First Test, Galle (day five)
Sri Lanka 452 & 259-4 dec beat New Zealand 299 & 210 by 202 runs
Match scorecard
**Muttiah Muralitharan added three more wickets to his record tally as Sri Lanka completed a 202-run win over New Zealand in the first Test in Galle.**The tourists, with seven players suffering from a stomach bug, were bowled out for 210 just before tea.
Skipper Daniel Vettori offered the main resistance, hanging on for almost two and a half hours to make 67.
But he finally fell to Ajantha Mendis and Muralitharan picked up 3-88 to lift his total of Test wickets to 777.
New Zealand resumed on 30-1 but Thilan Thushara struck early to dismiss Martin Guptill (18) and Tim McIntosh (0).
Mahela Jayawardene then dismissed Ross Taylor (16) before Muralitharan and fellow spinner Mendis picked off the remaining wickets to complete victory in the first match of the two-Test series.
Jacob Oram and Vettori tried to stem the tide with a 41-run stand for the fifth wicket but Oram was trapped lbw by Mendis to leave the visitors on 125-5 at the lunch interval.
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But Sri Lanka made short work of the lower order with Jesse Ryder becoming Muralitharan’s first victim, caught by Prasanna for 24, while Vettori’s battling innings was ended in similar fashion by Mendis.
His dismissal left Brendon McCullum battling with the tail, but they were no match for Mendis and Muralitharan.
Jeetan Patel was Muralitharan’s second victim, stumped for 22, while Iain O’Brien made only five when he was caught by Tharanga Paranavitana at short leg off Muralitharan.
The spinner brought the curtain down on New Zealand’s innings by running out McCullum for 29.