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[As-Soon-As]

SriLanka vs New Zealand 2nd Test Match

Today SriLankan team and New Zealand team are starting the second Test match.we have seen them in the first match. And we saw that how SriLanka team performed in the last match. They played really well. Firstly they match situation was saying that New Zealand will win easily but in the second inning SriLankan team surprised everyone and they won the match.
So the match will start in 3 hours. They have 5 days so let's see who will perform well in this match. I hope New Zealand will not give any chance to SriLanka in this match to win.

Sri Lanka secured a comfortable win against New Zealand in their home ground in the first Test match and today they are going to take on New Zealand again in the second Test match. The first Test match between New Zealand vs Sri Lanka ended in a very competitive match, even though the two teams did not score much in the 4 innings. In the first match it seemed that New Zealand would win for some time and Sri Lanka would win for some time but in the end Sri Lanka was able to win against New Zealand. The second Test match is very important for New Zealand, who lost the first match, so they will try to play according to a lot of plans from the start. If the batsmen understand their responsibilities well and perform accordingly, then it will not be very difficult for New Zealand to win against Sri Lanka.

Chandimal scored 116 runs off 208 balls, the highest run scorer for his side and worked hard for the team. At the moment Sri Lanka team scored 306 runs in 90 overs for three wickets, this performance of Sri Lanka team today hurt the New Zealand team the most. Because the Sri Lankan team will perform better in the second innings because if they can definitely score good runs then there will be a good chance of winning the second match. 
The bowlers of the New Zealand team are not able to reduce the run rate, Glenn Phillips is the only one who has performed well on the bowling side. Moreover, the available bowlers are not able to put any pressure on the Sri Lankan batsmen due to which the Sri Lankan team is ready to score more runs.

[Sithara007]

Sri Lanka is looking very strong at the moment. They are 306/3 at the end of first day's play with Angelo Mathews and Kamindu Mendis at the crease. New Zealand has failed to overcome their weakness in sub-continental conditions. William O’Rourke and Ajaz Patel performed decently in the first match, but they failed this time. A lot was expected from Mitchell Santner and Glenn Phillips as well, but they also failed to take wickets. Maybe the New Zealand captain need to use Rachin Ravindra more frequently in these spin-friendly conditions.

[tsaroz]

SriLanka vs New Zealand 2nd Test Match

Today SriLankan team and New Zealand team are starting the second Test match.we have seen them in the first match. And we saw that how SriLanka team performed in the last match. They played really well. Firstly they match situation was saying that New Zealand will win easily but in the second inning SriLankan team surprised everyone and they won the match.
So the match will start in 3 hours. They have 5 days so let's see who will perform well in this match. I hope New Zealand will not give any chance to SriLanka in this match to win.

Sri Lanka secured a comfortable win against New Zealand in their home ground in the first Test match and today they are going to take on New Zealand again in the second Test match. The first Test match between New Zealand vs Sri Lanka ended in a very competitive match, even though the two teams did not score much in the 4 innings. In the first match it seemed that New Zealand would win for some time and Sri Lanka would win for some time but in the end Sri Lanka was able to win against New Zealand. The second Test match is very important for New Zealand, who lost the first match, so they will try to play according to a lot of plans from the start. If the batsmen understand their responsibilities well and perform accordingly, then it will not be very difficult for New Zealand to win against Sri Lanka.

Chandimal scored 116 runs off 208 balls, the highest run scorer for his side and worked hard for the team. At the moment Sri Lanka team scored 306 runs in 90 overs for three wickets, this performance of Sri Lanka team today hurt the New Zealand team the most. Because the Sri Lankan team will perform better in the second innings because if they can definitely score good runs then there will be a good chance of winning the second match. 
The bowlers of the New Zealand team are not able to reduce the run rate, Glenn Phillips is the only one who has performed well on the bowling side. Moreover, the available bowlers are not able to put any pressure on the Sri Lankan batsmen due to which the Sri Lankan team is ready to score more runs.

Impressive performance by the Sri Lankan team on home ground. New Zealand has been suffering with loss for some time now but Sri Lanka too was a lost cause a year ago. People claimed Sri Lanka might lose their test status if they failed to perform but the combination of old players and newer ones from domestic cricket of Sri Lanka had yielded a good team this time. They have been doing well against every team they played this year. They have had an impressive first day. The first thing they'll do tomorrow is score quick and get to 500 as soon as possible and preferably declare their inning. Even if they are all out, it would be a competitive score if they scored over 400.

