The first Test is being played between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Christchurch. New Zealand need 257 runs to win the test. By the end of the fourth day’s play, New Zealand have scored 28 runs losing 1 wicket. Tom Latham and Kane Williamson are unbeaten. In the second innings on the fourth day, Sri Lanka started playing ahead of the score of 83/3. Angelo Mathews took over the innings and carried on and scored a century.

105 run partnership between Mathews and Chandimal
Mathews played an inning of 115 runs for Sri Lanka. Apart from them, Chandimal added 42 and Dhananjay de Silva added 47 runs for the team. There was a 105-run partnership between Mathews and Chandimal. Apart from these, the batting of the team was a flop. Prabhat Jayasuriya 6, Dickwella 0, Rajitha 14, Lahiru Kumara 8 and Asitha Fernando returned to the pavilion after scoring 0 runs.

For New Zealand, Blair Tickner got 4, Matt Henry 3 and Tim Southee got 2 successes.

Devon Conway out for 5 runs
New Zealand started their second innings after dismissing Sri Lanka on the fourth day. Top Latham is unbeaten on 11 runs and Kane Williamson is unbeaten on 7 runs. Devon Conway, who came out to open, got out after scoring 5 runs on Rajitha’s ball.

It is necessary to clean sweep the series to stay in the WTC final
Sri Lanka will have to clean sweep the two-Test series against New Zealand to remain in the final of the World Test Championship. On the other hand, if India wins the fourth Test match starting with Australia in Ahmedabad from Thursday, then this series will not be affected. Sri Lanka will be out of contention for the World Test Championship final.

third day’s play
On the third day, Sri Lanka had scored 83 runs in the second innings at the loss of 3 wickets. While returning, New Zealand had scored 373 runs in the first innings. On the third day, New Zealand lost 5 wickets by adding 211 runs while playing ahead of 165 runs in 5 wickets in their first innings. Daryl Mitchell played a century innings of 102 runs for New Zealand.

second day’s play
Sri Lanka started the second day ahead with a score of 305/6. The team was all out for 355 runs. By the end of the second day’s play on Friday, New Zealand scored 162 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. After the dismissals of Devon Conway and Kane Williamson, New Zealand were dismissed for 67 by Tom Latham and the team scored 162 runs.