There are rough days and then there are rough days, and then there is whatever it was that New Zealand endured on day two in Galle. The only thing that seemed to go right for them was the weather because if not for the persistent overcast conditions, it really would have been a day of cruel and unusual punishment.Sri Lanka piled on 296 runs for just the loss of two wickets, while every plan, every thought, every effort New Zealand put forth, came to pretty much nought. They tried seven different bowlers, even giving Daryl Mitchell a run, while their spinners toiled largely fruitlessly for 124.4 overs, before the declaration came. Only Glenn Phillips managed to cause any sort of trouble.In that sense, while Dhananjaya de Silva has been fortunate with his tosses, none of the six he’s won on the trot might have been as important as this one, with batting conditions easing up considerably on day two and allowing Sri Lanka’s batters to run roughshod over proceedings.”The surface is…
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