Comeback of the day
Angelo Mathews returned to the bowling crease for the first time since January 2017 – 23 test innings ago, after battling with injuries. Strangely, he came on at first change, bowling four decent overs, and then disappeared for the rest of the day as part of his load management – though his test bowling average of 52.6 means Sri Lanka probably weren't missing much.
Stat of the day
6453 - The amount of test runs accumulated by Brendon McCullum, who is now third all-time on the test runscoring charts for New Zealand, after Ross Taylor surpassed him when he reached 48 in his innings, late in the day.
Tweets of the day
- Alex Chapman describing his own bowling career, as well as the delivery which dismissed Kane Williamson.
Who's on top?
The Black Caps. Duh. Though, the question now becomes - how big will their first-innings lead be?