[LDL]

Sri Lanka is looking very strong at the moment. They are 306/3 at the end of first day's play with Angelo Mathews and Kamindu Mendis at the crease. New Zealand has failed to overcome their weakness in sub-continental conditions. William O’Rourke and Ajaz Patel performed decently in the first match, but they failed this time. A lot was expected from Mitchell Santner and Glenn Phillips as well, but they also failed to take wickets. Maybe the New Zealand captain need to use Rachin Ravindra more frequently in these spin-friendly conditions.

With Sri Lanka's wicket falling for the team's second run, it looked like the match might be under pressure for Sri Lanka, but later Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal formed a partnership that changed the momentum of the match. However, the bowlers of New Zealand could not benefit at all in today's innings, but today was completely in favor of Sri Lanka. Is New Zealand on the way to a whitewash in the two-match Test series?  If Sri Lanka can score big then whitewash is only a matter of time.

[Sithara007]

Impressive performance by the Sri Lankan team on home ground. New Zealand has been suffering with loss for some time now but Sri Lanka too was a lost cause a year ago. People claimed Sri Lanka might lose their test status if they failed to perform but the combination of old players and newer ones from domestic cricket of Sri Lanka had yielded a good team this time. They have been doing well against every team they played this year. They have had an impressive first day. The first thing they'll do tomorrow is score quick and get to 500 as soon as possible and preferably declare their inning. Even if they are all out, it would be a competitive score if they scored over 400.

Well.. it doesn't surprise me when teams like Sri Lanka and Bangladesh use the home advantage to win matches against SENA nations. The problem with teams such as New Zealand is that they don't have quality spinners or adaptable pace bowlers who are capable of bowling in hostile sub-continental conditions. Sri Lanka seems to have made some sort of a recovery in recent years. After their golden generation retired, they were in turmoil for some time. But now, slowly the younger players are filling the vacuum.

[JSRAW]

What would be the criteria for selecting the top 6 teams?

If we go with the rankings, I don't think Pakistan would make it and Sri Lanka-Windies will edge Pakistan.

Let's not focus too much on the current rankings. They will change. If we look at the performance for the last 4-5 years, then there is no comparison between Pakistan and weaker teams such as Sri Lanka and West Indies. 1-2 years of performance should not be used to promote or relegate any team in the test cricket system. Given the complexities of this format, we should take a minimum of 5 years. And apart from performance, the financial strength of the cricket boards also need to take into account.

If financial strength is a concern then Proteas and Kiwis should stop playing test format. It might surprise many but BCB is richer than CSA and NZC (Even SLC, ZC and CWI are richer than NZC).

These are the numbers of 3 WTC cycle. The 2023-2025 cycle is going on...

Pakistan

2019-21 :   12 M  4 won  5 lost  3 draw        

2021-23 :   14 M  4 won  6 lost  4 draw

2023-25 :   7 M    2 won  5 lost

Total       :   33 M  10 won 16 lost 7 draw

  

Srilanka  

2019-21 :   12 M   2 won  6 lost  4 draw

2021-23 :   12 M   5 won  6 lost  1 draw

2023-25 :   8 M     4 won  4 lost

Total       :   32 M   11 won  16 lost  5 draw


Windies

2019-21 :    13 M   3 won  8 lost  2 draw

2021-23 :    13 M   4 won  7 lost  2 draw

2023-25 :    9 M     1 won  6 lost  2 draw

Total      :    35 M    8 won  21 lost  6 draw

Bangladesh

2019-21 :    7 M     0 won  6 lost   1 draw

2021-23 :    12 M   1 won  10 lost  1 draw

2023-25 :    7 M     3 won  4 lost  

Total      :     26 M   4 won  20 lost  2 draw


* Sri Lanka produces better results when compared to Pakistan and are marginally ahead in performance. Lately, their stocks are going up because of good performances

* Windies and Bangladesh are equally shit, although the emergence of fast bowling in Bangladesh camp creates some hope and in recent times their stocks have been in an uptrend but need consistency and good leadership.

* Similarly Pakistan stocks are all time low on all fronts. Worst home season results due to braindead policies of PCB, Depleted and tiring seam attack due to fitness and lack of work management, Virtually nothing to show in the Spin department and camps within players which is not a healthy environment for any team sport. They rarely turn up for competition in SENA, unless it's English conditions.
 

