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Karunaratne sparkles for Sri Lanka on rain-hit day

Will Somerville and Colin de Grandhomme took a wicket each for New Zealand on a day that saw only 36.3 overs

22-Aug-2019•The Report by Deivarayan Muthu

Pace-friendly P Sara in focus as Sri Lanka eye 2-0

The conditions and history rather favour New Zealand at this venue, but then Sri Lanka often make a mockery of the expected narrative

21-Aug-2019•The Preview by Madushka Balasuriya

Amy Satterthwaite to take break from cricket to have her first child

The New Zealand captain will continue to be contracted during her indefinite break under the board's new Women's Master Agreement

20-Aug-2019•ESPNcricinfo staff

Akila Dananjaya risks suspension after being reported for suspect action again

This is the second time the offspinner has been reported in ten months, so if he fails his assessment, he stands to be suspended for a year

20-Aug-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Kane Williamson, Trent Boult rested for Sri Lanka T20Is; Tim Southee to lead

Squad includes fit-again big-hitting keeper-batsman Tim Seifert and three spin options in Mitchell Santner, Todd Astle and Ish Sodhi

20-Aug-2019•ESPNcricinfo staff

'Thought the wicket would deteriorate more than it did' - Kane Williamson

Having said that, though, the New Zealand captain gave credit to Dimuth Karunaratne for a 'fantastic hundred' in the fourth innings

18-Aug-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

Dimuth Karunaratne hits 122 as Sri Lanka wrap up record chase in Galle

Sri Lanka's new captain preserved his perfect record after taking over as Sri Lanka won their third consecutive Test under his leadership to go 1-0 up in the two-match series

18-Aug-2019•The Report by Varun Shetty

Dimuth Karunaratne, Lahiru Thirimanne fifties lead Sri Lanka's victory push

Sri Lanka took a giant stride towards chasing down 268 with a wicketless post-lunch session from their openers on the fourth day

17-Aug-2019•The Report by Sreshth Shah

Who's the New Zealand of New Zealand? BJ Watling

He does things that are in essence truly remarkable, but does them with such banality that in the end they are barely remarked upon

16-Aug-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

BJ Watling leads the way as New Zealand stretch lead to 177

Lasith Embuldeniya struck vital blows for Sri Lanka before the wicketkeeper-batsman rallied with the lower order

16-Aug-2019•The Report by Deivarayan Muthu

Ajaz Patel follows the Herathian template to turn Galle Test

Hanging in and playing the long game as Rangana Herath did helped him succeed in Galle, the New Zealand spinner said

15-Aug-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

Brendon McCullum named KKR head coach

Less than a week ago, it had been learnt that the former New Zealand captain would take over as head coach of Trinbago Knight Riders, the CPL franchise

15-Aug-2019•ESPNcricinfo staff

Ajaz Patel's five-for keeps New Zealand in the hunt

Unbeaten eighth-wicket stand between Lakmal and Dickwella keeps Sri Lanka in sight of parity after 12-wicket day

15-Aug-2019•The Report by Shashank Kishore

'The ball spun earlier than expected' - Nicholls

Henry Nicholls has suggested that it was his and Ross Taylor's mental capacity to deal with balls that beat the bat that helped New Zealand recover from three quick wickets

14-Aug-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

The road to World Cup 2023: how teams can secure qualification, from rank No. 1 to 32

For the first time, even Full Members will go head-to-head in a bid to secure their World Cup spot - no more just depending on the rankings

14-Aug-2019•Peter Della Penna

Ross Taylor keeps New Zealand in the fight after Akila Dananjaya's five-for

A Taylor counterpunch kept the visitors alive on a day where they seemed in control during all overs except the ones immediately preceding a break

14-Aug-2019•The Report by Varun Shetty

New Zealand seek to gain Asian foothold

After their win over Pakistan in UAE, New Zealand have a chance to scale Test rankings' summit if they topple Sri Lanka

13-Aug-2019•The Preview by Madushka Balasuriya

New Zealand Cricket to introduce domestic contracts for women

Centrally contracted cricketers set for pay hike; number of contracts increased from 15 to 17

13-Aug-2019•ESPNcricinfo staff

Let Williamson eat cake

The fans wanted to indulge him on his 29th birthday. The New Zealand captain ended up indulging fans instead

08-Aug-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Ajaz takes five after Gunathilaka-Samarawickrama push their claims

Both openers hit substantial fifties at rapid pace, while none of the New Zealand pacemen found success on the first day

08-Aug-2019•The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

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