New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 2019 2nd Test Full Commentary

Result · Aug 22 2019, Thu - 09:45 AM (IST)
2nd Test, - P Sara Oval
SRI LANKA
244, 122
NEW ZEALAND
431/6 decl
New Zealand won by an innings and 65 runs
CRR:1.73
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  • 90.2

    OUT! Bowled. Trent Boult to Dhananjaya de Silva. Slower length ball, to leg backing away Slog, missed to. A wild play and miss brings de Silva's and Sri Lanka's innings to a close. What an excellent fightback to go from 6/130 to finish on 244. All credit goes to Dhananjaya de Silva for his superb knock of 109. He played an aggressive innings that was entertaining throughout. His ability to control the tail was sensational and is the main reason Sri Lanka have 244 on the board and not under 200. New Zealand bowled well in patches but probably missed a trick in just targetting the tail and not de Silva himself. Time for New Zealand to bat, and it will be fascinating to see what their approach is.

  • 90.1

    Trent Boult to Dhananjaya de Silva. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to deep point for no runs, fielded by Raval.

  • 89.6

    Tim Southee to Lahiru Kumara. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, in the air under control to long off for 2 runs, fielded by Boult.

  • 89.5

    Tim Southee to Lahiru Kumara. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Watling.

  • 89.4

    Tim Southee to Lahiru Kumara. Back of a length, outside off stump backing away Fended, Spliced back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Southee.

  • 89.3

    Tim Southee to Dhananjaya de Silva. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pulling, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Boult.

  • 89.2

    Tim Southee to Lahiru Kumara. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to cover for 1 run, fielded by Raval.

  • 89.1

    Tim Southee to Lahiru Kumara. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Raval.

  • 88.6

    Trent Boult to Dhananjaya de Silva. Short, down leg side on the back foot hooking, to square leg for no runs, fielded by Nicholls.

  • 88.5

    FOUR! Trent Boult to Dhananjaya de Silva. Full toss, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep cover for 4 runs. Easy pickings for de Silva - that was a terrible delivery from Boult. You can tell that the New Zealand bowlers are getting frustrated here.

  • 88.4

    Trent Boult to Dhananjaya de Silva. Length ball, to leg no foot movement Steer, to short third man for no runs, fielded by Southee.

  • 88.3

    Trent Boult to Dhananjaya de Silva. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot flick, to fine leg for no runs, fielded by Somerville.

  • 88.2

    Trent Boult to Dhananjaya de Silva. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pulling, to deep backward square leg for no runs, fielded by Somerville.

  • 88.1

    Trent Boult to Dhananjaya de Silva. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, bottom edge to third man for no runs, fielded by Taylor.

  • 87.6

    Tim Southee to Lahiru Kumara. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control to long off for 2 runs, fielded by Raval.

  • 87.5

    Tim Southee to Dhananjaya de Silva. Yorker, middle stump no foot movement working, to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Boult.

  • 87.4

    FOUR! Tim Southee to Dhananjaya de Silva. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, bottom edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs. What a glorious innings, take a bow Dhananjaya de Silva. A streaky shot to bring up his ton, but it is irrelevant. He has dragged his side back into this contest in a truly entertaining innings. He has mixed patience with flair, and New Zealand - especially Trent Boult - will be ruing dropping him on just nine runs.

  • 87.3

    Tim Southee to Dhananjaya de Silva. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed to cover for no runs, fielded by de Grandhomme.

  • 87.2

    Tim Southee to Dhananjaya de Silva. Seaming in length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, bat-pad to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Watling.

  • 87.1

    Tim Southee to Dhananjaya de Silva. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed to mid off for no runs, fielded by Somerville.

  • 86.6

    Trent Boult to Dhananjaya de Silva. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot glancing, to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Somerville.

  • 86.5

    Trent Boult to Dhananjaya de Silva. Length ball, middle stump no foot movement pushing, to cover for no runs, fielded by de Grandhomme.

  • 86.4

    Trent Boult to Dhananjaya de Silva. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot working, to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Williamson.

