New Zealand Women vs Sri Lanka Women, 7th Match, Group B, ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player HighlightsNZW vs SLW, 7th Match, Group B, ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Rosemary Mair to Kaushani Nuthyangana, 2 runs, terrific batting from this duo, full again in the slot, Nuthyangana had backed away, swipes it across the line and finds the gap at mid-wicket, they run well for the second, New Zealand under pressure and that is showing in their fielding and bowling

Rosemary Mair to Nilakshika Silva, 1 run, bowls it full, Silva comes down the track and drags it down to long-on

Rosemary Mair to Kaushani Nuthyangana, 1 run, full-toss this time, Nuthyangana misses out on it and heaves it across to deep mid-wicket, straight to the fielder

Rosemary Mair to Kaushani Nuthyangana, wide, now Mair under pressure, fuller length delivery down spraying down the leg side

Rosemary Mair to Kaushani Nuthyangana, FOUR, she's picked the gap in the deep, excellent batting, slower delivery on middle, Nuthyangana backs away to the leg side and flicks it to deep mid-wicket, she split the gap to perfection

Rosemary Mair to Nilakshika Silva, 1 run, 50 for Silva and what an occasion to get it when her team needed the most. She was dropped on 1 by Illing and she's making the most of it. The whole Sri Lankan team are on their feet in the dugout, applauding the knock and Silva acknowledges with a quick bat raise. Angling into the pads, Silva works it to backward square leg

Rosemary Mair to Kaushani Nuthyangana, 1 run, full and angling into the pads, Nuthyangana clips it to deep mid-wicket

Rosemary Mair to Nilakshika Silva, out Kavisha Dilhari Run Out!! 1 run completed. A terrible mix-up has resulted in a wicket just when a nice little partnership was building, on the pads again, tucked away backward of square leg, Nilakshika wanted two and was running back, but Kavisha was not interested and she sacrified herself seeing Nilakshika almost next to her, Jess Kerr gets across from short fine and throws the ball to the right end - non-striker's, Mair does the rest with Kavisha well short of the crease. Kavisha Dilhari run out (Jess Kerr/Rosemary Mair) 17(16) [4s-2]

Rosemary Mair to Nilakshika Silva, 2 runs, full and angling into the pads, Silva backs away and flicks it to square leg

Rosemary Mair to Nilakshika Silva, no run, fuller length delivery on off, Silva drives it to covers

Rosemary Mair to Nilakshika Silva, SIX, valiant effort by Devine in the deep, but the ball has hit the ropes on the full, fuller length delivery on middle, Silva backs away to the leg side and flicks it in the air to deep mid-wicket, Devine was not on the rope, she was well in and tries to get back with a leap, but the ball clears her and lands on ad cushions

Rosemary Mair to Nilakshika Silva, 2 runs, Kiwis fielding woes continues, fuller length delivery on off, Silva was looking to paddle it away, but changes her mind at the last minute, laps it to point, Amelia has a shy at the stumps and concedes an extra run

Rosemary Mair to Nilakshika Silva, no run, slower delivery outside off, Silva backs away to the leg side and hits it straight to the fielder at point, can't find the gap and she is disappointed

Rosemary Mair to Vishmi Gunaratne, 1 run, 111.1ks very full and close to yorker length, Gunaratne digs it to mid-on and quickly crosses over

Rosemary Mair to Vishmi Gunaratne, no run, full and angles it outside off, Gunaratne stays leg-side and throws her bat on the drive, beaten again

Rosemary Mair to Chamari Athapaththu, 1 run, 112.7ks short of length at the body, Athapaththu swivels and pulls backward of square leg

Rosemary Mair to Chamari Athapaththu, no run, 109.2ks good length ball angled across, Athapaththu shimmies out and throws the kitchen sink behind the big shot, misses and is beaten on the outside-edge

Rosemary Mair to Chamari Athapaththu, no run, 110.5ks fuller and closer to off, Athapaththu defends with soft hands to the off-side

Rosemary Mair to Chamari Athapaththu, FOUR, that's a gift from Mair. This might have been the attempted inswinger, but ends up as a half volley on the pads, Athapaththu flicks it over mid-wicket and almost sends it the distance, one bounce and over the ropes

Rosemary Mair to Chamari Athapaththu, no run, just a leg-bye from the over. Athapaththu charges down, stays leg-side and looks to flay it through the off-side, the ball angles away and beats the outside-edge

Rosemary Mair to Chamari Athapaththu, no run, 109ks fuller around off, Athapaththu pushes it off the inner half to mid-on

Rosemary Mair to Chamari Athapaththu, no run, 112.8ks good length ball on off, Athapaththu gets behind the line and defends to the off-side

Rosemary Mair to Vishmi Gunaratne, leg byes, 112.2ks again swinging into leg, Gunaratne misses the flick and the ball deflects off the pad

Rosemary Mair to Vishmi Gunaratne, no run, 107.5ks slanting down leg, Gunaratne misses the glance and the ball hits the under side of the thigh pad, rolls back to Gaze

Rosemary Mair to Vishmi Gunaratne, no run, 109.7ks full and swinging in, Gunaratne plants her front foot across and plays around it to mid-wicket