Sri Lanka’s players set the stage Saturday for an exciting last day, arriving at 133 without misfortune at stumps on day four as they pursued 268 to beat New Zealand in the principal Test in Galle. Openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne were engaged with a record opening stand of 133 runs and profited by some messy handling by the voyagers. It leaves Sri Lanka requiring a further 135 hurries to record their first win in the World Test Championship.
Karunaratne was unbeaten on 71 off 168 balls with two limits while Thirimanne was on 57 having confronted 132 conveyances and hit four fours. They were in no state of mind to pull back to the changing area however awful light finished play 34 minutes before calendar.
Batting fourth in Galle isn’t the prettiest thing for batsmen and the most astounding fruitful run pursue here is 99. In any case, this track held together and there weren’t any evil presences for batsmen making life troublesome.
The two openers were delayed off the squares with the primary limit coming in the 22nd over. Karunaratne was the first to arrive at 50 years with a cut shot off William Somerville. It was the Sri Lankan captain’s 23rd Test fifty.
Thirimanne arrived at his 6th 50 years with a flick for four off Ajaz Patel. After a progression of low scores, he was feeling the squeeze to post a not too bad figure and the 50 years will have spared his place for the following Test in Colombo.
A bat cushion chance off Thirimanne when he was on 29 missed the mark concerning short leg defender Tom Latham. Be that as it may, the more fortunate of the two openers was Karunaratne, who was put down twice. Latham spilled an opportunity at short leg when he was on 58 off the bowling of Patel and in the extremely next over B.J. Watling botched a confusing opportunity off Somerville.
The couple went onto set up the most noteworthy association by a Sri Lankan opening pair in the fourth innings. The past best was 110 by Roshan Mahanama and Chandika Hathurusingha against Australia at R. Premadasa Stadium in 1992.
It is likewise the most elevated association by a Sri Lankan pair for the primary wicket against New Zealand. Mahanama and Hathurusingha had posted 102 of every 1992 at SSC against the late Martin Crowe’s side.
Prior, continuing from the medium-term score of 195 for seven, New Zealand posted 285 with Watling top scoring with 77 runs. He was all around bolstered by the tail with William Somerville hitting his most noteworthy score in top notch cricket – 40 not out.
Lasith Embuldeniya completed with four wickets while Dhananjaya de Silva asserted three.
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