REUTERS – Trent Boult took two quick wickets after lunch to help New Zealand complete a 122-run victory over Sri Lanka on the fifth day of the first test at University Oval in Dunedin on Monday. The visitors were bowled out for 282 having been set 405 runs to win and while they were always […]
(Reuters) – A frenetic first innings set up New Zealand’s 122-run victory over Sri Lanka in the first test on Monday, but captain Brendon McCullum was pleased with the way his bowlers stuck to their task without tangible reward. New Zealand ended Sri Lanka’s stubborn resistance after lunch on the fifth day at University Oval […]
REUTERS – Kane Williamson became the second New Zealand batsman to score 1,000 test runs in a calendar year on Saturday when he collected the eight he needed on the third day of the first test against Sri Lanka at University Oval in Dunedin. Williamson, who has scored three centuries and a double century in […]
(Reuters) – Kane Williamson became the second New Zealand batsman to score 1000 test runs in a calendar year as the hosts built an imposing 308-run lead over Sri Lanka at the close of the third day’s play of the first test in Dunedin. Williamson, who achieved the milestone when he surpassed eight runs, was […]
REUTERS – Sri Lanka’s hopes of getting close to New Zealand’s first innings total on Saturday rest on the shoulders of Dinesh Chandimal after he and Dimuth Karunaratne obstinately defied the Kiwi bowlers for much of the second day of the first test at University Oval in Dunedin. Dismissed for 431 early in the first […]
A positive doping test and questions over a contentious criminal trial in London have threatened to overshadow the first test between New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
Uncapped opener Udara Jayasundera's consistency for the emerging team earned him a place in Sri Lanka's 15-member test squad for the series in New Zealand.
