Earlier, the toss went Mitchell Santner’s way, and New Zealand opted to put runs on the board. Tim Robinson fell early, but Will Young and Henry Nicholls started promisingly, aided by some indisciplined bowling from the Lankan pacers. The introduction of spin helped the hosts bring the scoring rate down, but the search for a second wicket continued before the heavens opened up, 21 overs into the game. After that, the rain stopped a couple of times but before we could get a resumption time, it was back on and the umpires had to give in and Sri Lanka end up winning the ODI series 2-0.
