Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Colombo

Sri Lanka 244/10 & 122/10

New Zealand 431/6

New Zealand won by 65 runs

New Zealand v Sri Lanka 2019 · 2nd Test P Sara Oval, Colombo 22–26 Aug 2019

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

Sri Lanka

1.02× +2%

New Zealand

1.02× +2%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How New Zealand's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

TWM Latham New Zealand

154 +218

DM de Silva Sri Lanka

110 +214

BJ Watling New Zealand

105 +154

C de Grandhomme New Zealand

83 +107

FDM Karunaratne Sri Lanka

86 +102

Best bowling

Top match figures

TG Southee4/63

TA Boult3/75

MDK Perera3/114

TG Southee2/15

Top score

154

TWM Latham · New Zealand

Biggest stand

143

5th wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–22

3 wkts for 22 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultNew Zealand won by 65 runs

Length5 days

Sri Lanka

244 /10 (90.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	65	165	6	0	39.39
HDRL Thirimanne	c Kane Williamson b WER Somerville	2	35	0	0	5.71
BKG Mendis	c BJ Watling b C de Grandhomme	32	70	4	0	45.71
AD Mathews	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	2	29	0	0	6.90
MDKJ Perera	lbw b TA Boult	0	4	0	0	0.00
DM de Silva	b TA Boult	109	148	16	2	73.65
N Dickwella	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	0	3	0	0	0.00
MDK Perera	lbw b AY Patel	13	54	1	0	24.07
RAS Lakmal	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	10	24	1	0	41.67
L Embuldeniya	lbw b TG Southee	0	2	0	0	0.00
CBRLS Kumara*	not out	5	11	0	0	45.45

Extras 6 (b 1, lb 2, nb 3)

Total 244/10 (90.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	22.2	7	75	3	3.36
TG Southee	29.0	7	63	4	2.17
C de Grandhomme	17.0	3	35	1	2.06
WER Somerville	6.0	3	20	1	3.33
AY Patel	16.0	4	48	1	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-29 (HDRL Thirimanne, 14.4)·2-79 (BKG Mendis, 32.3)·3-93 (AD Mathews, 41.1)·4-93 (MDKJ Perera, 41.5)·5-130 (FDM Karunaratne, 57.3)·6-130 (N Dickwella, 57.6)·7-171 (MDK Perera, 74.5)·8-214 (RAS Lakmal, 83.5)·9-224 (L Embuldeniya, 85.1)·10-244 (DM de Silva, 90.2)

New Zealand

431 /6 (115.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Raval	c DM de Silva b MDK Perera	0	9	0	0	0.00
TWM Latham	lbw b MDK Perera	154	251	15	0	61.35
Kane Williamson	c BKG Mendis b CBRLS Kumara	20	28	2	0	71.43
LRPL Taylor	c DM de Silva b L Embuldeniya	23	43	3	0	53.49
HM Nicholls	c DM de Silva b MDK Perera	15	46	0	0	32.61
BJ Watling*	not out	105	226	9	0	46.46
C de Grandhomme	c CBRLS Kumara b L Embuldeniya	83	77	5	5	107.79
TG Southee*	not out	24	10	2	2	240.00

Extras 7 (lb 4, w 3)

Total 431/6 (115.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MDK Perera	37.0	4	114	3	3.08
DM de Silva	5.0	1	10	0	2.00
RAS Lakmal	11.0	2	32	0	2.91
CBRLS Kumara	25.0	0	115	1	4.60
L Embuldeniya	37.0	4	156	2	4.22

Fall of wickets

1-1 (JA Raval, 3.1)·2-34 (Kane Williamson, 12.5)·3-84 (LRPL Taylor, 26.2)·4-126 (HM Nicholls, 42.3)·5-269 (TWM Latham, 85.3)·6-382 (C de Grandhomme, 110.2)

Sri Lanka

122 /10 (70.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
HDRL Thirimanne	run out	0	5	0	0	0.00
MDKJ Perera	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	0	3	0	0	0.00
BKG Mendis	b WER Somerville	20	63	3	0	31.75
AD Mathews	c LRPL Taylor b C de Grandhomme	7	30	1	0	23.33
DM de Silva	c TG Southee b AY Patel	1	19	0	0	5.26
N Dickwella	c TWM Latham b AY Patel	51	161	6	0	31.68
FDM Karunaratne	lbw b TG Southee	21	70	2	0	30.00
MDK Perera	c LRPL Taylor b TG Southee	0	12	0	0	0.00
RAS Lakmal	c TWM Latham b WER Somerville	14	45	2	1	31.11
L Embuldeniya	c Kane Williamson b TA Boult	5	11	1	0	45.45
CBRLS Kumara*	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 3 (lb 2, w 1)

Total 122/10 (70.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	14.2	8	17	2	1.19
TG Southee	12.0	6	15	2	1.25
AY Patel	19.0	3	31	2	1.63
C de Grandhomme	4.0	1	8	1	2.00
WER Somerville	21.0	6	49	2	2.33

Fall of wickets

1-0 (HDRL Thirimanne, 0.5)·2-4 (MDKJ Perera, 2.2)·3-11 (AD Mathews, 11.3)·4-22 (DM de Silva, 18.3)·5-32 (BKG Mendis, 21.5)·6-73 (FDM Karunaratne, 43.6)·7-75 (MDK Perera, 47.4)·8-115 (RAS Lakmal, 65.3)·9-118 (N Dickwella, 69.3)·10-122 (L Embuldeniya, 70.2)