new zealand in sri lanka test series 2nd test-2nd day

Sri Lanka 416

New Zealand 150/5 (42.4 ov)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

Day 2 - Session 3

• New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series - 2nd Test
• Test no. 1932 | 2009 season
• Played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
• 26,27,28,29,30 August 2009 (5-day match)

	Sri Lanka 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	NT Paranavitana	c Taylor b Vettori	19	53	38	2	0	50.00
	10.2 Vettori, the captain cum selector, has struck with his second ball. It landed around the off stump and sort of held its line, Paranavitana stabbed it gently to first slip. It turned in a touch but not much and Paranavitana pushed inside the line. Gone! Sanga strides out. 34/1
	TM Dilshan	c & b O'Brien	29	101	58	1	0	50.00
	23.2 Would you believe it folks? Dilshan, dropped by the bowler, sends another one his way! It was short in length and it sat up on Dilshan who tried to turn it to the on side but the ball held up, stopped a touch, on him on this slow track and he got a leading edge back to O'Brien who ever so slowly lunged forward to take the simple catch. Got to read the blogger later tonight. 75/2
	KC Sangakkara*	c Oram b Vettori	50	115	96	9	0	52.08
	40.4 No 300 for Dan! Congrats. Sangakkara loses out on the patience game. He had just hit a boundary but couldn't resist another big hit. It was flighted delivery, tempting him to go for another big hit from outside off, and Sanga took up the challenge. Down he went on his knee to play the big slog sweep but hit it straight to deep midwicket. He is the first left-arm spinner to take 300. 115/3
	DPMD Jayawardene	c †McCullum b O'Brien	92	312	234	8	0	39.31
	99.5 and there is the wicket! O'Brien bowls one outside the off stump and in the corridor and gets it to move back in a touch as the ball kisses the outside edge and flies to the right of McCulum who does a very good job in taking the catch. Jayawardene ended up chasing it a bit. Jayawardene would be highly frustrated as he did not play a single false stroke through the innings. The first mistake he made leads to his downfall. That's how the game goes 295/4
	TT Samaraweera	c †McCullum b Patel	143	377	240	17	1	59.58
	129.2 Samaraweera has given Patel a free wicket. He went for the reverse sweep and ended up gloving a dolly to McCullum who took couple of steps to his left to take it. Fine innings from Samaraweera comes to an end. 415/9
	CK Kapugedera	c Vettori b Patel	35	76	63	3	1	55.55
	117.3 Kapu crashes his bat on the ground as he storms off in disgust. He ran down the track and tried to loft it over long-on but was beaten in the flight and ended up slicing it to Dan at mid-off. 367/5
	HAPW Jayawardene†	c O'Brien b Martin	17	22	18	3	0	94.44
	122.5 The bouncer does the trick. Prasanna pulls it straight to O'Brien at long-leg. It was high bouncer and he had to fetch it from almost above head-high and couldn't control it in the end. 389/6
	KTGD Prasad	c Taylor b Patel	6	13	12	1	0	50.00
	125.1 Samaraweera stands alone as one by one his team-mates desert him. It was a simple enough delivery that did Dammika in. He went back and stabbed a delivery that didn't turn in much and edged it straight to first slip. 396/7
	HMRKB Herath	lbw b Patel	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	125.2 Harper has given him after a long thought. Patel got this one to hurry in with the arm from round the stumps. Herath was on the back foot and missed the ball completely with his prod. He was struck high on the pad, which was right in front of the stumps, and after a careful consideration about the height, Harper says you got to go. Two in two for Patel! 396/8
	M Muralitharan	not out	17	25	19	1	1	89.47
	T Thushara	c Patel b Vettori	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
	130.3 Dan picks up the last wicket. Tossed up outside off and Thushara went for a big swing but sliced it to the off side and Patel back-pedaled from mid-off to take the catch 416/10
	Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 1)	8
	Total	(all out; 130.3 overs; 549 mins)	416	(3.18 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-34 (Paranavitana, 10.2 ov), 2-75 (Dilshan, 23.2 ov), 3-115 (Sangakkara, 40.4 ov), 4-295 (DPMD Jayawardene, 99.5 ov), 5-367 (Kapugedera, 117.3 ov), 6-389 (HAPW Jayawardene, 122.5 ov), 7-396 (Prasad, 125.1 ov), 8-396 (Herath, 125.2 ov), 9-415 (Samaraweera, 129.2 ov), 10-416 (Thushara, 130.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	CS Martin	24	3	81	1	3.37
	122.5 to HAPW Jayawardene, The bouncer does the trick. Prasanna pulls it straight to O'Brien at long-leg. It was high bouncer and he had to fetch it from almost above head-high and couldn't control it in the end. 389/6
	IE O'Brien	22	4	73	2	3.31
	23.2 to Dilshan, Would you believe it folks? Dilshan, dropped by the bowler, sends another one his way! It was short in length and it sat up on Dilshan who tried to turn it to the on side but the ball held up, stopped a touch, on him on this slow track and he got a leading edge back to O'Brien who ever so slowly lunged forward to take the simple catch. Got to read the blogger later tonight. 75/2 99.5 to DPMD Jayawardene, and there is the wicket! O'Brien bowls one outside the off stump and in the corridor and gets it to move back in a touch as the ball kisses the outside edge and flies to the right of McCulum who does a very good job in taking the catch. Jayawardene ended up chasing it a bit. Jayawardene would be highly frustrated as he did not play a single false stroke through the innings. The first mistake he made leads to his downfall. That's how the game goes 295/4
	DL Vettori	40.3	12	104	3	2.56	(1nb)
	10.2 to Paranavitana, Vettori, the captain cum selector, has struck with his second ball. It landed around the off stump and sort of held its line, Paranavitana stabbed it gently to first slip. It turned in a touch but not much and Paranavitana pushed inside the line. Gone! Sanga strides out. 34/1 40.4 to Sangakkara, No 300 for Dan! Congrats. Sangakkara loses out on the patience game. He had just hit a boundary but couldn't resist another big hit. It was flighted delivery, tempting him to go for another big hit from outside off, and Sanga took up the challenge. Down he went on his knee to play the big slog sweep but hit it straight to deep midwicket. He is the first left-arm spinner to take 300. 115/3 130.3 to Thushara, Dan picks up the last wicket. Tossed up outside off and Thushara went for a big swing but sliced it to the off side and Patel back-pedaled from mid-off to take the catch 416/10
	JDP Oram	21	7	56	0	2.66
	JS Patel	20	3	78	4	3.90
	117.3 to Kapugedera, Kapu crashes his bat on the ground as he storms off in disgust. He ran down the track and tried to loft it over long-on but was beaten in the flight and ended up slicing it to Dan at mid-off. 367/5 125.1 to Prasad, Samaraweera stands alone as one by one his team-mates desert him. It was a simple enough delivery that did Dammika in. He went back and stabbed a delivery that didn't turn in much and edged it straight to first slip. 396/7 125.2 to Herath, Harper has given him after a long thought. Patel got this one to hurry in with the arm from round the stumps. Herath was on the back foot and missed the ball completely with his prod. He was struck high on the pad, which was right in front of the stumps, and after a careful consideration about the height, Harper says you got to go. Two in two for Patel! 396/8 129.2 to Samaraweera, Samaraweera has given Patel a free wicket. He went for the reverse sweep and ended up gloving a dolly to McCullum who took couple of steps to his left to take it. Fine innings from Samaraweera comes to an end. 415/9
	JD Ryder	3	1	17	0	5.66

