Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Christchurch

Sri Lanka 355/10 & 302/10

New Zealand 373/10 & 285/8

New Zealand won by 2 wickets

New Zealand v Sri Lanka 2023 · 1st Test Hagley Oval, Christchurch, Christchurch 9–13 Mar 2023

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Sri Lanka had it tougher than New Zealand.

Sri Lanka

1.06× +6%

New Zealand

1.14× +14%

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

DJ Mitchell New Zealand

183 +274

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

162 +233

Kane Williamson New Zealand

122 +188

MJ Henry New Zealand

76 +130

DM de Silva Sri Lanka

93 +121

Best bowling

Top match figures

TG Southee5/64

MJ Henry4/80

AM Fernando4/85

BM Tickner4/100

Top score

121*

Kane Williamson · New Zealand

Biggest stand

142

4th wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

4–42

4 wkts for 42 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, field

ResultNew Zealand won by 2 wickets

Length5 days

Sri Lanka

355 /10 (92.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BOP Fernando	c TA Blundell b TG Southee	13	31	2	0	41.94
FDM Karunaratne	c TWM Latham b MJ Henry	50	87	7	0	57.47
BKG Mendis	lbw b TG Southee	87	83	16	0	104.82
AD Mathews	c DJ Mitchell b MJ Henry	47	98	6	1	47.96
LD Chandimal	c TWM Latham b TG Southee	39	64	6	0	60.94
DM de Silva	c TA Blundell b TG Southee	46	59	5	1	77.97
N Dickwella	lbw b MG Bracewell	7	13	1	0	53.85
CAK Rajitha	c Kane Williamson b MJ Henry	22	39	4	0	56.41
NGRP Jayasuriya	c TA Blundell b MJ Henry	13	40	0	0	32.50
CBRLS Kumara*	not out	13	32	2	0	40.62
AM Fernando	lbw b TG Southee	10	10	2	0	100.00

Extras 8 (lb 6, w 2)

Total 355/10 (92.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	26.4	10	64	5	2.40
MJ Henry	26.0	8	80	4	3.08
BM Tickner	20.0	2	103	0	5.15
N Wagner	10.0	1	68	0	6.80
DJ Mitchell	7.0	3	17	0	2.43
MG Bracewell	3.0	0	17	1	5.67

Fall of wickets

1-14 (BOP Fernando, 6.5)·2-151 (BKG Mendis, 32.5)·3-151 (FDM Karunaratne, 33.4)·4-233 (LD Chandimal, 57.1)·5-260 (AD Mathews, 63.5)·6-268 (N Dickwella, 67.4)·7-316 (DM de Silva, 76.2)·8-331 (CAK Rajitha, 81.4)·9-336 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 87.6)·10-355 (AM Fernando, 92.4)

New Zealand

373 /10 (107.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	b AM Fernando	67	144	7	0	46.53
DP Conway	lbw b AM Fernando	30	88	2	0	34.09
Kane Williamson	c FDM Karunaratne b CBRLS Kumara	1	11	0	0	9.09
HM Nicholls	c CAK Rajitha b CBRLS Kumara	2	6	0	0	33.33
DJ Mitchell	c N Dickwella b CBRLS Kumara	102	193	6	2	52.85
TA Blundell	c N Dickwella b CAK Rajitha	7	22	0	0	31.82
MG Bracewell	c N Dickwella b NGRP Jayasuriya	25	57	2	0	43.86
TG Southee	c CBRLS Kumara b CAK Rajitha	25	20	3	1	125.00
MJ Henry	b AM Fernando	72	75	10	3	96.00
N Wagner	c DM de Silva b AM Fernando	27	24	1	3	112.50
BM Tickner*	not out	2	5	0	0	40.00

Extras 13 (b 4, lb 6, w 3)

