Prabath Jayasuriya took five wickets to steer Sri Lanka to a 63-run win Monday against New Zealand on the final morning of the first Test in Galle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Set a target of 275 to win, the Black Caps were bowled out for 211 less than 15 minutes after play resumed, with Rachin Ravindra top-scoring on 92.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“When you come to Galle, all that you need to do is to stick to the basics,” said man-of-the-match Jayasuriya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The wicket delivers plenty of assistance and you just need to bowl with discipline. Your consistency is the key and there was a lot of help from the rest of the spinners as well.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ravindra had finished on Sunday engage in a lone battle on a sharply turning pitch in Galle, where the tourists had lost all four of their previous Test encounters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His knock was the highest score by a New Zealander at the ground, eclipsing Ross Taylor’s 89 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the slender path to victory he had opened was giving way shut when Jayasuriya trapped him lbw while trying to defend on the back foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The choice was upheld despite Ravindra’s review, and he departed having added just one run to his overnight total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jayasuriya, who took nine wickets across the match and finished the second innings five for 68, brought the match to an end when he bowled rookie pacer William O’Rourke for a duck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Disappointed we didn’t get enough lead in the first innings,” New Zealand skipper Tim Southee said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We had the game in hand, but we threw it away.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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