Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score

Tim Southee to Dimuth Karunaratne, On the shorter side and over middle and leg, Karunaratne nudges the ball away past square leg and picks up a single.

Tim Southee to Dimuth Karunaratne, Pitches the ball up on off stump, Karunaratne watchfully blocks it off.

Tim Southee to Dimuth Karunaratne, On a good length around middle, gently swinging back into the left-hander, Dimuth Karunaratne tucks it away to square leg.

Tim Southee to Pathum Nissanka, Nissanka and Sri Lanka are underway! Shortens the length around off, Nissanka hops back and pats it down to covers for a quick single. Also, New Zealand are wearing black armbands in memory of the late Ian Taylor, their former team manager during the 1980s and 1990s.

Tim Southee to Pathum Nissanka, On the money! Pitched up on off and middle, hint of away movement as well. Pathum Nissanka gets forward well and solidly blocks it off.

All in readiness for the 2nd Test to get underway! The umpires are out in the middle and the visuals from earlier show Nishan Peiris getting his maiden Test cap. The Kiwi players are seen in a huddle before taking their places on the field. It will be the pair of Dimuth Karunaratne and Pathum Nissanka to open the innings for Sri Lanka. Skipper, Tim Southee will take the new ball for New Zealand. Let's play...

Tim Southee, the captain of New Zealand says that you want to bat first in this part of the world but they gave themselves a chance in the previous game. Informs that they are going in with the same team and is counting on them to get the job done. Adds that last time around it was a first Test after a while and just want to tweak a few things overall.

Dhananjaya de Silva, the skipper of Sri Lanka says that they will bat first as the pitch looks firm with less grass and it looks pretty flat as well. Adds that they would like a few more runs than the last game and adds that Nishan Peiris has done well in the domestic circuit.

PITCH REPORT - Farvez Maharoof is pitchside. He starts by saying that they have moved to pitch 7 from pitch 5 and this one looks a lot drier and the spinners will come into play soon. Reckons that any score of 350 and above in the first innings should be a good one.

New Zealand (Unchanged XI) - Tom Latham, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (WK), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee (C), Ajaz Patel, William O'Rourke.

Sri Lanka (Playing XI) - Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (C), Kusal Mendis (WK), Nishan Peiris (On debut) (In for Ramesh Mendis), Prabath Jayasuriya, Milan Rathnayake (In for Lahiru Kumara), Asitha Fernando.

TOSS - Sri Lanka have won the toss and will BAT first.