Left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya claimed a match-turning five-wicket haul in the second innings and nine wickets overall, to lead Sri Lanka to a 63-run victory over New Zealand in the first Test.

Sri Lanka's cricket team, led by skipper Dhananjaya de Silva, seeks improvement in batting and bowling despite their 63-run victory over New Zealand in the first Test match at Galle International Stadium.

Sri Lanka stayed on course for victory against New Zealand in the opening test in Galle despite Rachin Ravindra's unbeaten 91 on Sunday. Chasing 275 for victory, New Zealand got off to a shaky start and kept losing wickets particularly to Sri Lankan spinners Prabath Jayasuriya (3-66) and Romesh Mendis (3-83),

Prabath Jayasuriya took five wickets to steer Sri Lanka to a 63-run victory Monday against New Zealand on the final morning of the first Test in Galle.

Prabath Jayasuriya took five wickets to steer Sri Lanka to a 63-run victory Monday against New Zealand on the final morning of the first Test in Galle.

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in the 1st Test of the two-match series in Galle on Monday (September 23). In pursuit of 275 in the fourth innings, Blackcaps' Rachin Ravindra made a valiant 92 but his innings went in vain as none of the other Kiwi batters managed to put their hand up with Tom Blundell emerging as the second highest scorer with 30 runs and as many as 7 batters not even managing to breach the double-figure mark.

FOUR! A lovely piece of timing there but Dimuth Karunaratne should have done a lot better in the deep. Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Live Score: FOUR! Wow, somehow Tom Blundell has managed to control that shot really well.