New Zealand finally defeat Sri Lanka to level series

In the past few months we saw New Zealand really play well but were not rewarded as they lost either due to the duckward lewis system,rains and one bad over.The same was not to be in the second test match against Sri Lanka where they trashed the home team by a margin of 167 runs.Ross Taylor led from the front along with Kane Williamson to make centuries to help New Zealand attain and lead and executed their plans brilliantly to win the second test match to level series 1-1 against Sri Lanka.Below are the highlights and the full scorecard of the 2nd test match.


Highlights of the Match:
Sri Lanka:

1st Innings:

T T Samaraweera - 76

R.Herath - 3 Wickets

Second Innings: 

Angelo Matthews - 84

R.Herath - 3 Wickets

New Zealand:

1st Innings:

Ross Taylor - 142

Kane Williamson - 135

Tim Southee - 5 Wickets

T Boult - 4 Wickets

2nd Innings:


Tim Southee - 3 Wickets

T Boult - 3 Wickets

Scorecard:

Sri Lanka - 2nd Innings Batting		Runs	Mins	6s	4s	Balls	SR
N.T. Paranavitana	lbw b Southee	0	1	0	0	1	0
T.M. Dilshan	c van Wyk b Southee	14	33	0	1	23	60.87
K C Sangakkara	b Bracewell	16	57	0	2	34	47.06
D.P.M.D. Jayawardene	c van Wyk b Bracewell	5	36	0	1	24	20.83
T T Samaraweera	run out	7	63	0	1	37	18.92
A D Mathews	c Guptill b Boult	84	298	1	11	228	36.84
H.A.P.W. Jayawardene	c van Wyk b Astle	29	136	0	2	108	26.85
H.K.S.R. Kaluhalamulla	c Guptill b Boult	0	20	0	0	11	0
K M D N Kulasekara	c Williamson b Boult	18	62	2	1	40	45
R.M.S. Eranga	c Williamson b Southee	0	8	0	0	4	0
H.M.R.K.B. Herath	not out	6	14	0	1	5	120
Extras	(NB 0, W 1, B 4, LB 11 )	16
Total	All Out, 10 wkts, 85.5 overs	195	(2.28 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-122 (Kaluhalamulla), 2-168 (Kulasekara), 3-195 (Mathews), 4-0 (Paranavitana), 5-35 (Dilshan), 6-41 (Sangakkara), 7-46 (Jayawardene), 8-63 (Samaraweera), 9-119 (Mathews), 10-169 (Eranga)

New Zealand(2nd innings) Bowling	O	M	R	E	W
T G Southee	20.0	5	58	2.90	3
T A Boult	17.5	6	33	1.89	3
D A J Bracewell	13.0	6	13	1.00	2
J S Patel	16.0	7	20	1.25	0
T D Astle	18.0	4	56	3.11	1
D Flynn	1.0	1	0		0

New Zealand - 2nd Innings Batting		Runs	Mins	6s	4s	Balls	SR
M J Guptill	c Dilshan b Eranga	11	43	0	0	28	39.29
B B McCullum	s Jayawardene b Herath	35	75	0	7	43	81.40
K S Williamson	c Paranavitana b Kulasekara	18	52	0	0	42	42.86
L R P L Taylor	run out	75	166	0	2	95	78.95
D Flynn	lbw b Kulasekara	0	1	0	0	1	0.00
C F K van Wyk	c Paranavitana b Herath	0	1	0	0	1	0.00
T D Astle	c Dilshan b Kaluhalamulla	35	133	0	3	100	35.00
D A J Bracewell	c Kulasekara b Herath	1	5	0	0	3	33.33
T G Southee	not out	8	12	1	0	4	200.00
J S Patel	s Jayawardene b Kaluhalamulla	0	4	0	0	2	0.00
T A Boult	not out	6	5	0	1	7	85.71
Extras	(NB 2, W 0, B 0, LB 3 )	5
Total	Declared, 9 wkts, 54.0 overs	194	(3.59 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (McCullum), 2-56 (Williamson), 3-74 (Flynn), 4-74 (van Wyk), 5-75 (Taylor), 6- (Guptill), 7-172 (Bracewell), 8-177 (Southee), 9-180 (Patel), 10-182 (Boult)

