Twitter Reacts to New Zealand's empathic 10-wicket victory over Sri Lanka

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:

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.
Why these nations automatically keep playing world cups? Boring. Trim down to 4-6 then. Why only associates should stay out?#cwc19 #NZvSL

— Aneesh Chandoke (@AneeshChandoke) June 1, 2019

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:
252 balls, NZ bt Ken (2011)
228 balls, SA bt Ban (2003)
203 balls, NZ bt SL (Today) #CWC19 #NZvSL

— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) June 1, 2019

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..
NZ wins it without even a minute trouble..#NZvSL #CWC19

— Lifeof yashwanth (@yashu2498) June 1, 2019

Dimuth Karunaratne – 52*
Martin Guptill – 73*
Colin Munro – 58*

First time three opening batsmen remained unbeaten in a completed ODI match.
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
Most times
3 by New Zealand
2 by Sri Lanka/West Indies/South Africa
1 by India/Australia/Pakistan#CWC19#CWC2019

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 1, 2019

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

two consecutive games where we haven't had 50 overs combined #NZvSL #CWC19

— 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.
So three one- sided matches to begin the tournament. Need some close matches #NZvSL

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) June 1, 2019

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