Young hopefuls Jayasundera and Vithanage come good
View(s):Two contrasting half centuries by hopefuls – Udara Jayasundera and Kithuruwan Vithanage stood in good stead for the young Lankan who are looking their first Test against New Zealand on Thursday at the University oval at Dunedin.
New Zealand who were 285 for 7 in reply to the Lankan first innings total of 193, declared at 399 for 8 with fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera grabbing one more wicket to finish with figures of 4 for 57 in 10.3 overs.
Batting for the second time, the Lankans lost the wicket of Manoj Mendis early – with the scorecard reading a bleak 1 for 7. But, a 108 run stand for the second wicket between Jayasundera and Vithanage saw them gaining some respectability at 115 for 2.
Jayasundera’s 63 was made up with the use of 153 balls in 216 minutes and nine fours while Kithuruwan Vithanage’s 61 also had nine fours, but, made up in 144 minutes and 109 balls.
Then two more useful knocks by Dinesh Chandimal (29) and Angelo Mathews (54 not out) saw the match fizzle out into a tame draw. Mathews hit seven fours facing 87 balls while Chandimal hit four fours in his inning.
Kithruwan Vithanage made 70 vs NZ
Scoreboard
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
Dimuth Karunaratne c Phillips b Tickner 93
Kusal Mendis c Smith b Wagner 13
Udara Jayasundera b Johnston 21
Kithuruwan Vithanage b Johnston 4
Dinesh Chandimal c Phillips b Johnston 0
Angelo Mathews c Phillips b Wagner 3
Milinda Siriwardena b Wagner 1
Kusal Perera c Harden b McCone 1
Rangana Herath c Phillips b Johnston 34
Dhammika Prasad not out 3
Dushmantha Chameera c Smith b Tickner 6
Extras (b3, lb8, w1, nb2) 14
Total (All out; 72.5 overs) 193
Fall of wickets: 29-1 (Mendis, 11), 85-2 (Jayasundera, 31.2), 89-3 (Vithanage, 33.4), 89-4 (Chandimal, 33.5), 93-5 (Mathews, 37.2), 103-6 (Siriwardena, 43.5), 113-7 (Perera, 48.1), 172-8 (Karunaratne, 66.1), 186-9 (Herath, 69.3), 193-10 (Chameera, 72.5)Bowling: Neil Wagner 16-5-31-3, Ryan McCone 13-3-33-1, James Baker 6-1-11-0, Matt McEwan 6-3-15-0, Blair Tickner 15.5-2-49-2, Tim Johnston 16-3-43-4,
Udara Jayasundera
New Zealand Board Presidents
XI 1st Innings
Bharat Popli c Chameera b Siriwardena 79
Ben Smith b Chameera 81
Joe Carter c Mathews b D Perera 18
Glenn Phillips lbw b Chameera 4
Ken McClure c Mendis b Vandersay 4
Shawn Hicks not out 79
Neil Wagner lbw b D Perera 1
Joel Harden b Chameera 27
Tim Johnston c Karunaratne b Chameera 62
Extras (b5, lb16, w2, nb21) 44
Total (8 wkts; 84.3 overs) 399
Did not Bat: Ryan McCone, James Baker, Matt McEwan, Blair Tickner
Fall of wickets: 179-1 (Smith, 38.3), 181-2 (Popli, 39.2), 186-3 (Phillips, 40.5), 211-4 (McClure, 48.2), 219-5 (Carter, 53.1), 221-6 (Wagner, 53.5), 272-7 (Harden, 65), 399-8 (Johnston, 84.3)
Bowling: Dhammika Prasad 4-0-20-0 (1nb), Nuwan Pradeep 9-0-44-0 (6nb), Suranga Lakmal 13- 1-60-0 (6nb, 1w), Dushmantha Chameera 10.3-1-57-4 (3nb, 1w), Angelo Mathews 5-0-25-0, Rangana Herath 5-3-5-0, Milinda Siriwardana 10-0-49-1 (1nb), Dilruwan Perera 13-3-31-2 (1nb), Jeffrey Vandersay 10-1-66-1, Udara Jayasundera 4-0-17-0 (2nb), Dinesh Chandimal 1-0-4-0
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
Udara Jayasundera c Tickner b Johnston 63
Kusal Mendis c Popli b Wagner 2
Kithuruwan Vithanage c Smith b McCone 61
Dinesh Chandimal c McClure b Baker 29
Angelo Mathews not out 54
Kusal Perera b Baker 0
Dimuth Karunaratne b McEwan 5
Dilruwan Perera not out 0
Extras (b6, lb5, nb1) 12
Total (6 wkts; 71 overs) 226
Did not bat: Milinda Siriwardena, Suranga Lakmal, Dhammika Prasad, Rangana Herath, Nuwan Pradeep, Jeffrey Vandersay, Dushmantha Chameera
Fall of wickets: 7-1 (Mendis, 2.5), 115-2 (Vithanage, 38.1), 157-3 (Chandimal, 48.3), 157-4 (K Perera, 49), 192-5 (Karunaratne, 58.2), 223-6 (Jayasundera, 67.3)
Bowling: Neil Wagner 10-2-31- 1, Ryan McCone 10-2-26-1, James Baker 12-5-21-2, Tim Johnston 20-3-69-1 (1nb), Matt McEwan 8-0-41-1, Blair Tickner 9-4-19-0, Ken McClure 2-0-8-0