SL vs NZ: Sri Lanka In A Strong Position On The Basis Of Matthews’ Century

SL vs NZ: Sri Lanka is in a strong position on the basis of Matthews’ century, Kiwi team got a target of 285 runs.

SL vs NZ 1st Test Day 4. In the first Test match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand being played at Hagley Over in Christchurch.

The Sri Lankan team has given a target of 285 runs to win against the Kiwi team on the fourth day’s play.

At stumps on the fourth day, the Kiwi team scored 28 runs in their second innings at the loss of 1 wicket. At this time Top Latham (11 *) and Kane Williamson (7 *) are present at the crease on the run.

The visiting team Sri Lanka started the fourth day ahead of their 3 wickets for 83 runs. In the fourth day’s play, the Sri Lankan team scored a total of 302 runs in 105.3 overs.

Angelo Mathews scored a brilliant century for the team. He played an inning of 115 runs facing 235 balls, which included a total of 11 fours. This was the 4th test century of his Test career.

Apart from him, Dinesh Chandimal played an inning of 42 runs and also crossed the 5000 runs mark in his Test cricket.

During this, Chandimal became the 11th Sri Lankan batsman to do so. Apart from this, Dhananjay de Silva played an inning of 47 runs.

The Sri Lankan team scored 355 runs in the first innings. In response, the New Zealand team scored 373 runs. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see which team wins on the fifth day of the game.

SL vs NZ: The condition of the second innings of the New Zealand team.

In the second innings of the New Zealand team, the team got its first blow in the form of opener Devon Conway.

He returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs off 16 balls. Currently, Tom Latham (11) and Kane Williamson (7) are batting on runs. He will try his best to give a boost to the team in the next day’s game.