Herath five-for hands Sri Lanka clean sweep
Sri Lanka had to wait until the 68th over of the day to seal a 2-0 sweep and cement their place at No. 2 in the ICC Test rankings
26/08Result
2nd Test, New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 26-30 2009
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
416 & 311/5d -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
234 & 397 (123.5 ov)
Player of the Match
26/08Result
2nd Test, New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 26-30 2009
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
416 & 311/5d -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
234 & 397 (123.5 ov)
Player of the Match
Day 5
Day 4
Herath sets SL on course for clean sweep
New Zealand began their last innings of this series needing 494 to win or, more realistically, over four-and-a-half sessions to bat out a draw
Day 3
Another day of dominance for SL
Sri Lanka, polished by an unbroken 68-run stand between Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, bolstered their grip on the second Test with a lead of 339 and eight wickets in hand - and two days to go
Day 2
Bowlers help Sri Lanka keep advantage
The contest veered between bat and ball, dominating certain passages, but, at the end of the day, New Zealand had their backs firmly to the wall
Day 1
Jayawardene and Samaraweera grind New Zealand
For the second Test running Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera batted with a purity of purpose that New Zealand have been unable to produce all tour
Others
The Sangakkara edge
Sri Lanka's captain has begun to infuse his side with his own brand of competitiveness, and the results seem to already be starting to show
'Bemused' Moles counts the damage
New Zealand had "front row seats to the cinema" in terms of the technology available to them but Moles was puzzled at how they were not soaking up information
'Two nineties are disappointing, I'll take the runs' - Jayawardene
Just when he looked like getting a hundred in the second innings, Jayawardene put himself into the record books for a reason that left him bittersweet at the end of the day
Naive NZ struggle to find the plot
As the team looks back at a one-sided series, there is more to ponder than just a spirit-sapping defeat. In the last five years New Zealand won just 12 Test wins from 40
Herath cashes in on opportunity
Rangana Herath believes that he is good enough to hold down a regular spot in the Sri Lankan side in Test cricket as well as the limited-overs forms of the game
Paranavitana fined 50% match fees
Sri Lankan opener Tharanga Paranavitana has been fined 50% of his match fees for violating ICC's Code of Conduct during the second Test against New Zealand in Colombo
Herath no more just support for Murali - Sangakkara
Kumar Sangakkara has said despite the 2-0 series win, the hosts were yet to reach their peak
What's ailing Brendon McCullum?
Brendon McCullum's attitude doesn't reflect his ambition to become the world's premier wicketkeeper-batsman
New Zealand fall short on promise
New Zealand's batting effort resulted in an inadequate end to what promised, refreshingly, to be a day on which they broke even.
I kept my belief - Patel
Jeetan Patel, the New Zealand offspinner, put his effort down to perseverance and his belief in his ability to bowl in the right areas as he triggered a Sri Lankan collapse and helped his team bowl the hosts out for 416
Vettori lauds last-ditch effort
The New Zealand captain was obviously disappointed, but found the need to sift through the rubble and take the proverbial positive from defeat
Samaraweera's 2009 dream run continues
The contest veered between bat and ball, dominating certain passages, but, at the end of the day, New Zealand had their backs firmly to the wall
Vettori joins 300-wicket club
Daniel Vettori prised out the two wickets he needed to cross 300 Test victims on the first day of the second Test at the SSC
'Two more wickets would have made it a good day' - Vettori
The only highlight was the New Zealand captain crossing 300 Test wickets, but it seemed that after that landmark New Zealand's intensity dipped
NZ's defensive approach helped us - Bayliss
The Sri Lanka coach has said that his team capitalised on New Zealand's negative bowling to finish on top on the first day at the SSC
Support not forthcoming for Taylor
Ross Taylor has stood out in a middling team and it would not be a surprise if he spent a lot of time looking into his hotel mirror asking for some help from his fellow batsmen