Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Galle

Sri Lanka 305/10 & 309/10

New Zealand 340/10 & 211/10

Sri Lanka won by 63 runs

New Zealand v Sri Lanka 2024 · 1st Test Galle International Stadium, Galle 18–23 Sept 2024

How hard each side found the batting

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

Sri Lanka

1.03× +3%

New Zealand

0.98× -2%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Sri Lanka's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

R Ravindra New Zealand

131 +223

PHKD Mendis Sri Lanka

127 +182

LD Chandimal Sri Lanka

91 +107

FDM Karunaratne Sri Lanka

85 +106

GD Phillips New Zealand

53 +105

Best bowling

Top match figures

AY Patel6/90

W O'Rourke5/55

NGRP Jayasuriya5/68

NGRP Jayasuriya4/136

Top score

114

PHKD Mendis · Sri Lanka

Biggest stand

147

2nd wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

3–3

3 wkts for 3 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultSri Lanka won by 63 runs

Length6 days

Sri Lanka

305 /10 (91.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
P Nissanka	b W O'Rourke	27	25	5	108.00
FDM Karunaratne	c TA Blundell b W O'Rourke	2	8	0	25.00
LD Chandimal	c MG Bracewell b TG Southee	30	71	3	42.25
AD Mathews	c TA Blundell b W O'Rourke	36	116	3	31.03
PHKD Mendis	c DJ Mitchell b AY Patel	114	173	11	65.90
DM de Silva	b GD Phillips	11	24	2	45.83
BKG Mendis	c TG Southee b GD Phillips	50	68	7	73.53
RTM Mendis	lbw b W O'Rourke	14	49	2	28.57
NGRP Jayasuriya	lbw b AY Patel	0	15	0	0.00
CBRLS Kumara*	not out	2	2	0	100.00
AM Fernando	b W O'Rourke	0	4	0	0.00

Extras 19 (b 12, lb 2, w 1, nb 4)

Total 305/10 (91.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	14.0	2	48	1	3.43
W O'Rourke	18.5	5	55	5	2.92
AY Patel	20.0	4	60	2	3.00
MJ Santner	19.0	2	64	0	3.37
GD Phillips	18.0	0	52	2	2.89
R Ravindra	2.0	0	12	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-20 (FDM Karunaratne, 3.6)·2-33 (P Nissanka, 5.6)·3-88 (LD Chandimal, 28.4)·4-106 (DM de Silva, 34.2)·5-178 (AD Mathews, 55.3)·6-281 (BKG Mendis, 78.2)·7-302 (PHKD Mendis, 86.1)·8-303 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 90.4)·9-305 (RTM Mendis, 91.1)·10-305 (AM Fernando, 91.5)

New Zealand

340 /10 (90.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c S Samarawickrama b NGRP Jayasuriya	70	111	6	0	63.06
DP Conway	lbw b RTM Mendis	17	59	1	0	28.81
Kane Williamson	c BKG Mendis b DM de Silva	55	104	4	1	52.88
R Ravindra	b DM de Silva	39	48	4	0	81.25
DJ Mitchell	run out (BKG Mendis)	57	86	7	1	66.28
TA Blundell	c DM de Silva b NGRP Jayasuriya	25	65	1	1	38.46
GD Phillips*	not out	49	48	2	5	102.08
MJ Santner	c BKG Mendis b NGRP Jayasuriya	2	2	0	0	100.00
TG Southee	b NGRP Jayasuriya	3	10	0	0	30.00
AY Patel	lbw b RTM Mendis	6	6	1	0	100.00
W O'Rourke	b RTM Mendis	2	8	0	0	25.00

Extras 15 (b 8, lb 3, w 2, nb 2)

Total 340/10 (90.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
AM Fernando	7.0	1	25	0	3.57
CBRLS Kumara	12.0	5	28	0	2.33
DM de Silva	7.0	0	31	2	4.43
RTM Mendis	23.5	1	101	3	4.24
NGRP Jayasuriya	40.0	5	136	4	3.40
PHKD Mendis	1.0	0	8	0	8.00

