Twitter Reactions: Tom Latham and Kane Williamson pile on Sri Lanka's misery

Williamson missed out on a well-deserved century.

By Aditya Gajanan Kukalyekar verified

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Tom Latham and Kane Williamson. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

New Zealand are expectedly dominating the ongoing first Test against Sri Lanka. Tom Latham and Kane Williamson hogged the headlines on the day with some authoritative batting. The latter was literally playing on another pitch as his shots were just a delight to watch. Though the surface got flattened, it was a sheer class from Williamson with the willow as he was striking over 100 during his innings.

However, a lot of credit should go to the openers Jeet Raval and Latham who blunted the new ball and added 59 runs for the opening wicket. The former was more animated in the partnership. But Lahiru Kumara’s pace was too much for him as the left-hander failed to get to a half-century and walking back on 43. But Williamson’s arrival only worsened the things for the visitors.

The Kiwi skipper looked in sublime touch and matched his Indian counterpart Virat Kohli in class who was playing a masterclass in Perth. Kane, in no time, reached close to his century with a strike-rate of more than 100. But when on 91, lost his concentration with the part-timer Dhananjaya de Silva bowling. The rank long hop was hit straight into the hands of the fielder in the deep to miss out on a well-deserved century.

Taylor joins Latham

Meanwhile, Tom Latham played second fiddle to his captain and slowly but steadily trudged along towards his ton. Ross Taylor joined hands with him and easily got settled on a really good batting pitch. The duo added 90 runs in close to 25 overs before the end of the day as the Kiwis took a lead as well. Latham got to a superb century and is still looking good on 121 while Taylor is still batting on 50 off 86 balls with five fours.

New Zealand ended the day on 311/2 with a lead of 29 runs and are almost certain of batting the opposition out of the game on the third day. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, have no option but to toil hard on a tough pitch and hope that the batsmen make mistakes.

Earlier in the day, Tim Southee snaffled the last wicket of the tourists to end Sri Lanka’s innings for 282 as Niroshan Dickwella was left stranded on 80. But the total has been already surpassed by the home side with eight wickets in hand.

Here’s how Twitter reacted during the day:

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