"Not the way we wanted to finish series": Mitchell Santner

New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner expressed his thoughts on the loss in the last match of the series and said this was not the way he wanted it to endExceptional performance from Sri Lanka bowlers Asitha Fernando Maheesh Theekshana and Eshan Malinga denied hosts New Zealand from registering a clean sweep as the Charith Asalankaled side won the third and final match of the ODI series by 140 runs at Eden Park on SaturdayLittle disappointing probably not the way we wanted to finish series Credit to Sri Lanka they put score on board and they challenged us early and it was pretty tough to come back from there They got the ball swinging and made it challenging We did that throughout the seriesI guess we will take it on the china lot of positives from the series guys playing their rolesthe lads performed really well in the series against a very good team and the depth in their squad is outstanding We go to Pakistan and it will be a change of conditions so well prepare and adapt as best as we can Mitchell Santner said in the postmatch presentation as quoted by ESPNcricinfoRecapping the third and final match of the ODI series at Auckland Charith Asanka won the toss and elected to bat firstBatting first the Asian Lions scored 290 runs with the loss of eight wickets in their 50 overs The scorers in the team were Pathum Nissanka 66 runs off 42 balls with six fours and five sixes Kusal Mendis 54 runs from 48 balls five fours and two sixes Janith Liyange 53 runs in 52 balls with three fours and two sixes and Kamindu Mendis 46 runs off 71 balls three sixes and two foursFor New Zealand the pick of the bowler was Matt Henry who grabbed four wickets in his 10 overs where he gave away 55 runs in his spell Two wickets were taken by Mitchell Santner and one wicket each was taken by Nathan Smith and Michael Bracewell in their respective spellsIn reply to Sri Lankas total of 290 runs New Zealand were bundled out for 150 in just 294 overs The rungetters in this innings were Mark Chapman 81 runs off 81 balls 10 fours and 1 six Nathan Smith 17 runs from 29 balls 1 four Michael Bracewell 13 runs in 20 balls 1 four and 1 six Matt Henry 12 runs off 6 balls with 1 four and 1 six and 21 extras 18 wides 2 leg byes and 1 no ball in the inningsFor Sri Lanka three wickets each were snapped by Fernando 326 in 7 overs Theekshana 335 in 74 overs and Malinga 335 in 7 overs in their respective spells One wicket was bagged by Janith Liyange in his spell of three overs where he conceded 16 runsDespite this loss the Blackcaps sealed the threematch ODI series 21 Asitha Fernando was awarded the Player of the Match for his brilliant bowling in the last match and Kiwis rightarm seamer Matt Henry was given the Player of the Series for his magnificent performance across the three matches of the seriesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever