But Sri Lanka, acknowledging that Jayasuriya needed more consistent support, made the bold call of replacing the sometimes-wayward Ramesh Mendis, with debutant Nishan Peiris. And on day three of ...

Sri Lanka will be buoyed too by the six-wicket haul achieved by debutant offspinner Nishan Peiris, even if he was expensive as New Zealand's batters went hard at him. He finished with figures of 9 ...

Debutant offspinner Nishan Peiris took six wickets Sunday to seal Sri Lanka's first series win against New Zealand in 15 years with a crushing victory by an innings and 154 runs in the second test ...

New Zealand suffered a middle-order collapse - similar to what happened in the first hour of the day - as 97 for 1 became 121 for 5 with debutant offspinner Nishan Peiris picking up three wickets ...

Nishan Peiris picked up three apiece in both innings on debut as the visitors ended the day's play at 199 for 5 while following on. Stumps were called early on the day due to bad light followed by ...

Left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya was the wrecker-in-chief picking up 6-42, while debutant offspinner Nishan Peiris (3-33) also got amongst the wickets as they combined to give the hosts the ...

Tom Blundell was not out 47 and Glenn Phillips on 32 when bad light forced an early end to play in Galle after debutant off-spinner Nishan Peiris took three top-order wickets. Devon Conway ...

Debutant off-spinner Nishan Peiris took six wickets Sunday to seal Sri Lanka's first series win against New Zealand in 15 years with a crushing victory by an innings and 154 runs in the second Test in ...