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The pitch has definitely eased out and we can see the ball disturbing the surface on occasions. That’s a sign the moisture has dried out. The hosts need early inroads tomorrow to ensure this doesn’t get out of hand. A lead of 80 odd runs is what the visitors would be looking for. Let’s hope the weather is as kind as it was today, if not better. Play resumes at 09:45. See you then!

17:47 Local Time, 12:17 GMT, 17:47 IST: The light isn’t good enough to carry on and that is stumps on Day 3. The Sri Lankan players congratulate Latham for his stupendous effort. Sri Lanka began very well with the ball, the pressure was on with Williamson departinge early, but the left-hander showed great composure – treating the bowling on merit. Taylor perished early to raise Sri Lanka’s hopes of bowling New Zealand out, but Latham killed all of it with his doggedness. He found good company in Watling and the duo ate away at the deficit. New Zealand will be very happy to lose only 4 wickets at this stage.

The pitch has definitely eased out and we can see the ball disturbing the surface on occasions. That’s a sign the moisture has dried out. The hosts need early inroads tomorrow to ensure this doesn’t get out of hand. A lead of 80 odd runs is what the visitors would be looking for. Let’s hope the weather is as kind as it was today, if not better. Play resumes at 09:45. See you then!

17:47 Local Time, 12:17 GMT, 17:47 IST: The light isn’t good enough to carry on and that is stumps on Day 3. The Sri Lankan players congratulate Latham for his stupendous effort. Sri Lanka began very well with the ball, the pressure was on with Williamson departinge early, but the left-hander showed great composure – treating the bowling on merit. Taylor perished early to raise Sri Lanka’s hopes of bowling New Zealand out, but Latham killed all of it with his doggedness. He found good company in Watling and the duo ate away at the deficit. New Zealand will be very happy to lose only 4 wickets at this stage.

62

Runs Scored: 2

0 1 1 0 0 0

Score after 62 overs

NZ 196-4

Watling

25(62)

Latham

111(184)

Lasith Embuldeniya

18-1-58-1

61.6

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, wanted to run down the pitch, but Lasith Embuldeniya followed him and kept him calm

61.5

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, swept away fine towards fine leg

61.4

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, covers the line and defends

61.3

Lasith Embuldeniya to Latham, 1 run, flighted delivery, flicked to deep mid-wicket

Karunaratne is not on the field due to a thigh strain. Mathews leading the side. He will not have trouble batting though

61.2

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, 1 run, worked away to mid-wicket

61.1

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, spinning away outside off stump, Watling cuts towards point

Umpires discussing. Looks like the light just okay for now

The pitch has definitely eased out and we can see the ball disturbing the surface on occasions. That’s a sign the moisture has dried out. The hosts need early inroads tomorrow to ensure this doesn’t get out of hand. A lead of 80 odd runs is what the visitors would be looking for. Let’s hope the weather is as kind as it was today, if not better. Play resumes at 09:45. See you then!

17:47 Local Time, 12:17 GMT, 17:47 IST: The light isn’t good enough to carry on and that is stumps on Day 3. The Sri Lankan players congratulate Latham for his stupendous effort. Sri Lanka began very well with the ball, the pressure was on with Williamson departinge early, but the left-hander showed great composure – treating the bowling on merit. Taylor perished early to raise Sri Lanka’s hopes of bowling New Zealand out, but Latham killed all of it with his doggedness. He found good company in Watling and the duo ate away at the deficit. New Zealand will be very happy to lose only 4 wickets at this stage.

