Henry Shipley

The 26-year-old's career-best figures saw New Zealand wrap up a comfortable win at Eden Park.

Henry Shipley took 5-31 as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 76 on Saturday as they lost the first one-day international against New Zealand by 198 runs.

But after reaching 108-2 in the 19th over, New Zealand lost three wickets for 44 runs, its momentum slowed and couldn’t be entirely recovered. “It was pretty cool, not what I was expecting to do when I came to the ground,” Shipley said. “The way we started, I thought it was going to be a very good game,” he said. Wickets continued to fall steadily and when Sri Lanka was all out after only 19.5 overs, it was for the second lowest one-day international total at Eden Park. The ODI series will be followed by three Twenty20 matches. Sri Lanka’s first wicket fell to a runout in the sixth over.

New Zealand and Sri Lanka faced off in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday, March 25.

Henry Shipley takes his maiden fifer as New Zealand win by 198 runs What a dominating performance by Kiwis – Finn Allen highest scorer and Henry Shipley picked 5 wickets for New Zealand. [March 25, 2023] In reply, Sri Lanka’s batting lineup struggled to cope with New Zealand’s bowling attack, and were all out for just 76 runs in 19.5 overs. New Zealand’s batting lineup put up a challenging total of 274 runs for the loss of 10 wickets in 49.3 overs.

Henry Shipley was the star of the show for New Zealand as they thrashed Sri Lanka by 198 runs in Auckland on Saturday to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

Pathum Nissanka was the next to go as he became Shipley's first victim of the day. Shipley ended up with figures of 5/31 as Sri Lanka were bundled out for just 76 as they were chasing 275 runs. Finn Allen got the Kiwis to a fine start before they lost Chad Bowes with the score at 36 in 5.2 overs.

Henry Shipley took an impressive 5-31, with his first wicket a spectacular angled delivery to opener Pathum Nissanka that uprooted the leg stump.

"The way we started, I thought it was going to be a very good game," he said. "It was pretty cool, not what I was expecting to do when I came to the ground," he said. But after reaching 108-2 in the 19th over, New Zealand lost three wickets for 44 runs. Sri Lanka's first wicket fell to a runout in the sixth over. "The batters said there was enough there and the score we had on the board was going to be tricky so that gave us confidence to go out there and do that." Wickets continued to fall steadily and when Sri Lanka was all out after only 19.5 overs, it made for the second lowest one-day international total at Eden Park.

New Zealand thrashed Sri Lanka by 198 runs in the first ODI at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday. Chasing 275, the Sri Lankan team skittled on a mere 76, ...

He first got rid of Pathum Nissanka on nine and then dismissed Kusal Mendis on a 16-ball duck. Chasing 275, the Sri Lankan team skittled on a mere 76, courtesy of a maiden five-wicket haul by lanky seamer Henry Shipley. Asked to bat first after losing the toss, the hosts started well, hitting boundaries early on.

Chasing 275, the visitors were bowled out for 76 in 19.5 overs in Auckland.

And Sri Lanka took the catches that came their way. He and Glenn Phillips had come together with the score 152 for 5 in the 30th over, and proceeded to put on the only half-century stand in the game, producing 66 off 59 balls. Some Sri Lanka batters fell to the short ball, which New Zealand's batters had also struggled to contend with in their innings. Mitchell had also contributed with the bat, as his 47 helped New Zealand progress through the middle overs. And the run-out of opener Nuwanidu Fernando, who had charged most of the way down the pitch for a third even though his partner was not interested, set off the whole, sorry collapse. Where New Zealand had scrapped to 274 all out, their scorecard featuring a highest score of 51 - by Finn Allen - Sri Lanka succumbed meekly against the bounce that Shipley, Blair Tickner, and even Daryl Mitchell generated, on an Eden Park surface with plenty of carry.

He dismissed five of Sri Lanka's top-seven batters to set up a huge victory.

"The comms came back from the batters pretty early that perhaps it was going to be a little bit difficult to score," Shipley said. "Being able to play in front of a home crowd and hear that roar when things are going our way is pretty special, and something that will stick with me for a long time," Shipley said. But at Eden Park, the crowd in voice for him, he decked Sri Lanka's top order with the new ball and set New Zealand on course for a huge victory.

Henry Shipley tore through Sri Lanka's batting line-up as New Zealand romped to a 198-run win in the first ODI in Auckland on Saturday.

The visitors never recovered after slumping to 31-5, with only three batters reaching double figures, including top scorer [Angelo Mathews](https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/1260-angelo-mathews-playerprofile) (18). To put a score on the board, we knew it would be challenging. [Henry Shipley](https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/115373-henry-shipley-playerprofile) tore through Sri Lanka's batting line-up as New Zealand romped to a 198-run win in the first one-day international in Auckland on Saturday. [Rachin Ravindra](https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/113659-rachin-ravindra-playerprofile) departed late in the innings for 49 on his ODI debut while Mitchell scored 47 and [Glenn Phillips](https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/107472-glenn-phillips-playerprofile) 39. [Lahiru Kumara](https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/107464-lahiru-kumara-playerprofile), who both played in Sri Lanka's 2-0 Test series loss to New Zealand, took two wickets each. [latest songs](https://www.jiosaavn.com/featured/trending_today/I3kvhipIy73uCJW60TJk1Q__), only on [JioSaavn.com](https://www.jiosaavn.com) [Daryl Mitchell](https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/50709-daryl-joseph-mitchell-playerprofile) took 2-12 and [Matt Henry](https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/61011-matthew-james-henry-playerprofile) 2-20 in an innings that lasted less than two hours. [Finn Allen](https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/113428-finn-allen-playerprofile) top-scored with 51 but he was one of several Black Caps guilty of not pushing on after making a start. [Dasun Shanaka](https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/59545-madagamagamage-dasun-shanaka-playerprofile) identified some glaring shortcomings that would need to be improved on for game two in Christchurch on Tuesday. [Tom Latham](https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/1439-tom-latham-playerprofile) said he was unsure if their score of 274 all out would be enough at the small Eden Park venue where international teams regularly surpass 300. Sri Lanka's batters succumbed to a series of loose shots, allowing Shipley to claim New Zealand's first five-wicket bag in the format for more than four years. Henry Shipley tore through Sri Lanka's batting line-up as New Zealand romped to a 198-run win in the first ODI in Auckland on Saturday.

After taking five wickets in big first ODI win over Sri Lanka, the all-rounder says he'll remember the roar of the Eden Park crowd for a long time.

“I think the performance is still pretty surreal,” Shipley said. *