Christchurch Test on knife’s edge after Mathews ton

After Angelo Mathews led Sri Lanka’s fight and recovery with his 14th Test century, Matt Henry struck thrice in quick succession in the final session to keep the Christchurch Test on a knife’s edge. Henry removed Niroshan Dickwella and Kasun Rajitha in the space of six overs as Sri Lanka went from 200 for 5 to 302 allout, setting New Zealand a target of 285. The home side lost Devon Conway early, and went to stumps at 28 for 1.

Brief Scores:

Sri Lanka 355 & 302 (Angelo Mathews 115, Blair Tickner 4-100, Matt Henry 3-71) lead New Zealand 373 & 28/1 (Kasun Rajitha 1-5) by 256 runs