SL-A vs NZ-A Cricket Player Stats, Team News & Expert Analysis - 1st ODI Match
By Aditya Pratap Singh - Sun, Apr 05, 2026Last Updated on Apr 05, 2026 07:11 AM
Sri Lanka A vs New Zealand A Cricket Match Previews
New Zealand A tour of Sri Lanka, 2026
SLA 261/10 (49.2)
NZA 20/0 (3.2) CRR: 6 | RRR: 5.19
New Zealand A need 242 runs
| Batsman | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhys Mariu* | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 58.33 |
| Dale Phillips | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pramod Madushan* | 1.2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Dilshan Madushanka | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 |
Today's Match Live Score ↻
Sri Lanka A vs New Zealand A
Sri Lanka A — Innings 1 (261/10 in 49.2 overs)
| Batsman | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamil Mishara (wk) c Tim Robinson b Adithya Ashok | 71 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 144.9 | |
| Lasith Croospulle c Kristian Clarke b Keene | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 41.67 | |
| Nuwanidu Fernando c Mitchell Hay b Kristian Clarke | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 53.33 | |
| Pavan Rathnayake c Keene b Muhammad Abbas | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 106.67 | |
| Sahan Arachchige (c) run out (Muhammad Abbas) | 66 | 81 | 7 | 1 | 81.48 | |
| Sonal Dinusha c Mitchell Hay b Adithya Ashok | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 180 | |
| Milan Priyanath Rathnayake c Kristian Clarke b Dale Phillips | 53 | 89 | 3 | 1 | 59.55 | |
| Ravindu Fernando c Mitchell Hay b Tim Pringle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wanuja Sahan c Mitchell Hay b Kristian Clarke | 12 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 70.59 | |
| Pramod Madushan c Tim Robinson b Ben Lister | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |
| Dilshan Madushanka not out | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
| Extras | Byes: 1 | LegByes: 6 | NoBalls: 1 | Wides: 6 | Total: 14 | |||||
| Total | 261 | 10 wkts, 49.2 overs | ||||
| Yet to Bat | ||||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Lister | 3.2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 7.5 |
| Simon Keene | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 5.2 |
| Kristian Clarke | 9 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 4.7 |
| Muhammad Abbas | 3 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 10.3 |
| Adithya Ashok | 8 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 5.6 |
| Tim Pringle | 10 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 4.8 |
| Dale Phillips | 10 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 3.2 |
Partnerships
| Players | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|
| Kamil Mishara & Croospulle | 20 | 24 |
| Kamil Mishara & Fernando | 46 | 37 |
| Kamil Mishara & Pavan Rathnayake | 31 | 22 |
| Kamil Mishara & Sahan Arachchige | 17 | 19 |
| Dinusha & Sahan Arachchige | 12 | 9 |
| Milan Rathnayake & Sahan Arachchige | 110 | 149 |
| Milan Rathnayake & Ravindu Fernando | 1 | 2 |
| Milan Rathnayake & Wanuja Sahan | 12 | 17 |
| Pramod Madushan & Wanuja Sahan | 7 | 11 |
| Pramod Madushan & Dilshan Madushanka | 5 | 8 |
Wickets
| # | Batsman | Over | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lasith Croospulle | 3.6 | 20 |
| 2 | Nuwanidu Fernando | 10.1 | 66 |
| 3 | Pavan Rathnayake | 13.5 | 97 |
| 4 | Kamil Mishara | 16.6 | 114 |
| 5 | Sonal Dinusha | 18.3 | 126 |
| 6 | Sahan Arachchige | 43 | 236 |
| 7 | Ravindu Fernando | 43.2 | 237 |
| 8 | Milan Priyanath Rathnayake | 46.1 | 249 |
| 9 | Wanuja Sahan | 47.6 | 256 |
| 10 | Pramod Madushan | 49.2 | 261 |
New Zealand A — Innings 2 (16/0 in 3 overs)
| Batsman | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhys Mariu batting | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Dale Phillips batting | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| Extras | NoBalls: 1 | Total: 1 | |||||
| Total | 16 | 0 wkts, 3 overs | ||||
| Yet to Bat | Tim Robinson, Muhammad Abbas, Mitchell Hay (wk), Simon Keene, Kristian Clarke, Tim Pringle, Adithya Ashok, Ben Lister, Max Chu (c) | |||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dilshan Madushanka | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 |
| Pramod Madushan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Partnerships
| Players | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|
| Rhys Mariu & Dale Phillips | 16 | 18 |
SL-A vs NZ-A Match Prediction, New Zealand A tour of Sri Lanka, 2026, Sri Lanka A vs New Zealand A Match Preview, Probable Playing 11, Match winning Tips, Live Match Score, Pitch Report, Injury & Updates.
