Former captains Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal have combined for 147 to earn Sri Lanka a 202-run lead against New Zealand after three days of the first test in Galle.

Sri Lankan captain Dhananjaya de Silva won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against New Zealand in Galle on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat after winning the toss in the first test against New Zealand at the Galle International Stadium on Wednesday. Both teams opted to play two spinners with Sri Lanka going for the left-arm spin of Prabath Jayasuriya and off-spin of Ramesh Mendis.

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Dinesh Chandimal and Dimuth Karunaratne forged a 147-run partnership to propel hosts Sri Lanka to a lead of 202 on day three of the first Test against New Zealand on Friday.

Sri Lanka are up against New Zealand in the first SL vs NZ Test of the two match Test series at Galle, Sri Lanka. What would have been the Test’s fourth day on September 21 (Friday) had no play despite there being no rain or any such obstruction to the play.

Right then, that is it from an entertaining Day 3 of this Test match where Sri Lanka find themselves in a good position and New Zealand have a lot to do to turn things around. Well, if you are not aware,

Dinesh Chandimal and Dimuth Karunaratne forged an unbroken 128-run partnership to propel hosts Sri Lanka to 134-1 at tea on day three of the first Test against New Zealand on Friday. Sri Lanka drew first blood in the morning when Tom Blundell was given out caught after a review,