New Zealand 195-7 with Watling on 63, leads Sri Lanka by 177
GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) - B.J. Watling 得点する／非難する／２０d an undefeated half-century and 株d a 重要な 共同 with Tim Southee to give New Zealand a second-innings lead of 177 over Sri Lanka at stumps on the third day of the first 実験（する） on Friday.
Watling was on 63, and William Somerville on 5, when bad light stopped play 15 minutes before the scheduled の近くに with New Zealand 195-7.
Watling and Southee 追加するd 54 runs for the seventh wicket after Sri Lankan spinners ran through the 乱打するs to leave them 124-6. Southee 出発／死d for 23.
Left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya finished the day with 4-71. Dhanajaya de Silva took 2-16.
New Zealand's lead already looks a difficult challenge for Sri Lanka as batting on a spinning Galle pitch in the fourth innings has 証明するd a 堅い 仕事 in the past.
"I think anywhere around 200, we are not too far from that at the moment," Kiwi batsman Tom Latham said about the total New Zealand hopes to defend.
New Zealand's BJ Watling plays a 発射 during the third day of the first 実験（する） cricket match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Galle, Sri Lanka, Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
"It's nice to have managed to build a few 共同s after losing a few 早期に wickets. We are relying on these (lower-order) 共同s ... we can 始める，決める a 競争の激しい total for the fourth innings."
Sri Lanka batsman Niroshan Dickwella was more 楽観的な, 説 a 得点する／非難する／２０ of about 230 is a possible chase.
"I think it's not hard to bat on this wicket, it's slow and spinning but we have done that before," Dickwella said. "I think our 乱打するs will raise their 手渡すs and do the 職業 for the team."
New Zealand earlier ended Sri Lanka's first innings for 267, giving the hosts an 18-run lead over the Kiwis' 249 which they had wiped out by lunch.
But New Zealand's batting 顔触れ struggled in the second 開会／開廷／会期 with spinners 抽出するing more turn and bounce.
Captain Kane Williamson, who failed to 得点する／非難する／２０ in the first innings, was out cheaply again for four runs when he was caught by Kusal Perera off Embuldeniya. Williamson stepped out to 攻撃する，衝突する a flighted 配達／演説／出産 from the left-arm spinner, mistimed it and was caught brilliantly by Perera who ran 支援する from 中央の-off, leapt and took the catch.
Ross Taylor (3), 最高の，を越す scorer in the first innings with 86, tried to 攻撃する，衝突する a wider 配達／演説／出産 from Embuldeniya past cover and was caught at slip by de Silva.
Opener Latham made 45 before de Silva 誘惑するd him 今後 and had him caught at slip by Lahiru Thirimane.
Henry Nicolls was also caught at slip by Kusal Mendis off de Silva for 26.
Mitchell Santner was out just before tea, caught by Suranga Lakmal off Embuldeniya.
Sri Lanka 再開するd Day 3 on 227-7, with Dickwella 株ing an 81-run eighth wicket 共同 with No. 9 Lakmal - after the pair （機の）カム together on 161-7 - to give Sri Lanka its small lead.
The pair 追加するd 15 more runs for the day before Lakmal, who had been 攻撃する，衝突する on th e 肘 two balls earlier by a rising 配達／演説／出産 from 急速な／放蕩な bowler Trent Boult, 辛勝する／優位d one to the stumps.
He made 40 in 98 配達／演説／出産s, 含むing two sixes and three 境界s.
Dickwella was out for 61, caught by Williamson off spinner Somerville. Dickwella 攻撃する，衝突する three 境界s in his 12th 実験（する） half-century.
Spin bowler Ajaz Patel took 5-89, Somerville had 3-83.
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Sri Lankan team members congratulate their bowler Akila Dananjaya for the 解雇／（訴訟の）却下 of New Zealand's Tom Latham during the third day of the first 実験（する） cricket match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Galle, Sri Lanka, Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
New Zealand's Tim Southee congratulates BJ Watling for 得点する／非難する／２０ing a half century during the third day of the first 実験（する） cricket match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Galle, Sri Lanka, Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
New Zealand's BJ Watling plays a 発射 during the third day of the first 実験（する） cricket match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Galle, Sri Lanka, Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
New Zealand's Henry Nicholls leaves the field after 存在 解任するd during the third day of the first 実験（する） cricket match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Galle, Sri Lanka, Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
New Zealand's Jeet Raval, left, leaves after 存在 解任するd as Sri Lankan team members celebrate during the third day of the first 実験（する） cricket match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Galle, Sri Lanka, Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
New Zealand's William Somerville, left, celebrates taking the wicket of Sri Lanka's Niroshan Dickwella with captain Kane Williamson during the third day of the first 実験（する） cricket match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Galle, Sri Lanka, Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
New Zealand's William Somerville, 権利, and Ajaz Patel 元気づける each others during the third day of the first 実験（する） cricket match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Galle, Sri Lanka, Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
