New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Wellington

New Zealand 580/4

Sri Lanka 164/10 & 358/10

New Zealand won by 58 runs

New Zealand v Sri Lanka 2023 · 2nd Test Basin Reserve, Wellington, Wellington 17–20 Mar 2023

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Sri Lanka had it tougher than New Zealand.

New Zealand

1.19× +19%

Sri Lanka

1.11× +11%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

New Zealand's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Kane Williamson New Zealand

215 +208

HM Nicholls New Zealand

200 +197

FDM Karunaratne Sri Lanka

140 +165

LD Chandimal Sri Lanka

99 +107

DM de Silva Sri Lanka

98 +107

Best bowling

Top match figures

MJ Henry3/44

MG Bracewell3/50

TG Southee3/51

BM Tickner3/84

Top score

215

Kane Williamson · New Zealand

Biggest stand

363

3rd wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–8

3 wkts for 8 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, field

ResultNew Zealand won by 58 runs

Length4 days

New Zealand

580 /4 (123.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c NGRP Jayasuriya b CAK Rajitha	21	73	0	0	28.77
DP Conway	c & b DM de Silva	78	108	13	0	72.22
Kane Williamson	c RTM Mendis b NGRP Jayasuriya	215	296	23	2	72.64
HM Nicholls*	not out	200	240	15	4	83.33
DJ Mitchell	c & b CAK Rajitha	17	12	1	1	141.67
TA Blundell*	not out	17	17	2	0	100.00

Extras 32 (b 2, lb 17, w 5, nb 8)

Total 580/4 (123.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CAK Rajitha	32.0	6	126	2	3.94
AM Fernando	26.0	6	110	0	4.23
CBRLS Kumara	25.0	1	164	0	6.56
DM de Silva	19.0	3	75	1	3.95
NGRP Jayasuriya	21.0	1	86	1	4.10

Fall of wickets

1-87 (TWM Latham, 25.1)·2-118 (DP Conway, 35.4)·3-481 (Kane Williamson, 112.6)·4-530 (DJ Mitchell, 117.5)

Sri Lanka

164 /10 (66.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
BOP Fernando	c TA Blundell b MJ Henry	6	32	0	18.75
FDM Karunaratne	c TWM Latham b MG Bracewell	89	188	9	47.34
BKG Mendis	c DP Conway b DAJ Bracewell	0	10	0	0.00
NGRP Jayasuriya	c DJ Mitchell b TG Southee	4	17	1	23.53
AD Mathews	c TA Blundell b MJ Henry	1	10	0	10.00
LD Chandimal	st TA Blundell b MG Bracewell	37	92	4	40.22
DM de Silva	c TG Southee b MG Bracewell	0	6	0	0.00
KNM Fernando	c MG Bracewell b MJ Henry	19	31	3	61.29
CAK Rajitha	run out (TWM Latham)	0	9	0	0.00
AM Fernando	c Kane Williamson b BM Tickner	0	3	0	0.00
CBRLS Kumara*	not out	1	4	0	25.00

Extras 7 (b 4, lb 1, w 1, nb 1)

Total 164/10 (66.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	15.0	6	22	1	1.47
MJ Henry	20.0	6	44	3	2.20
DAJ Bracewell	12.0	7	19	1	1.58
MG Bracewell	12.0	1	50	3	4.17
BM Tickner	6.5	1	21	1	3.07
DJ Mitchell	1.0	0	3	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-13 (BOP Fernando, 9.1)·2-18 (BKG Mendis, 12.3)·3-27 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 19.1)·4-34 (AD Mathews, 22.1)·5-114 (LD Chandimal, 51.4)·6-116 (DM de Silva, 53.3)·7-156 (KNM Fernando, 62.5)·8-163 (CAK Rajitha, 65.2)·9-163 (FDM Karunaratne, 65.4)·10-164 (AM Fernando, 66.5)

Sri Lanka

358 /10 (142.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BOP Fernando	c WA Young b DAJ Bracewell	5	36	0	0	13.89
FDM Karunaratne	c DP Conway b TG Southee	51	83	4	0	61.45
BKG Mendis	c Kane Williamson b MJ Henry	50	106	8	0	47.17
AD Mathews	c MG Bracewell b BM Tickner	2	44	0	0	4.55
LD Chandimal	c DAJ Bracewell b BM Tickner	62	92	8	0	67.39
DM de Silva	c HM Nicholls b MG Bracewell	98	185	12	1	52.97
KNM Fernando	c TG Southee b BM Tickner	39	93	4	1	41.94
CAK Rajitha	c Kane Williamson b TG Southee	20	110	1	0	18.18
NGRP Jayasuriya	c BM Tickner b MG Bracewell	2	45	0	0	4.44
CBRLS Kumara	c MG Bracewell b TG Southee	7	45	1	0	15.56
AM Fernando*	not out	0	15	0	0	0.00

Extras 22 (lb 6, w 14, nb 2)

Total 358/10 (142.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	27.0	13	51	3	1.89
MJ Henry	29.0	8	59	1	2.03
MG Bracewell	42.0	14	100	2	2.38
DAJ Bracewell	18.0	3	58	1	3.22
BM Tickner	26.0	6	84	3	3.23

Fall of wickets

1-26 (BOP Fernando, 12.4)·2-97 (FDM Karunaratne, 31.1)·3-113 (BKG Mendis, 43.6)·4-116 (AD Mathews, 46.1)·5-242 (LD Chandimal, 76.2)·6-318 (KNM Fernando, 105.4)·7-318 (DM de Silva, 106.3)·8-338 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 122.3)·9-354 (CBRLS Kumara, 137.1)·10-358 (CAK Rajitha, 141.6)