New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Day 2 - Cricket Highlights

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Sri Lanka were looking for a lot in the pitch, which was not there hence they were caught in between, we could see the difference in the second innings and with New Zealand, their fast bowlers Southee and Boult, did a great job, tremendous bowling. It was really good to see Sri Lankan openers in second innings, while following on, they were proactive between the wickets, so they were busy all the time and they left the bowl very well, they kept it simple in second innings unlike the first one. Sometimes you create your own daemons by thinking the pitch gonna do a lot, yes, there was a little bit, bit of extra bounce. But, not totally unplayable, they would have learnt that by looking at all their dismissals.
Watch New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Day 2 - Cricket Highlights, 27th December, 2014.

Teams

Sri Lanka: FDM Karunaratne - JK Silva - KC Sangakkara - HDRL Thirimanne - AD Mathews* - N Dickwella - HAPW Jayawardene† - PHT Kaushal - KTGD Prasad - RMS Eranga - RAS Lakmal

New Zealand: TWM Latham - HD Rutherford - KS Williamson - LRPL Taylor - BB McCullum* - JDS Neesham - BJ Watling† - MD Craig - TG Southee - N Wagner - TA Boult