Kamindu, spinners lead Sri Lanka to Test series win over New Zealand
Al Jazeera
Six wickets from Nishan Peiris lead Sri Lanka to a win by an innings and 154 runs in the second Test at Galle.
Sri Lanka have beaten New Zealand by an innings and 154 runs in the second Test match and completed a 2-0 series sweep despite a late fightback from the tourists in Galle.
Debutant off-spinner Nishan Peiris took six wickets to seal the home side’s first series win against New Zealand in 15 years.
New Zealand were all out for 360 in their second innings before tea on Sunday, the fourth day of the Test, after being asked to follow on.
Peiris, 27, and fellow spinner Prabath Jayasuriya shared 18 wickets in the match, the latter taking 6-42 in the first innings to bundle out the tourists for just 88 after the hosts had amassed a mammoth 602-5 declared.
New Zealand’s lower order did put up some fight after resuming at 199-5, with Tom Blundell, Glenn Phillips and Mitchell Santner all making half-centuries.