[Swordsoffreedom]

Impressive performance by the Sri Lankan team on home ground. New Zealand has been suffering with loss for some time now but Sri Lanka too was a lost cause a year ago. People claimed Sri Lanka might lose their test status if they failed to perform but the combination of old players and newer ones from domestic cricket of Sri Lanka had yielded a good team this time. They have been doing well against every team they played this year. They have had an impressive first day. The first thing they'll do tomorrow is score quick and get to 500 as soon as possible and preferably declare their inning. Even if they are all out, it would be a competitive score if they scored over 400.

Well.. it doesn't surprise me when teams like Sri Lanka and Bangladesh use the home advantage to win matches against SENA nations. The problem with teams such as New Zealand is that they don't have quality spinners or adaptable pace bowlers who are capable of bowling in hostile sub-continental conditions. Sri Lanka seems to have made some sort of a recovery in recent years. After their golden generation retired, they were in turmoil for some time. But now, slowly the younger players are filling the vacuum.

After the win against New Zealand in the first match, Sri Lanka players are now very confident in the second match. The first match was very competitive. New Zealand's batsmen could have won if they played a little better in the second innings. But the performance of New Zealand's batsmen was poor in the second innings. So Sri Lanka managed to win the match.

In the second match, New Zealand's bowlers are not able to make any advantage. Sri Lanka lost the wicket of their opener Pathum Nissanka very quickly. But then every batsman in Sri Lanka's top order batted very well. Chandimal was dismissed for 116 runs. Mathews remains unbeaten with 78 runs and Mendis with 51 runs. The Sri Lankan team has already accumulated a huge total of 306 runs with the loss of only 3 wickets. It seems that the New Zealand team will lose this match by a big margin. Sri Lanka are taking advantage of their home ground very well.

[virasog]

Kurunaratne was run out unnecessarily, getting run out where no run was needed. However the first day in Sri Lanka was for Sri Lanka which ended the first day on 306 runs but if Sri Lanka can play the two sessions tomorrow they will easily cross 500+ runs.
Galle International Stadium is originally a batting pitch for this test?  The way Sri Lanka are scoring runs seems to be a completely batting assisted pitch. However, if Sri Lanka's score reaches 500 runs, Sri Lanka will be very close to winning the second Test with ease.  However, this Test will definitely be a challenge for New Zealand as they lost the first Test, which is why New Zealand will want a draw or a win in this Test.

Since Sri Lanka had a good start, we can assume that Sri Lanka may either win this match or if New Zealand shows the same strength in batting, then maybe we see a close match that results in a draw. The chances for New Zealand to win seem low. Considering all these factors, I have placed a bet on Sri Lanka in this match. I got only 1.07 odds for this but still i think this is a safe bet and therefore acceptable.

[Sithara007]

If financial strength is a concern then Proteas and Kiwis should stop playing test format. It might surprise many but BCB is richer than CSA and NZC (Even SLC, ZC and CWI are richer than NZC).

These are the numbers of 3 WTC cycle. The 2023-2025 cycle is going on...

Pakistan

2019-21 :   12 M  4 won  5 lost  3 draw        

2021-23 :   14 M  4 won  6 lost  4 draw

2023-25 :   7 M    2 won  5 lost

Total       :   33 M  10 won 16 lost 7 draw

  

Srilanka  

2019-21 :   12 M   2 won  6 lost  4 draw

2021-23 :   12 M   5 won  6 lost  1 draw

2023-25 :   8 M     4 won  4 lost

Total       :   32 M   11 won  16 lost  5 draw


Windies

2019-21 :    13 M   3 won  8 lost  2 draw

2021-23 :    13 M   4 won  7 lost  2 draw

2023-25 :    9 M     1 won  6 lost  2 draw

Total      :    35 M    8 won  21 lost  6 draw

Bangladesh

2019-21 :    7 M     0 won  6 lost   1 draw

2021-23 :    12 M   1 won  10 lost  1 draw

2023-25 :    7 M     3 won  4 lost  

Total      :     26 M   4 won  20 lost  2 draw


* Sri Lanka produces better results when compared to Pakistan and are marginally ahead in performance. Lately, their stocks are going up because of good performances

* Windies and Bangladesh are equally shit, although the emergence of fast bowling in Bangladesh camp creates some hope and in recent times their stocks have been in an uptrend but need consistency and good leadership.

