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Lankans in strong position
AUCKLAND (New Zealand). March 3: Sri Lanka buffi towards winning their first Test and serie* away from home al the close of the third day of the third and deciding cricket Test against New Zealand today, reports Reuter.
The visitors were 62 for two wickets when bad light slopped play In their second innings. after dismissing the Kiwis far 317 to gain a first in nings ted of 63
While Sri Lanka batted pool lively in their second innings, they reduced their chances of winning when their batsmen accepted the umpires' offer to go off for bad light with 16
Earlier In the day. the Sri Lankans appeared less man keen to play when, after a rain Interruption, they argued with the umpires on the field for 17 minutes about the ground conditions.
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The home side s batting was pedestrian on the fast and flat pilch in comparison to Srl Lanka s sparkling innings.
Sri Lanka picked up four wickets tn the final session lo put them tn dominant position.
Despite the easy nature of the pitch, only John Wright. tn
prospered.
The left-handed opener had best scores of 88 and 101 in the first two Tests, and looked set on 84 to score another century. when paceman Champaka Ramanayke got him to edge a catch lo first slip
Wright put on 63 for the first wicket with Trevor Franklin, who had plodded to 13 before he was out leg before wicket lo Rumesh Ralnayake. the most likely of the Sri Lankan bowlers.
Andrew Jones then joined Wright and the pair had no trouble putting on 76 in 96
There seemed no reason why Jones should not march to his fourth century in successive Test innings when, on 27. he skied a catch to Ralnayake in the covers, who look it on the third attempt
Jones and Wright fell with the score at 139 and 140 respectively. and 30 runs later New Zealand declined to 170 for four when Asanka Guruah-inha took a dtving one-handed catch off Asoka De Silva to get rid of Ken Rutherford for 15.
Two runs later, the Kiwis ihetrjlhh wicket when for one. not playing a shot to R-nayake.
Leg spinner Asoka ended the day with two for 42 and SXd^s.
New Zealand's score was ymtaMby th. nwtah bowled by Sri Lanka.
Earlier. Sri Lanka's tail wagged with the last three batsmen adding 55 runs to the overnight score of 325 for eight
Ralnayake made his intentions clear, smashing the first ball he faced, from Willie Wat
Graeme Labrooy. who had clubbed 41 from 29 balls on Friday, continued where he left off.
New Zealand eventually picked off the last two wick ets. leaving Labrooy stranded not out on 70. his highest Test score. His runs were scored off just 80 balls and included Iwo sixes and 14 fours in his 90 minute innings.