  • 86.3

    Trent Boult to Dhananjaya de Silva. Back of a length, to leg on the back foot pushing, to mid off for no runs, fielded by de Grandhomme.

  • 86.2

    FOUR! Trent Boult to Dhananjaya de Silva. Length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control past long off for 4 runs. Lovely shot from de Silva and that brings him within two runs of a century. Nervous times.

  • 86.1

    Trent Boult to Dhananjaya de Silva. Length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Williamson.

  • 85.6

    Tim Southee to Lahiru Kumara. Full toss, outside off stump no foot movement pushing, well timed to deep point for no runs, fielded by Boult.

  • 85.5

    Tim Southee to Lahiru Kumara. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by de Grandhomme.

  • 85.4

    Tim Southee to Lahiru Kumara. Short, down leg side ducked Leave, Left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Watling.

  • 85.3

    Tim Southee to Lahiru Kumara. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Raval.

  • 114.6

    SIX! Lasith Embuldeniya to Tim Southee. Stock ball half volley, down leg side on the front foot slog sweeping, well timed in the air under control over deep mid wicket for 6 runs. He goes for another six and gets it! There is the declaration. Maximum destruction for New Zealand there in five overs, picking up 49 runs, and that's without de Grandhomme at the crease! That will be slightly demoralising for Sri Lanka, especially after picking up the wicket of de Grandhomme straight up. Brilliant batting from Watling sees him finish on 105 not out, and a quickfire cameo from Southee could prove crucial. Now it all comes down to how both these teams handle the pressure. Here we go.

  • 114.5

    SIX! Lasith Embuldeniya to Tim Southee. Stock length ball, down leg side down the track driving, well timed in the air under control over long on for 6 runs. Southee connects and that one goes for a maximum. This is getting out of hand now.

  • 114.4

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Tim Southee. Stock length ball, down leg side backing away Slog, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs.

  • 114.3

    Lasith Embuldeniya to BJ Watling. Stock length ball, down leg side on the front foot sweeping, hit pad to point for 1 run.

  • 114.2

    FOUR! Lasith Embuldeniya to BJ Watling. Stock length ball, down leg side on the front foot sweeping, well timed past fine leg for 4 runs. Too wide there and Watling just has to help it on it's way. Too easy for the New Zealand batsmen at the moment.

  • 114.1

    Lasith Embuldeniya to BJ Watling. Stock length ball, down leg side down the track driving, mis-timed back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Embuldeniya.

  • 113.6

    Lahiru Kumara to Tim Southee. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, thick edge to long on for 2 runs, fielded by Embuldeniya.

  • 113.5

    FOUR! Lahiru Kumara to Tim Southee. Back of a length, outside off stump backing away Slog, thick edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs. Almost identical shot to his first boundary and he picks up the same result. Costly over for Sri Lanka here.

  • 113.4

    Lahiru Kumara to BJ Watling. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed to deep point for 1 run.

  • 113.3

    Lahiru Kumara to Tim Southee. Back of a length, off stump backing away Slog, top edge in the air uncontrolled to square leg for 1 run, fielded by de Silva.

  • 113.2

    FOUR! Lahiru Kumara to Tim Southee. Back of a length, outside off stump backing away Slog, bottom edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs. Not a pretty shot from Southee but it picks up another boundary. Runs are starting to flow here.

  • 113.1

    Lahiru Kumara to Tim Southee. Length ball, outside off stump backing away driving, well timed to extra cover for no runs, fielded by Mathews.

  • 112.6

    FOUR! Lasith Embuldeniya to BJ Watling. Stock length ball, down leg side down the track Slog, well timed in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs. There is his century! Classy innings from Watling, who has helped his team out of a difficult situation and into a winning position.

  • 112.5

    Lasith Embuldeniya to BJ Watling. Stock length ball, down leg side on the back foot pushing, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Thirimanne.

  • 112.4

    FOUR! Lasith Embuldeniya to BJ Watling. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot reverse sweeping, well timed past third man for 4 runs. Great innovation from Watling, taking advantage of the fielder being up at third man.

  • 112.3

    Lasith Embuldeniya to BJ Watling. Stock length ball, middle stump down the track pushing, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Embuldeniya.