* Similarly Pakistan stocks are all time low on all fronts. Worst home season results due to braindead policies of PCB, Depleted and tiring seam attack due to fitness and lack of work management, Virtually nothing to show in the Spin department and camps within players which is not a healthy environment for any team sport. They rarely turn up for competition in SENA, unless it's English conditions.

BCB is richer than NZC? I am not sure about that. But apart from this, there are a few points that I would consider:

1. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka doesn't even have a decent 4-day domestic competition. They have a Club-based structure, that focuses heavily on the cities of Dhaka and Colombo respectively. On the other hand, New Zealand 4-day competition is around for more than a century and is well renowned for its quality.

2. Stats can be misleading. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka may look better than they are in reality. They prepare dust bowls against SENA nations and thereby win matches. Pakistan rarely uses this strategy.

3. In case of Pakistan, there is a region-based 4-day domestic competition. But PCB management changes every 2-3 years and this results in changes to the format and thereby instability.

Is Sri Lanka better than Pakistan? It is debatable. But overall, given level playing field (i.e no home advantage, no injuries to major players, matches organized by neutral boards.etc), I would say that Pakistan is far better.

[Out of mind]

The Sri Lankan team managed to bat well on the first day, losing only three wickets. I think they will prepare to bat better on the second day, Dinesh Chandimal was in great batting form today, scored a great century with his bat and scored a huge score of 116 runs. Sri Lanka scored 306 runs on the first day, but if they batted on the second day, they would have scored 450 runs. And since the Sri Lankan team is preparing for a great batting from the beginning, I think that the New Zealand team may have less chance of winning this match with Sri Lanka.

[Minor Miner]

The Sri Lankan team managed to bat well on the first day, losing only three wickets. I think they will prepare to bat better on the second day, Dinesh Chandimal was in great batting form today, scored a great century with his bat and scored a huge score of 116 runs. Sri Lanka scored 306 runs on the first day, but if they batted on the second day, they would have scored 450 runs. And since the Sri Lankan team is preparing for a great batting from the beginning, I think that the New Zealand team may have less chance of winning this match with Sri Lanka.

The Sri Lankan captain won the toss and decided to bat. And Sri Lanka batted very well on the first day. Galle's decision to bat first on this pitch was correct. The host Sri Lanka team collected a huge score of 306 runs with the loss of only 3 wickets. Sri Lankan players are well aware of this pitch. This is the reason why the New Zealand batsmen are not able to take advantage of this pitch.

I guess Sri Lanka team will score atleast 480-500 runs in their first innings. If Sri Lanka can muster more than 450 then they don't seem likely to lose. Sri Lanka is more likely to win. Because even in the first match, we did not see the good performance of New Zealand's batsmen.

[virasog]

The Sri Lankan team managed to bat well on the first day, losing only three wickets. I think they will prepare to bat better on the second day, Dinesh Chandimal was in great batting form today, scored a great century with his bat and scored a huge score of 116 runs. Sri Lanka scored 306 runs on the first day, but if they batted on the second day, they would have scored 450 runs. And since the Sri Lankan team is preparing for a great batting from the beginning, I think that the New Zealand team may have less chance of winning this match with Sri Lanka.

In their first innings, Sri Lanka scored 306 runs for the loss of 3 wickets over 90 overs, maintaining a run rate of 3.40. Pathum Nissanka was dismissed early for just 1 run. Then Dimuth Karunaratne contributed 46 runs before being run out. Among all the batsmen Dinesh Chandimal played a significant innings, scoring 116 runs off 208 balls. Angelo Mathews finished not out on 78 runs from 166 balls. Kamindu Mendis also remained not out with 51 runs off 56 balls. Overall Sri Lanka would be very satisfied with their batting performance.

Tim Southee and Glenn Phillips were successful bowlers, they took one wicket each but we need more contribution from the entire New Zealand balling and not get their morale down seeing that the opponents are carried away with a lot of runs.

[Farhan99]

The Sri Lankan team managed to bat well on the first day, losing only three wickets. I think they will prepare to bat better on the second day, Dinesh Chandimal was in great batting form today, scored a great century with his bat and scored a huge score of 116 runs. Sri Lanka scored 306 runs on the first day, but if they batted on the second day, they would have scored 450 runs. And since the Sri Lankan team is preparing for a great batting from the beginning, I think that the New Zealand team may have less chance of winning this match with Sri Lanka.

