Sri Lanka's Niroshan Dickwella plays a shot on day one of the first cricket test match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at Super Sport Park Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa.
Ten Sri Lanka players have withdrawn from the forthcoming tour of Pakistan amid security concerns. Fawad Chaudhry, a Pakistan Minister, has claimed that it was India who asked Lankan players to do so.
New Zealand were 195/7, with an overall lead of 177, against hosts Sri Lanka on Day 3 of the first Test in Galle on Friday. BJ Watling was unbeaten on 63. Catch highlights of SL vs NZ 1st Test, Day 3 from Galle here
From 143/2, Sri Lanka slumped to 161/7 before an unfinished 66-run stand for the eighth wicket between Niroshan Dickwella and Suranga Lakmal stopped the rot. For New Zealand, spinner Ajaz Patel took 5/76.
