{"id":50243,"date":"2018-12-18T12:32:40","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T12:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=50243"},"modified":"2018-12-18T12:32:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T12:32:40","slug":"ton-for-mendis-as-sri-lanka-fight-to-avoid-innings-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=50243","title":{"rendered":"Ton for Mendis as Sri Lanka fight to avoid innings loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"some-class-name2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"wp-image-50244 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/094119Kusal-Mendis-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"821\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/094119Kusal-Mendis-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/094119Kusal-Mendis.jpg 647w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/>Sports desk: Kusal Mendis ground out a defiant century as Sri Lanka fought to avoid an innings loss to New Zealand in the first Test in Wellington on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Mendis brought up his sixth Test ton just after tea with Sri Lanka on 203 for three and still needing 93 to avoid an innings loss, according to AFP report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Strike partner Angelo Mathews was on 75 in an unbeaten partnership worth 190 that denied New Zealand a wicket in the first two sessions of day four.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Mendis, 23, brought up his milestone with a pull to the boundary off Neil Wagner, achieving his century after 215 balls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports desk: Kusal Mendis ground out a defiant century as Sri Lanka fought to avoid an innings loss to New Zealand in the first Test in Wellington on Tuesday. 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