(UTV|COLOMBO) – Former captain Angelo Mathews continued his role as saviour on Sri Lanka’s tour of New Zealand as he and Kusal Mendis struck unbeaten hundreds to thwart the host’s push for victory on the fourth day of the first Test at the Basin Reserve on Tuesday.
Mathews was on 117, while Mendis was 116 not out as they took their side to 3-259 at stumps, having batted together all day and created Sri Lanka’s highest partnership for any wicket against New Zealand with a marathon 246-run stand.
It was the first time in Test cricket that a full day’s play had been completed without a wicket falling since the first day of the second match between South Africa and Bangladesh on February 29, 2008.
The pair’s stubborn resistance could prove to be match-saving with rain forecast for the final day on Wednesday.
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