Galle Test- Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 63 runs: Prabath Jayasuriya took 9 wickets in the match; Williamson became New Zealand’s top scorer

Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand by 63 runs in the first test match being played in Galle. On Monday, on the fifth day, New Zealand’s team could add only 4 runs to their yesterday’s score of 207 and were all out for 211 runs. Spinner Prabath Jayasuriya was awarded the Player of the Match for taking 9 wickets in the match.

Chasing the target of 275 runs, New Zealand did not have a good start. The team lost its first wicket at 6 runs. Rachin Ravindra scored the highest 92 runs for the team. In the second innings, Prabath Jayasuriya took 5 wickets and Ramesh Mendis took 3 wickets for Sri Lanka, while Dhananjay de Silva and Asitha Fernando got 1-1 wickets.

Earlier, Sri Lanka was all out for 309 runs in the second innings before the second session of the fourth day. Sri Lanka had scored 305 runs in the first innings and in reply, New Zealand had scored 340 runs in the first innings.

Prabath took 9 wickets in the match. Sri Lanka’s match winner was Prabath Jayasuriya. He took 4 wickets in the first innings and 5 in the second innings. He dismissed Williamson, Blundell, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra and William O’Rourke. In 30.4 overs, Prabath bowled 7 maidens and took five wickets for 68 runs.

Rachin Ravindra’s half century Rachin Ravindra scored the highest 92 runs for New Zealand in the second innings. He added 56 runs with Tom Blundell, but could not save the team from defeat. Rachin hit 9 fours and 1 six in his innings.

Williamson left Taylor behind Williamson has left Ross Taylor behind in terms of scoring the most runs. In his international career, Williamson has scored 18,213 runs in 525 innings of 359 matches. Meanwhile, he has scored 45 centuries and 98 half-centuries. Taylor had scored 18,199 runs in 450 matches in his international career. He had scored 40 centuries and 93 half-centuries in his career.

Ejaz took 6 wickets in the second innings Sri Lanka was all out at 309 runs in the second innings. New Zealand’s spinner Ejaz Patel took 6 wickets in the second innings. William O’Rourke, who took 5 wickets in the first innings, took 3 wickets. Dimuth Karunaratne scored the highest 83 runs from Sri Lanka’s side. Apart from him, Dinesh Chandimal played an innings of 61 runs. Angelo Mathews scored 50 runs.

Sri Lanka scored 305 runs in the first innings. On the second day of the match, Sri Lanka was all out for 305 runs in the first innings. Kamindu Mendis scored 114 runs from the team. From New Zealand, fast bowler William O’Rourke took 5 wickets for 55 runs in the first innings. New Zealand’s team was all out for 340 runs. From the team, Tom Latham scored 70, Daryl Mitchell scored 57 and Kane Williamson scored 55 runs. From Sri Lanka’s side, Prabath Jayasuriya took the maximum of 4 wickets and Ramesh Mendis took 3 wickets.

Saturday was a rest day. The Galle Test will run for 6 days (18 to 23 September), as 21 September was a rest day due to the presidential election in Sri Lanka. The second match of the series will be played from 26 to 30 September. Both matches will start at 10 am Indian time.

Playing-11 of both teams Sri Lanka: Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, Ramesh Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara and Asitha Fernando.

New Zealand: Tim Southee (captain), Tom Latham, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, William O’Rourke and Ajaz Patel.