SL-A vs NZ-A (Sri Lanka A vs New Zealand A) Match Details
| Match | Sri Lanka A vs New Zealand A (SL-A vs NZ-A) |
| League | New Zealand A tour of Sri Lanka, 2026 |
| Date | Sunday, 5th April 2026 |
| Time | 09:45 AM (IST) - 04:15 AM (GMT) |
SL-A vs NZ-A Pitch Report and Today's Weather Report
SL-A vs NZ-A Match Venue: Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka
SL-A vs NZ-A Pitch Report: The pitch at Galle International Stadium is known for being a spin-friendly surface. The ball tends to stick to the surface and produce turn and bounce, allowing spinners to extract spin and deceive the batters. So batters who are adept against spin and can play the ball late and close to their bodies tend to do well.
SL-A vs NZ-A Weather Report: Weather during the match time in Galle, LK will be rainy. The temperature is expected to around 28°C on the match day with 81% humidity and 21.4 km/h wind speed. And the visibility is 10 KM. There are 60% chances of precipitation during the game.
Galle International Stadium Score Records:
| Total matches: | 44 |
| Batting first won: | 23 |
| Bowling first won: | 15 |
| 1st inn avg score: | 365 |
| 2nd inn avg score: | 314 |
| Highest Total: | 704/3 |
| Lowest Total: | 73/10 |
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SL-A vs NZ-A (Sri Lanka A vs New Zealand A) Playing 11
Sri Lanka A vs New Zealand A (SL-A vs NZ-A) Match Preview
SL-A vs NZ-A Match Preview: New Zealand A tour of Sri Lanka, 2026 will see Sri Lanka A facing off against New Zealand A on Sunday, 05 April 2026 at 09:45 AM IST.
Sri Lanka A (SL-A) Team Updates
Opening Batters
- Niroshan Dickwella and Lasith Croospulle will open the innings. Both are very talented players and played many attacking innings in previous matches.
One-Down Batter
- Nuwanidu Fernando will be the backbone of batting department, if early wickets falls, He settles the innings.
Middle-Order Batters
- Lahiru Udara and Sahan Arachchige will strengthen the middle order for Sri Lanka A.
- Sahan Arachchige will lead the Sri Lanka A as a Captain. He is also a good All-Rounder
Wicketkeeper
- Lahiru Udara will do the Wicket Keeping for Sri Lanka A.
Spin Bowlers
- Sahan Arachchige and Dushan Hemantha will take care of the spin bowling of his team.
Pace Bowlers
- Traveen Mathews and Vijayakanth Viyaskanth will lead the pace attack of his team. He is having topmost good points in this series.
New Zealand A (NZ-A) Team Updates
Opening Batters
- Rhys Mariu and Curtis Heaphy will open the innings. Both are very talented players and played many attacking innings in previous matches.
- Rhys Mariu is having topmost good points in this series.
One-Down Batter
- Joe Carter will be the backbone of batting department, if early wickets falls, He settles the innings. He was the highest score points gainer in the previous match.
Middle-Order Batters
- Matt Boyle and Dean Foxcroft will strengthen the middle order for New Zealand A.
- Curtis Heaphy will lead the New Zealand A as a Captain. He is also a good Wicket-Keeper
Wicketkeeper
- Mitchell Hay will do the Wicket Keeping for New Zealand A.
Spin Bowlers
- Dean Foxcroft will take care of the spin bowling of the team.
Pace Bowlers
- Ben Lister and Jayden Lennox will lead the pace attack of his team.
Sri Lanka A vs New Zealand A (SL-A vs NZ-A) Cricket Match Prediction, Team and Tips
SL-A vs NZ-A Match Prediction: Sri Lanka A looks in good form in recent matches, They are the favorites to win the match.
Toss Prediction, Who will Win the Toss Today?: According to the Possible11 expert toss prediction, SL-A will win the toss and choose to Bowl first.
