Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand 2024 Match Preview: New Zealand benefited from many positive aspects of the first Evaluation and will want to get one step further and square off in the line.
Great picture: Teams aim to maintain their WTC championship chances.
New Zealand lost their first ever Test in Galle by an pitches and 16 goes, their future by 202 goes, the one after that by 10 innings, the future by six wickets, and the match that ended on Monday by 63 runs. They might be zero for five below, but at least those profits have grown thinner with each vacation.
With luck, they may close the gap even further in the Test starting Thursday. Their subsequent task would be three Assessments in India, which is probably the most difficult trip in the game, to keep their hopes of making it to the World Test Championship last dead, though.
New Zealand were n't especially far away in the first Test, either. If Daryl Mitchell- batting well on 57 at the time- had n't been run out on the next day, they may have pushed on to a dominant first-innings result. And therefore, on a wearing record, who knows how Sri Lanka may have responded? Sri Lanka are certainly a experienced team playing in comfortable conditions, but through the likes of Ajaz Patel, Mitchell, Will O'Rourke and Rachin Ravindra, New Zealand brought lots of talent to a filthy Galle area.
Sri Lanka, nevertheless, may be brimming with great vibes. Under time coach Sanath Jayasuriya, they are on a somewhat hot run. There was one fatal Test at Lord's, but before that they had competed in Manchester, and won an International set against India for the first time since the late 1990s.
They have now won two Tests in a row this year, having previously defeated Bangladesh half ( no less away from home ) earlier in the year. Their cricketers have been the center of this achievement, but the bowlers have found ways to add to.
Another victory at Galle will put their WTC percentage at 56, which is close to Australia's ( 62.5 % ) current second place finish at the moment.
Type manual- New on a dropping ability
In the spotlight- Ashish Chandimal and Kane Williamson
Dinesh Chandimal has been asked to move up the order to No. 3. Before the first Check, he would have known that he had only managed one fifty in eight pitches at first fall, which was a disgraceful history. But he took the place anyhow, to help the team to produce two different moves- sending Kamindu Mendis up the order to No. 5, and Kusal Mendis along, as wicketkeeper-batter, to No. 7.
Chandimal has, however, made a solid start in his new position, producing a critical 61 in the next pitches in the first Test. Dimuth Karunaratne, his companion for much of that blow, praised Chandimal for his enthusiasm at the seam. When pitchers with 15 lots of innings of winning records choose to move for less-known players, it's not frequently. Better grades at No. 3, at a place he prefers, might help him prepare for problems ahead.
Kane Williamson has played with additional New Zealand classics ( and still does so long as Tim Southee is around ), but the greatest indicator of a New Zealand win over the past 15 years has been whether Williamson gets works. He percentages 81.86 when New Zealand win. This is mostly backed by an enormous record at house, but even in Asia, it holds correct- he statistics 71.70 in the six wins he's played in on the globe. He has n't quite cracked Galle, though. In six innings at the venue, he averages 16.50. But then his two best scores here- 55 and 30- came in the last match. He might be aiming for a high level.
Pitch and conditions
It's Galle. Expect another rank turner. Expect Will O'Rourke, Tim Southee, and Asitha Fernando to dig up the pitch on either side as the game progresses, creating large footmarks on either side of the pitch ( or the right-hand batters ' leg stump ).
And, it's southern Sri Lanka in September. Expect short, sharp showers.
Rathnayake and Peiris join the Sri Lanka XI team.
Sri Lanka's XI has been changed two times despite winning. In place of Lahiru Kumara, who did n't take a wicket in the first Test, Milan Rathnayake, who impressed with bat and ball on his first tour in England, has been named in the starting XI. Ramesh Mendis, who struggled to control in the first Test, has also been dropped. In his place they have named a debutant in Nishan Peiris, another offspinner, aged 27. He has 172 first-class wickets at an average of 24.37.
Sri Lanka: 1 Dimuth Karuanaratne, 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Dinesh Chandimal, 4 Angelo Mathews, 5 Kamindu Mendis, 6 Dhananjaya de Silva ( capt ), 7 Kusal Mendis (wk ), 8 Milan Rathnayake, 9 Prabath Jayasuriya, 10 Nishan Peiris, 11 Asitha Fernando
If there's a change New Zealand may be tempted to make, it is to swap out Mitchell Santner for Michael Bracewell. Santner had a modest first Test, taking 1 for 115 with his left-arm spin ( Glenn Phillips felt like a more threatening bowler ) and he made two in each innings.
New Zealand ( possible ): 1 Devon Conway, 2 Tom Latham, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Rachin Ravindra, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Tom Blundell (wk ), 7 Glenn Phillips, 8 Mitchell Santner/Michael Bracewell, 9 Tim Southee ( capt ), 10 Ajaz Patel, 11 Will O'Rourke
Stats and trivia
Two of Ajaz Patel's five career five-wicket hauls have come in Galle. He averages 22.35 at the venue. Roy Dias was the fastest Sri Lanka batter to 1000 Test runs, getting there in 23 innings. Kamindu has 822 runs from 12 knocks so far. Prabath Jayasuriya has an outside shot of becoming the equal-fastest to 100 Test wickets in the game's history, if he gets 12 wickets in this match. The only bowler to get there in 16 matches was George Lohmann, who achieved the feat way back in 1896. Of Jayasuriya's 88 wickets, 62 have come in Galle.
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