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Prabath Jayasuriya claimed a fifer to bowl out New Zealand for 211 in the second innings. © AFP
It took barely 22 balls on Monday morning for Sri Lanka to wrap up the first Test against New Zealand in Galle and take a 1-nil lead in the series. Prabath Jayasuriya bagged the last two wickets of New Zealand's innings to bundle them out for 211, completing a fifer that helped hosts secure a 63-run win.
The final day's play was tantalisingly poised with New Zealand needing 68 runs to win on a deteriorating pitch with two wickets in hand. However, with Rachin Ravindra having dealt with the conditions expertly on the penultimate day, heading to stumps unbeaten on 91, there was hope for the visitors to put up a fight.
Unfortunately for them, it was nipped in the bud on the second over of morning with Jayasuriya trapping the southpaw on the back leg with a delivery that pitched on legstump and straightened. Even a review couldn't save him.
The spinner could have nearly had William O'Rourke a couple of balls later, but this time the review didn't go in Sri Lanka's favour. Nonetheless, the resistance wasn't to last too long. Two overs later, Jayasuriya beat O'Rourke's outside edge and leaned him up to end the contest.
Brief scores: Sri Lanka 305 & 309 (Dimuth Karunaratne 83; Ajaz Patel 6/90) beat New Zealand 340 & 211 (Rachin Ravindra 92; Prabath Jayasuriya 5/68, Ramesh Mendis 3-83) by 63 runs
It took barely 22 balls on Monday morning for Sri Lanka to wrap up the first Test against New Zealand in Galle and take a 1-nil lead in the series. Prabath Jayasuriya bagged the last two wickets of New Zealand's innings to bundle them out for 211, completing a fifer that helped hosts secure a 63-run win.
The final day's play was tantalisingly poised with New Zealand needing 68 runs to win on a deteriorating pitch with two wickets in hand. However, with Rachin Ravindra having dealt with the conditions expertly on the penultimate day, heading to stumps unbeaten on 91, there was hope for the visitors to put up a fight.
Unfortunately for them, it was nipped in the bud on the second over of morning with Jayasuriya trapping the southpaw on the back leg with a delivery that pitched on legstump and straightened. Even a review couldn't save him.
The spinner could have nearly had William O'Rourke a couple of balls later, but this time the review didn't go in Sri Lanka's favour. Nonetheless, the resistance wasn't to last too long. Two overs later, Jayasuriya beat O'Rourke's outside edge and leaned him up to end the contest.
Brief scores: Sri Lanka 305 & 309 (Dimuth Karunaratne 83; Ajaz Patel 6/90) beat New Zealand 340 & 211 (Rachin Ravindra 92; Prabath Jayasuriya 5/68, Ramesh Mendis 3-83) by 63 runs