New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by an innings & 58 runs with a day to spare & sweep the 02 match series 2 – 0
ICC 02nd World Test Championship 2021 – 2023 02nd Test – Wellington, North Island, New Zealand – concluded on the 04th day
New Zealand put into bat, 580 / 4 dec – (123 Overs ) Kane Williamson 215 – completed 8000 test runs, the first New Zealander to reach the milestone – Henry Nicholls 200no – career best, maiden double century in tests – Devon Conway 78, Tom Latham 21, Extras 32 – Tom Latham / Devon Conway 87 run opening stand, Kane Williamson / Henry Nicholls 363 runs for the 03rd wicket, Henry Nicholls / Darryl Mitchell 49 runs for the 04th wicket, Henry Nicholls / Tom Blundell 50 runs unbroken for the 05th wicket – Kasun Rajitha 2 / 126.
Sri Lanka in reply, 164 all out – ( 66.5 Overs ) Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne 89, Dinesh Chandimal 37, Nishan Madushka 19 – on debut – Dimuth Karunaratne / Dinesh Chandimal 80 runs for the 05th wicket, Dimuth Karunaratne / Nishan Madushka 40 runs for the 07th wicket – Matt Henry 3 / 44, Michael Bracewell 3 / 50, Tom Blundell 03 victims & following on 358 all out – ( 142 Overs ) Dhananjaya De Silva 98, Dinesh Chandimal 62, Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne 51, Kusal Mendis 50, Nishan Madushka 39 – on debut – Kasun Rajitha 20, Extras 22 – Dimuth Karunaratne / Kusal Mendis 71 runs for the 02nd wicket – then lost 03 wickets for the addition of 19 runs – Dinesh Chandimal / Dhananjaya De Silva 126 runs for the 05th wicket, Dhananjaya De Silva / Nishan Madushka 76 runs for the 06th wicket – the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 40 runs – Skipper Tim Southee 3 / 51, Blair Tickner 3 / 84, Michael Bracewell 2 / 100 & 02 catches, Kane Williamson 02 catches.
Player of the Match : Henry Nicholls – New Zealand
Player of the Series : Kane Williamson – New Zealand
Report assisted by srilankacricket.lk
Visuals courtesy SLC Media
