Cricket-Karunaratne leads by example in Sri Lanka's Galle 勝利，勝つ
Aug 18 (Reuters) - 船長／主将 Dimuth Karunaratne led by example, hitting a sparkling 122 to help 安全な・保証する Sri Lanka's six-wicket victory over New Zealand in the 開始 実験（する） at Galle on Sunday.
Chasing 268 to go 1-0 up in the two-実験（する） series, Karunaratne's 161-run 開始 stand with Lahiru Thirimanne (64) 始める，決める the トン for a successful chase at the Galle International Stadium.
The New Zealand spinners （人命などを）奪う，主張するd two wickets in 連続する overs to try to 妨げる it from 存在 a cakewalk but Karunaratne's ninth 実験（する） century 効果的に killed off the contest.
Karunaratne 一打／打撃d six fours and 攻撃する，衝突する one six before the 権利-hander 死なせる／死ぬd when he was caught behind chasing a wide Tim Southee 配達／演説／出産.
The second and final 実験（する） in Colombo begins on Thursday.
"It's not 平易な chasing in the fourth innings. We needed a good 共同, and that's what Thirimanne and I discussed," Karunaratne, the man-of-the-match, said.
"On the fifth day, we started 井戸／弁護士席 and 手配中の，お尋ね者 to keep at it. Once you're 始める，決める, you have to make a big one. We are thinking of keeping the basics 権利 for the next 実験（する） too."
再開するing the final day on 133 for no loss, the 開始 pair continued their good work until Will Somerville 罠にかける Thirimanne lbw on review after the 初期の 控訴，上告 was 拒絶するd.
Kusal Mendis (10) looked in a hurry to 調印（する） the match as he 攻撃する，衝突する Somerville for a six and a four before his 試みる／企てるd sweep off Ajaz Patel 設立する Jeet Raval at 中央の-wicket.
Karunaratne brought up his 100 with his fifth 境界, raising his 手渡すs aloft to celebrate the 示す.
Kusal Perera made a quick 23 含むing five fours and Angelo Mathews (28 not out) 攻撃する，衝突する the winning run as Sri Lanka romped home in an 延長するd morning 開会／開廷／会期 and clinched 60 points in the newly created 実験（する） 選手権.
New Zealand 船長／主将 Kane Williamson felt 268 would have been a daunting 的 had the Galle pitch behaved 伝統的に.
"I think we'd have defi nitely taken 268 sort of under the understanding that the surface would wear and 涙／ほころび かなり which we have seen in the past which certainly wasn't the 事例／患者," he said.
"It probably just slowed 負かす／撃墜する throughout the 実験（する） match but it was a good surface and I guess a number of learnings for us to take away from this game. Not far off but we need to be better collectively for a longer period." (報告（する）／憶測ing by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Greg Stutchbury and Ed Osmond)
