Half-centuries from Tom Latham and Kane Williamson put New Zealand at 255-4 and in hot pursuit of Sri Lanka on day two of the first Test on Thursday. The Black Caps trailed by 50 at stumps in Galle with Daryl Mitchell (41) and Tom Blundell (18) to resume in the morning. “It’s been a great day for us,” Latham said. “We put their spinners under pressure. It is a nice position to be in.”
The match is moving in some pace as after Day 2, the game is equally balanced and feels whoever dominates the ‘moving day’ will certainly have a chance to win the match. Sri Lanka scored 305 runs as they failed to add much to the overnight score of Day 1.
The first session of Day 2 saw just 5 overs being bowled, thanks to the unwanted rain at Galle but after that there was plenty of action and we saw the Kiwi batters come out with a lot of intent. They scored at brisk pace with Latham taking the charge up front. Williamson then scored a fine fifty with Ravindra who looked well set but got out in quick succession along with Williamson to De Silva.
The Kiwis have a lot of batting left and still are 50 runs behind. Sri Lanka will hope they bowl some tight lines and lengths and put some pressure on the batters.
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