“And we saw later that it takes only a couple of wickets for the bowling side to get back into the game as well.” The hosts had defeated Sri Lanka in both the preceding test and one-day international series by 2-0 margins. New Zealand asked Sri Lanka to bat first after winning the toss and openers Pathum Nissanka (25) and Kusal Mendis (73) had to overcome some challenging swing bowling in the first six overs to lay a solid platform. Dropped on 10 by Mitchell at slip, wicketkeeper Mendis went on to punish New Zealand in his 48-ball effort that contained six fours and five sixes as the 28-year-old reached his 12th half-century in the company of Kusal Perera (33). Dhananjaya de Silva and skipper Dasun Shanaka both made good starts after the pair had departed but the tourists were unable to put New Zealand to the sword at the end of the innings and fell short of a match-winning total. “We were 10 to 15 runs short,” said Shanaka. “That was the main lack, on the batting side. New Zealand did really well in the series.”
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