Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 63 runs with 02 sessions to spare, Lead the 02 match series 1 – 0
ICC World Test Championship – New Zealand Men’s Tour of Sri Lanka 2024 – 01st Test – Galle, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka electing to bat, 305 all out – ( 91.5 Overs ) Kamindu Mendis 114 ( 11×4, 173 balls ), Kusal Mendis 50, Angelo Mathews 36, Dinesh Chandimal 30, Pathum Nissanka 27, Extras 19 – Pathum Nissanka / Dimuth Karunaratne 20 run opening stand – lost the first 02 wickets for the addition of 13 runs – Dinesh Chandimal / Angelo Mathews / Kamindu Mendis 55 runs for the 03rd wicket – the next 02 wickets fell for the addition of 18 runs – Kamindu Mendis / Angelo Mathews 72 runs for the 05th wicket, Kamindu Mendis / Kusal Mendis 103 runs for the 06th wicket, Kamindu Mendis / Ramesh Mendis 21 runs for the 07th wicket – the last 04 wickets fell for the addition of 03 runs – William O’Rourke 5 / 55, Glenn Phillips 2 / 52, Ajaz Patel 2 / 60, Thomas Blundell 02 victims & 309 all out – ( 94.2 Overs ) Dimuth Karunaratne 83, Dinesh Chandimal 61, Angelo Mathews 50, Skipper Dhananjaya De Silva 40, Kusal Mendis 23, Extras 25 – Dimuth Karunaratne / Dinesh Chandimal 147 runs for the 02nd wicket – both of them dismissed without any addition to the total – Angelo Mathews / Kamindu Mendis 25 runs for the 04th wicket, Angelo Mathews / Dhananjaya De Silva 72 runs for the 05th wicket, Angelo Mathews / Kusal Mendis 36 runs for the 06th wicket – the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 23 runs – Ajaz Patel 6 / 90, William O’Rourke 3 / 49, Daryl Mitchell 02 catches.
New Zealand in reply, 340 all out – ( 90.5 Overs ) Thomas Latham 70, Daryl Mitchell 57, Kane Williamson 55, Glenn Phillips 49no, Rachin Ravindra 39, Extras 15 – Thomas Latham / Devon Conway 63 run opening stand, Thomas Latham / Kane Williamson 73 runs for the 02nd wicket, Kane Williamson / Rachin Ravindra 51 runs for the 03rd wicket, Daryl Mitchell / Thomas Blundell 73 runs for the 05th wicket – Daryl Mitchell / Glenn Phillips 22 runs for the 06th wicket – the next 04 wickets fell for the addition of 13 runs – Glenn Phillips / William O’Rourke 36 runs for the last wicket – Prabath Jayasuriya 4 / 136, Ramesh Mendis 3 / 101, Skipper Dhananjaya De Silva 2 / 31, Kusal Mendis 02 victims & 211 all out – (71.4 Overs) Rachin Ravindra 92 ( 1×6, 9×4, 168 balls ), Kane Williamson 30, Thomas Blundell 30, Thomas Latham 28 – Thomas Latham / Kane Williamson 45 runs for the 02nd wicket, Rachin Ravindra / Daryl Mitchell 28 runs for the 04th wicket, Rachin Ravindra / Thomas Blundell 56 runs for the 05th wicket, Rachin Ravindra / Mitchell Santner 28 runs for the 07th wicket – lost the last 04 wickets for the addition of 14 runs – Prabath Jayasuriya 5 / 68, Ramesh Mendis 3 / 83.
Player of the Match : Prabath Jayasuriya – Sri Lanka
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