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18 Aug 2019
Sri Lanka beat New Zealand: Here are the records broken
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Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in the first Test match by six wickets at Galle.
Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne amassed a superb century to help Lanka chase down a target of 268.
The Lankan team has taken a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series.
It was a terrific show by the Lankans to down the Kiwis.
Here are the records that were broken.
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Chase
Lanka script another famous chase in Test cricket
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Since 2016, this was the fourth highest fourth innings total chased down by a team in Test cricket.
The Lankan team has been part of three successful chases out of these.
This was also Sri Lanka's second-best chase at home in a Test since 2016.
Their highest chase is 388 versus Zimbabwe in Colombo 2017.
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Karunaratne
Karunaratne slams ninth career Test hundred
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Karunaratne slammed a superb 122 in the second innings.
This was the skipper's ninth career Test hundred.
He has now raced to 4,235 Test runs at 36.82.
He shared a stunning 161-run stand for the first wicket with Lahiru Thirimanne (64).
Thirimanne slammed his sixth career Test fifty as well.
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Twitter Post
Sri Lanka continue to excel
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Sri Lanka's recent fourth innings victories:
— ICC (@ICC) August 18, 2019
v 🌴 at Bridgetown 👉 won by 4 wickets
v 🇿🇦 at Durban 👉 won by 1 wicket
v 🇿🇦 at Port Elizabeth 👉 won by 8 wickets
v 🇳🇿 at Galle 👉 won by 6 wickets
Which one is your favourite? pic.twitter.com/w2T0wx604w -
Test feats
Taylor, Watling notch impressive Test feats
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Ross Taylor smashed a superb 86 in the first innings.
The veteran batsman raced to 6,816 Test runs and is closing in on New Zealand's highest run-scorer Stephen Fleming (7,172).
This was also the 31st career Test fifty for Taylor.
BJ Watling was the highest run-scorer for NZ in the second innings (77).
This was his 17th career Test fifty.
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Bowling
Dananjaya and Patel impress with fifers
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Akila Dananjaya picked up a fifer in the first innings (5/80).
This was his fourth five-wicket haul in Tests.
New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel also impressed everyone with a strong spell of 5/89 in the first innings.
This was his second career five-wicket haul.
Both the spinners finished with six wickets each in the Test match.
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SL vs NZ
How did the match pan out?
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New Zealand were bowled out for 249 in the first innings.
Suranga Lakmal and Dananjaya took nine wickets between them.
Lanka managed 267 next with a few strong contributions helping them take an 18-run lead.
Watling's 77 saw the Kiwis post 285/10 in the second innings.
Lanka then got past the target with both their openers shining upfront.
