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New Zealand's batting flopped as the visitors looked set to suffer their biggest defeat in Test cricket after being asked to follow on, on Day 3 of the second Test against Sri Lanka, in Galle, on Saturday.
Following on, New Zealand were struggling on 199/5 in 41 overs in their second innings when bad light ended play early on the third third day. They still needing another 315 runs to avoid the innings defeat.
Devon Conway stroked his way to a quickfire 61 from 62 balls, with 10 fours and a six, while Kane Williamson made 46.
The Sri Lankan spinners were among the wickets again as Nishan Peiris took 2/38, while Prabath Jayasuriya claimed 1/46.
Earlier, the Kiwis had collapsed for a lowly 88 in 39.5 overs in reply to Sri Lanka's massive total of 602/6 declared, to concede a huge 514-run first innings lead.
Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Jayasuriya wreaked havoc with the ball in the first innings, as he took 6/42 with New Zealand losing eight wickets in a horror morning session, while off-spinner Nishan Peiris claimed 3/33.
Jayasuriya looks set to create a new World record. He needs five more wickets to equal the record for the fastest bowler to pick 100 wickets in Tests -- a record held by England's George Lohmann since 1896.
Unless, they improve their batting in the second innings, New Zealand look on course for their worst-ever defeat in Tests. They were beaten by an innings and 324 runs against Pakistan in 2002, which is their biggest ever defeats in Tests.
New Zealand lost the first Test by 63 runs as Sri Lanka look set for their first series triumph against the Kiwis since 2009.