ICC World Cup 2019: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, Preview, Head to Head & Match Details

In the third match of ICC World Cup 2019, Kane Williamson led New Zealand will face Sri Lanka at  Cardiff Wales Stadium on Saturday.  New Zealand reached the final four years ago for the first time after six semi-final defeats but was defeated by Australia in Melbourne. Dimuth Karunaratne has the onus of the team that has lost their eight off 9 ODIs. New Zealand has never clinched the title yet while Sri Lanka has done it once in 1996.

New Zealand defeated India in the world cup warm-up match. Ross Taylor has been in good form in recent years in the one-day game, averaging over 60 in ODIs in 2017 and more than 90 last year. Williamson and Martin Guptill are strongmen in the New Zealand batting line-up while Trent Boult would lead the bowling attack with Colin de Grandhomme and Tim Southee. 

Sri Lanka's world cup preparations have not been up to the mark as they have lost both the warm-up matches against South Africa and Australia.  Dimuth Karunaratne and   Angelo Matthews will be the men in focus as they were the only players to score the half-century in the practice match.Dimuth Karunaratne, Angelo Mathews can give strength to Sri Lanka's batting line while pacer Lasith Malinga can give confidence to the bowling department.

World Cup head to head:

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka

Matches: 10

New Zealand won: 4

Sri Lanka won: 6

Ties: 0

No result: 0

Playing 11

New Zealand : Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, Tom Blundell, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Trent Boult

Sri Lanka: Kusal Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dhananjaya de Silva, Jeevan Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Milinda Siriwardana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Suranga Lakmal, Thisara Perera

Match Details

Date and Day: June 1, 2019, Saturday.

Place: Cardiff Wales Stadium, Cardiff

Time: 3:00 pm IST

Watch: The World Cup 2019 New Zealand vs Sri Lanka match live streaming will be available live on Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 1 in English Commentary and Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD in Hindi Commentary. The live streaming of the World Cup 2019 New Zealand vs Sri Lanka match will be available on Hotstar.