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Seam sees dominant New Zealand close in on Sri Lanka series sweep

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New Zealand maintained their dominance over Sri Lanka in the second Test on Sunday, enforcing a follow-on and setting up the likelihood of a series clean sweep with two days to play.The tourists reached 113-2 in their second innings at stumps on day three but still trailed by 303 runs at Wellington's Basin Reserve.They need a massive turnaround to avoid defeat after being skittled out for 164 in their first innings in response to the Black Caps' 580-4 declared.Starting off with a deficit of 416 runs, they showed more fight in their second turn at bat. READ | Temba Bavuma's stunning century in vain as Proteas lose second ODI to West Indies Captain Dimuth Karunaratne posted his second half-century of the day before being dismissed by counterpart Tim Southee for 51, caught in the deep after fellow-opener Oshada Fernando had been removed cheaply.Kusal Mendis was at the crease on 50 and Angelo Mathews unbeaten on one off 40 balls, with the pair seeing off the last 11.5 overs in stoic fashion.A marathon fight to save the Test still awaits the visitors, whose slim hope of winning to square the two-match series was effectively ended by a slew of rash shots which derailed their first innings.Sri Lanka's tail succumbed rapidly during a chaotic second session, with the last six wickets tumbling for 50 runs in the space of 15.1 overs despite the wicket playing relatively true.Only three batters reached double figures in the first innings, including Karunaratne, who was the ninth man out for 89.The gritty opener had looked to be digging the visitors out of a deep hole when he and Dinesh Chandimal put on 80 for the fifth wicket after the loss of two wickets in the day's opening half-hour reduced them to 34-4.However, Chandimal was

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The first ODI between New Zealand and Sri Lanka on Saturday witnessed a bizarre moment. The match at Eden Park, Auckland was won by New Zealand by a big margin but not before it saw a controversial decision being given by the umpire. On the fourth ball of the 18th over of Sri Lanka's innings, Chamika Karunaratne hit a Blair Tickner delivery towards mid-wicket region and tried to go for  a double. Given a second run was not possible, Karunaratne tried to return to the non-striker's end but he failed to get there in time.
Some crazy scens were witnessed in the first ODI between New Zealand and Sri Lanka on Saturday. While it was the home side that emerged triumphant in the opener, winning the contest by a whopping 198 runs, they did ride their luck at times. During one of the incidents, New Zealand batter Fin Allen found himself incredibly lucky as a delivery from Kasun Rajitha hit his off-stump at full swing, yet the bails remained undisturbed. The Sri Lanka team, the batter and even the commentators were left stunned.
The first ODI between New Zealand and Sri Lanka on Saturday witnessed a bizarre moment. The match at Eden Park, Auckland was won by New Zealand by a big margin but not before it saw a controversial decision being given by the umpire. On the fourth ball of the 18th over of Sri Lanka's innings, Chamika Karunaratne hit a Blair Tickner delivery towards mid-wicket region and tried to go for  a double. Given a second run was not possible, Karunaratne tried to return to the non-striker's end but he failed to get there in time.
Henry Shipley tore through Sri Lanka's batting line-up as New Zealand romped to a 198-run win in the first one-day international in Auckland on Saturday. Playing just his fourth match for the Black Caps, tall seamer Shipley took 5-31 as the tourists were skittled for 76 at Eden Park, their lowest ODI score against New Zealand and their fifth-lowest ever. Sri Lanka's capitulation in 19.5 overs made it their second shortest innings. The visitors never recovered after slumping to 31-5, with only three batters reaching double figures, including top scorer Angelo Mathews (18).

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