Green century and Rowe 4-for supply New Zealand unassailable series lead

Maddy Green struck her 2nd ODI century and Hannah Rowe claimed a four-wicket haul to offer New Zealand a comfortable seventy eight-run win within the 2nd ODI in opposition to Sri Lanka and an unassailable 1-0 lead with one game left in the series. Green's 109-ball a hundred dragged New Zealand out of a delicate scenario early in the game to set Sri Lanka a goal of 246, and then Rowe led the bowling effort to stop the visitors seventy eight runs brief. After a rain-hit no-result in the series opener in Napier, the teams came face to face in better situations in Nelson and Suzie Bates selected to bat after winning the toss. But she changed into run-out for simplest five in the fourth over after a miscommunication, and then Achini Kulasuriya picked off Emma McLeod and Chamari Athapaththu dismissed Brooke Halliday. Both were out to sharp catches in the circle. Georgia Plimmer, who hit a few appealing boundaries within the powerplay, additionally fell for 28, and New Zealand had been fifty nine for 4 in 18 overs. A fifty one-run sixth-wicket partnership between No. Five Green and No. 7 Isabella Gaze (19) stabilised the innings. They came down the music and additionally performed the field via the usage of the width of the crease. After that, the lower-center order stepped up. Jess Kerr struck a 44-ball 38 whilst wicketkeeper Polly Inglis crunched five fours in an unbeaten 21-ball 34. Green turned into the constant. She struck seven fours, the remaining of which brought up her century within the penultimate ball of the innings. She has been in fine touch lately, sporting the shape from the robust displaying inside the home One-Day Cup in which she hit 125 and 126 in of her last three outings. New Zealand scored eighty four in their remaining ten to post 245 for 7, with Green run-out trying to pinch a unmarried within the final ball of the innings. In the chase, Bree Illing struck early to dispose of Athapaththu for eleven inside the fifth over. Rowe then disregarded the opposite opener, Vishmi Gunaratne, within the 8th over, and New Zealand had been on pinnacle. Harshitha Samarawickrama, although, followed up her unbeaten 66 from the first ODI with every other half-century. Her partnership of sixty eight with Kavisha Dilhari (25) in brief positioned Sri Lanka in the ascendancy, however Eden Carson and Illing struck in the twenty second and 23rd overs respectively to rattle Sri Lanka again. From 101 for four, Sri Lanka wished Samarawickrama to head huge, but she fell subsequent to Rowe for fifty eight. Nilakshika Silva became lbw to Bates and Anushka Sanjeewani changed into run-out through Kerr, giving New Zealand the company top hand. Rowe lower back to pick out up two of the remaining 3 batters to complete with four for 31 before Carson claimed the final wicket to wrap up the sport in the 47th over.