SL-A vs NZ-A New Zealand A tour of Sri Lanka, 2026 Match Expert Advice: Traveen Mathews will be a top multiplier choice for the small leagues. Nuwanidu Fernando will be a decent choice for the captaincy in the grand leagues.
SL-A vs NZ-A Head to Head
SL-A vs NZ-A Head to Head Records: Sri Lanka A vs New Zealand A have faced each other in 0 matches in ODI. Out of these 0 games, Sri Lanka A have won 0 whereas New Zealand A have won 0 Matches.
| Team | Match Win |
|---|---|
| SL-A | 0 Won |
| NZ-A | 0 Won |
Live Telecast
The match will be live telecast on Fancode.
SL-A vs NZ-A Team Analysis & Player Performance
- Looking by the pitch behavior, Picking top order batters would be crucial here.
- Death-over bowlers are always excellent wicket-takers in last few overs, they can turn the game around at any time.
- In Wicket Keeping, both are good. You can choose any of one.
- Pacers may play major role on this pitch.
SL-A vs NZ-A Winning Prediction
- Sri Lanka A team has the upper hand over New Zealand A team. So try to pick more players from Sri Lanka A
SL-A vs NZ-A Small League Must Picks:
SL-A - Traveen Mathews [462 points], Nuwanidu Fernando [338 points]NZ-A - Rhys Mariu [674 points], Dean Foxcroft [497 points]
SL-A vs NZ-A Grand League Risky Picks:
SL-A - Nuwan Thushara [0 points], Movin Subasingha [70 points]NZ-A - Simon Keene [0 points], Matthew Fisher [0 points]
SL-A vs NZ-A Death Over Bowlers:
SL-A -NZ-A - Ben Lister
Sri Lanka A (SL-A) Key Players
- Vishen Halambage [PTs: 123, CR: 6]
- Lasith Croospulle [73*, ]
- Nuwanidu Fernando [PTs: 338, CR: 4.5]
New Zealand A (NZ-A) Key Players
- Adithya Ashok [1W, 1W, 1W]
- Muhammad Abbas Khan [PTs: 191, CR: 6.5]
- Joe Carter [PTs: 295, CR: 6.5]
- Dale Phillips [26*, 0W, 25, DNB, 25*, ]
- Dean Foxcroft [9]
- Rhys Mariu [1, 10, ]
SL-A vs NZ-A Captain and Vice-Captain Choices
- Vishen Halambage [PTs: 123, CR: 6]
- Lasith Croospulle [PTs: 206, CR: 7]
- Dale Phillips [PTs: 318, CR: 7]
- Nuwanidu Fernando [PTs: 338, CR: 4.5]
- Dean Foxcroft [PTs: 497, CR: 9.5]
- Rhys Mariu [PTs: 674, CR: 8.5]
SL-A vs NZ-A Injury / Unavailability
Sri Lanka A Cricket Team Injuries:
- There are no injury updates as of now.
New Zealand A Cricket Team Injuries:
- There are no injury updates as of now.
SL-A vs NZ-A Live Stream
Where can I see SL-A vs NZ-A Live Score?
You can see SL-A vs NZ-A Live Score on Possible11, Cricbuzz, ESPNcricinfo, etc.
SL-A vs NZ-A match will be live telecast on FanCode.
SL-A vs NZ-A Cricket Match Highlights
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SL-A vs NZ-A match prediction video in Hindi will be posted soon
Sri Lanka A vs New Zealand A (SL-A vs NZ-A) Squads
Sri Lanka A (SL-A) Squad: Niroshan Dickwella(WK), Lasith Croospulle, Lahiru Udara(WK), Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Dilshan Madushanka, Nuwanidu Fernando, Sahan Arachchige(C), Nuwan Thushara, Traveen Mathews, Dushan Hemantha, Movin Subasingha, Milan Rathnayake, Vishen Halambage, Garuka Sanketh
New Zealand A (NZ-A) Squad: Ben Lister, Joe Carter, Matthew Fisher, Kristian Clarke, Adithya Ashok, Rhys Mariu, Jayden Lennox, Dean Foxcroft, Dale Phillips, Mitchell Hay(WK), Matt Boyle, Curtis Heaphy(WK)(C), Muhammad Abbas Khan, Simon Keene
DISCLAIMER: This team is based on the understanding, analysis, and instinct of the author. While selecting your team, consider the points mentioned and make your own decision.
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