Cricket: Black Caps from the frying pan, into the fire

Ajaz Patel to play during the Test series against Sri Lanka, 2024.
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Analysis – Taking stock and moving on is all the Black Caps can do after their humiliation at the hands of Sri Lanka.

New Zealand were well beaten in the two-Test series in Sri Lanka, which ended with an innings and 154-run loss in the second match in Galle – their heaviest ever Test defeat against Sri Lanka.

The result moved Sri Lanka to third in the World Test Championship standings behind India and Australia, while 2021 champions New Zealand dropped to seventh.

It was the fourth consecutive Test loss for the Black Caps, who now prepare to take on India in three Tests.

The situation doesn't get any easier with New Zealand facing similar circumstances against a side currently at the top of the WTC rankings.

Captain Tim Southee had no hesitation in admitting that they had been thoroughly outplayed in Sri Lanka and that they faced a similar force in India.

“We know it will be tough in India too,” he said after the Sri Lankan series.

“Obviously the conditions there will also favor spin, I think [we] learn as much as you can from these two [tests]but still believing and a confident side moving forward.”

Kamindu Mendis, Sri Lanka's new run-scoring machine, dominated the batting statistics, scoring 309 runs in three innings, taking his career average to 91.27 after eight Tests.

Left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya took 18 wickets over the series at an average of 21.

Compare that to New Zealand, where Rachin Ravindra topped the batting with 153 runs, while fast bowler Will O'Rourke and spinner Ajaz Patel took eight wickets each.

New Zealander Devon Conway will play against Sri Lanka during the Test series, 2024.
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New Zealand's 360 in the second innings of the second Test was their best effort of the series, and Southee said they could take some positives from it.

“When the conditions are good and the spin is doing a lot, sometimes the boys were able to absorb it and also put the pressure back on the bowlers.”

New Zealand managed to bowl out Sri Lanka twice in the first Test while the home side scored 602 for five declared in their only bat in the second Test.

As expected, spinners Patel, Mitchell Santner, Glenn Phillips and Ravindra bowled the majority of the overs.

Southee said the bowling attack will also have benefited from the Sri Lankan series.

“We have to move on to the spinners but I think all the boys will learn from the experience here and we will try to learn from it and move on as we go to India.”

Most of the squad will now return home, with the touring party for India expected to be announced within the next 48 hours.

India Test Schedule:

• October 16: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
• October 24: MCA Stadium, Pune.
• November 1: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

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