Fall of wickets

1-63 (DP Conway, 18.4)·2-136 (TWM Latham, 38.4)·3-187 (Kane Williamson, 52.4)·4-196 (R Ravindra, 54.5)·5-269 (TA Blundell, 75.6)·6-291 (DJ Mitchell, 81.3)·7-293 (MJ Santner, 81.5)·8-297 (TG Southee, 83.5)·9-304 (AY Patel, 84.6)·10-340 (W O'Rourke, 90.5)

Sri Lanka

309 /10 (94.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
P Nissanka	c TG Southee b W O'Rourke	2	10	0	20.00
FDM Karunaratne	b AY Patel	83	127	6	65.35
LD Chandimal	c TWM Latham b W O'Rourke	61	150	6	40.67
AD Mathews	c DJ Mitchell b AY Patel	50	111	5	45.05
PHKD Mendis	c DJ Mitchell b W O'Rourke	13	12	3	108.33
DM de Silva	st TA Blundell b AY Patel	40	77	4	51.95
BKG Mendis	b AY Patel	23	30	3	76.67
RTM Mendis	lbw b AY Patel	1	18	0	5.56
NGRP Jayasuriya	c W O'Rourke b MJ Santner	11	24	2	45.83
CBRLS Kumara	c Kane Williamson b AY Patel	0	4	0	0.00
AM Fernando*	not out	0	7	0	0.00

Extras 25 (b 11, lb 8, w 2, nb 4)

Total 309/10 (94.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
W O'Rourke	17.0	2	49	3	2.88
AY Patel	30.0	8	90	6	3.00
MJ Santner	14.2	3	51	1	3.56
TG Southee	16.0	4	39	0	2.44
GD Phillips	12.0	1	50	0	4.17
R Ravindra	5.0	0	11	0	2.20

Fall of wickets

1-6 (P Nissanka, 2.5)·2-153 (FDM Karunaratne, 47.1)·3-153 (LD Chandimal, 48.2)·4-178 (PHKD Mendis, 52.4)·5-250 (DM de Silva, 75.4)·6-286 (BKG Mendis, 83.4)·7-292 (AD Mathews, 87.3)·8-301 (RTM Mendis, 91.1)·9-301 (CBRLS Kumara, 91.5)·10-309 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 94.2)

New Zealand

211 /10 (71.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	lbw b DM de Silva	28	68	2	0	41.18
DP Conway	b AM Fernando	4	7	0	0	57.14
Kane Williamson	st BKG Mendis b NGRP Jayasuriya	30	46	3	1	65.22
R Ravindra	lbw b NGRP Jayasuriya	92	168	9	1	54.76
DJ Mitchell	b RTM Mendis	8	26	1	0	30.77
TA Blundell	b NGRP Jayasuriya	30	43	4	0	69.77
GD Phillips	c PHKD Mendis b NGRP Jayasuriya	4	14	0	0	28.57
MJ Santner	c P Nissanka b RTM Mendis	2	22	0	0	9.09
TG Southee	lbw b RTM Mendis	2	9	0	0	22.22
AY Patel*	not out	2	22	0	0	9.09
W O'Rourke	b NGRP Jayasuriya	0	6	0	0	0.00

Extras 9 (b 6, lb 2, nb 1)

Total 211/10 (71.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RTM Mendis	25.0	3	83	3	3.32
AM Fernando	2.0	0	5	1	2.50
NGRP Jayasuriya	30.4	7	68	5	2.22
DM de Silva	12.0	4	32	1	2.67
CBRLS Kumara	2.0	0	15	0	7.50

Fall of wickets

1-6 (DP Conway, 1.4)·2-51 (Kane Williamson, 16.2)·3-68 (TWM Latham, 22.5)·4-96 (DJ Mitchell, 32.3)·5-152 (TA Blundell, 46.1)·6-171 (GD Phillips, 51.5)·7-197 (MJ Santner, 61.2)·8-203 (TG Southee, 63.3)·9-209 (R Ravindra, 69.4)·10-211 (W O'Rourke, 71.4)