Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand, 2nd Test: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Hamilton, Dec 18-22, 2015
Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand, 2nd Test: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Hamilton, Dec 18-22, 2015
Sri Lanka 292
New Zealand 232/9 (78.4 ov)
New Zealand trail by 60 runs with 1 wicket remaining in the 1st innings
New Zealand RR 2.94
Last 10 ovs 44/3 RR 4.40
Stumps - Day 2 Current time 20:26 local, 07:26 GMT Test Career
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR This bowler
Trent Boult (rhb) 0 0 0 0 - 0 (0b)
Doug Bracewell (rhb) 30 49 4 0 61.22 14 (16b)
Mat Runs HS Ave
37 392 52* 16.33
24 496 47 13.40
Bowlers O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s
Dushmantha Chameera (rf) 12.4 3 47 5 3.71 60 6 1
Rangana Herath (sla) 22.0 1 75 2 3.40 89 6 2
Mat Wkts BBI Ave
4 14 5/47 31.50
67 297 9/127 29.71
Recent overs
• • 4 4 6 •
1 • 1 • • 1
1 • • W
Last bat N Wagner c Vithanage b Chameera 17 (26b 2x4 1x6) SR: 65.38
Fall of wicket 232/9 (78.4 ov); Partnership: 31 runs, 6.2 overs, RR: 4.89
6pm Stumps What a day of Test cricket, what a lovely day! Just when it looked like New Zealand would get into a commanding position after bowling Sri Lanka out for 292, and putting on an opening stand of 81, the visitors clawed their way back only because of Dushmantha Chameera! He sent down a barrage of short balls to pick one wicket after another on his way to his maiden Test five-for and SL are set to take a lead. They would have probably taken a lead by now, but nobody knows why Mathews didn't bowl Chameera for the first 20 overs and for another 21 overs after tea. One reason could be maybe he doesn't bowl long spells. NZ were also helped by a lot of resistance from Santner, Watling and Bracewell but they have only wicket left and are still behind by 60 runs. Catch us again tomorrow for another early start - at 10am - to see which side this Test sways and if SL can capitailse on this to level the series. Until then, it's goodbye from Vishal and Sanjay!
Uwaisul Karnain: "Lions never eat grass, but it doesn't mean they don't fancy grassy pitches!!"
DanielAlexander: "Chameera gets a five-fer on a day he out-batted Kane Williamson & Ross Taylor"
78.4
Chameera to Wagner, OUT, make it a five-for for Chameera, Wagner is caught at cover, which means it is stumps. Wagner saw some room on the off side, freed his arms with a big swing but only found Vithanage at cover
N Wagner c Vithanage b Chameera 17 (26b 2x4 1x6) SR: 65.38
78.3
Chameera to Wagner, no run, back of length this time on off and it's pushed into the covers
78.2
Chameera to Wagner, no run, pitched up outside off with the angle, Wagner drives and misses
78.1
Chameera to Bracewell, 1 run, some width outside off and Bracewell cuts it to find deep point
Probably the last over of the day
End of over 78 (3 runs) New Zealand 231/8
DAJ Bracewell 29 (48b 4x4 0x6)
N Wagner 17 (23b 2x4 1x6)
HMRKB Herath 22-1-75-2
PVD Chameera 12-3-46-4
77.6
Herath to Bracewell, 1 run, errs on the pads and Bracewell clips it to deep midwicket for one
77.5
Herath to Bracewell, no run, nicely flighted on middle and leg now and it's pushed back to Herath
77.4
Herath to Bracewell, no run, slides it in from round the wicket bu Bracewell blocks it back
77.3
Herath to Wagner, 1 run, overpitched again and it's driven down to long on by Wagner
77.2
Herath to Wagner, no run, tossed up on middle and leg, Wagner blocks it back
77.1
Herath to Bracewell, 1 run, pitches it up first ball and it's pushed down to long on for one
Here comes Herath with a spread out field
Mayura: "Ironically, this is the best time for matthews to bring himself on to bowl. Needs some accurate lines, to beat out the tailender. "
End of over 77 (14 runs) New Zealand 228/8
N Wagner 16 (21b 2x4 1x6)
DAJ Bracewell 27 (44b 4x4 0x6)
PVD Chameera 12-3-46-4
RAS Lakmal 16-4-48-1
76.6
Chameera to Wagner, no run, full and wide with the angle, Wagner drives and misses this time
Over the wicket for the last ball
The ball is lost somewhere in the trees and a new one comes out
76.5
Chameera to Wagner, SIX, too short, Wagner was probably expecting that and he stays back to hammer it to the fine-leg boundary for a massive six!
