Sri Lanka just 2 wickets away from victory in Galle Test
Sri Lanka’s Nishan took the maximum of 5 wickets for 154 runs in 30 overs in the second innings.
In the second match of the Test series between New Zealand and Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka is just 2 wickets away from victory. While playing follow-on on the fourth day of the match, New Zealand started playing at 199/5 and till lunch the team has scored 335 runs after losing 8 wickets. The team is still 179 runs behind Sri Lanka.
Mitchell Santner is at the crease after scoring 48 runs and Ajaz Patel after scoring 16 runs. Nishan Peiris took maximum 5 wickets from Sri Lanka. On Sunday, Tom Blundell scored 60 runs while Glenn Phillips scored 78 runs for New Zealand.
Earlier, on Saturday, New Zealand’s first innings was all out for 88 runs. In the match being held in Galle, New Zealand started playing with their yesterday’s score of 22/2. Left arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya took 6 wickets.
Only 3 batsmen from New Zealand could touch double figures. Earlier, Sri Lanka declared the first innings at 602/2 runs. On the basis of which the team got a lead of 514 runs. After this captain de Silva gave follow-on to New Zealand.
Devon Conway’s fifty, 3 wickets for the mark New Zealand’s second innings had a bad start. The team lost its first wicket on the score of zero. After this, Conway batted fast and scored 61 runs in 62 balls. Apart from him, Kane Williamson scored 46 runs.
Together they added 97 runs on 108 balls for the third wicket. After this, Tom Blundell and Glenn Phillips present at the crease scored 78 runs on 84 balls for the sixth wicket. Nishan Peiris took maximum 3 wickets from Sri Lanka. While captain de Silva and Prabath Jayasuriya got 1-1 wicket.
third day first session New Zealand’s batsmen could not stand against Sri Lankan spinner Prabath Jayasuriya. The team lost its last 8 wickets for just 66 runs. Jayasuriya bowled 18 overs and bowled 6 maidens, taking 6 wickets for 42 runs. On the basis of first innings, Sri Lanka got a lead of 514 runs. Due to which Sri Lankan captain Dhananjay de Silva has given follow-on to New Zealand.
Kamindu Mendis’s second consecutive century
On Friday, 27 September, Kamindu Mendis from Sri Lanka played an unbeaten inning of 182 runs, with which he also completed 1000 runs in Test. Kamindu is playing only the 13th innings of his career. He reached par with Australia’s Donald Bradman among the players who scored 1000 Test runs in the fewest innings.
Apart from Kamindu, Kusal Mendis and Dinesh Chandimal also scored centuries from Sri Lanka. Whereas 3 players scored 40 plus runs. Glenn Phillips took 3 wickets from New Zealand.
Bradman had scored 1000 runs in 7 tests Kamindu is playing his 8th Test and has crossed the mark of 1000 Test runs. In this matter, he reached second place after Bradman, Bradman crossed the mark of 1000 runs in 7 and Kamindu crossed the mark of 1000 runs in 8 tests. However, Sir Don also completed 1000 runs in just 13 innings. Both are jointly second in this matter.
Herbert Sutcliffe of England and Everton Weeks of West Indies are at number one in this record. Both of them had crossed the mark of 1000 Test runs in their respective 12th innings. However, for this both the batsmen took 9 matches. Yashasvi Jaiswal from India holds the record of completing 1000 runs in least 9 matches.
Sri Lanka extended its innings to 306/3 Sri Lanka advanced its innings with a score of 306/3 in the first session of the second day. Endlo Mathews started the game with a score of 78 and Kamindu Mendis started with a score of 51 runs. Mathews could not last long and was out after scoring 88 runs. Captain Dhananjay de Silva then along with Kamindu took the team beyond 400 runs. De Silva was also out again after scoring 44 runs. Glenn Phillips took both the wickets from New Zealand.
Kamindu’s century in the second session Kamindu Mendis completed his century as soon as the second session started. He also got good support from Kusal Mendis, both of them completed the century partnership and took the team beyond 500 runs in the second session itself. Meanwhile, Kusal Mendis also completed his fifty.
Kamindu Mendis played an unbeaten inning of 182 runs.
Innings declared in the third session In the third session, both the players started playing fast. Kusal Mendis completed his century, while Kamindu Mendis took his score beyond 150 runs. As soon as the team’s score crossed 600, the Sri Lankan captain declared the innings. Kamindu remained not out after scoring 182 runs and Kusal remained not out after scoring 106 runs. There was a partnership of 200 runs between the two.
New Zealand also lost 2 wickets In the third session, Sri Lanka declared its innings on the score of 602 runs. New Zealand started their first innings and lost the wickets of both the openers. Tom Latham could score only 2 and Devon Conway could score only 9 runs. Kane Williamson 6 and Ajaz Patel remained not out without opening the account.(Sri Lanka just 2 wickets away from victory in Galle Test )
New Zealand has lost 2 wickets in its first innings.
Asitha Fernando and Prabath Jayasuriya got 1-1 wicket from Sri Lanka. By the end of the day’s play, New Zealand lost 2 wickets at the score of 22 runs. In this way, Sri Lanka currently has a lead of 580 runs. The third day’s play will start at 10 am.(Sri Lanka just 2 wickets away from victory in Galle Test )
Kamindu had made a world record on the first day also
Sri Lankan all-rounder Kamindu Mendis made a unique world record in his name when he scored fifty in the second test. He became the first player in the world to score fifty plus scores in 8 consecutive tests since debut. He has 4 centuries and 5 fifties in his name in 13 innings of 8 Tests. Sri Lanka scored 302 runs losing 3 wickets on the first day.
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