Seamers give New Zealand shot at victory
In an intriguing day's Test cricket, in which 17 wickets fell, New Zealand left the hosts tottering with the top four back in the pavilion chasing a challenging 363 on the last day at the P Sara Oval
25/11Result
2nd Test, New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Nov 25-29 2012
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
412 & 194/9d -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
244 & 195 (85.5 ov)
Player of the Match
25/11Result
2nd Test, New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Nov 25-29 2012
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
412 & 194/9d -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
244 & 195 (85.5 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
LRPL Taylor
142(306) 11x4 - 0x6
Control %89%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 48 runs
- 5x4 - 0x6
KS Williamson
135(305) 12x4 - 0x6
Control %90%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 40 runs
- 6x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
HMRKB Herath
- O49
- M10
- R103
- W6
- Eco2.10
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
TG Southee
- O22
- M4
- R62
- W5
- Eco2.81
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
2-match series drawn 1-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10am start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days
25,26,27,28,29 November 2012 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
NEW ZEALAND 412 (153 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Ross Taylor142 (306)
- Kane Williamson135 (305)
- Tillakaratne Dilshan1/19 (9)
- Rangana Herath6/103 (49)
SRI LANKA 244 (94 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Angelo Mathews47 (111)
- Thilan Samaraweera76 (167)
- Tim Southee5/62 (22)
- Trent Boult4/42 (21)
NEW ZEALAND 194/9d (54 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Brendon McCullum35 (43)
- Ross Taylor74 (95)
- Rangana Herath3/67 (21)
- Suraj Randiv2/37 (11)
SRI LANKA 195 (85.5 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Prasanna Jayawardene29 (108)
- Angelo Mathews84 (228)
- Tim Southee3/58 (20)
- Trent Boult3/33 (17.5)
Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Devashish Fuloria
So another wonderful Test to round-up a week or so of exciting cricket. Thanks for all your comments and feedback. I may not be drunk, but the fingers certainly feel that way. This is Devashish Fuloria signing off, it's been a pleasure.
Ponting, what a legend!
Presentation: Ross Taylor wins the Man-of-the-Match award: "It is always good to come overseas and win. The bowlers were brilliant and they set it up. I guess we got a lot of stick last week for our performances, but we stuck to our task and fought hard throughout five matches. We took our catches and fielder pretty well. Hopefully we can take some momentum from here to South Africa."
Mahela Jayawardene: "Credit to New Zealand team, they played really well and we were always behind. Three Tests would have been brilliant, but this series has been good and tough at the same time. They batted really well and they scored well in the first innings and we didn't do that. Their bowlers kept asking questions and kept the pressure up. We need to improve against the new ball when we go the Australia. But New Zealand bowled very well in these conditions."
Rangana Herath is the Man of the Series: "For 20 wickets, I had to bowl a lot and it was good for me in a two-match series. I am confident ahead of the Australia series."
Samuel: "I think the best thing about this victory is that now New Zealand has a team that can take 20 wickets! Say what you will about the batting being talented but not performing. But the bowling attack hasn't looked as threatening as this since Bond retired. All round performance. More hard work ahead. Bring it on SAFS! "
Kalpit: "What a superb cricket we have seen in last week or so. Visitors' week it has been. It started with England, then RSA drew superbly and now Kiwis have given it finishing touch. Not only visitors but also Test Cricket has bounced back."
Karthik: "For all those wondering why the fuss about this potential NZ victory, the black caps have won only 9 of 43 tests in the last 5 years. Of those, 6 have come against Zim & Ban. This is a big victory folks, against a higher ranked team and in an away series!"
Tom: "Great result for world cricket, good to see NZ finally getting a result go there way, I don't know what it is, but I get the feeling that South Africa, Aus, Eng, NZ are going to dominate world cricket due to the fact they are not flat track bullies!" Surely they can, they seem to have incisive bowling attacks for all conditions.
New Zealand square the series with their first win in 14 years in Sri Lanka. What a test match this has been? Sri Lanka fought hard all day through Angelo Mathews and some useful efforts around him. But New Zealand bowlers kept coming hard on a dead pitch. It was only a matter of time before the new ball was taken. A big big win for the kiwis.
Lots of big contributions from New Zealand - Taylor, Williamson, Southee and Bolt. From a Sri Lankan perspective, their top-order left the team in doldrums in both innings, and that turned out to be the difference between the two teams.
Brendan: "After watching this match unfold, seeing the New Zealand bowling attack performing so well, I can't wait to see them come to England in the summer! Was expecting an easy win until now..."
85.5
W
Boult to Mathews, OUT, Caught at second slip! It was a length ball going across Angelo, who tried to hit it hard towards the leg side and got an outside edge that flew fast towards Guptill, who took a reflex catch in front of his face
AD Mathews c Guptill b Boult 84 (299m 228b 11x4 1x6) SR: 36.84
85.4
1
Boult to Herath, 1 run, fuller delivery now, this is squeezed past cover and Herath gets off strike
85.3
0
Boult to Herath, no run, short ball on the body now, hits the shoulder of the bat and lobs up in the air, tantalisingly short of the gully fielder
85.2
0
Boult to Herath, no run, fuller length delivery, swings in and hits the batsman in front. Loud appeal by everyone but there was big inside edge that saved Herath
85.1
4
Boult to Herath, FOUR, length ball on the middle, Herath walks across and glances it down to fine-leg boundary
END OF OVER:85 | 17 Runs | SL: 190/9
- Angelo Mathews84 (227b)
- Rangana Herath1 (1b)
- Tim Southee20-5-58-3
- Trent Boult17-6-28-2
84.6
4
Southee to Mathews, FOUR, bowled on the pads and this is driven through midwicket for another boundary
He needs the strike now.
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