Sri Lanka were just five wickets away from a crushing second Test and series victory over New Zealand on Saturday, with the tourists 199-5 at stumps on the third day, having followed on after collapsing to 88 all out in their first innings.
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Tom Blundell was not out on 47 and Glenn Phillips on 32 when bad light forced an early end to play here after debutant off-spinner Nishan Peiris took three top-order wickets.
SL declared on a mammoth 602-5 in their first innings.
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