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Sri Lanka in trouble despite Karunaratne half century

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand | 2nd Test – Day 2

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Sri Lanka ended day 2 of their 2nd ICC Test Championship match against New Zealand struggling on 144/6, despite a half century from skipper Dimuth Karunaratne as the visitors took the upper hand at the P Sara Oval in Colombo.

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The start of day 2 was delayed by 45 mins due to bad weather, with Colombo experiencing some heavy rain overnight and this morning. Karunaratne resumed on an overnight score of 49* with Angelo Mathews on the other end, yet to get off the mark.

Mathews was the 1st to go, caught behind down the leg side trying to pull a wayward delivery from Trent Boult. With the scalp, Boult went to 250 Test wickets, becoming just the 3rd New Zealander to reach the landmark. The left armer then trapped Kusal Perera right in front of the stumps for a duck in the same over as Sri Lanka slumped to 93/4.

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Coming into bat in a tough situation, with Boult and Colin de Grandhomme bowling well in tandem, all rounder Dhananjaya de Silva had a bit of luck as the former dropped perhaps one of the easiest catches you’ll ever see. De Silva top-edged the delivery which popped harmlessly up in the air, Boult settled under the ball but inexplicably, was unable to hold on to the sitter.

Karunaratne too had a chance off his bat missed, this time by opposition skipper Kane Williamson, albeit a far more difficult chance than that spilled by Boult. Sri Lanka’s captain was unable to capitalize on the chance however as he fell shortly after in what turned out to be another double wicket over as Tim Southee struck to remove both Karunaratne and Niroshan Dickwella caught behind by BJ Watling.

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De Silva and Dilruwan Perera survived an awkward 8-over period before the rain came down at the stroke of Lunch. With no play possible for the next 2 and a half hours, the umpires decided to call off play for the day; just 29.3 overs were bowled during the day.

If weather permits, play is set to commence at 9.45am tomorrow (24th).

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Result


Sri Lanka
244/10 (90.2) & 122/10 (70.2)

New Zealand
431/6 (115)

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Dimuth Karunaratne c BJ Watling b Tim Southee 65 165 6 0 39.39
Lahiru Thirimanne c Kane Williamson b William Somerville 2 35 0 0 5.71
Kusal Mendis c BJ Watling b Colin de Grandhomme 32 70 4 0 45.71
Angelo Mathews c BJ Watling b Trent Boult 2 29 0 0 6.90
Kusal Perera lbw b Trent Boult 0 4 0 0 0.00
Dhananjaya de Silva b Trent Boult 109 148 16 2 73.65
Niroshan Dickwella c BJ Watling b Tim Southee 0 3 0 0 0.00
Dilruwan Perera lbw b Ajaz Patel 13 54 1 0 24.07
Suranga Lakmal c BJ Watling b Tim Southee 10 24 1 0 41.67
Lasith Embuldeniya lbw b Tim Southee 0 2 0 0 0.00
Lahiru Kumara not out 5 11 0 0 45.45


Extras 6 (b 1 , lb 2 , nb 3, w 0, pen 0)
Total 244/10 (90.2 Overs, RR: 2.7)
Fall of Wickets 1-29 (14.4) Lahiru Thirimanne, 2-79 (32.3) Kusal Mendis, 3-93 (41.1) Angelo Mathews, 4-93 (41.5) Kusal Perera, 5-130 (57.3) Dimuth Karunaratne, 6-130 (57.6) Niroshan Dickwella, 7-171 (74.5) Dilruwan Perera, 8-214 (83.5) Suranga Lakmal, 9-224 (85.1) Lasith Embuldeniya, 10-244 (90.2) Dhananjaya de Silva,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Trent Boult 22.2 6 75 3 3.38
Tim Southee 29 7 63 4 2.17
Colin de Grandhomme 17 3 35 1 2.06
William Somerville 6 3 20 1 3.33
Ajaz Patel 16 4 48 1 3.00
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Jeet Raval c Dhananjaya de Silva b Dilruwan Perera 0 9 0 0 0.00
Tom Latham lbw b Dilruwan Perera 154 251 15 0 61.35
Kane Williamson c Kusal Mendis b Lahiru Kumara 20 28 2 0 71.43
Ross Taylor c Dhananjaya de Silva b Lasith Embuldeniya 23 43 3 0 53.49
Henry Nicholls c Dhananjaya de Silva b Dilruwan Perera 15 46 0 0 32.61
BJ Watling not out 105 226 4 0 46.46
Colin de Grandhomme c Lahiru Kumara b Lasith Embuldeniya 83 77 5 5 107.79
Tim Southee not out 24 10 2 2 240.00


Extras 7 (b 0 , lb 4 , nb 0, w 3, pen 0)
Total 431/6 (115 Overs, RR: 3.75)
Fall of Wickets 1-1 (3.1) Jeet Raval, 2-34 (12.5) Kane Williamson, 3-84 (26.2) Ross Taylor, 4-126 (42.3) Henry Nicholls, 5-269 (85.3) Tom Latham, 6-382 (110.2) Colin de Grandhomme,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Dilruwan Perera 37 4 114 3 3.08
Dhananjaya de Silva 5 1 10 0 2.00
Suranga Lakmal 11 2 32 0 2.91
Lahiru Kumara 25 0 115 1 4.60
Lasith Embuldeniya 37 4 156 2 4.22


Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Lahiru Thirimanne run out (Ajaz Patel) 0 5 0 0 0.00
Kusal Perera c BJ Watling b Trent Boult 0 3 0 0 0.00
Kusal Mendis b William Somerville 20 63 3 0 31.75
Angelo Mathews c Ross Taylor b Colin de Grandhomme 7 30 0 0 23.33
Dhananjaya de Silva c Tim Southee b Ajaz Patel 1 19 0 0 5.26
Niroshan Dickwella c Tom Latham b Ajaz Patel 51 161 4 0 31.68
Dimuth Karunaratne lbw b Tim Southee 21 70 2 0 30.00
Dilruwan Perera c Ross Taylor b Tim Southee 0 12 0 0 0.00
Suranga Lakmal c Tom Latham b William Somerville 14 45 2 1 31.11
Lasith Embuldeniya c Kane Williamson b Trent Boult 5 11 0 0 45.45
Lahiru Kumara not out 0 3 0 0 0.00


Extras 3 (b 0 , lb 2 , nb 0, w 1, pen 0)
Total 122/10 (70.2 Overs, RR: 1.73)
Fall of Wickets 1-0 (0.5) Lahiru Thirimanne, 2-4 (2.2) Kusal Perera, 3-11 (11.3) Angelo Mathews, 4-22 (18.3) Dhananjaya de Silva, 5-32 (21.5) Kusal Mendis, 6-73 (43.5) Dimuth Karunaratne, 7-75 (47.4) Dilruwan Perera, 8-115 (65.3) Suranga Lakmal, 9-118 (69.3) Niroshan Dickwella, 10-122 (70.2) Lasith Embuldeniya,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Trent Boult 14.2 8 17 2 1.20
Tim Southee 12 6 15 2 1.25
Ajaz Patel 19 3 31 2 1.63
Colin de Grandhomme 4 1 8 1 2.00
William Somerville 21 6 49 2 2.33