The first Test match between the teams of Sri Lanka and New Zealand is being played in the Sri Lankan city of Galle, which will be played over 6 days instead of 5.
A Test match in cricket usually lasts for 5 days, in which both teams play 2 innings, 2 innings for 5 consecutive days until the result of the match.
But if you are told that the Test match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka starting from September 18 will be played over 6 days instead of 5, you will surely be surprised.
It should be surprising because there is no such instance in the recent past that a Test match is scheduled for 6 days instead of 5.
These days the New Zealand team is on a tour of Sri Lanka where the first match of the 2-test series between the two teams is going on in Galle, this test is scheduled from 18th to 23rd September which is 6 days.
Why so?
The special thing about the Sri Lanka-New Zealand Galle Test match is that a rest day has been given in this match.
The Galle Test has been played for 3 days and on Saturday (September 21) due to the presidential election in Sri Lanka, a rest day was kept on the fourth day of this match, due to which an extra day was added to this match and match 5. Scheduled for 6 days instead.
The fourth day of the Test between the two teams will now begin on Sunday.
It should be noted that the polling for the first presidential election after the worst economic crisis in Sri Lanka in 2022 took place on Saturday, after which the counting of votes continues.
Was it the first time a rest day was kept in a test match?
No! This is not the first time that a Test match has had a rest day, the last time it happened was in the 2008 Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and it was due to Bangladesh’s parliamentary elections.
In 2008, during the first Test match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Mirpur, Dhaka from 26 to 31 December, elections were also scheduled in the country on 29 December.
Hence, after a rest day on December 29 for elections, the game resumed on December 30, which was considered the fourth day.
GAL Test Day 3 Game Status
In the Galle Test, Sri Lanka scored 305 runs in the first innings against New Zealand.
Sri Lanka have scored 237 runs for 4 wickets in the second innings at the end of the third day’s play on Friday and have a lead of 202 runs over the visitors.
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2024-09-22 10:48:15
