Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Colombo

New Zealand 412/10 & 194/9

Sri Lanka 244/10 & 195/10

New Zealand won by 167 runs

New Zealand v Sri Lanka 2012 · 2nd Test P Sara Oval, Colombo 25–29 Nov 2012

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — New Zealand had it far tougher than Sri Lanka.

New Zealand

0.94× -6%

Sri Lanka

1.25× +25%

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

LRPL Taylor New Zealand

216 +310

Kane Williamson New Zealand

153 +192

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

131 +144

TT Samaraweera Sri Lanka

83 +93

DR Flynn New Zealand

53 +77

Best bowling

Top match figures

HMRKB Herath6/103

TG Southee5/62

TA Boult4/42

TA Boult3/33

Top score

142

LRPL Taylor · New Zealand

Biggest stand

262

3rd wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–10

3 wkts for 10 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, bat

ResultNew Zealand won by 167 runs

Length5 days

New Zealand

412 /10 (153.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MJ Guptill	c AD Mathews b KMDN Kulasekara	4	6	1	0	66.67
BB McCullum	lbw b RMS Eranga	4	10	0	0	40.00
Kane Williamson	lbw b HMRKB Herath	135	305	12	0	44.26
LRPL Taylor	lbw b HMRKB Herath	142	306	11	0	46.41
DR Flynn	lbw b HMRKB Herath	53	135	3	0	39.26
CFK van Wyk	b TM Dilshan	0	3	0	0	0.00
TD Astle	lbw b HMRKB Herath	3	36	0	0	8.33
DAJ Bracewell	c HMRKB Herath b S Randiv	24	37	2	0	64.86
TG Southee	b HMRKB Herath	15	34	0	0	44.12
JS Patel*	not out	25	45	2	1	55.56
TA Boult	b HMRKB Herath	1	3	0	0	33.33

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

Total 412/10 (153.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KMDN Kulasekara	24.0	2	76	1	3.17
RMS Eranga	22.0	0	91	1	4.14
AD Mathews	10.0	1	25	0	2.50
HMRKB Herath	49.0	10	103	6	2.10
S Randiv	39.0	3	94	1	2.41
TM Dilshan	9.0	2	19	1	2.11

Fall of wickets

1-4 (MJ Guptill, 0.6)·2-14 (BB McCullum, 3.5)·3-276 (LRPL Taylor, 99.6)·4-290 (Kane Williamson, 104.4)·5-291 (CFK van Wyk, 105.5)·6-300 (TD Astle, 116.5)·7-346 (DAJ Bracewell, 130.3)·8-374 (TG Southee, 141.2)·9-410 (DR Flynn, 152.1)·10-412 (TA Boult, 152.6)

Sri Lanka

244 /10 (94.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NT Paranavitana	c CFK van Wyk b TG Southee	40	112	3	0	35.71
TM Dilshan	b TG Southee	5	8	1	0	62.50
KC Sangakkara	c TA Boult b TG Southee	0	2	0	0	0.00
DPMD Jayawardene	c Kane Williamson b TA Boult	4	5	1	0	80.00
AD Mathews	c MJ Guptill b TG Southee	47	111	5	1	42.34
TT Samaraweera	c MJ Guptill b TA Boult	76	167	5	0	45.51
HAPW Jayawardene	c Kane Williamson b JS Patel	12	25	1	0	48.00
S Randiv	lbw b TA Boult	39	117	3	0	33.33
KMDN Kulasekara	c LRPL Taylor b TG Southee	6	9	1	0	66.67
HMRKB Herath	c Kane Williamson b TA Boult	5	6	1	0	83.33
RMS Eranga*	not out	3	5	0	0	60.00

Extras 7 (lb 3, w 1, nb 3)

Total 244/10 (94.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	22.0	4	62	5	2.82
TA Boult	21.0	7	42	4	2.00
JS Patel	22.0	3	47	1	2.14
TD Astle	13.0	2	41	0	3.15
DAJ Bracewell	13.0	1	44	0	3.38
Kane Williamson	3.0	1	5	0	1.67

