The creature's discovery has astounded scientists because their age puts them within two recognized groups of pterodactyls -- primitive long-tailed forms and advanced short-tail forms -- and they display characteristics of both.
Prasanna Jayawardene contributed a useful 25 before he was leg-before to spinner Daniel Vettori, who also accounted for Farveez Maharoof and Malinga for figures of 3-53 as the Kiwis made short work of Sri Lanka's tail.
Drogba, such a formidable force when his tail is up, still looked short of his best in the first half, when his hesitancy in front of goal allowed first Michel Salgado and then Gael Givet to dispossess him with saving tackles.