New Zealand thrash England by an innings and 65 runs in first Test
The ongoing two-match Test series is not a part of the ICC World Test Championship and thus results will have no bearing on the points table.
The ongoing two-match Test series is not a part of the ICC World Test Championship and thus results will have no bearing on the points table.
Both scored Test bests with Watling posting 205, beating his 142 not out against Sri Lanka, while Santner scored 126 to surpass his 73 against Bangladesh.
At Stumps on Day 3, New Zealand were 394/6 with BJ Watling and Mitchell Santner batting on 119 and 31 respectively at the Bay Oval.
Despite a 51 run sixth-wicket stand between injured Dimuth Karunaratne and Niroshan Dickwella giving Sri Lanka some hopes for a draw, as it turned out, they were successful in only delaying their defeat.
Left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya was the pick of the bowlers finishing with four wickets. Dhananjaya de Silva claimed three.
Sri Lanka depended on their spinners to reap dividends in the second session with Akila Dananjaya dismissing Tom Latham when the latter was five runs away from his half century.
