New Zealand versus Sri Lanka 1st 4th day: Sri Lanka inching towards a win at end of day 4

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The Sri Lankan Cricket Team are inching towards a win at the end of 4th day of the first Test match against New Zealand at Galle International Stadium, Galle on Saturday.
Starting on the overnight score of 195 for 7, BJ Watling and Somerville started the innings on a positive note taking singles and hitting occasional boundaries making Sri Lankan bowlers frustrate. Lahiru Kumara got the breakthrough dismissing BJ Watling for 77. Somerville and Watling added 47 runs for the 8th wicket. Trent Boult joined Somerville and played with positive intent making life tough for Sri Lankan bowlers. Boult and Somerville added 36 runs for the 9th wicket. Boult scored 26 off 25 balls. Ajaz Patel made a valuable contribution putting on 25 runs for the last wicket. Dhananjaya de Silva got the final wicket dismissing Patel for 14. New Zealand were bowled out at the score of 285 with a lead of 267 runs and the players went into the lunch break.

Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne started the chase struggling against the New Zealand spinners. After the initial burst, both openers steadied innings and made life tough for Kiwis bowlers. Sri Lanka went into tea break at 76 for 0. New Zealand bowlers created pressure on Sri Lankan openers but could not pick any wickets.

The third session saw some exciting action with New Zealand fielders missing chances of dismissing Karunatne. The captain Karunatne led from the front reaching his half-century off 113 balls. Thirimanne played with positive intent and put pressure on New Zealand spinners to reach his fifty off 124 balls. Sri Lanka were 133 for 0 with both openers remaining steady. The umpires decided to call off play due to bad light. The hosts require another 135 runs to win the 1st Test match.

Sri Lanka 267 in 93.2 overs ( Dickwella 61, Kusal Mendis 53, Mathews 50, Ajaz Patel 5/ 89, Somerville 3/83) and 133 for 0 in 50 overs (Karunaratne 71*, Thirimanne 57*) New Zealand 249 in 83.2 overs ( Ross Taylor 86, Henry Nicholls 42, Dhanajaya 5/80, Lakmal 4/29) and 285 in 106 overs ( Watling 77, Latham 45, Somerville 40*, Embuldenya 4/99, Dhanjaya de Silva 3/25)
Sri Lanka requires 135 runs to win with 10 wickets in hand.

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Thirmmane and Karunrnate leads Sri Lanka to a solid platform adding 133 runs on 4th day 

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