New Zealand's hopes of victory will have been buoyed by with the early wicket of Head, as slipped to 80-5, but they did make another breakthrough until Marsh lost his wicket with the score on 220 with the target within reach. The loss of Starc for a first ball duck gave the Kiwis a sniff, but the cool head of captain Cummins carried them home along with Carey who perhaps played his best innings given the circumstances, despite falling short of a well deserved century, as he was unbeaten on 98. His place must have been in some jeopardy with an average in the low 30's & being overlooked in the recent ODI World Cup starting XI.
PSL Final Islamabad United v Multan Sultans - Karachi
Multan Sultans elected to bat
Multan Sultans 159-9 (20 overs) Usman Khan 57 Iftikhar 32 no Imad Wasim 5-23 Shadab Khan 3-32
Islamabad United 168-8 (20 over) Guptill 50 Azad Khan 30 Iftikhar Ahmed 2-19 Khushdil Shah 2-21
Islamabad Sultans won by 2 wickets
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka 1st Test Sylhet - Day 1 Close
Bangladesh elected to field
Sri Lanka 280 (49 overs) Dhananjaya 102 Kamindu 102 Khaled Ahmed 3-72 Nahid Rana 3-87
Bangladesh 32-3 (10 overs) Vishwa Fernando 2-9
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka 2nd Test - Chattogram - Day 1 Close
Sri Lanka elected to bat
SL 314-4 (90 overs) Kusal Mendis 93 Karunaratne 86 Madushka 57 Chandima 34 no Mahmud 2-64