62

Runs Scored: 2

0 1 1 0 0 0

Score after 62 overs

NZ 196-4

Watling

25(62)

Latham

111(184)

Lasith Embuldeniya

18-1-58-1

61.6

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, wanted to run down the pitch, but Lasith Embuldeniya followed him and kept him calm

61.5

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, swept away fine towards fine leg

61.4

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, covers the line and defends

61.3

Lasith Embuldeniya to Latham, 1 run, flighted delivery, flicked to deep mid-wicket

Karunaratne is not on the field due to a thigh strain. Mathews leading the side. He will not have trouble batting though

61.2

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, 1 run, worked away to mid-wicket

61.1

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, spinning away outside off stump, Watling cuts towards point

Umpires discussing. Looks like the light just okay for now

61

Runs Scored: 2

0 0 0 0 0 2

Score after 61 overs

NZ 194-4

Latham

110(183)

Watling

24(57)

Dilruwan Perera

25-3-76-2

60.6

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, 2 runs, cut away nicely behind point, the man sweeping the off-side fence tidies up

60.5

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, no run, flighted delivery just outside off stump, Latham defends

60.4

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, no run, rushes Latham in his back foot defence, but he’s watched the ball closely onto the bat there

60.3

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, no run, low full toss it turns out to be, Latham defends

60.2

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, no run, punched off the back foot, but the man at short point intervenes

60.1

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, no run, flatter delivery just outside off stump, Latham defends off the back foot

60

Runs Scored: 7

4 2 0 1 0 0

Score after 60 overs

NZ 192-4

Watling

24(57)

Latham

108(177)

Lasith Embuldeniya

17-1-56-1

59.6

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, blocked to silly-point

59.5

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, very full delivery, Watling defends

59.4

Lasith Embuldeniya to Latham, 1 run, advances and drives to long-on

59.3

Lasith Embuldeniya to Latham, no run, defended from the crease

59.2

Lasith Embuldeniya to Latham, 2 runs, what is happening out there? Firstly sharp turn forced Latham to glance, the ball fell just in front of the man at leg gully, the ball ricochets into the off-side, Watling wants a run, yes-no, eventually they go through, and then the bowler fails to collect the throw, extra run stolen

Now leg gully added

59.1

Lasith Embuldeniya to Latham, FOUR, leg-side delivery, swept away very fine, no one at fine leg to cut that off

59

Runs Scored: 5

4 0 0 0 1 0

Score after 59 overs

NZ 185-4

Watling

24(55)

Latham

101(173)

Dilruwan Perera

24-3-74-2

58.6

Dilruwan Perera to Watling, no run, reads the spin off the surface and defends into the on-side

58.5

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, 1 run, shortish delivery, Latham cuts square of the wicket on the off-side

58.4

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, no run, beaten, sharp turn, Latham wanted to defend off the back foot, the ball bounced and almost took the edge

58.3

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, no run, blocked down the pitch

58.2

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, no run, defended into the on-side

58.1

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, FOUR, this 10th Test hundred is special from Latham. Could well be match-winning/saving. The dressing room is up on the feet applauding. Latham pulled this short delivery through mid-wicket and got to the hundred. Sri Lanka had their tails up and were bowling really well in the afternoon, but Latham hung in there, absorbed everything and came out on top

58

Runs Scored: 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

Score after 58 overs

NZ 180-4

Watling

24(54)

Latham

96(168)

Lasith Embuldeniya

16-1-49-1

57.6

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, spinning away outside off stump, Watling lets it go

57.5

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, flighted delivery outside off stump, Watling defend

57.4

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, flighted delivery on the off stump, Watling defends

57.3

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, defended right under his eyes

57.2

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, forward-defended

57.1

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, spinning away outside off stump, left alone

57

Runs Scored: 8

0 1 3 2 0 2

Score after 57 overs

NZ 180-4

Latham

96(168)

Watling

24(48)

Dilruwan Perera

23-3-69-2

56.6

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, 2 runs, top edge! Oh dear, has it cost him a hundred? Escapes. Lands well in front of Lakmal, who tried to attack the ball and eventually overran. Flighted delivery on the stumps, Latham goes for the sweep and gets an edge that evades short fine leg and deep backward square leg

56.5

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, no run, flighted delivery on the off stump, Latham defends

56.4

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, 2 runs, flighted delivery on the leg stump, Latham steps out and flicks to deep mid-wicket, rushes back for two

