New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka, 3rd day of the 1st Test, in Christchurch

 
Sri Lanka batting against New Zealand

New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka 3rd day of the 1st Test in Christchurch

Sri Lanka is batting against New Zealand in 1st Test in Christchurch. Sri Lanka scored 293 runs for 5 wickets against New Zealand in 2nd innings at the end of the 3rd day.

Sri Lankan Captain Angelo Mathews and Kaushal Silva still batting against New Zealand in Christchurch. Angelo Mathews scored 53 runs and Silva scored 5 runs for Sri Lanka.

Now Sri Lanka's two days and 5 wickets are remaining in 1st Test. New Zealand scored 441 runs in 1st innings and Sri Lanka scored 138 (all out) runs against New Zealand in 1st innings.

Now Sri Lanka scored 293 runs for 5 wickets(follow on) from 125 overs in 2nd innings of the 1st Test match. Dimuth Karunaratne showed wonderful performance against New Zealand in Christchurch. He scored century (152 runs from 363 balls) against New Zealand in 2nd innings of the 1st Test.

Kaushal Silva (33), Lahiru Thirimanne (25) and Kumar Sangakkara (1) were form out in 2nd innings of the 1st Test match, They did not give great contribution for Sri Lanka against New Zealand.

Trent Boult took Sri Lanka's 3 wickets, Tim Southee and James Neesham took 1 wicket each for New Zealand against Sri Lanka.