Sri Lanka leads 1-0 due to Prabath Jayasuriya's magical spin

It took barely 22 balls on Monday morning for Sri Lanka to wrap up the first Test against New Zealand in Galle and take a 1-nil lead in the series. Prabath Jayasuriya bagged the last two wickets of New Zealand's innings to bundle them out for 211, completing a fifer that helped hosts secure a 63-run win. The last day's play was tantalizingly ready with New Zealand requiring 68 hurries to win on a disintegrating contribute with two wickets hand. In any case, with Rachin Ravindra having managed the circumstances masterfully on the penultimate day, going to stumps unbeaten on 91, there was potential for the guests to set up a battle. Tragically for them, it was stopped from ever really developing on the second over of morning with Jayasuriya catching the southpaw on the back leg with a conveyance that pitched on legstump and fixed. Indeed, even a survey couldn't save him. The spinner might have almost had William O'Rourke several balls later, however this time the audit didn't go in Sri Lanka's approval. Regardless, the obstruction wasn't to keep going excessively lengthy. Two overs later, Jayasuriya beat O'Rourke's external edge and inclined him up to end the challenge. Brief scores: Sri Lanka 305 and 309 (Dimuth Karunaratne 83; Ajaz Patel 6/90) beat New Zealand 340 and 211 (Rachin Ravindra 92; Prabath Jayasuriya 5/68, Ramesh Mendis 3-83) by 63 runs