	New Zealand 1st innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	TG McIntosh	lbw b Prasad	5	6	1	0	83.33
	2.1 close! pitches it on the middle stump and gets to straighten it a bit. McIntosh offers pad as the first line of defense. He expected the ball to move away and the bat was nowhere in sight. Ball clips the top of his back pad and would have certainly struck the off stump. Llong has no second thoughts in giving. Bishop meanwhile on TV thinks that it would missed the off stump 14/1
	MJ Guptill	c Muralitharan b Thushara	35	44	7	0	79.54
	15.4 We have a winner in that contest. Thushara wins. Guptill is gone. Another chest-high bouncer on the off stump, from round the stumps, Guptill top edged it straight to the man placed at deep square leg. Three down and Murali is yet to bowl. Danny Morrison is livid on air, calling it "Brainless cricket". The Andrew hilditch syndrome has hit I guess. The happy hooker is gone. 63/3
	DR Flynn	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Thushara	13	24	3	0	54.16
	9.2 Got him. No doubt this time. It was a lovely delivery that landed on a length just outside the off stump and held its line, inducing a fatal prod and Prasanna, probably the world's best keeper at the moment, lunges to his left to take the catch. 49/2
	LRPL Taylor	not out	65	100	9	0	65.00
	JD Ryder	c Paranavitana b Herath	23	73	2	0	31.50
	40.4 gives it a lot of loop as Ryder comes forward in anticipation of defensive stroke and fails to read the loop. He manages to get an inside edge onto his pads and the ball flies right into the hands of the short-leg fielder Paranavitana 148/4
	JS Patel	c DPMD Jayawardene b Muralitharan	1	6	0	0	16.66
	41.4 And the nightwatchman returns to the hutch. It landed outside leg stump and Patel went for the sweep but only gloved it to first slip. 149 for 5 149/5
	BB McCullum†	not out	1	5	0	0	20.00
	Extras	(lb 3, w 2, nb 2)	7
	Total	(5 wickets; 42.4 overs)	150	(3.51 runs per over)

