Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Highlights today. Wednesday 09-18-2024. The match will be at Galle International Stadium. The home team’s captain Dhananjaya has won the toss and chose to bat first. Nissanka, the opener of their team, he faced 25 balls and scored 27 runs. Dimuth failed to impress today. Chandimal contributed 30 runs, Mathews added 36 runs. Dhananjaya lost his wicket when he was at 11. Kamindu and Kusal were the twos, both were successful in scoring good runs today.
Kusal completed his half century off 67 balls he faced. seven 4s were included in his innings. Kamindu faced 173 deliveries and posted 114 runs on the board by his name. He smashed eleven boundaries in his beautiful innings. Sri Lanka lost seven wickets today, scored 302 runs in 88 overs. O’Rourke bowled 17 overs, dismissed three Sri Lankan batters and leaked just 54 runs. Phillips took two wickets in 18 overs. Southee and Ajaz took one wicket each.
Toss: Sri Lanka chose to bat.
Sri Lanka team: Dimuth, Pathum, Chandimal, Angelo, Kamindu, Silva (c), Kusal (wk), Ramesh, Prabath, Lahiru, Asitha.
New Zealand team: Latham, Conway, Williamson, Ravindra, Daryl, Blundell (wk), Phillips, Santner, Southee (c), Ajaz, Will.
Head to Head In Test’s: 40
Sri Lanka Won: 9
New Zealand Won: 18
Sri Lanka Test Rankings: 6th
New Zealand Test Rankings: 5th
Form guide
(last five completed Tests, most recent first)
Sri Lanka WLLWW
New Zealand DLLWW
Event: New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka 2024
Match Timings: 04:30 AM GMT | 10:30 AM Local
Umpires – Michael Gough, Nitin Menon
TV Umpire – Ahsan Raza
Match Referee – Javagal Srinath
Reserve Umpire – Ruchira Palliyaguruge
Match number – Test no. 2549
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