Watling, Southee, Boult star as New Zealand snatch victory in failing light
Dickwella's dogged half-century in vain as Williamson's men secure 60 points
22/08Result
2nd Test, ICC World Test Championship at Colombo, Aug 22-26 2019
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
244 & 122 (70.2 ov) -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
431/6d
Player of the Match
22/08Result
2nd Test, ICC World Test Championship at Colombo, Aug 22-26 2019
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
244 & 122 (70.2 ov) -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
431/6d
Player of the Match
Day 5
'Freedom doesn't mean swinging at every ball' - Dimuth Karunaratne
The Sri Lanka captain has been lauded for letting his batsmen play their shots, but after the Colombo defeat he was critical of their lack of patience
Not out of nowhere - how New Zealand won the P Sara Oval Test
Blessed with some of the finest players in the world, you can be sure that this New Zealand team knows what it is doing
Day 4
Latham, Watling, de Grandhomme power New Zealand's dominance
On yet another rain-affected day, New Zealand's batting held together to drive their advantage forward
'I probably am' in the form of my career - Tom Latham
Having made 154 to give New Zealand a chance of winning a rain-afflicted Test, he now has a stunning four scores of over 150 in his last eight innings
Day 3
Tom Latham, Dhananjaya de Silva hundreds headline exciting day
The opener added an unbroken 70-run stand with Watling to reduce the deficit to 48 at stumps on day three
Dhananjaya de Silva is cooler than you
The score was 93 for 4, then 130 for 6. You'd call most centuries from that situation gritty, or tenacious, but not a century from this dude
Day 2
Boult, Southee send Sri Lanka tumbling on rain-drenched day
Karunaratne's solidity offered the home side some hope, but New Zealand's strike bowlers swung the match around quickly
Fitness and 'simple' action key to Trent Boult's consistency - Shane Jurgensen
Bowling coach lauds 'fantastic team man' Boult after he became the third New Zealand bowler to 250 Test wickets
Day 1
Karunaratne sparkles for Sri Lanka on rain-hit day
Will Somerville and Colin de Grandhomme took a wicket each for New Zealand on a day that saw only 36.3 overs
Others
Williamson and Karunaratne, two ends of the control spectrum
A deep dive into ESPNcricinfo's data reveals which of the world's top batsmen make the fewest errors, and which ones are the luckiest
Karunaratne gives players 'freedom to go and express themselves 100%' - Dickwella
Need to keep 'making good decisions at crunch moments', says the wicketkeeper-batsman as Sri Lanka chase series sweep against New Zealand
Pace-friendly P Sara in focus as Sri Lanka eye 2-0
The conditions and history rather favour New Zealand at this venue, but then Sri Lanka often make a mockery of the expected narrative