  • 112.2

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Tim Southee. Stock ball half volley, down leg side backing away Slog, mis-timed to long on for 1 run.

  • 112.1

    Lasith Embuldeniya to BJ Watling. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot sweeping, to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Kumara.

  • 111.6

    Lahiru Kumara to BJ Watling. Yorker, middle stump on the front foot pushing, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Embuldeniya.

  • 111.5

    Lahiru Kumara to BJ Watling. Seaming in back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs.

  • 111.4

    Lahiru Kumara to BJ Watling. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed to point for no runs, fielded by Perera.

  • 111.3

    FOUR! Lahiru Kumara to BJ Watling. Length ball, outside off stump backing away driving, well timed past long off for 4 runs. He has crunched that, and it has flown to the rope, splitting the two fielder straight. Not normally the type of shot you see from Watling but he is upping the ante here. Moves into the nineties.

  • 111.2

    Lahiru Kumara to BJ Watling. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Dickwella.

  • 111.1

    Lahiru Kumara to BJ Watling. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to point for no runs, fielded by Perera.

  • 110.6

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Tim Southee. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot slog sweeping, bottom edge to short leg for no runs, fielded by Thirimanne.

  • 110.5

    Lasith Embuldeniya to BJ Watling. Stock ball yorker, to leg down the track pushing, to long off for 1 run.

  • 110.4

    FOUR! Lasith Embuldeniya to BJ Watling. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot sweeping, well timed past deep square leg for 4 runs. Beautifully swept by Watling, and the fielder has no chance out there. He has played that shot well throughout his entire innings.

  • 110.3

    Lasith Embuldeniya to BJ Watling. Stock length ball, down leg side no foot movement pushing, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Embuldeniya.

  • 110.2

    OUT! Caught. Lasith Embuldeniya to Colin de Grandhomme. Stock length ball, down leg side on the front foot slog sweeping, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep square leg, by Kumara. Great tactic from the outset by Sri Lanka here, knew de Grandhomme has a weakness in the sweep shot and targeted it. They get a result immediately.

  • 110.1

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Colin de Grandhomme. Stock length ball, down leg side on the front foot slog sweeping, hit pad to short leg for no runs.

  • 70.2
    Lasith Embuldeniya c Kane Williamson b Trent Boult 5 (11)

    OUT! Caught. Trent Boult to Lasith Embuldeniya. Short, outside off stump ducked Fended, Gloved to gully, by Williamson. There is the final wicket and New Zealand win! Brilliant bouncer from Boult and all Embuldeniya can do is fend it away, popping it up for a simple catch to Williamson. Quite incredible that New Zealand have won considering all the play lost to rain. Latham and Watling can take most of the credit, with centuries forged under pressure, after New Zealand lost early wickets. A quickfire innings from de Grandhomme too ensured that New Zealand had plenty of runs to defend on the final day. A gritty innings from Dickwella almost denied New Zealand victory, but their relentless, disciplined bowling eventually brought about the mistake. The wickets were shared verry evenly amongst the bowlers. That squares the series at one apiece, with both sides taking away 60 points in the new World Test Championship. Latham takes out Player of the Match for his 154, whilst Watling is Player of the Series.

  • 70.1

    FOUR! Trent Boult to Lasith Embuldeniya. Half volley, to leg on the front foot flick, well timed in the air under control past deep backward square leg for 4 runs. That was unexpected, but a magnificent shot nonetheless. Well timed clip off the pads.

  • End of Over 70
    Over 70. 1 run. Bowler: Ajaz Patel. Sri Lanka: 118/9 (rr 1.69)
  • 69.6

    Ajaz Patel to Lahiru Kumara. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to short leg for no runs, fielded by Nicholls.

  • 69.5

    Ajaz Patel to Lahiru Kumara. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Patel.

  • 69.4

    Ajaz Patel to Lahiru Kumara. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Patel.