56.3

Dilruwan Perera to Watling, 3 runs, shortish delivery outside off stump, Latham punches off the back foot, or tried to, edged wide of the man at slip, Dhananjaya hunted it down with a dive

56.2

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, 1 run, nice sweep shot from outside off stump to deep square leg

56.1

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, no run, flighted delivery on the leg stump, Latham defends off the back foot

56

Runs Scored: 1

1 0 0 0 0 0

Score after 56 overs

NZ 172-4

Watling

21(47)

Latham

91(163)

Lasith Embuldeniya

15-0-49-1

55.6

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, steps out and defends

55.5

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, pushed away from the crease

55.4

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, flatter delivery outside off stump, Watling cuts into the off-side

55.3

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, fullish delivery on the stumps, Watling defends

55.2

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, blocked

55.1

Lasith Embuldeniya to Latham, 1 run, oh Latham is lucky that the ball took the glove and deflected to short leg, he ran down the pitch and couldn’t cover the leg-side line, just tried to fend and escaped

55

Runs Scored: 1

0 0 1 0 0 0

Score after 55 overs

NZ 171-4

Watling

21(42)

Latham

90(162)

Dilruwan Perera

22-3-61-2

54.6

Dilruwan Perera to Watling, no run, steps out and drives to mid-off

54.5

Dilruwan Perera to Watling, no run, spinning down the leg-side

54.4

Dilruwan Perera to Watling, no run, fullish and outside off stump, Watling defends

54.3

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, 1 run, flighted delivery on the stumps, Latham paddle-sweeps to square leg

54.2

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, no run, late-dabs to point

54.1

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, no run, flighted delivery just outside off stump, Latham defends off the front foot

Play extended till 17:43

54

Runs Scored: 4

0 0 0 4 0 0

Score after 54 overs

NZ 170-4

Watling

21(39)

Latham

89(159)

Lasith Embuldeniya

14-0-48-1

53.6

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, flighted delivery, driven into the off-side

53.5

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, on the off stump, Watling defends

53.4

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, FOUR, great use of the feet, Mathews lets it go through at cover, Watling got to the pitch of the ball and drove it all along the ground, should have been cut off though

53.3

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, defended off the front foot again

53.2

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, advances and kills the spin with a forward defence

53.1

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, lovely delivery! Can’t play that, this flighted delivery pitches on off stump and turns big, disturbs the surface, Watling was wanting to defend, completely foxed by the spin

53

Runs Scored: 2

0 0 1 1 0 0

Score after 53 overs

NZ 166-4

Latham

89(159)

Watling

17(33)

Dilruwan Perera

21-3-60-2

52.6

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, no run, flighted delivery, blocked

52.5

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, no run, spinning away outside off stump, Latham covers the stumps and lets it pass

52.4

Dilruwan Perera to Watling, 1 run, runs down the pitch, meets the ball with soft hands and runs a single

52.3

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, 1 run, quicker delivery, but Latham has it covered, punches to off-side from the crease

52.2

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, no run, defended nicely off the front foot

52.1

Dilruwan Perera to Latham, no run, flatter delivery on the off stump, Latham defends off the back foot

52

Runs Scored: 5

0 4 0 1L 0 0

Score after 52 overs

NZ 164-4

Watling

16(32)

Latham

88(154)

Lasith Embuldeniya

13-0-44-1

51.6

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, solidly defended off the front foot

51.5

Lasith Embuldeniya to Watling, no run, steps out and drives to cover

51.4

Lasith Embuldeniya to Latham, leg byes, 1 run, advances and tries to flick, misses, hit on the pad, rolls into off-side

51.3

Lasith Embuldeniya to Latham, no run, flighted delivery on the off stump, Latham defends off the front foot

51.2

Lasith Embuldeniya to Latham, FOUR, steps out and takes it on the full, Latham doesn’t try to over-hit, just flicks along the ground and times it sweetly to beat the man in the deep

51.1

Lasith Embuldeniya to Latham, no run, on the leg stump, Latham fends to short leg