Sri Lanka lost by innings and 58 runs against New Zealand on the last ball of the fourth day. The Lankans put up a great fight in the second innings to follow up the second Test against New Zealand. There was an opportunity to move the Test to a fifth day. If he could have done something good in the last wicket, he might have taken the lead. But Chris Silverwood’s men lost by innings and 58 runs after losing a wicket on the last ball of the fourth day. Sri Lanka is unfortunate. Despite a great fight in the first test, he lost in the last ball. In the second test, Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls hit the visitors with a double century. Crushed by the pressure of runs, the Lankans were all out for 164 in the first innings and fell into the follow-on. They put up a great fight going down to the follow-on. Dimuth Karunaratne 51, Kushal Mendis 50, Dinesh Chandimal 62,

Dhananjaya De Silver 98 and Nishan Madushkar 39 scored 318 for 7 on the fourth day today. There was a chance to take the match to the fifth day. But the tail-enders couldn’t take advantage. Sri Lanka was bowled out for 358 after losing their wicket on the last ball of the day. They lost by innings and 58 runs. 2-0 in the series loss. Tim Southee and Blair Tickner took 3 wickets each with the ball. Michael Bracewell took 2 wickets. Henry Nicholls became the man of the match by scoring his first career unbeaten double-century. And Kane Williamson scored 337 runs in two Tests and became the best in the series.

Summary Score:

New Zealand:
First innings- 580/4 Dec. (Williamson 215, Nicholls 200*; Rajitha 2/126).

Sri Lanka:
First Innings – 164/10 (Karunaratne 89, Chandimal 37; Henry 3/44, Bracewell 3/50).
Second innings – 358/10 (Dhananjaya 98, Chandimal 62; Southee 3/51, Tinker 3/83).

Result: New Zealand won by innings and 58 runs.