New Zealand skipper Ross Taylor (75), debutant Todd Astle (35) and Brendon McCullum (35) were the main scorers for New Zealand, while left-arm spinner Rangana Herath took three wickets for Sri Lanka. The hosts were earlier bowled out for 244 in their first innings in reply to New Zealand&#39;s 412, with Thilan Samaraweera top-scoring with 76. Pacemen Tim Southee bagged five wickets and Trent Boult took four for New Zealand. <img alt="Todd Astle, Ross Taylor" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/nov/taylor28nov.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 640px;" /> Todd Astle (L) and Ross Taylor run between wickets. Pic/ AFP The hosts lead the series 1-0 following their 10-wicket win in the opening Test in Galle. Scoreboard: New Zealand 1st innings 412 (K. Williamson 135, R. Taylor 142, D. Flynn 53, R. Herath 6-103) Sri Lanka 1st innings (overnight 225-6): T. Paranavitana c van Wyk b Southee 40 T. Dilshan b Southee 5 K. Sangakkara c Boult b Southee 0 M. Jayawardene c Williamson b Boult 4 A. Mathews c Guptill b Southee 47 T. Samaraweera c Guptill b Boult 76 P. Jayawardene c Williamson b Patel 12 S. Randiv lbw b Boult 39 N. Kulasekara c Taylor b Southee 6 R. Herath c Williamson b Boult 5 S. Eranga not out 3 Extras (lb3, nb3, w1) 7 Total (94 overs) 244 Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Dilshan), 2-7 (Sangakkara), 3-12 (M. Jayawardene), 4-102 (Paranavitana), 5-103 (Mathews), 6-128 (P. Jayawardene), 7-225 (Samaraweera), 8-232 (Randiv), 9-240 (Kulasekara), 10-244 (Herath). Bowling: Southee 22-4-62-5 (nb1), Boult 21-7-42-4 (nb2, w1), Patel 22-3-47-1, Astle 13-2-41-0, Bracewell 13-1-44-0, Williamson 3-1-5-0 New Zealand 2nd innings: M. Guptill c Dilshan b Eranga 11 B. McCullum st P. Jayawardene b Herath 35 K. Williamson c Paranavitana b Kulasekara 18 R. Taylor run out 74 D. Flynn lbw b Kulasekara 0 K. van Wyk c Paranavitana b Herath 0 T. Astle c Dilshan b Randiv 35 D. Bracewell c Kulasekara b Herath 1 T. Southee not out 8 J. Patel st P. Jayawardene b Randiv 0 T. Boult not out 6 Extras (lb4, nb2) 6 Total (for nine wickets decl; 54 overs) 194 Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Guptill), 2-56 (McCullum), 3-74 (Williamson), 4-74 (Flynn), 5-75 (van Wyk), 6-172 (Astle), 7-177 (Bracewell), 8-180 (Taylor), 9-182 (Patel). Bowling: Kulasekara 12-2-47-2, Eranga 10-1-39-1 (nb1), Herath 21-3-67-3, Randiv 11-1-37-2 (nb1) Toss: New Zealand Umpires: Marais Erasmus (RSA) and Nigel Llong (ENG) TV umpire: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI) Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)

New Zealand declared their second innings at 194-9 on the fourth day of the second and final Test on Wednesday, setting Sri Lanka a target of 363 to win the match.

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