William O'Rourke to Chamindu Wickramasinghe, The youngster will feel a lot better as he is off the mark now after ten deliveries. Full and wide outside off, Chamindu Wickramasinghe goes for the drive, and gets an outside edge towards deep third for one.
William O'Rourke to Janith Liyanage, Pitched-up delivery on middle and leg, Janith Liyanage drills this to mid on and sets off for a quick single.
William O'Rourke to continue.
Michael Bracewell to Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Fuller on off, Chamindu Wickramasinghe punches this off his back foot but finds cover again. Chamindu Wickramasinghe is struggling to even rotate the strike.
Michael Bracewell to Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Pushed through on off, Chamindu Wickramasinghe pushes this to short cover for another dot.
Michael Bracewell to Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Floated on middle and leg, Chamindu Wickramasinghe rocks back and punches this to cover for no run.
Michael Bracewell to Janith Liyanage, Tossed up on leg, Janith Liyanage flicks this to long on for one.
Michael Bracewell to Janith Liyanage, Too full, on leg, Janith Liyanage flicks this to square leg for no run.
Michael Bracewell (6-0-32-1) is back on. He replaces Mitchell Santner.
Michael Bracewell to Janith Liyanage, Fuller on the pads, Janith Liyanage tucks this to short fine leg for no run.
William O'Rourke to Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Good length, pitching outside off, and nips away from the batter. Chamindu Wickramasinghe looks to block this but gets beaten on the outside.
William O'Rourke to Chamindu Wickramasinghe, WIDE! On a length much wide of the off-stump. Chamindu Wickramasinghe leaves it. Wided.
William O'Rourke to Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Back of a length, into the batter. Chamindu Wickramasinghe defends this one.
William O'Rourke to Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Bumper, around leg, Chamindu Wickramasinghe ducks down.
William O'Rourke to Chamindu Wickramasinghe, On a length wide outside off, Chamindu Wickramasinghe goes for the drive and gets beaten. With not much of a footwork on offer from Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Kiwis would look to force him to go for the drive.
William O'Rourke to Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Full and wide outside off, Chamindu Wickramasinghe shoulders arms it.
William O'Rourke to Janith Liyanage, Good length on middle and off, Janith Liyanage steps across and tucks this through mid-wicket for one.
Mitchell Santner to Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Tossed up on leg, Chamindu Wickramasinghe flicks this to mid-wicket for no run.
The first one was very close but this was an easy decision to call it a Wide.
Pathum Nissanka is out there with the only intention to strike the ball in the stands and he has struck a few lusty blows already.
Mitchell Santner to Pathum Nissanka, OUT! IN THE AIR AND CAUGHT! Nathan Smith holds onto it in the deep and Pathum Nissanka has to walk back. Tossed up, wide outside off, asking Pathum Nissanka to stretch his hammies and groin. Pathum Nissanka goes for the slog sweep and miscues it off the cue end. The ball goes only as far and straight at Nathan Smith for a regulation catch at deep mid-wicket. Pathum Nissanka goes for a well-fought 66 (42), scoring 16 quick runs after returning to bat again. Sri Lanka are 204/5 and Santner once again proving to be the rescue man for New Zealand. Here's Chamindu Wickramasinghe, the new batter in for Sri Lanka. He is in at number 7.
Mitchell Santner to Pathum Nissanka, WIDE! Mitchell Santner continues to go even wider and tosses one up way outside off. Pathum Nissanka leaves it. Wided.
Mitchell Santner to Pathum Nissanka, WIDE! Tossed up wide outside off, Pathum Nissanka swings and misses. Wided.
Mitchell Santner to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Gets a boundary this time. Tossed up around off, Pathum Nissanka moves across and flicks this over backward square for a boundary. Nathan Smith puts in a brilliant diving effort to his right but his foot was touching the ropes with the ball in his contact on the slide as confirmed by the TV umpire.
Mitchell Santner to Pathum Nissanka, Slower and wide outside off, Pathum Nissanka reverse sweeps this towards short third for no run.
Mitchell Santner to Pathum Nissanka, Short and outside off, Pathum Nissanka smashes this towards long off and turns down the single.
