The vacationers had responded with 26-2 by the shut of play at Wellington’s Basin Reserve and face an uphill battle to keep away from being swept within the two-match collection after shedding the primary check by two wickets in Christchurch on Monday.

Williamson additionally scored a century, his twenty seventh in exams, within the second innings of that match, however Saturday’s magnificent effort within the firm of Nicholls was a completely totally different order of dominance.

After a rain-disrupted day one, Williamson resumed on 26 not out along with his nation 155-2 and barely put a foot improper till he holed out within the deep within the late afternoon with 215 runs to his title.

The 32-year-old grew to become the primary New Zealand batsman to attain 8,000 check runs as he marched to his sixth double century, pounding 23 fours and a few sixes within the 296-ball innings.

Nicholls pillaged runs at a barely decrease charge on the different finish as he labored his approach out of a current kind hunch along with his highest check rating of 200 not out. It was the primary time two New Zealand batsmen had scored double centuries in a single innings.

Sri Lanka will not be the primary group to remorse successful the toss and selecting to bowl on an obvious greentop solely to look at the Black Caps batting for a few days.

Daryl Mitchell scored a quickfire 17 and Tom Blundell 17 not out after Williamson’s departure as New Zealand swung the bat to inflate their tally earlier than the declaration.

Seamer Lahiru Kumara (0-164) of the visiting bowlers suffered probably the most however Asitha Fernando and Kasun Rajitha had been each additionally properly into three figures within the debit column.

Matt Henry wasted little time in exhibiting them bowl on the monitor, tempting opener Oshada Fernando right into a push on the ball which Blundell wolfed up behind the wickets.

Doug Bracewell then celebrated his return to check cricket after a spot of almost seven years with the wicket of Kusal Mendis, who departed for a duck after Doug Conway took an excellent catch at level.

Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne, who was 16 not out, and nightwatchman Prabath Jayasuriya, unbeaten on 4, will resume on Sunday with Sri Lanka a hefty 554 runs in arrears.