GALLE: Sri Lanka failed to need long at the very last morning in Galle to wrap matters up, taking just 15 mins to grab the final New Zealand wickets and secure a sixty three-run win within the first Test. The result way Sri Lanka cross 1-zero up within the -suit series, even as also leapfrogging New Zealand as much as 1/3 region within the World Test Championship (WTC) points table. Prabath Jayasuriya became at the vanguard of Sri Lanka’s fee, completing with figures of five for sixty eight – his eighth 5-wicket haul, and his seventh in Galle. He ended with suit figures of 9 for 204, taking domestic the Player-of-the-Match award. After having fought so difficult the day past, Rachin Ravindra lasted just 8 deliveries into the primary consultation of the final morning as Jayasuriya trapped him in front with an arm ball for ninety two off 168 balls. Coming around the wicket, Jayasuriya tossed one up on leg as Ravindra was caught in the crease playing down the wrong line. He reviewed, however as soon as it changed into confirmed to be pitching in line, there could be no saving him. And any lingering hopes of a well-known rearguard have been then swiftly quashed, as Will O’Rourke stored out just 5 deliveries earlier than the 6th slipped beyond his forward defence and on to off stump at hand Jayasuriya his fifth wicket of the innings. O’Rourke wouldn’t quite be glad with how the sport ended after an excellent displaying in the game as he completed with 8 wickets to his call – the second-most across the Test, and similar to Ajaz Patel. In terms of the way this result influences the WTC, it keeps Sri Lanka’s outside hopes of a berth within the final alive. But for New Zealand, it makes their assignment notably more difficult, with an away collection towards India and a home collection England developing within the following couple of months. There can be no time to live in this result for either team, with just a -day damage earlier than the second one Test receives underway on Thursday – additionally in Galle.
