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Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Day 5 highlights: Karunaratne leads Sri Lanka to 6-wicket win
Sri Lanka vs New Zealand: Follow highlights of Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 1st Test Day 5
Sri Lanka vs New Zealand highlights: A very impressive performance by Sri Lanka. They chased down the 268-run target with 6 wickets in hand to go 1-0 up and also start their World Test Championship on a high. Captain Dimuth Karunaratne was the star of the show. He scored a brilliant 122 and the victory was set up by a solid 171-run opening stand between him and Lahiru Thirimanne (64).
Day 4 Report: Sri Lanka got off to a strong start in their chase for a 268-run victory target after skipper Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne frustrated New Zealand with a 133-run opening stand on the penultimate day of the opening test on Saturday. After New Zealand made 285 all out to leave the hosts with a tricky fourth-innings target, Karunaratne and Thirimanne batted sensibly through the last two sessions to swing momentum their way. Karunaratne hit only two boundaries in his patient 71, while Thirimanne stroked four of them in his sedate 57 before bad light stopped play with the hosts needing 135 to go 1-0 up in the two-test series.
