Sri Lanka ended the first day with 305 runs for the loss of six wickets. Today they lost 4 remaining wickets and added 50 runs to the team collection and were all out for 355 runs. Then they picked up 5 wickets from New Zealand for 162 runs. Through this, the Lankans have taken the second day as their own. The hosts are still 193 runs behind them. New Zealand’s Tim Southee took 5 wickets with the ball in Sri Lanka’s innings. Matt Henry took 4 wickets. Michelle Bracewell took the other wicket. In response, Tom Latham and Devon Conway scored 67 runs in the opening pair, batting in the first innings. Kiwis lost 5 wickets to get 95 runs from there.

First Conway returns for 30 runs. Then the new batsman Kane Williamson scored 1 run at the head of the team’s 70 runs. After 76 runs, Henry Nichols returns with 2 runs. Set on 134, Tom Latham returns with 67 with 7 fours. Tom Blundell was out for 7 runs after 151 runs. From there Darryl Mitchell (40*) and Bracewell (9*) finished the day. Both of them will come out to bat tomorrow on the third day on Saturday. Asitha Fernando and Lahiru Kumara of Sri Lanka took 2 wickets each with the ball. Kasun Rajitha took 1 wicket.