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Kamindu Mendis scored fifty plus score in the 8th consecutive test after debut.
The second match of the Test series between Sri Lanka and New Zealand is also being played in Galle. On the first day of the match, Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat and scored 306 runs losing 3 wickets. From the team, Dinesh Chandimal scored a century, while Angelo Mathews and Kamindu Mendis remained not out after scoring fifty.
Captain Tim Southee and Glenn Phillips took 1-1 wicket from New Zealand. While Dimuth Karunaratne was run out after scoring 46 runs. The second day’s play will start tomorrow at 10 am. By winning the first test, Sri Lanka has maintained a 1-0 lead in the 2-match series.
Score crossed century in the first session
Sri Lanka chose to bat first, but lost the wicket of Pathum Nissanka in the very first over. Nissanka could score only 1 run and was caught behind on Southee’s ball. From here Karunaratne formed a partnership with wicketkeeper Dinesh Chandimal. Both made century partnerships and did not allow the team to suffer any further setbacks in the first session.
Dimuth Karunaratne made a century partnership with Dinesh Chandimal.
Karunaratne out in the second session
Sri Lanka continued its innings in the second session with a score of 102/1. Karunaratne could not last long and was run out due to poor communication. He hit 4 fours in 109 balls and scored 46 runs. After him, Chandimal along with Angelo Mathews took the team close to 200 runs. Even before the end of the second session, Chandimal also completed his century.
Dinesh Chandimal completed his century in the second session itself.
Mendis’s fifty in the third session
Sri Lanka started play in the third session with a score of 194/2. Chandimal was bowled by Glenn Phillips after scoring 116 runs. With this his 97-run partnership with Mathews was broken. Mathews then along with Kamindu Mendis took the team to 306 runs.
By the end of the first day’s play, Mathews remained not out after scoring 78 runs and Kamindu remained not out after scoring 51 runs. Batsmen like captain Dhananjay de Silva, Kusal Mendis and Nishan Paris are yet to come from the team.
Angelo Mathews remained not out after scoring 78 runs.
Kamindu Mendis made world record
Sri Lankan all-rounder Kamindu Mendis made a world record in his name when he scored fifty in the second test. He became the first player in the world to score fifty plus scores in 8 consecutive tests since debut. He has 4 centuries and 5 fifties in his name in 13 innings of 8 Tests. Kamindu left behind Pakistan’s Saud Shakeel, who had the record of scoring fifty plus scores in 7 consecutive tests after debut.
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