Yeah, Sri lanka team is playing well in first innings of second test Sri lanka team after winning toss batting first and make 306 runs with loss of only three wickets Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal played second wicket partnership of 122 runs which put pressure on New Zealand team. Dinesh Chandimal played brilliant innings of 116 runs Angelo Mathews and Kamindu Mendis are on the crease both players are playing good innings Angelo Mathews make 78 runs while Mendis score fifty Sri lanka players was played big partnerships which helped their team to big total and still seven wickets in hand now. New Zealand bowlers failed to take wickets of Sri lanka openers thats why pressure increased on bowling side they needed to break the current partnership to put pressure on Sri lanka team

[Nalain420]

SriLanka vs New Zealand 2nd Test Match

Today SriLankan team and New Zealand team are starting the second Test match.we have seen them in the first match. And we saw that how SriLanka team performed in the last match. They played really well. Firstly they match situation was saying that New Zealand will win easily but in the second inning SriLankan team surprised everyone and they won the match.
So the match will start in 3 hours. They have 5 days so let's see who will perform well in this match. I hope New Zealand will not give any chance to SriLanka in this match to win.

Both the teams are very strong in the Test match and Sri Lanka will face most of the difficulties in this match.  Sri Lanka looks weak but at the moment they are also becoming a strong team.  And their performance has not been the same.  And now he is batting.  Their batsmen have scored 306 runs for the loss of 3 wickets and still have their batting left.  And if they continue to play like this, a target of over 400 can be achieved and it can also prove difficult for New Zealand.  But in this first innings only Sri Lanka will win because they are batting very fast and trying to give a difficult target and they will definitely succeed in that.  And I am managing with great interest who will win and who will lose.  If Sri Lanka lose the match, the third match will be very tough and if they win this match, New Zealand will lose the series.

[Unknown Op]

The Sri Lankan team managed to bat well on the first day, losing only three wickets. I think they will prepare to bat better on the second day, Dinesh Chandimal was in great batting form today, scored a great century with his bat and scored a huge score of 116 runs. Sri Lanka scored 306 runs on the first day, but if they batted on the second day, they would have scored 450 runs. And since the Sri Lankan team is preparing for a great batting from the beginning, I think that the New Zealand team may have less chance of winning this match with Sri Lanka.

This is true that New Zealand squad displayed very bad performance in previous first match of this test competition with Sri Lanka squad. Now second test match is live and today first day of this second test match was fully played and Sri Lanka squad has managed 306 scores with lost of 3 batter wickets only and again their members seem very active and also in full spirit. Pathum Nissanka  squad was showcased their actual performance and his performance in leagues and previous competition was amazing but in second test match and also in first inning he managed just one score but Dinesh Chandimal and Dimuth Karunaratne both played long inning and managed strong partnership with collecting 116 scores and 46 scores respectively. New Zealand bowlers did not express their best performance and one more time they delivered bad performance and successfully they picked up 3 wickets in first day. Both Kamindu Mendis and Angelo Mathews are at crease for playing their first inning.

[Insanity]

The Sri Lankan team managed to bat well on the first day, losing only three wickets. I think they will prepare to bat better on the second day, Dinesh Chandimal was in great batting form today, scored a great century with his bat and scored a huge score of 116 runs. Sri Lanka scored 306 runs on the first day, but if they batted on the second day, they would have scored 450 runs. And since the Sri Lankan team is preparing for a great batting from the beginning, I think that the New Zealand team may have less chance of winning this match with Sri Lanka.

The second match of the Test series is Sri Lanka vs New Zealand. Dinesh Chandimal's amazing batting of the Sri Lankan team is really commendable. But if Dinesh Chandimal had batted a bit more calmly, he could have made his innings longer. Sri Lankan batsman Pathum Nishka has done a shameful performance on the first day of batting. Pathum Nishka, the popular batsman of the Sri Lankan team, was forced to leave the crease after collecting one run in three balls. However, I am hopeful that the Sri Lankan team will be able to take a tougher position against New Zealand in the first innings batting on the second day.

[Mahdirakib]

Since Sri Lanka had a good start, we can assume that Sri Lanka may either win this match or if New Zealand shows the same strength in batting, then maybe we see a close match that results in a draw. The chances for New Zealand to win seem low. Considering all these factors, I have placed a bet on Sri Lanka in this match. I got only 1.07 odds for this but still i think this is a safe bet and therefore acceptable.

