Sri Lanka v New Zealand – New Zealand tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 (2nd Test) – Match Update [Day 2] – Sri Lanka at 43/3 by stumps
A 6-wicket haul by Sri Lanka's http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HMRKB-Herath-c1559 put New Zealand on the back foot and cut them off, all out, at a first innings total of 412 on the second day of their ongoing Test match at the P Sara Oval in Colombo – however, the Kiwi pacers put their team
in a dominant position by taking three key batsmen out of the game, and reducing Sri Lanka to 43 for 3 by stumps in their first innings, today on November 26.
Having won the toss and chosen to bat first, New Zealand had lost openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KS-Williamson-c1813
seemed well on his way to a triple-digit score.
The second day saw http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 (142) and Williamson (135) bringing their partnership up to a mammoth 262 (the second-highest partnership for New Zealand against Sri Lanka), after which Herath (49-10-103-6) began his strike. The Lankan spinner picked up the Black
Caps’ skipper as his first victim of the day, trapping him lbw, and snapped up Williamson soon after, dismissing him in similar fashion.
Wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daniel-Flynn-c1309, however, attempted to keep the innings
on track with a solid 53 – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JS-Patel-c1747 (25*) all struck up useful partnerships with Flynn, who steered the team up to a total of 410 before he was dismissed lbw by Herath.
The Sri Lankan spinner picked up Trent Boult (15) as his last wicket of the day, and New Zealand found themselves all out at 412 after tea.
The host team looked to be safely in the driving seat, but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 (0), and Mahela
Jayawardene (4) – were all dismissed early in the innings, without contributing anything substantial. Southee picked up both Dilshan and Sangakkara, while Boult nabbed the Lankan skipper.
By the end of 17 overs, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 (20*) at the crease, the hosts found themselves at a shaky 43 for 3 by stumps on day two – trailing by 369 runs, with 7 wickets remaining in their first innings.
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