Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Galle

Sri Lanka 602/5

New Zealand 88/10 & 360/10

Sri Lanka won by 154 runs

New Zealand v Sri Lanka 2024 · 2nd Test Galle International Stadium, Galle 26–29 Sept 2024

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — New Zealand had it tougher than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka

1.04× +4%

New Zealand

0.94× -6%

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

PHKD Mendis Sri Lanka

182 +242

MJ Santner New Zealand

96 +174

BKG Mendis Sri Lanka

106 +128

LD Chandimal Sri Lanka

116 +120

GD Phillips New Zealand

78 +111

Best bowling

Top match figures

NGRP Jayasuriya6/42

KN Peiris6/170

KN Peiris3/33

NGRP Jayasuriya3/139

Top score

182*

PHKD Mendis · Sri Lanka

Biggest stand

122

2nd wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

3–12

3 wkts for 12 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultSri Lanka won by 154 runs

Length4 days

Sri Lanka

602 /5 (163.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
P Nissanka	c TA Blundell b TG Southee	1	3	0	0	33.33
FDM Karunaratne	run out (TWM Latham)	46	109	4	0	42.20
LD Chandimal	b GD Phillips	116	208	16	0	55.77
AD Mathews	c W O'Rourke b GD Phillips	88	185	7	0	47.57
PHKD Mendis*	not out	182	250	16	4	72.80
DM de Silva	c TA Blundell b GD Phillips	44	80	3	1	55.00
BKG Mendis*	not out	106	149	6	3	71.14

Extras 19 (b 6, lb 8, w 3, nb 2)

Total 602/5 (163.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	19.0	1	70	1	3.68
W O'Rourke	17.0	1	81	0	4.76
AY Patel	41.0	5	135	0	3.29
MJ Santner	33.0	5	82	0	2.48
GD Phillips	38.0	4	141	3	3.71
R Ravindra	12.4	0	54	0	4.26
DJ Mitchell	3.0	0	25	0	8.33

Fall of wickets

1-2 (P Nissanka, 0.6)·2-124 (FDM Karunaratne, 39.1)·3-221 (LD Chandimal, 72.3)·4-328 (AD Mathews, 96.3)·5-402 (DM de Silva, 118.3)

New Zealand

88 /10 (39.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c P Nissanka b AM Fernando	2	5	0	0	40.00
Kane Williamson	c DM de Silva b NGRP Jayasuriya	7	53	0	0	13.21
DP Conway	c DM de Silva b NGRP Jayasuriya	9	21	0	0	42.86
AY Patel	lbw b KN Peiris	8	41	0	0	19.51
R Ravindra	b KN Peiris	10	25	1	0	40.00
DJ Mitchell	c AD Mathews b NGRP Jayasuriya	13	15	1	1	86.67
TA Blundell	c DM de Silva b NGRP Jayasuriya	1	5	0	0	20.00
GD Phillips	c DM de Silva b NGRP Jayasuriya	0	2	0	0	0.00
MJ Santner	b KN Peiris	29	51	4	1	56.86
TG Southee	c DM de Silva b NGRP Jayasuriya	2	6	0	0	33.33
W O'Rourke*	not out	2	15	0	0	13.33

Extras 5 (b 5)

Total 88/10 (39.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
AM Fernando	4.0	1	8	1	2.00
KN Peiris	17.5	3	33	3	1.85
NGRP Jayasuriya	18.0	6	42	6	2.33

Fall of wickets

1-2 (TWM Latham, 0.5)·2-19 (DP Conway, 8.2)·3-24 (Kane Williamson, 16.6)·4-41 (R Ravindra, 23.5)·5-52 (AY Patel, 25.2)·6-53 (TA Blundell, 26.1)·7-53 (GD Phillips, 26.3)·8-66 (DJ Mitchell, 30.3)·9-68 (TG Southee, 32.3)·10-88 (MJ Santner, 39.5)

New Zealand

360 /10 (81.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c P Nissanka b KN Peiris	0	6	0	0	0.00
DP Conway	c LD Chandimal b DM de Silva	61	62	10	1	98.39
Kane Williamson	c RTM Mendis b KN Peiris	46	58	4	0	79.31
R Ravindra	b KN Peiris	12	24	1	0	50.00
DJ Mitchell	c P Nissanka b NGRP Jayasuriya	1	5	0	0	20.00
TA Blundell	lbw b KN Peiris	60	64	6	2	93.75
GD Phillips	c FDM Karunaratne b KN Peiris	78	99	6	3	78.79
MJ Santner	st BKG Mendis b KN Peiris	67	115	6	3	58.26
TG Southee	b NGRP Jayasuriya	10	10	1	1	100.00
AY Patel	b NGRP Jayasuriya	22	40	3	1	55.00
W O'Rourke*	not out	0	7	0	0	0.00

Extras 3 (lb 2, w 1)

Total 360/10 (81.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KN Peiris	33.4	4	170	6	5.05
NGRP Jayasuriya	34.0	2	139	3	4.09
AM Fernando	5.0	1	14	0	2.80
RMMP Rathnayake	2.0	0	7	0	3.50
DM de Silva	7.0	0	28	1	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-0 (TWM Latham, 0.6)·2-97 (DP Conway, 18.6)·3-110 (Kane Williamson, 22.2)·4-113 (DJ Mitchell, 23.6)·5-121 (R Ravindra, 26.6)·6-216 (TA Blundell, 44.3)·7-280 (GD Phillips, 61.4)·8-291 (TG Southee, 64.3)·9-344 (AY Patel, 78.3)·10-360 (MJ Santner, 81.4)