contenders.#CWC19 #NZvSL
— Matthew Taylor (@MattyA_Taylor) June 1, 2019
Clinical all round performance by New Zealand. Clearly the team to watch out for. Consider them strong candidates for semis. Looking formidable in all theee departments. #WorldCup2019 #NZvSL— Zarak Aman (@stzarak) June 1, 2019
10-wicket wins with most balls to spare in #CricketWorldCup:— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) June 1, 2019
252 balls, NZ bt Ken (2011)
228 balls, SA bt Ban (2003)
203 balls, NZ bt SL (Today) #CWC19 #NZvSL
Seeing the way it is going, I feel Asian teams will have a tough time in the cricket world cup. #NZvSL— Munavar (@munnabhaiz) June 1, 2019
It's better to say worst from Sri Lanka than great from NewZealand..— Lifeof yashwanth (@yashu2498) June 1, 2019
NZ wins it without even a minute trouble..#NZvSL #CWC19
Dimuth Karunaratne – 52*First time three opening batsmen remained unbeaten in a completed ODI match.
Martin Guptill – 73*
Colin Munro – 58*
NZ-WI ODI in 2009 also had three openers unbeaten but the 2nd innings lasted only 10.3 overs due to rain. #CWC19 #NZvSL
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) June 1, 2019
Sides winning by 10 wickets in #CWC – today was 12th time #SLvNZ #NZvSL— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 1, 2019
Most times
3 by New Zealand
2 by Sri Lanka/West Indies/South Africa
1 by India/Australia/Pakistan#CWC19#CWC2019
Most 10-wicket wins in ICC ODI CWC matches:3 – New Zealand*
2 – West Indies
2 – South Africa
2 – Sri Lanka#NZvSL
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) June 1, 2019
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) June 1, 2019
Scotland, Ireland and Zimbabwe must be wondering "we were denied spots at World Cup for this?" #CWC19— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) June 1, 2019
New Zealand not putting a foot wrong today , SL not just up to the mark today.— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) June 1, 2019
So three one- sided matches to begin the tournament. Need some close matches #NZvSL
So apparently it’s a sporty wicket bringing the bowlers .. I mean seamers in to it . Would be keen to see if England play on such pitches especially against teams with good pace attacks #cwc19 #SLvsNZ— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) June 1, 2019
Two dismissive Asian performances, making us crave even more for a fiery India win on the 5th 😉#NZvSL #CWC19— Unmukt Chand (@UnmuktChand9) June 1, 2019
Clearly @OfficialSLC couldn't recover from what @Matthenry014 did to their top order and skipper can not be fighting the battle alone.#CWC19 #NZvSL— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) June 1, 2019
@IamDimuth toughing it out. Lead from the front, rest need to follow. Good innings, but @BLACKCAPS bowlers to good. #SLvNZ #cricket#ICCWorldCup2019— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) June 1, 2019
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