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Sri Lanka National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team 2nd Test 2024 Day 3 Scorecard: The second test match between Sri Lanka national cricket team vs New Zealand national cricket team is being played from 26th September. This match between the two teams is being played at the Galle International Stadium in Galle. In the first test, Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand by 63 runs. With this, Sri Lanka has taken a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series. Now Sri Lanka's eyes will be on winning the second test and capturing the series. Whereas, the New Zealand team would like to win this match and level the series at 1-1. Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 2nd Test: Sri Lanka did a unique feat in Test cricket, for the first time in the history of the World Test Championship, a team made such a record.
By the end of the second day's play, the New Zealand team had scored 22 runs after losing two wickets in 14 overs. At the beginning of the third day, Kane Williamson started playing with 6 runs unbeaten and Ajaz Patel with 0 runs unbeaten. But none of the batsmen could stay on the pitch and were all out on the score of just 88 runs. After which New Zealand, who came to play follow-on in its second innings, could add only 199 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 41 overs. At the same time, for Sri Lanka, Nishan Peiris has 3 wickets, Dhananjay de Silva 1, Prabhat Jayasuriya 1 wicket.
Earlier, on the first day of the second test, Sri Lankan captain Dhananjay de Silva won the toss and decided to bat first. Sri Lankan team, who came to bat first after winning the toss, had a disappointing start and opener Pathum Nissanka returned to the pavilion cheaply. After this, Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal together handled the innings. There was a century partnership between both the batsmen. In the first innings, Sri Lankan team declared its innings at 602 runs after losing five wickets in 163.4 overs.
Three batsmen played century innings for Sri Lanka. Dinesh Chandimal scored 111 runs, Kamindu Mendis scored 186 not out and Kusal Mendis scored 106 not out. Apart from these, Angelo Mathews scored 88 runs, Pathum Nissanka scored 1 run, Dimuth Karunaratne scored 46 runs and captain Dhananjay de Silva scored 44 runs. For New Zealand, Glenn Phillips took the maximum of three wickets. Apart from Glenn Phillips, captain Tim Southee got one wicket.
Here's the scorecard of Day 3:
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By the end of the third day's play, the New Zealand team had scored 199 runs in the second innings after losing five wickets in 41 overs. Tom Blundell is playing with 47 not out and Glenn Phillips is playing with 32 not out. The entire New Zealand team, which came to bat in the first innings, failed to score just 88 runs in 39.5 overs. None of the New Zealand batsmen could stay on the pitch. Sri Lankan bowlers bowled lethally in the first innings. For Sri Lanka, Prabhat Jayasuriya took the maximum of six wickets. Apart from Prabhat Jayasuriya, Nishan Peiris got three wickets. New Zealand team is still behind by 315 runs. At the same time, the Sri Lankan team is just five wickets away from a big victory.
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