Sri Lanka's cricket team, led by skipper Dhananjaya de Silva, seeks improvement in batting and bowling despite their 63-run victory over New Zealand in the first Test match at Galle International Stadium.

Left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya delivered a stellar five-wicket haul in the second innings and nine wickets overall, to lead Sri Lanka to a 63-run victory over New Zealand in the first Test. New Zealand resumed play on the final day needing 68 more runs to reach a victory target of 275 but only added four runs before Sri Lanka wrapped up the

New Zealand Skipper Tim Southee acknowledges the team's efforts and highlights positive takeaways despite a tough loss to Sri Lanka in the first Test match at the Galle International Stadium.

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in the 1st Test of the two-match series in Galle on Monday (September 23). In pursuit of 275 in the fourth innings, Blackcaps' Rachin Ravindra made a valiant 92 but his innings went in vain as none of the other Kiwi batters managed to put their hand up with Tom Blundell emerging as the second highest scorer with 30 runs and as many as 7 batters not even managing to breach the double-figure mark.