  • 69.3
    நிரோசான் டிக்வெல்லா c Tom Latham b Ajaz Patel 51 (161)

    OUT! Caught. Ajaz Patel to Niroshan Dickwella. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot sweeping, to short leg, by Latham. The big wicket goes! An exceptional innings comes to an end, and it is his favourite paddle shot that gets him into trouble. Outstanding anticipation from Latham at short leg, who saw Dickwella moving into the shot early and moved quickly into the line of the shot. Brilliant.

  • 69.2

    Ajaz Patel to Lasith Embuldeniya. Stock ball yorker, outside off stump no foot movement pushing, bottom edge to third man for 1 run, fielded by Taylor.

  • 69.1

    Ajaz Patel to Lasith Embuldeniya. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Watling.

  • End of Over 69
    Over 69. no runs. Bowler: Trent Boult. Sri Lanka: 117/8 (rr 1.70)
  • 68.6

    Trent Boult to Niroshan Dickwella. In-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed to cover for no runs, fielded by Taylor.

  • 68.5

    Trent Boult to Niroshan Dickwella. In-swinging yorker, to leg no foot movement flick, bottom edge to cover for no runs, fielded by Taylor.

  • 68.4

    Trent Boult to Niroshan Dickwella. In-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Taylor.

  • 68.3

    Trent Boult to Niroshan Dickwella. In-swinging length ball, outside off stump no foot movement Leave, Left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Watling.

  • 68.2

    Trent Boult to Niroshan Dickwella. Yorker, off stump no foot movement pushing, to silly mid off for no runs, fielded by Southee.

  • 68.1

    Trent Boult to Niroshan Dickwella. Length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to mid on for no runs, fielded by Patel.

  • End of Over 68
    Over 68. 1 run. Bowler: William Somerville. Sri Lanka: 117/8 (rr 1.72)
  • 67.6

    William Somerville to Lasith Embuldeniya. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Latham.

  • 67.5

    William Somerville to Lasith Embuldeniya. Quicker length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, Spliced to silly point for no runs, fielded by Latham.

  • 67.4

    William Somerville to Lasith Embuldeniya. Quicker length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Raval.

  • 67.3

    William Somerville to Niroshan Dickwella. Quicker length ball, outside off stump on the front foot sweeping, to short fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Nicholls.

  • 67.2

    William Somerville to Niroshan Dickwella. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to point for no runs, fielded by Boult.

  • 67.1

    William Somerville to Niroshan Dickwella. Off break length ball, outside off stump no foot movement Leave, Left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Watling.

  • End of Over 67
    Over 67. 1 run. Bowler: Trent Boult. Sri Lanka: 116/8 (rr 1.73)
  • 66.6

    Trent Boult to Lasith Embuldeniya. Length ball, outside off stump no foot movement pushing, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Watling.

  • 66.5

    Trent Boult to Niroshan Dickwella. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pulling, to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Somerville. Half century up for Dickwella. Very mature innings, and he has given Sri Lanka the slightest glimmer of hope.

  • 66.4

    Trent Boult to Niroshan Dickwella. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Boult.

  • 66.3

    Trent Boult to Niroshan Dickwella. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot defending, Spliced back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Boult.

  • 66.2

    Trent Boult to Niroshan Dickwella. Length ball, down leg side no foot movement pushing, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Watling.

  • 66.1

    Trent Boult to Niroshan Dickwella. Short, down leg side on the back foot defending, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Boult.

  • End of Over 66
    Over 66. no runs. Bowler: William Somerville. Sri Lanka: 115/8 (rr 1.74)
  • 65.6

    William Somerville to Lasith Embuldeniya. Off break length ball, outside off stump no foot movement Leave, Left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Watling.

  • 65.5

    William Somerville to Lasith Embuldeniya. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Watling.

  • 65.4

    William Somerville to Lasith Embuldeniya. Off break yorker, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to gully for no runs, fielded by Boult.

  • 65.3
    சுரங்கா லக்மல் c Tom Latham b William Somerville 14 (45)

    OUT! Caught. William Somerville to Suranga Lakmal. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, bat-pad to short leg, by Latham. New Zealand finally get the breathrough! After bowling that line and length for most of his spell, Somerville finally gets Lakmal to pop that up and it is an easy catch at short leg for Latham. Lakmal batted well, but will it be in vain? Tense times.

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