Sri Lankan team will play against New Zealand

Sri Lankan team will play against New Zealand in the first test match at Galle tomorrow. Sri Lankan team will be eyeing to capture second spot in the ICC test rankings by winning this match and taking lead in the test series.

Sri Lankan team had defeated Pakistan 2-0 in the recently concluded series and they will try to continue their brilliant performance against New Zealand also.

Angelo Mathews impressed with his performance in the recent matches but mystery spinner A Mendis might be dropped from the squad.

This will be main issue when Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara will decide final composition of their team for the test match.

Spinners will be a key to success for Sri Lankan team against New Zealand. Kiwi batsmen will have to watch out for M Muralitharan.

Muralitharan missed test series against Pakistan due to injury and he will be looking to make a strong comeback.