Total 373/10 (107.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CAK Rajitha	31.0	10	104	2	3.35
AM Fernando	29.3	5	85	4	2.88
CBRLS Kumara	25.0	5	76	3	3.04
DM de Silva	9.0	2	34	0	3.78
AD Mathews	3.0	0	18	0	6.00
NGRP Jayasuriya	10.0	1	46	1	4.60

Fall of wickets

1-67 (DP Conway, 28.4)·2-70 (Kane Williamson, 31.6)·3-76 (HM Nicholls, 35.1)·4-134 (TWM Latham, 50.1)·5-151 (TA Blundell, 58.2)·6-188 (MG Bracewell, 75.3)·7-235 (TG Southee, 82.6)·8-291 (DJ Mitchell, 97.4)·9-360 (MJ Henry, 105.5)·10-373 (N Wagner, 107.3)

Sri Lanka

302 /10 (105.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
BOP Fernando	c TA Blundell b BM Tickner	28	52	4	53.85
FDM Karunaratne	c HM Nicholls b BM Tickner	17	45	1	37.78
BKG Mendis	c MG Bracewell b BM Tickner	14	55	1	25.45
AD Mathews	c TA Blundell b MJ Henry	115	235	11	48.94
NGRP Jayasuriya	c TA Blundell b BM Tickner	6	32	0	18.75
LD Chandimal	b TG Southee	42	107	2	39.25
DM de Silva*	not out	47	73	7	64.38
N Dickwella	c TA Blundell b MJ Henry	0	4	0	0.00
CAK Rajitha	lbw b MJ Henry	14	21	2	66.67
CBRLS Kumara	run out (Kane Williamson)	8	6	2	133.33
AM Fernando	c Kane Williamson b TG Southee	0	3	0	0.00

Extras 11 (b 4, lb 3, w 4)

Total 302/10 (105.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	26.3	10	57	2	2.15
MJ Henry	28.0	5	71	3	2.54
BM Tickner	28.0	1	100	4	3.57
N Wagner	3.0	0	9	0	3.00
DJ Mitchell	12.0	2	31	0	2.58
MG Bracewell	8.0	1	27	0	3.38

Fall of wickets

1-28 (FDM Karunaratne, 11.4)·2-47 (BOP Fernando, 17.6)·3-81 (BKG Mendis, 33.5)·4-95 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 45.6)·5-200 (LD Chandimal, 82.2)·6-260 (AD Mathews, 94.5)·7-266 (N Dickwella, 96.3)·8-288 (CAK Rajitha, 102.3)·9-298 (CBRLS Kumara, 104.1)·10-302 (AM Fernando, 105.3)

New Zealand

285 /8 (70.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	b NGRP Jayasuriya	24	80	3	0	30.00
DP Conway	c & b CAK Rajitha	5	16	0	0	31.25
Kane Williamson*	not out	121	194	11	1	62.37
HM Nicholls	c BKG Mendis b NGRP Jayasuriya	20	24	1	0	83.33
DJ Mitchell	b AM Fernando	81	86	3	4	94.19
TA Blundell	b AM Fernando	3	5	0	0	60.00
MG Bracewell	c C Karunaratne b AM Fernando	10	11	1	0	90.91
TG Southee	c DM de Silva b CBRLS Kumara	1	2	0	0	50.00
MJ Henry	run out (CAK Rajitha)	4	3	0	0	133.33

Extras 16 (b 5, lb 4, w 6, nb 1)

Total 285/8 (70.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CAK Rajitha	17.0	5	60	1	3.53
AM Fernando	19.0	4	63	3	3.32
NGRP Jayasuriya	19.0	1	92	2	4.84
CBRLS Kumara	15.0	3	61	1	4.07

Fall of wickets

1-9 (DP Conway, 4.6)·2-50 (TWM Latham, 27.2)·3-90 (HM Nicholls, 35.4)·4-232 (DJ Mitchell, 61.5)·5-238 (TA Blundell, 63.3)·6-266 (MG Bracewell, 67.2)·7-273 (TG Southee, 68.3)·8-280 (MJ Henry, 69.3)