New Zealand thrashed ♒Sri Lanka by an innings and 65 runs in the second Test in Colombo on Monday to level the two-match series 1-1.
The victory was achieved with an hour left on day five when Lasith Embuཧldeniya edged a short delivery from Trent Boult to Kane Williamson at gully.
Sri Lanka was b🎉owled out for 122 runs after the Blackcaps declared their second innings on 431 for six with a first-innings ꦛlead of 185.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella (51) fought a lone battle for the hosts but he was the nint🙈h man to be🍷 dismissed after a three-hour vigil.
Sri Lanka, who scored 244 in their f🍎irst innings, were still 187 ไbehind when they started their second innings.
Ajaz Patel, Tim So🅘uthee, Trent Boult, and William Somerville all bagged two wickets apiece.
With this win, New Zealand has also earned a valuable🦹 60 points to get off the mark in the ICC World Test Championship.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
That’s 👍the 7th time have won a test by an innings whils﷽t losing only 6 wickets or fewer.
The third time this year!
🏏🏏🏏— Mike Thorpe (@MikeThorpeNZ)
Well played, New Zealand. Richly deserved.
— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42)
Congratulations New Zealand. Outstanding team effort to win tꦫhe 2nd Test and draw the Test series 1-1. 👏
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket)
ALL OVER! Great Test victory on day five 🏏 Trent Boult takes the final wicket with a short ball, the catch spooning to Kane Williamson in the gully. That's our first points!
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS)
The Two Captains holding 🍷the trophy of the drawn Test Series
— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC)
What a win for New Zealand, on the final day of t🌠he test series they took all the ten wickets of Srilanka and level the two-match ⛎test series.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
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Get in! Well done that was looking like the one that might get away but this team are bloody good! Stoked with that win! Celebrate hard tonight🎀 boys!
— Jason JT Tikao (@JTCoast)
Great win for the and levelled the series 1-1.
2 Test series need to die. NZ know how to work as a unit , play the game fairly as we🐽ll
— Everybody Wang Chung Tonig🅺ht !🇳🇴🇮🇸🇬🇩 (@Yes_IamSancho)
New Zealand seal a mem🍸o𝄹rable win at the P Sara Oval
The series is 🐲shar☂ed 1-1, and the visitors have 60 World Test Championship points on the board!
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— Muhammad Noman (@Nomancricket29)
