Preview:
Sri Lanka will look forward to wrapping up a home series when they next face New Zealand in the second and the final Test game at the P.Sara Oval, Colombo.
Sri Lanka would be high on confidence after registering a comprehensive win by 6 wickets in the first test and starting their ICC World test Championship with a win.
Thanks to Dimuth Karunaratne’s second-innings ton. This was perfect revenge by Lankans after they were crushed down by New Zealand away in December.
Meanwhile, now New Zealand would be preparing themselves for the second test and will be wanting to bounce back strong. New Zealand has lost their last two away series and hopefully, they would try to avoid the third one at any cost.
The match is set to begin at 10 AM IST.
Match Schedule:
Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 2nd Test
P.Sara Oval, Colombo
22 August 2019, 10:00 AM IST
Pitch Report:
This lesser-used Test venue offers more pace and bounce than other venues in Sri Lanka. Well talking about the weather, the conditions might not favor this test. There are a lot of changes that rain would come in between this mouth-watering contest.
Venue Stat:
Avg 1st inn score: 312
Avg 2nd inn score: 331
Avg 3rd inn score: 244
Avg 4th inn score: 178
Highest Total: 541/9 (111 Ov) by SL vs BAN
Lowest Total: 62/10 (25.2 Ov) by BAN vs SL
Highest Chased: 352/9 (113.3 Ov) by SL vs RSA
Lowest Defended: 171/10 (65.5 Ov) by WI vs SL
Venue facts:
26 out of 36 wickets were picked up by spinners in the last Test (SL vs BAN, 2017) at P Sara Oval in Colombo.
Team Form in Last Five Matches
Sri Lanka: W, W, W, L, L
New Zealand: L, W, W, W, W, W
SL vs NZ Head to Head
Matches Played: 35
Sri Lanka Won: 9
New Zealand Won: 15
Tie: 00
Draw: 11
Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Team News:
- After achieving the glory in the first test, Lankans are likely to step with their winning combination.
- Dilruwan Perera is fit and will very likely come into the side in place of the still green Lasith Embuldeniya.
- Dimuth Karunaratne led the team.
- Todd Astle, Colin de Grandhomme, Tom Blundell and Neil Wagner were on the bench for New Zealand side.
- Colin de Grandhomme can come in place of William Somerville as he could get some valuable runs further down the order and can be effective with the ball as well.
Squad:
Sri Lanka Squad:
Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Niroshan Dickwella, Dhananjaya De Silva, Akila Dananjaya, L Embuldeniya, Suranga Lakmal, Lahiru Kumara, Oshada Fernando, Lakshan Sandakan, Vishwa Fernando
New Zealand Squad:
Kane Williamson (c), Todd Astle, Tom Blundell, Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Ajaz Patel, Jeet Raval, Will Somerville, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner, BJ Watling.
Probable Playing 11:
Sri Lanka:
Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Akila Dananjaya, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Lahiru Kumara, Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Kusal Perera
New Zealand:
Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Ajaz Patel, Jeet Raval, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling (wk)
SL vs NZ Dream11 Team Prediction:
Fantasy Picks from Sri Lanka:
- Dimuth Karunaratne smashed critical 122 runs in the second Sri Lanka inning in the first test. His 161-run opening partnership with opener Lahiru Thirimanne was much needed.
- S Lakmal and Akila Dhananjaya together bagged 9 wickets in the first innings for Sri Lanka.
- Lasith Embuldeniya plucked four wickets in the second inning at an economy of 2.68.
- Joining the Test team, A Mathews made his mark by score 50 runs in the first innings, whereas, he could just score 28 runs in the second innings.
Fantasy picks from New Zealand:
- Both Ross Taylor (142 & 74) and Kane Williamson (135 & 18) scored hundreds when they last time played a Test at P Sara Oval, Colombo in 2012.
- Williamson has 20 test centuries to his name from 73 innings and an average of 52.50.
- Henry Nicholls scored 162* in the test match last December against Sri Lanka and he sits fifth in the world test rankings.
- Ajaz Patel bagged five wickets in the first innings for New Zealand.
- T Boult got three wickets in the first test. His next wicket in the test will be his 250th in test cricket. He would be eagerly waiting for it.
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