New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, T20 World Cup 2022 highlights: Phillips century, Boult 4-fer helps NZ thrash SL by 65 runs

Stumping ends the match but a slight pause in the handshakes there. Wonder if the umpires indicated to Kane Williamson that they might be checking something. But then they resume the handshakes in a couple of seconds. Comprehensive win for New Zealand, first time they are bowling out teams in consecutive matches in the T20 World Cup. New Zealand now have one foot in the semi-finals. 

Wicket No.4 for Boult. Short delivery that Shanaka tries to pull, can't get hold of it properly and it is caught at the square leg boundary. 

Shanaka c Mitchell b Boult 35 (32), Sri Lanka 93/9 in 17 overs

Captain Dasun Shanaka farming strike now, as is expected. Sri Lanka need 86 to win from the last five overs. May not be impossible yet, but pretty improbable.

Shanaka dabs Ferguson to third man where Sodhi lets the ball pass through his hands and it rolls away to the boundary. 

Theekshana edges Santner to slips off the very next ball. Sri Lanka down to their last two wickets now. New Zealand are going to end up with a frankly absurd net run rate if they can wrap up this match in the next couple of overs. 

Theekshana c Neesham b Santner 0 (3), New Zealand 65/8 in 12.3 overs

Wasn't an easy catch but you wouldn't expect a Kiwi to drop that. Shanaka goes high up into the night sky off the second ball of the over, bowler Santner and Conway  look at each other for a second before the former goes for it and that may have been the difference. Never settled underneath it and misjudged  where the ball was falling and at last, New Zealand drop a catch. 

Hasaranga hits it to Kane Williamson at mid-on who takes a sharp catch diving forward. New Zealand are not giving any lifelines to Sri Lanka, unlike what the latter were kind enough to do earlier in the day. 

Hasaranga c Williamson b Sodhi 4 (6), Sri Lanka 64/7 in 11.4 overs  

The fightback ends and this might just be the game. Toe ends this lofted shot and holes out at mid-on. Sri Lanka down to their last four wickets now, Hasaranga walks into the middle. 

Rajapaksa c Williamson b Ferguson 34 (22), Sri Lanka 58/6 in 10 overs

Well technically this would be his first real biggie, considering the first six was the flattest of them all. Sodhi drags down the length and Rajapaksa muscles it over deep midwicket.  

Just one man out in the deep and Chamika Karunaratne finds him with aplomb. Karunaratne backs away early to open up the off side, Santner goes short and the batter readjusts for a pull shot, that goes straight down the throat of deep midwicket.  

Karunaratne c Boult b Santner 3 (8), 24/5 in 6.1 overs

Rajapaksa and Karunaratne have to be Sri Lanka's Mitchell and Phillips here. Well, probably much more than that. Mitchell Santner now comes in. 

Lockie Ferguson brought in for the fifth and Rajapaksa cuts his third delivery away. That ends up going all the way over the boundary for one of the flattest sixes you will ever see. How Sri Lanka needed that. 

Look away Sri Lanka fans, this is not a pretty sight. Asalanka drives uppish and picks up backward point. Sri Lanka have lost four wickets without reaching double figures. 

Asalanka c Allen b Boult 4 (8), Sri Lanka 8/4 in 3.3 overs

Sri Lanka taking it step by step. For now, they would be looking to get into double figures without losing another wicket. They would've, had Neesham managed a direct hit from midwicket at the striker's end, Rajapaksa had given up completely. 

Well if New Zealand were off to a horror start in their innings, what do you call this? Dhananjaya given no room, he tries to cut it anyhow and ends up chopping on to his own stumps. 

Dhananjaya de Silva b Boult 0 (3), Sri Lanka 5/3 in 2 overs

Holds his line, Mendis gets a feather edge to Conway behind the stumps. If Southee doesn't get you, Boult will.  

Mendis c Conway b Boult 4 (3), Sri Lanka 4/2 in 1.3 overs

Bit of a loosener from Boult first up, gives Mendis enough room and the in-form SL opener cuts away for a four. 

Southee bang on the money. After dropping Phillips twice, Nissanka is now gone for a duck and he can go for a nice cold shower to wash this disaster off his memory. Length ball that angles in, Nissanka goes for a big swing and misses the ball completely. He has a chat with his partner Kusal Mendis before deciding against the DRS and walking off. 

Pathum Nisanka facing up, Kusal Mendis at the other end. Tim Southee starts the Kiwi attack. Sri Lanka have a nice little mountain to climb here. 

He shared an 84-run stand with Phillips which turned the tables completely on the Sri Lankans. “Team is really happy with that, special night for GP, got to take my hat off for that. It was a challenging start for us, we were trying to build a partnership after getting to the 10 over mark and then build from there on a tricky surface. The surface is a bit variable (in terms of bounce) out there, which is good to see. Think we should be able to defend this.”

Mitchell Santner with a few lusty blows towards the end of that innings, he ends with a four and is unbeaten on 11 off five balls. What a turnaround by New Zealand, led largely by Glenn Phillips with assistance from Daryl Mitchell and Sri Lanka's blunders.  

Mishit at last from Phillips and Sri Lanka finally hold on to a catch off him. He walks off to applause from everyone at the stadium, Dhananjaya de Silva goes up and shakes his hands as well. What an innings this has been and it may have won the match for New Zealand. 

Phillips c Shanaka b Kumara 104 (64), New Zealand 162/6 in 19.4 overs

He is the second New Zealander after Brendon McCullum to score a century in the T20 World Cup. Short from Theekshana and he pulls hard before letting out a roar that reverberates throughout the SCG. He has got there in 61 balls. 

Wow, Phillips makes all the room in the world for himself against Theekshana and hits the first ball of the 19th straight down the ground for four. 

After that no-ball came another from Fernando. If that powerplay was an utter disaster for New Zealand, the same can be said for Sri Lanka in everything they did after that. Phillips is on 93 off 58 and is on strike at the start of the 19th.