New Zealand claimed victory towards Sri Lanka by an innings and 58 runs on Monday, securing a 2-0 Test collection whitewash regardless of a late fightback from the guests. Sri Lanka notched simply 164 of their first innings and had been requested to observe on after the Black Caps declared at 580 in Wellington. They had been then bowled out for 358. Dhananjaya de Silva had launched a fightback on Monday, passing 3,000 Test runs earlier than being caught on 98, lacking a tenth Test century.

New Zealand’s seamers had already sniffed victory once they broke his 76-run partnership with debutant wicketkeeper Nishan Madushka, who was caught simply earlier than the tea break.

The lack of De Silva signalled the tip of the resistance — Sri Lanka misplaced their final three wickets for 40 runs because the tailenders had been picked off.

New Zealand skipper Tim Southee and seamer Blair Tickner did many of the harm with three wickets apiece.

After Sri Lanka resumed the day on 113-2, New Zealand’s tempo assault supplied no respite within the first over of Monday as Matt Henry‘s supply noticed Kane Williamson catch Kusal Mendis on 50.

The guests had been in peril of folding at 116-4 quickly after when Angelo Mathews additionally walked having added simply two runs from 44 balls.

De Silva slowed New Zealand’s momentum in a partnership of 126 alongside Dinesh Chandimal within the first session, which ended when Tickner had Chandimal caught on 62 simply earlier than lunch.

De Silva maintained the resistance after the break by pairing up with Madushka, however their dismissals for no runs both aspect of tea left Sri Lanka nonetheless 98 runs brief.

New Zealand slowly turned the screw as Prabath Jayasuriya managed simply two runs off 44 balls when he top-edged his shot to Tickner.

Kasun Rajitha took Sri Lanka previous 350 runs with a 4 which he was fortunate to edge his shot previous Michael Bracewell within the slips.

Bracewell made no mistake the second time with a diving catch to assert Lahiru Kumara‘s wicket off Southee.

Asitha Fernando survived a evaluate after the ball clipped his trousers relatively his leg pad, however New Zealand sealed victory when Rajitha was caught by Williamson, the hosts’ top-scorer with a double century within the first innings.

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