New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI: stats for the game

The ODI series between hosts New Zealalnd and visitos Sri Lanka starts at the Eden Park in Auckland on the 25th of march before moving to the Hagley Oval and finally on March 31st the teams face off at Seddon Park in the final ODI of the series. With a World Cup in sight, this is a valuable chance for both teams to test out some of their players and gets their playing XIs sorted. Sri Lanka will be out for revenge after losing the test series to the Black Caps. Sri Lanka will lose some of their players because of the Indian Premier League. Tom Latham will lead the team in the absence of Williamson who will be in India playing for the Gujarat Giants.

New Zealand are a dominant side at home and with the conditions favouring their bolwing, it will be a hard task for the Island Nation. In recent past, Sri Lanka have raised their game under the captaincy of Dasun Shanaka and will look to start this series on a positive note. Most of their players are available for this series, it will be interesting to see the bowling combinations for Sri Lanka. New Zealand surfaces generaly tend to support the fast bolwers. The first match of the series promises to be a entertaining affair at the Eden Park on Saturday.

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Pitch

Eden Park hasn’t had much ODI cricket of late, but the last two games have seen 300-plus chased down and 273 defended. The pitch has also been known to aid spin in the recent past. Weather is expected to be nice and sunny. The captain who wins the toss will look to chase the total down as there is a bit of dew expected in the latter half of the second innings.

Match Details:

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI

Venue: Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand

Date & Time: March 25th, at 6:30 PM IST and 2:00 PM Local Time

FACTS

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