Mitchell Santner to Pathum Nissanka, SIX! STAND AND DELIVER! Short and wide outside the off-stump line. Pathum Nissanka goes deep inside the crease and drags the pull shot over the fielder and fence towards mid-wicket for a huge six.
Matt Henry to Janith Liyanage, On a length around off, Janith Liyanage defends this on off for no run.
Matt Henry to Pathum Nissanka, On a length around middle and leg, Pathum Nissanka smashes this to long on and runs one this time.
Pathum Nissanka is really struggling to run singles here. And a pointed discussion between the on-air commentators, as they opine that Nissanka shouldn't be out batting if he cannot rotate strike. Especially keeping the upcoming Test series in mind, at home against Australia. He might be out there and try to go all guns blazing to retrieve that run rate back again for Sri Lanka.
Matt Henry to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Finally, something productive from Pathum Nissanka post his injury. Short-pitched, around middle and leg, Pathum Nissanka flat-bats it up and over mid on for four.
Matt Henry to Pathum Nissanka, Good length on middle and leg, Pathum Nissanka swings and connects. The ball rolls to deep square but Pathum Nissanka just can't run.
Matt Henry to Pathum Nissanka, This is not working, neither for Pathum Nissanka nor for Sri Lanka. Back of a length around off, Pathum Nissanka swings but doesn't connect.
Matt Henry to Janith Liyanage, Short pitched on off, Janith Liyanage punches this off his back foot towards off for one.
Mitchell Santner to Janith Liyanage, Tossed up on off, Janith Liyanage rolls this to long off and takes a single. Pathum Nissanka is really struggling.
Mitchell Santner to Pathum Nissanka, Too full on off, Pathum Nissanka pushes this to long off and hobbles to the other end for one.
Mitchell Santner to Janith Liyanage, Short of a length around middle and leg, Janith Liyanage rocks back and smashes this to wide long on for one.
Mitchell Santner to Janith Liyanage, Tossed up on off, Janith Liyanage defends it off his front foot.
Mitchell Santner to Janith Liyanage, Fuller around off, Janith Liyanage drive this to point.
Mitchell Santner to Janith Liyanage, Too full on off, Janith Liyanage jams this out on off.
Matt Henry to Pathum Nissanka, On a length, around the pads, Pathum Nissanka almost clips this to mid-wicket but it lands short of the fielder.
Time for another hydration break! This has been a good little passage of play for the Kiwis as they have sneaked back in the contest with three quick wickets. The stand between Kamindu Mendis and Kusal Mendis was looking threatening as the two had added 87 runs together and had paced their inning masterfully. However, the spinners cashed in using the conditions to their benefit and provided crucial breakthroughs. With Sri Lanka slipping down from 156/1 to 183/4, and both set batters back in the sheds, they will have to rebuild once again to post a challenging total. While for New Zealand, a couple of more wickets would effectively dash Sri Lanka from posting a high score. Here's Pathum Nissanka back to resume his batting again. He is 50 (31). It will be interesting to see how he bats now. Santner to continue after the break. He is 6-0-20-1 so far.
Matt Henry to Kamindu Mendis, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Matt Henry delivers what his skipper had asked him for. Good length, just outside off, angling away from the batter. Kamindu Mendis slashes hard at it but slashes a bit early. The ball gets an outside edge and lands in the safe custody of Tom Latham behind the stumps. Kamindu Mendis falls 4 short of his half-century.
Matt Henry to Kamindu Mendis, Good length on off, Kamindu Mendis pushes this towards mid off for no run.
Matt Henry to Janith Liyanage, Good length on middle and leg, Janith Liyanage flicks this through mid-wicket for a single.
Matt Henry to Janith Liyanage, Good length on off, Janith Liyanage plays this late and thumps this towards short third for another dot.
Matt Henry to Janith Liyanage, On a length around off, Janith Liyanage dabs this to short third for no run.
Glenn Phillips to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR! Just when we were praising Glenn Phillips for his discipline, Glenn errs in line and darts this down the leg, Kamindu Mendis sits down and sweeps this fine and wide to the short fine leg fielder for four.
Glenn Phillips to Kamindu Mendis, Like a machine he lands it full and on off, Kamindu Mendis pushes it towards cover for no run.
Glenn Phillips to Kamindu Mendis, Fuller on the pads, Kusal Mendis tucks this to mid-wicket.