New Zealand were 18 for one at lunch on the third day of the first test against Sri Lanka after bundled them out for 267 runs in Galle Sri Lanka.
Tom Latham and Kane Williamson unbeaten on 9 and 3 respectively.
Sri Lanka resumed theier first inning 227 for 7 and added only 40 runs to the total runs and Trent Boult and Will Somerville saw them finishing the inning an hour before lunch.
Niroshan Dickwella proved his worth to the Test side with 61 runs and Sri Lanka able to have a a narrow lead of 18 runs from the visitors.
Left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel became the first New Zealander to claim a five-wicket haul in Galle and Suranga Lakmal s contributions were welcomed as well as Sri Lanka know that chasing anything above 150 on this track is dicey.
Resuming from the overnight score of 203 for five, New Zealand were knocked out for 249 losing their last five wickets for 46 runs.
Lakmal claimed the four wickets to fall on day two while Tim Southee was run out.
Akila Dananjaya finished with five wickets, with all his wickets coming on day one.
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