To bat JDP Oram, DL Vettori*, IE O'Brien, CS Martin

Fall of wickets1-14 (McIntosh, 2.1 ov), 2-49 (Flynn, 9.2 ov), 3-63 (Guptill, 15.4 ov), 4-148 (Ryder, 40.4 ov), 5-149 (Patel, 41.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	TM Dilshan	1	0	6	0	6.00
	T Thushara	9	2	37	2	4.11	(2nb, 1w)
	9.2 to Flynn, Got him. No doubt this time. It was a lovely delivery that landed on a length just outside the off stump and held its line, inducing a fatal prod and Prasanna, probably the world's best keeper at the moment, lunges to his left to take the catch. 49/2 15.4 to Guptill, We have a winner in that contest. Thushara wins. Guptill is gone. Another chest-high bouncer on the off stump, from round the stumps, Guptill top edged it straight to the man placed at deep square leg. Three down and Murali is yet to bowl. Danny Morrison is livid on air, calling it "Brainless cricket". The Andrew hilditch syndrome has hit I guess. The happy hooker is gone. 63/3
	KTGD Prasad	6	0	41	1	6.83	(1w)
	2.1 to McIntosh, close! pitches it on the middle stump and gets to straighten it a bit. McIntosh offers pad as the first line of defense. He expected the ball to move away and the bat was nowhere in sight. Ball clips the top of his back pad and would have certainly struck the off stump. Llong has no second thoughts in giving. Bishop meanwhile on TV thinks that it would missed the off stump 14/1
	HMRKB Herath	17.4	6	36	1	2.03
	40.4 to Ryder, gives it a lot of loop as Ryder comes forward in anticipation of defensive stroke and fails to read the loop. He manages to get an inside edge onto his pads and the ball flies right into the hands of the short-leg fielder Paranavitana 148/4
	M Muralitharan	9	1	27	1	3.00
	41.4 to Patel, And the nightwatchman returns to the hutch. It landed outside leg stump and Patel went for the sweep but only gloved it to first slip. 149 for 5 149/5

Match details

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat

Player of the match tba

Umpires DJ Harper (Australia) and NJ Llong (England) TV umpire HDPK Dharmasena Match referee AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe) Reserve umpire PG Liyanage

Close of play day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 262/3 (DPMD Jayawardene 79*, TT Samaraweera 78*, 90 ov)

Match notes