Day 1 clearly belongs to Srilankan Spinners. The spinners bowled well to take 8 NZ wickets. It stunning that the most of the top order batsman are out leg before wicket. That clearly is some indication to Srilanka to study before the test series begin.
But, having said that; NZ batsman scored at a good rate without getting bogged down with the fall of wickets. Martin Guptill was good at the top with an half century. He played some good shot against seam bowlers.
Ross Taylor and Guptill built some good partnership in the middle before some late collapse happened on the day. Ross, Guptill, McCullum, Cumming (who replaced Ryder) lost the wickets one after the other to the spinners.
Earlier in the day, Jesse Ryder nursed an upset stomach before the start of the play. I personally thought, it is a good opportunity for Craig Cumming to score runs and show to selectors that he is ready to go! But, he could capitulize.Blackcaps Moment of the Day: Jacob Oram and Jeetan Patel added 61 for the eighth wicket, the first phase of a lower order fight back.
The Score:
New Zealanders 283 for 8 (Taylor 75, Patel 68*, Guptill 54, Prasanna 3-66) v Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI
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