The visiting New Zealand side gave a warning and showed what’s in store when they sent the Sri Lanka Cricket .
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| New Zealand’s Ross Taylor in action at the Colts Grounds yesterday.- Pic by Ranjith Perera |
Development bowlers on a leather hunt as they amassed a massive 437 for 7 on day two of their three day practice match played at the Colts ground. This was after bundling the home team for 159 on the opening days play. The New Zealand innings were propped by half tons from Daniel Flynn (75), Ross Taylor (93), Brendon McCullum (78) and an unbeaten 96 by skipper Daniel Vettori.
The innings came to light with a third wicket partnership of 109 runs between Flynn and Taylor which was followed by a 93 stand for the fourth wicket between Taylor and Jess Ryder. Later in the innings skipper Vettori and Brendon McCullum added another brisk partnership of 155 runs in just 180 balls which helped them reach the mammoth score. For the local bowlers skipper Jeewan Mendis came out on top capturing four wickets.
Sri Lanka 1st Innings 159
(Dinesh Chandimal 64: Daryl Tuffey 3/41, Chris Martin 2/13, Daniel Vettori 2/29, Jeetan Patel 2/60)
New Zealand 1st Innings (overnight 43/1)
Tim McIntosh lbw b Lakshitha 21
M.Guptil c Paranavithana b Lakshitha 06
Daniel Flynn lbw b Senanayake 75
Ross Taylor Jayawardena b Mendis 93
Jesse Ryder lbw b Mendis 48
Brendon McCullum b Mendis 78
Jacob Oram lbw b Mendis 00
Daniel Vettori not out 96
Jeetan Patel not out 07
Extras (lb5, nb7, w1)
Total (for 7 wickets 114 overs) 437
Fall – 1-9, 2-51, 3-160, 4-253, 5-258, 6-258, 7-413.
Bowling – Farveez Maharoof 5-2-14-0, Tharanga Lakshitha 20-3-65-2, Ishara Amarasinghe 14-2-55-0, Sachitra Senanayake 27-4-114-1, Sachith Pathirana 20-1-90-0, Jeewan Mendis 23-3-73-4, Tharanga Paranavithana 5-0-20-0. |
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