new zealand vs sri lanka, good news for team india, new zealand hit back at sri lanka, christchurch test at exciting turn – daryl mitchell century new zealand take lead in first innings vs sri lanka

Christchurch: Daryl Mitchell’s brilliant century and Matt Henry’s 72 off 75 balls helped New Zealand take a first innings lead against Sri Lanka on the third day of the first cricket Test on Saturday. Mitchell scored 102 while Henry played an aggressive innings. Apart from these, Neil Wagner scored 27 runs from 24 balls, which helped New Zealand to take an 18-run lead by scoring 373 runs in their first innings. Sri Lanka, who scored 355 runs in the first innings, have scored 83 runs for three wickets in their second innings till the end of the third day’s play and now they have got a lead of 65 runs. Angelo Mathews was playing on 20 when the stumps were uprooted.

Mitchell’s 5th Test century

New Zealand had lost 5 wickets for 162 runs on the second day. New Zealand were 193 runs behind Sri Lanka and the visitors had a chance to build up a big lead. But the lower-order batsmen supported Mitchell well. Michael Bracewell and captain Tim Southee made useful contributions of 25-25 runs. Mitchell completed his fifth century off 187 balls and his first against Sri Lanka.

henry stormy innings

On the other hand, Henry batted in a stormy manner and completed his fifth half-century. He hit 10 fours and three sixes in his innings. These include four fours and a six in one over by Kasun Rajita. For Sri Lanka, Asitha Fernando dismissed 4 while Lahiru Kumara dismissed 3 batsmen. Sri Lanka lost the wickets of Oshada Fernando (28), Dimuth Karunaratne (17) and Kusal Mendis (14) in their second innings. Blair Tickner took all three wickets.

It is necessary for Team India to win New Zealand or at least draw this match. In this situation, India will reach the final of the ICC World Test Championship even after losing the Ahmedabad Test.

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