Sri Lanka is completely favourite in this match. I'm not expecting New Zealand to bat in the same way. Sri Lanka will have a good advantage if they can score 550+ runs in the first innings. The chance is indeed low for New Zealand to win the match. The match will end as a draw if New Zealand can bat with the same energy. I would bet on Sri Lanka on 1x2 market, the odds is 1.37x for them on this market.

[ZAINmalik75]

SriLanka vs New Zealand 2nd Test Match

Today SriLankan team and New Zealand team are starting the second Test match.we have seen them in the first match. And we saw that how SriLanka team performed in the last match. They played really well. Firstly they match situation was saying that New Zealand will win easily but in the second inning SriLankan team surprised everyone and they won the match.
So the match will start in 3 hours. They have 5 days so let's see who will perform well in this match. I hope New Zealand will not give any chance to SriLanka in this match to win.

Just like I explained in my previous post that SiriLankan are really enjoying thier home condition because here thier spin side is just on fire and due to home ground experience they properly utilizing each and every opportunity to set trap for thier opponent team strong batters and that why we have even new Zealand almost won the recent match but at the end SiriLankan trap work and with start of next day the get ravidra wicket with spin magician jasurya and won the match so here now thier batter is making things tough for opponent by scoring as much as possible high target, currently with phenomenal century of chandimal and vital current partnership of more than than 100 between Matthew and mendis get a target of 300+ for them which will be definitely raised to 500 at the end of second day.

[BALIK]

Since Sri Lanka had a good start, we can assume that Sri Lanka may either win this match or if New Zealand shows the same strength in batting, then maybe we see a close match that results in a draw. The chances for New Zealand to win seem low. Considering all these factors, I have placed a bet on Sri Lanka in this match. I got only 1.07 odds for this but still i think this is a safe bet and therefore acceptable.

Sri Lanka is completely favourite in this match. I'm not expecting New Zealand to bat in the same way. Sri Lanka will have a good advantage if they can score 550+ runs in the first innings. The chance is indeed low for New Zealand to win the match. The match will end as a draw if New Zealand can bat with the same energy. I would bet on Sri Lanka on 1x2 market, the odds is 1.37x for them on this market.

As the Sri Lankan players were confident, they were more likely to perform well in the second match as well. But I didn't think Sri Lanka's top order would bat so well. Sri Lankan batsmen got off to a good start. The team managed to collect a huge total of 306 runs with the loss of only three wickets. I know the pitch is batting friendly, but since the team has lost only 3 wickets, Sri Lanka has a chance of collecting close to 500 in the first innings.

Mathews and Mendis will have to bat very carefully in the first session next day. 500 runs will not be a difficult task for Sri Lanka if they start well in the coming days. In the first match itself, we did not see the New Zealand players play very well on the Sri Lankan pitch. So it is unlikely that New Zealand will win the match after not bowling well in this match. Sri Lanka is still the most likely to win.

[Webetcoins]

Sri Lanka won the toss and batted on the first day of the 2nd Test, and they failed to make a good start. Because the Sri Lankan team batsman on whom the team depends a lot, Pathum Nissanka is out for one run which is bad news for the Sri Lankan team.
With Dinesh Chandimal and Dimuth Karunaratne both now in the batting, if they can put up a responsible batting performance then surely Sri Lanka team will collect a good score today.  If Sri Lanka can score 300+ runs in today's match against New Zealand, then I think it will be a huge lead.

They will most definitely score 300+ runs now unless they suffer a batting collapse out of nowhere thanks to Karunaratne and Chandimal batting really well together while the Kiwi bowlers look hopeless.

Rourke is the only bowler that could trouble the Lankans which is why they need to watch out for him. Sri Lanka has started out really well in the second test.

After having win in first test match now Sri Lanka is doing good job in second test match as they prepare completely batting pitch which is having nothing for bowlers and all kiwi bowlers are having good punishment from the Sri Lankan batting lineup Pathum Nissanka out on 1 in first over of the game after this we have nothing positive for the visitors as Dimuth Karunaratne gone on 46 and then century from Chandimal and fifties from the Mathews and Kamindu Mendis which is telling all story about first days play.

William O’Rourke who is having good performance in first test match having good punishment from Sri Lankan in this inning as after 14 overs give 66 runs without having any wicket and then Ajaz Patel is also concede 92 runs from his 27 overs after having first days play most chances we will have result of this match as draw of Sri Lanka because things are not favourable for the Kiwis to have anything positive against quality spin of the Sri Lanka which already done good damage for them in first game.