76.4
Chameera to Wagner, FOUR, angled in, it's short, Wagner pulls and it's gone in the air towards fine leg and the fielder is in two minds again, stuck at the rope which means it bounces just before him and goes through him for four!
76.3
Chameera to Wagner, FOUR, Chameera angles it in from outside off, Wagner knows there's no mid on and drills that down, not with good timing though, but he gets enough to find four
76.2
Chameera to Wagner, no run, back of length outside off and it's left alone
76.1
Chameera to Wagner, no run, short ball with the angle means Wagner plays, and gets some glove on that as it lobs up but fall safe on the off side
Chameera round the wicket now
End of over 76 (6 runs) New Zealand 214/8
N Wagner 2 (15b 0x4 0x6)
DAJ Bracewell 27 (44b 4x4 0x6)
RAS Lakmal 16-4-48-1
PVD Chameera 11-3-32-4
75.6
Lakmal to Wagner, 1 run, just back of length around off, Wagner steers it late to third man for one
75.5
Lakmal to Bracewell, 1 run, another attempted yorker is a low full toss on the pads and it's clipped to midwicket for one
75.4
Lakmal to Bracewell, no run, short of length and coming in, Bracewell slogs on the leg side and misses
75.3
Lakmal to Bracewell, no run, excellent inswinging yorker! What a delivery from Lakmal - it nearly got him a wicket too before Bracewell managed to get some bat on it
75.2
Lakmal to Bracewell, no run, comes down the track and defends the ball back to the bowler
75.1
Lakmal to Bracewell, FOUR, length delivery swinging in, Bracewell steers the ball by bringing the bat down late and finds the gap between the slips and gully to find four runs
End of over 75 (1 run) New Zealand 208/8
N Wagner 1 (14b 0x4 0x6)
DAJ Bracewell 22 (39b 3x4 0x6)
PVD Chameera 11-3-32-4
RAS Lakmal 15-4-42-1
74.6
Chameera to Wagner, no run, stays back and punches the short of length ball to mid off
74.5
Chameera to Wagner, no run, this time he lets the short ball go down leg all alone
74.4
Chameera to Wagner, no run, another short ball down leg, another attempted pull, another miss!
74.3
Chameera to Wagner, no run, 135kmh, it's short and angling away, Wagner pulls and misses
74.2
Chameera to Wagner, no run, back of length now, not that short, and Wagner pulls and misses
74.1
Chameera to Bracewell, 1 run, comes down and makes room to swat that from wide outside off to get one on the off side
End of over 74 (1 run) New Zealand 207/8
N Wagner 1 (9b 0x4 0x6)
DAJ Bracewell 21 (38b 3x4 0x6)
RAS Lakmal 15-4-42-1
PVD Chameera 10-3-31-4
73.6
Lakmal to Wagner, no run, pretty full on off, Wagner just gets some bat on that as it was headed for the off stump
73.5
Lakmal to Wagner, no run, on the pads now and Wagner helps it straight to short leg
Commentator: Vishal Dikshit
Scorer: Sanjay Murari
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Last time NZ's 2nd, 3rd and 4th wkt partnerships added less than 10 runs in an inns in a home Test - vs SA, Hamilton, 2003-04 (5 runs). 8 runs in this inns.
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