SL vs NZ | William O'Rourke fifer and Latham-Williamson's synergy put the Kiwis in commanding position

After the break, New Zealand’s Conway and Latham began aggressively against Sri Lanka's pace bowlers Fernando and Lahiru Kumara, reaching 38/0 in 10 overs. They then adopted a more cautious approach as the pitch offered some spin, with Ramesh and Jayasuriya tightening their grip. Ramesh eventually dismissed Conway in the 19th over. However, Latham and Kane Williamson steadied the innings, adding 63 runs and advancing the score to 126/1 in 31 overs. Latham scored a solid half-century off 69 balls, putting New Zealand in a strong position. The pair took the score to 136/1 in 38 overs before Latham was dismissed just before Tea.

In the final session, Kane Williamson and Rachin Ravindra continued to build New Zealand's innings, adding 51 runs to take the score to 185/2 in 52 overs. Despite their efforts, de Silva managed to dismiss Williamson, with Kusal Mendis taking a superb catch. Lanka’s captain struck again, removing Ravindra in the 55th over. Nonetheless, Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell stabilized the innings, contributing 39 runs and moving the score to 235/4 in 67 overs, trailing by 70 runs. At stumps, New Zealand had reached 255/4, still trailing by 50 runs.

Kane Williamson arrives in Asia with a top fifty against Sri Lanka. 🌟 

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) 

Congrats!

Reverse sweep. Go-to-shot for Daryl Mitchell. Gets boundaries most of the time. 

— Kanishk Agarwal (@kanishkdabaav27) 

Yeah that's true!

End of Day 2. NZ 255/4 and trail by 50 runs.   

— lightningspeed (@lightningspeedk) 

LOL! Hahahaha :D