Nishan Peiris, on debut, took six wickets in the second innings as Sri Lanka completed a series clean sweep over New Zealand for the first time in 15 years, registering their biggest win against them by an innings and 154 runs on Sunday.
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New Zealand resumed their second innings at 199/5 after bad light forced an early stoppage yesterday. Tom Blundell and Glenn Phillips fought hard, putting together an impressive partnership, with the keeper-batter reaching his fifty this morning.
The sixth-wicket stand, which took the game deep, was broken after just 3.3 overs of play when Blundell, on 57, was trapped LBW attempting a reverse sweep off Nishan Peiris. New Zealand had added only 17 runs to their overnight total before losing their first wicket of the day.
Phillips went on to register a quick fifty, forming another fighting partnership with Mitchell Santner. The overnight batter looked comfortable against spin, confidently rotating the strike and clearing the fence with ease on multiple occasions.
The 64-run stand came to an end when Phillips, attempting another big hit, holed out to long-on. He had thrown it away and made the long walk back to the dressing room for a well-played 99-ball 78, which included six fours and three sixes. Peiris, meanwhile, became the seventh Sri Lankan to claim a five-wicket haul on debut.
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The Black Caps skipper attempted to counter the spinners right away, hitting two boundaries, but couldn’t stick around for long, getting bowled by Prabath Jayasuriya and leaving New Zealand at 291 for 8.
The visitors continued to frustrate the home side as Santner and Ajaz Patel put together another half-century stand, managing to drag the game into the post-lunch session despite a few missed chances by the Sri Lankan fielders.
Santner became the fourth half-centurion of the New Zealand innings before Jayasuriya bowled Patel for 22. Peiris wrapped up the innings by claiming his sixth wicket as New Zealand were bowled out for 360, with Santner stumped by Mendis.
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Brief Scores:
Sri Lanka 602/5d (163.4) Kamindu Mendis 182*, Dinesh Chandimal 116, Kusal Mendis 106*, Angelo Mathews 88, Glenn Phillips 3/141
New Zealand 88 (39.5) Mitchell Santner 29, Prabath Jayasuriya 6/42, Nishan Peiris 3/33 & 360 (f/o) (81.4) Glenn Phillips 78, Devon Conway 61, Tom Blundell 60, Mitchell Santner 57, Nishan Peiris 6/170, Prabath Jayasuriya 3/139
Sri Lanka won by an innings & 154 runs.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathum Nissanka | c Tom Blundell b Tim Southee | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Dimuth Karunaratne | run out (Tom Latham) | 46 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 42.20 |
| Dinesh Chandimal | b Glenn Phillips | 116 | 208 | 15 | 0 | 55.77 |
| Angelo Mathews | c William O’Rourke b Glenn Phillips | 88 | 185 | 7 | 0 | 47.57 |
| Kamindu Mendis | not out | 182 | 250 | 16 | 4 | 72.80 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | c Tom Blundell b Glenn Phillips | 44 | 80 | 3 | 1 | 55.00 |
| Kusal Mendis | not out | 106 | 149 | 6 | 3 | 71.14 |
| Extras | 19 (b 6 , lb 8 , nb 2, w 3, pen 0) |
| Total | 602/5 (163.4 Overs, RR: 3.68) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Southee | 19 | 1 | 70 | 1 | 3.68 | |
| William O’Rourke | 17 | 1 | 81 | 0 | 4.76 | |
| Ajaz Patel | 41 | 5 | 135 | 0 | 3.29 | |
| Mitchell Santner | 33 | 5 | 82 | 0 | 2.48 | |
| Glenn Phillips | 38 | 4 | 141 | 3 | 3.71 | |
| Rachin Ravindra | 12.4 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 4.35 | |
| Daryl Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8.33 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Latham | c Pathum Nissanka b Asitha Fernando | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| Devon Conway | c Dhananjaya de Silva b Prabath Jayasuriya | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Kane Williamson | c Dhananjaya de Silva b Prabath Jayasuriya | 7 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 13.21 |
| Ajaz Patel | lbw b Nishan Peiris | 8 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 19.51 |
| Rachin Ravindra | b Nishan Peiris | 10 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 |
| Daryl Mitchell | c Angelo Mathews b Prabath Jayasuriya | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 86.67 |
| Tom Blundell | c Dhananjaya de Silva b Prabath Jayasuriya | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Glenn Phillips | c Dhananjaya de Silva b Prabath Jayasuriya | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mitchell Santner | b Nishan Peiris | 29 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 56.86 |
| Tim Southee | c Dhananjaya de Silva b Prabath Jayasuriya | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| William O’Rourke | not out | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13.33 |
| Extras | 5 (b 5 , lb 0 , nb 0, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 88/10 (39.5 Overs, RR: 2.21) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asitha Fernando | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2.00 | |
| Nishan Madushka | 17.5 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 1.89 | |
| Prabath Jayasuriya | 18 | 6 | 42 | 6 | 2.33 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Latham | c Pathum Nissanka b Nishan Peiris | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Devon Conway | c Dinesh Chandimal b Dhananjaya de Silva | 61 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 98.39 |
| Kane Williamson | c Ramesh Mendis b Nishan Peiris | 46 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 79.31 |
| Rachin Ravindra | b Nishan Peiris | 12 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Daryl Mitchell | c Pathum Nissanka b Prabath Jayasuriya | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Tom Blundell | lbw b Nishan Peiris | 60 | 64 | 6 | 2 | 93.75 |
| Glenn Phillips | c Dimuth Karunaratne b Nishan Peiris | 78 | 99 | 6 | 3 | 78.79 |
| Mitchell Santner | st Kusal Mendis b Nishan Peiris | 67 | 115 | 6 | 3 | 58.26 |
| Tim Southee | b Prabath Jayasuriya | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| Ajaz Patel | b Prabath Jayasuriya | 22 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 55.00 |
| William O’Rourke | not out | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 3 (b 0 , lb 2 , nb 0, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 360/10 (81.4 Overs, RR: 4.41) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nishan Peiris | 33.4 | 4 | 170 | 6 | 5.09 | |
| Prabath Jayasuriya | 34 | 2 | 139 | 3 | 4.09 | |
| Asitha Fernando | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2.80 | |
| Milan Rathnayake | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 | |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 7 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 4.00 | |
