Sri Lanka Register 2-0 Clean Sweep Over New Zealand In Test Series

29.09.2024 - 11:37 sports.ndtv.com

Debutant off-spinner Nishan Peiris took six wickets Sunday to seal Sri Lanka's first series win against New Zealand in 15 years with a crushing victory by an innings and 154 runs in the second Test in Galle.

New Zealand were all out for 360 in their second innings before tea on day four after being asked to follow-on. Peiris, 27, and fellow spinner Prabath Jayasuriya shared 18 wickets in the match, the latter taking 6-42 in the first innings to bundle out the tourists for just 88 after the hosts had amassed a mammoth 602-5 declared.

New Zealand's lower order did put up some fight after resuming at 199-5, with Tom Blundell, Glenn Phillips and Mitchell Santner all making half-centuries.

Peiris, who had taken three second-innings wickets on Saturday, trapped Blundell lbw for 60 early in the first session, ending a 95-run stand with Phillips.

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