Before Watling's bold fight back it was opener Tom Latham who held the innings together with a gritty 45 off 81 balls and his partnership of 56 for the fourth wicket with Henry Nicholls (26). The first match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand is set to take place at Galle.
For the hosts, spinners Lasith Embuldeniya (4-99) and Dhananjaya de Silva (3-25) shared seven wickets between them.
Although seam is New Zealand's strength, it is likely to stick to two seamers with all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme coming in as the third option. "I think our batters will raise their hands and do the job for the team". For several seconds, Boult had no idea where the ball was and looked around to make sure he hadn't been dismissed.
Captain Kane Williamson, who failed to score in the first innings, was out cheaply again for four runs when he was caught by Kusal Perera off Embuldeniya.
As long as he was there New Zealand knew they could get to a target which will enable their bowlers also with a chance to turn tables on Sri Lanka in the fourth innings on a wearing pitch.
For the next delivery, the penultimate ball before tea, Mendis attempted to play an expansive drive without much foot work and was caught at first slip by Ross Taylor.
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Ravan was on 33 right before the interval when played forward defensively but edged to Dhanajaya de Silva at slip.
That was made possible by the eighth wicket partnership of 81 between Niroshan Dickwella and Suranga Lakmal. In the New Zealand side, Ajaz Patel is expected to be part of the playing XI due to spectacular six wicket-haul in the practice match.
Tendulkar, who retired from global cricket in 2013, had also scored 69 sixes albeit in 200 Test matches. The 30-year-old fast bowler is on the verge of breaking legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's batting record in Test cricket. The conditions are suited perfectly for Sri Lanka and I see New Zealand struggling against spin.
Off-spinner William Somerville joined the party, dismissing Akila Dananjaya for a sixth ball duck.
BOWLING (to-date): Boult 13-3-24-1 (1w); Southee 7-3-17-0; Somerville 20-2-78-1; Patel 29-6-76-5; Santner 11-0-31-0.
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