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GALLE: Dinesh Chandimal’s century in Galle powered Sri Lanka to 306-3 at stumps on Thursday’s openin
GALLE: Dinesh Chandimal’s century in Galle powered Sri Lanka to 306-3 at stumps on Thursday’s opening day of the second Test against New Zealand. The left-hander was bowled by Glenn Phillips in the final session after hitting 15 boundaries in his knock of 116 — his sixth Test century at the picturesque venue of the Galle International Stadium and his 16th overall. “The pitch is very good for batting compared to the one in the first game, but it was hot and humid and challenging,” Chandimal said. “I was given the new role at number three... I’m glad I have started off well.” Angelo Mathews (78) and Kamindu Mendis (51) will resume for the hosts on the second day. It was a world record eighth consecutive fifty for Kamindu since the 25-year-old’s debut against Australia at the same venue two years ago. Mathews reached his own milestone by becoming only the sixth cricketer to make 2,000 Test runs at a single venue, in his case on the notoriously bowler-friendly Galle pitch, joining a select group that includes the likes of Joe Root and Graham Gooch. Chandimal made his ton with a single off Kiwi spinner Mitchell Santner in a knock that capitalised on loose deliveries. He powered forward after the end of his 122-run stand with Dimuth Karunaratne, who was run out on 46 and walked back to the pavilion fuming after a miscommunication between the pair. “It was a quick single and I wasn’t prepared for it,” Chandimal said. “My fault totally. I accept the blame. I feel sorry for him because he was batting so well.” New Zealand missed two opportunities to break the partnership earlier and failed to halt Sri Lanka’s momentum throughout the day. Daryl Mitchell, fielding at slip, dropped two catches including a chance to get Chandimal out on five in the fourth over. Wicketkeeper Tom Blundell missed a stumping opportunity off Karunaratne. “Obviously no one intends to drop catches and we were at the receiving end today,” Phillips said. “We wanted to bat first as well. We saw how tough it is to bat last on this wicket. But we don’t have a good toss record sadly.” Sri Lanka won the opening match of the two-Test series by 63 runs. New Zealand have not won any of their five previous Tests at Galle. New Zealand players wore black armbands to honour the late Ian Taylor, who was the manager of the Black Caps from 1980 to 1990. P. Nissanka c Blundell b Southee1 D. Karunaratne run out46 D. Chandimal b Phillips116 A. Mathews not out78 Kamindu Mendis not out51 EXTRAS (B-1, LB-8, NB-2, W-3)14 TOTAL (for three wkts, 90 overs)306 FALL OF WICKETS: 1-2 (Nissanka), 2-124 (Karunaratne), 3-221 (Chandimal) STILL TO BAT: D. de Silva, Kusal Mendis, M. Rathnayake, P. Jayasuriya, N. Peiris, A. Fernando BOWLING: Southee 12-1-54-1; O’Rourke 14-1-66-0 (2w, 2nb); Aijaz 27-3-92-0 (1w); Santner 20-3-51-0; Phillips 16-2-33-1; Ravindra 1-0-1-0
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