Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Wellington

Sri Lanka 282/10 & 287/3

New Zealand 578/10

Match drawn

New Zealand v Sri Lanka 2018 · 1st Test Basin Reserve, Wellington, Wellington 15–19 Dec 2018

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Sri Lanka had it far tougher than New Zealand.

Sri Lanka

0.92× -8%

New Zealand

1.25× +25%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, New Zealand led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

203 +325

TWM Latham New Zealand

264 +285

BKG Mendis Sri Lanka

143 +218

N Dickwella Sri Lanka

80 +196

FDM Karunaratne Sri Lanka

89 +125

Best bowling

Top match figures

TG Southee6/68

CBRLS Kumara4/127

TG Southee2/52

DM de Silva2/54

Top score

264*

TWM Latham · New Zealand

Biggest stand

162

2nd wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–50

3 wkts for 50 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, field

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

Sri Lanka

282 /10 (90.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MD Gunathilaka	lbw b TG Southee	1	9	0	0	11.11
FDM Karunaratne	c BJ Watling b N Wagner	79	144	11	0	54.86
DM de Silva	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	1	7	0	0	14.29
BKG Mendis	c AY Patel b TG Southee	2	4	0	0	50.00
AD Mathews	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	83	153	9	1	54.25
LD Chandimal	c AY Patel b TG Southee	6	34	0	0	17.65
N Dickwella*	not out	80	101	11	0	79.21
MDK Perera	c BJ Watling b C de Grandhomme	16	38	2	0	42.11
RAS Lakmal	c HM Nicholls b N Wagner	3	12	0	0	25.00
CAK Rajitha	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	2	32	0	0	6.25
CBRLS Kumara	c C de Grandhomme b TG Southee	0	8	0	0	0.00

Extras 9 (lb 7, nb 2)

Total 282/10 (90.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	27.0	6	83	1	3.07
TG Southee	27.0	7	68	6	2.52
C de Grandhomme	13.0	2	35	1	2.69
N Wagner	20.0	2	75	2	3.75
AY Patel	3.0	0	14	0	4.67

Fall of wickets

1-5 (MD Gunathilaka, 1.6)·2-7 (DM de Silva, 3.2)·3-9 (BKG Mendis, 3.6)·4-142 (FDM Karunaratne, 46.3)·5-167 (LD Chandimal, 57.2)·6-187 (AD Mathews, 59.3)·7-223 (MDK Perera, 69.5)·8-240 (RAS Lakmal, 74.2)·9-275 (CAK Rajitha, 86.6)·10-282 (CBRLS Kumara, 89.6)

New Zealand

578 /10 (157.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Raval	c N Dickwella b CBRLS Kumara	43	70	6	0	61.43
TWM Latham*	not out	264	489	21	1	53.99
Kane Williamson	c CAK Rajitha b DM de Silva	91	93	11	0	97.85
LRPL Taylor	c FDM Karunaratne b CBRLS Kumara	50	88	5	0	56.82
HM Nicholls	c CAK Rajitha b MDK Perera	50	101	6	0	49.50
BJ Watling	c N Dickwella b CBRLS Kumara	0	6	0	0	0.00
C de Grandhomme	c CAK Rajitha b DM de Silva	49	53	3	3	92.45
TG Southee	run out (LD Chandimal)	6	14	0	0	42.86
N Wagner	c DM de Silva b RAS Lakmal	0	6	0	0	0.00
AY Patel	b MDK Perera	6	21	0	0	28.57
TA Boult	c N Dickwella b CBRLS Kumara	11	6	2	0	183.33

Extras 8 (lb 5, w 1, nb 2)

Total 578/10 (157.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	31.0	6	88	1	2.84
CAK Rajitha	34.0	5	144	0	4.24
AD Mathews	4.0	3	1	0	0.25
MDK Perera	40.0	1	156	2	3.90
CBRLS Kumara	31.3	2	127	4	4.03
DM de Silva	15.0	0	54	2	3.60
MD Gunathilaka	2.0	1	3	0	1.50

Fall of wickets

1-59 (JA Raval, 22.6)·2-221 (Kane Williamson, 59.3)·3-312 (LRPL Taylor, 84.4)·4-426 (HM Nicholls, 122.5)·5-426 (BJ Watling, 123.6)·6-499 (C de Grandhomme, 138.6)·7-520 (TG Southee, 144.6)·8-520 (N Wagner, 145.6)·9-549 (AY Patel, 154.5)·10-578 (TA Boult, 157.3)

Sri Lanka

287 /3 (115.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
MD Gunathilaka	lbw b TA Boult	3	17	0	17.65
FDM Karunaratne	c TA Boult b TG Southee	10	13	1	76.92
DM de Silva	b TG Southee	0	5	0	0.00
BKG Mendis*	not out	141	335	16	42.09
AD Mathews*	not out	120	323	11	37.15

Extras 13 (lb 2, w 8, nb 3)

Total 287/3 (115.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	25.0	8	52	2	2.08
TA Boult	25.0	4	62	1	2.48
N Wagner	23.0	4	100	0	4.35
C de Grandhomme	13.0	4	24	0	1.85
AY Patel	28.0	10	46	0	1.64
JA Raval	1.0	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-5 (MD Gunathilaka, 3.3)·2-10 (DM de Silva, 4.5)·3-13 (FDM Karunaratne, 6.2)