Black Caps win 2nd test against SL

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New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 167 runs on the fifth and last day of the second and final Test at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo on Thursday to level the series 1-1.

Sri Lanka, chasing a 363-run target, were bowled out for 195 in their second innings in the final session. The hosts won the opening Test by 10 wickets in Galle. (AFP)

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Najeeb Thursday, 29 November 2012 10:52 AM

Congrats Black caps. Well deserved victory from day one. Very disappointed with the performance of senior SL players. Top 4 batsmen contributed nothing. Shame... Dont know how they will perform against the Oz pace batteries. Hat's off to Southee who performed brilliantly in both tests. Finally its time to bring in young blood. Drop Paranawitharana and bring in Dimuth Karunaratne. Our senior players play well only for IPL - not for country.

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DeSelva Thursday, 29 November 2012 10:56 AM

poor performance by Sri Lanka.
they should have played 3 test and decided the series

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Kiwi Thursday, 29 November 2012 11:09 AM

WELL DONE NZ!!!! Congratulations!!! We are with you all the way!!!

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Pragmatic Porak Thursday, 29 November 2012 11:43 AM

Your comment was excellent until it mentioned the IPL

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lasagne Thursday, 29 November 2012 11:54 AM

Sore losers
like Tamils cannot accept that they lost the war against Sinhalese army

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TRULY Thursday, 29 November 2012 12:57 PM

CONGRATS TO KIWIS AND THIS IS EXPECTED ....SO I THINK AFTER ANOTHER 2 OR 3 TOUR SELECTORS WILL PICK A NEW CAPTAIN...AND SAME STORY...

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ME Thursday, 29 November 2012 01:09 PM

I don't know which country you were in man, but there was no war with tamils.. It was SL on war with LTTE..

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Hardball Thursday, 29 November 2012 02:38 PM

Sorry mate, facts are facts.

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warra85 Friday, 30 November 2012 12:30 AM

SL will crumble to the the Aussie pace attack when they come down under. SL " fan" but facts are facts.

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nimal Friday, 30 November 2012 04:08 AM

Where is Murali ?

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Spodisingho Friday, 30 November 2012 04:31 AM

We Stuck to our "Plan" ... and Lost the Match grgrrrrgr

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ICCStats Friday, 30 November 2012 04:49 AM

it just seemed that the celebrated SL batting line up seems to be favouring T20 so much that they cannot play proper test cricket. exception being Mahela's 91 in the 1st Test. Nevertheless respect out to Herath - the boy is fighting a lone battle like murali did in the past - murali was naturally gifted but Herath is all hard work and determination. Hats off to him.

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SL Fan Friday, 30 November 2012 06:24 AM

NZ has always been a team who play in the right spirit of the game, such a nice set of individuals to watch, ever since the days of Sir Richard Hadlee, Crowe, Fleming, Astle, Cairns and Bond.

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N.A Friday, 30 November 2012 10:32 AM

One cannot win all matches. You win and you tend to loose too. At the end, if your victories are greater in %, then you are ok. Sri Lanka has done this we think in the last year!

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Prasrock Saturday, 01 December 2012 08:15 AM

Why isnt my comment published?

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