New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka | 1st Test | Wellington | Dec 15-19, 2018 | Match thread

[Nikhil_cric]

Should be an interesting series. NZ are overwhelming favourites and should rise to number 2 if they whitewash SL. 

[Nikhil_cric]

A decent first day for Lanka by their recent standards. Surprised that they didn't get blown away cheaply in these conditions. Once again, the batting revolved around Karunaratne.

[Jimmy Cliff]

Was just catching up on the highlights for this one. Really entertaining knock by Dickwella today. 

[Clarke]

Latham 264* 

[Lala]

Minnow bashing 

[LordPrabhzy]

4 hours ago, Lala said:

Minnow bashing 

Yes they did that in UAE and now they are doing that at home too 

[SK_IH]

What a supreme effort by Lanka today, batted out whole day without losing a wkt.

[Ankit_sharma03]

What a fight

[Sonix768]

NZ wickets tend to become roads in the 4th and 5th days, a complete reversal to subcontinent pitches. But credit where its due. Its an herculean effort to put such a determined batsmanship, esp the whooping they got from NZ batting for 160 overs and the overnight score was 20-3. Kudos to Mendis and Matthews. They can easily save the test now , which was a distant dream yesterday.

[SK_IH]

March drawn, well done Sri Lanka.