New Zealand conjured up a exceptional victory for the second time in two weeks by chasing down a goal of 285 runs on the ultimate ball of the rain-shortened last day to beat Sri Lanka by two wickets within the first take a look at in Christchurch on Monday.
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The win, which got here on the again of the one-run victory over England after following on in Wellington, put the host 1-0 up within the two-match collection and ended Sri Lanka’s hopes of taking part in within the World Test Championship (WTC) last.
Kane Williamson performed the main position by notching up his twenty seventh take a look at century in a fantastically managed innings of 121 not out after the primary 4 1/2 hours of play at Hagley Oval had been washed out by rain.
The successful run got here when the previous captain and the injured Neil Wagner ran a bye with Williamson securing the victory by diving full size to get his bat down within the crease earlier than a direct hit broke the stumps.
SCOREBOARD
Sri Lanka, 1st Innings 355 (Kusal Mendis 87, Dimuth Karunaratne 50, Angelo Mathews 47; Tim Southee 5-64, Matt Henry 4-80).
New Zealand, 1st Innings 373 (Daryl Mitchell 102, Matt Henry 72, Tom Latham 67; Asitha Fernando 4-85, Lahiru Kumara 3-76).
Sri Lanka, 2nd Innings 302 (Angelo Mathews 115, Dhanajaya de Silva 47no; Blair Tickner 4-100, Matt Henry 3-71).
New Zealand, 2nd Innings 285-8 (Kane Williamson 121 not out, Daryl Mitchell 81; Asitha Fernando 3-63).
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com