Sri Lanka facing fight
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Trent Boult after taking his 100th Test wicket. |
Sri Lanka have a long journey to go to get back into the first test
against New Zealand at Hagley Oval.
At stumps on the second day, having followed on 303 runs behind, Sri
Lanka were 84 without loss with openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Kaushal
Silva having grafted for two and a half hours in an extended final
session to be on 49 and 33 respectively.
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Angelo Mathews top scorer for Sri Lanka |
They still trail New Zealand overall by 219 runs with three days
remaining.
The day belonged to New Zealand once again. Dismissed quickly at the
start of the day for 441, adding just 12 runs for the last three
wickets, they had Sri Lanka 38 for three at lunch, courtesy of left arm
swing bowler Trent Boult.
He took all three wickets, the first, with his fourth delivery, to
have Karunaratne lbw for 0, was his 100th in tests, becoming the 13th
New Zealand bowler to the mark.
Tim Southee joined in after the restart, taking two wickets in one
over, before left armer Neil Wagner ripped out three in the space of 13
balls.
Only captain Angelo Mathews, with 50, showed sufficient resistance as
New Zealand took a firm grip on the match.
However plans to get amongst the Sri Lankans a second time around
were thwarted by Karunaratne and Silva. The pair knuckled down and did a
solid job.
Lefthander Karunaratne had two lives - dropped at mid wicket off
Boult on 10, then late in the day Boult spilled what would have been a
spectacular catch at point off Wagner.
(NZ Herald)
SCOREBOARD
New Zealand 1st innings (overnight 429-7)
Tom Latham c Kaushal b Eranga 27
Hamish Rutherford b Lakmal 18
Kane Williamson b Prasad 54
Ross Taylor run out (Silva) 07
Brendon McCullum c Karunaratne b Kaushal 195
James Neesham c Sangakkara b Mathews 85
WJ Watling lbw b Mathews 26
Mark Craig not out 12
Tim Southee c Thirimanne b Mathews 00
Neil Wagner c Kaushal b Lakmal 04
Trent Boult c Jayawardene b Lakmal 00
Extras (lb 4, w 2, nb 7) 13
TOTAL (all out, 85.5 overs) 441
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Rutherford), 2-60 (Latham)
3-88 (Taylor), 4-214 (Williamson)
5-367 (McCullum), 6-420 (Neesham)
7-429 (Watling), 8-431 (Southee)
9-440 (Wagner), 10-441 (Boult)
Bowling: Suranga Lakmal 19.5-3-90-3
Shaminda Eranga 18-1-82-1
Angelo Mathews 12-2-39-3
Dhammika Prasad 12-2-62-1
Tharindu Kaushal 22-0-159-1
Lahiru Thirimanne 2-0-5-0
Sri Lanka 1st innings
Dimuth Karunaratne lbw b Boult 00
Kaushal Silva lbw b Boult 04
Kumar Sangakkara c Southee b Boult 06
Lahiru Thirimanne c Craig b Southee 24
Angelo Mathews c Latham b Wagner 50
Niroshan Dickwella c McCullum b Southee 02
Prasanna Jayawardene c Williamson b Wagner 10
Dhammika Prasad c McCullum b Neesham 18
Tharindu Kaushal c Williamson b Wagner 06
Shaminda Eranga not out 10
Suranga Lakmal c McCullum b Neesham 02
Extras (lb 3, w 2, nb 1) 06
TOTAL (all out; 42.4 overs) 138
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Karunaratne), 2-8 (Silva)
3-15 (Sangakkara), 4-58 (Thirimanne)
5-60 (Dickwella), 6-88 (Jayawardene)
7-105 (Mathews), 8-118 (Kaushal)
9-128 (Prasad), 10-138 (Lakmal)
Bowling: Trent Boult 11-4-25-3
Tim Southee 12-4-17-2
James Neesham 6.4-1-28-2
Neil Wagner 11-0-60-3
Mark Craig 2-0-5-0
Sri Lanka 2nd innings (following on)
Dimuth Karunaratne not out 49
Kaushal Silva not out 33
Extras (lb 1, nb 1) 02
TOTAL (0 wickets; 35 overs) 84
Bowling: Trent Boult 7-2-16-0
Tim Southee 7-2-11-0
Neil Wagner 11-1-37-0
Mark Craig 7-2-12-0
James Neesham 2-1-4-0
Brendon McCullum 1-0-3-0 |