Sri Lanka(2nd innings)Bowling	O	M	R	E	W
K M D N Kulasekara	12.0	2	47	3.92	2
R.M.S. Eranga	10.0	1	39	3.90	1
H.M.R.K.B. Herath	21.0	3	67	3.19	3
H.K.S.R. Kaluhalamulla	11.0	1	38	3.45	2

Sri Lanka - 1st Innings Batting		Runs	Mins	6s	4s	Balls	SR
N.T. Paranavitana	c van Wyk b Southee	40	192	0	3	112	35.71
T.M. Dilshan	b Southee	5	12	0	1	8	62.50
K C Sangakkara	c Boult b Southee	0	2	0	0	2	0.00
D.P.M.D. Jayawardene	c Williamson b Boult	4	10	0	1	5	80.00
A D Mathews	c Guptill b Southee	47	174	1	5	111	42.34
T T Samaraweera	c Guptill b Boult	76	227	0	5	167	45.51
H.A.P.W. Jayawardene	c Williamson b Patel	12	44	0	1	25	48.00
H.K.S.R. Kaluhalamulla	lbw b Boult	39	180	0	3	117	33.33
K M D N Kulasekara	c Taylor b Southee	6	16	0	1	9	66.67
H.M.R.K.B. Herath	c Williamson b Boult	5	14	0	1	6	83.33
R.M.S. Eranga	not out	3	6	0	0	5	60.00
Extras	(NB 3, W 1, B 0, LB 3 )	7
Total	All Out, 10 wkts, 94.0 overs	244	(2.60 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Dilshan), 2-7 (Sangakkara), 3-12 (Jayawardene), 4-102 (Paranavitana), 5-103 (Mathews), 6-128 (Jayawardene), 7-225 (Samaraweera), 8-225 (Kaluhalamulla)

New Zealand(1st Innings)Bowling	O	M	R	E	W
T G Southee	22.0	4	62	2.82	5
T A Boult	21.0	7	42	2.00	4
J S Patel	22.0	3	47	2.14	1
T D Astle	13.0	2	41	3.15	0
D A J Bracewell	13.0	1	44	3.38	0
K S Williamson	3.0	1	5	1.67	0

New Zealand - 1st Innings Batting		Runs	Mins	6s	4s	Balls	SR
M J Guptill	c Mathews b Kulasekara	4	2	0	1	6	66.67
B B McCullum	lbw b Eranga	4	16	0	0	10	40.00
K S Williamson	lbw b Herath	135	423	0	12	305	44.26
L R P L Taylor	lbw b Herath	142	390	0	11	306	46.41
D Flynn	lbw b Herath	53	197	0	3	135	39.26
C F K van Wyk	b Dilshan	0	4	0	0	3	0.00
T D Astle	lbw b Herath	3	31	0	0	36	8.33
D A J Bracewell	c Herath b Kaluhalamulla	24	50	0	2	37	64.86
T G Southee	b Herath	15	41	0	0	34	44.12
J S Patel	not out	25	51	1	2	45	55.56
T A Boult	b Herath	1	3	0	0	3	33.33
Extras	(NB 2, W 0, B 2, LB 2 )	6
Total	All Out, 10 wkts, 153.0 overs	412	(2.69 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Guptill), 2-300 (Flynn), 3-300 (Astle), 4-291 (van Wyk), 5-410 (Flynn), 6-346 (Flynn), 7-346 (Bracewell), 8-374 (Flynn), 9-374 (Southee)

Sri Lanka(1st innings)Bowling	O	M	R	E	W
K M D N Kulasekara	24.0	2	76	3.17	1
R.M.S. Eranga	22.0	0	91	4.14	1
A D Mathews	10.0	1	25	2.50	0
H.M.R.K.B. Herath	49.0	10	103	2.10	6
H.K.S.R. Kaluhalamulla	39.0	3	94	2.41	1
T.M. Dilshan	9.0	2	19	2.11	1