Sri Lanka will look to strike an early blow against New Zealand in Christchurch this week and hope Australia can thwart India to keep the World Test Championship (WTC) race alive.With Australia already confirmed in the WTC final, Sri Lanka can join them by sweeping New Zealand in their two-test series if
Sri Lanka will look to strike an early blow against New Zealand in Christchurch this week and hope Australia can thwart India to keep the World Test Championship race alive.
Sri Lanka has by far the harder assignment, needing to create history to leapfrog their south Asian rivals. A team more accustomed to attacking with spin, Sri Lanka have brought a full stable of pace bowlers to New Zealand.
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