2024-09-29 23:16:37
Galle: Sri Lanka has won the second match of the Test series against New Zealand. The New Zealand batsmen put up a lot of fight in the second innings of the Test played in Galle. Even after this, Sri Lanka won the match by a huge margin of innings and 154 runs. After scoring 602 runs in the first innings, Sri Lanka had all out New Zealand for just 88 runs. In the second innings, the Kiwi batsman scored 360 runs but still lost the innings. With this victory, Sri Lanka has clean swept the two-match series.
Sri Lanka continues to play well
This performance of the Sri Lankan team has been showing amazing consistency for some time now. Ever since former Sri Lankan opener and veteran left-handed batsman Sanath Jayasuriya took charge of the coaching of his team, the team’s performance has been excellent. During this period, Sri Lanka defeated India in the ODI series, then defeated England in the Test match on its own soil and now has won the Test series against New Zealand.
Kamindu Mendis has received the ‘Player of the Match Award’ in the latest match. He had scored a brilliant 182 runs in the first innings. Apart from this, left arm spin bowler Prabhat Jayasuriya has been given the ‘Player of the Series’ award. Just as Sanath Jayasuriya had set new standards in the world of cricket during his batting, in the same way his coaching is marking the beginning of a new era of Sri Lankan cricket. Sri Lanka Cricket Board has extended Jayasuriya’s contract for one more year.
After the current win, Sri Lanka cricket team has reached the third position in the World Test Championship points table with 55.56 percent PCT. India is at number one in this table with 71.67 PCT. Australia’s team is at number two with 62.50 PCT. India has played both the World Test Championship finals so far.
On the other hand, an unwanted record has also been added to the name of New Zealand. This team has not been able to win a Test series on foreign soil even once in the history of the World Test Championship. This is a surprising fact because New Zealand has won the first World Test Championship. When they won the inaugural edition of this championship by defeating India.