Fall of wickets

1-7 (TM Dilshan, 2.4)·2-7 (KC Sangakkara, 2.6)·3-12 (DPMD Jayawardene, 5.1)·4-102 (NT Paranavitana, 38.3)·5-103 (AD Mathews, 40.3)·6-128 (HAPW Jayawardene, 49.6)·7-225 (TT Samaraweera, 89.5)·8-232 (S Randiv, 91.2)·9-240 (KMDN Kulasekara, 92.5)·10-244 (HMRKB Herath, 93.6)

New Zealand

194 /9 (54.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MJ Guptill	c TM Dilshan b RMS Eranga	11	28	0	0	39.29
BB McCullum	st HAPW Jayawardene b HMRKB Herath	35	43	7	0	81.40
Kane Williamson	c NT Paranavitana b KMDN Kulasekara	18	42	0	0	42.86
LRPL Taylor	run out (KMDN Kulasekara)	74	95	2	0	77.89
DR Flynn	lbw b KMDN Kulasekara	0	1	0	0	0.00
CFK van Wyk	c NT Paranavitana b HMRKB Herath	0	1	0	0	0.00
TD Astle	c TM Dilshan b S Randiv	35	100	4	0	35.00
DAJ Bracewell	c KMDN Kulasekara b HMRKB Herath	1	3	0	0	33.33
TG Southee*	not out	8	4	0	1	200.00
JS Patel	st HAPW Jayawardene b S Randiv	0	2	0	0	0.00
TA Boult*	not out	6	7	1	0	85.71

Extras 6 (lb 4, nb 2)

Total 194/9 (54.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KMDN Kulasekara	12.0	2	47	2	3.92
RMS Eranga	10.0	1	39	1	3.90
HMRKB Herath	21.0	3	67	3	3.19
S Randiv	11.0	1	37	2	3.36

Fall of wickets

1-32 (MJ Guptill, 7.1)·2-56 (BB McCullum, 14.6)·3-74 (Kane Williamson, 19.5)·4-74 (DR Flynn, 19.6)·5-75 (CFK van Wyk, 20.2)·6-172 (TD Astle, 50.4)·7-177 (DAJ Bracewell, 51.3)·8-180 (LRPL Taylor, 51.5)·9-182 (JS Patel, 52.3)

Sri Lanka

195 /10 (85.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NT Paranavitana	lbw b TG Southee	0	1	0	0	0.00
KC Sangakkara	b DAJ Bracewell	16	34	2	0	47.06
TM Dilshan	c CFK van Wyk b TG Southee	14	23	1	0	60.87
DPMD Jayawardene	c CFK van Wyk b DAJ Bracewell	5	24	1	0	20.83
TT Samaraweera	run out (JS Patel)	7	37	1	0	18.92
AD Mathews	c MJ Guptill b TA Boult	84	228	11	1	36.84
HAPW Jayawardene	c CFK van Wyk b TD Astle	29	108	2	0	26.85
S Randiv	c MJ Guptill b TA Boult	0	11	0	0	0.00
KMDN Kulasekara	c Kane Williamson b TA Boult	18	40	1	2	45.00
RMS Eranga	c Kane Williamson b TG Southee	0	4	0	0	0.00
HMRKB Herath*	not out	6	5	1	0	120.00

Extras 16 (b 4, lb 11, w 1)

Total 195/10 (85.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	20.0	5	58	3	2.90
TA Boult	17.5	6	33	3	1.85
DAJ Bracewell	13.0	6	13	2	1.00
JS Patel	16.0	7	20	0	1.25
TD Astle	18.0	4	56	1	3.11
DR Flynn	1.0	1	0	0	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-0 (NT Paranavitana, 0.1)·2-35 (TM Dilshan, 6.6)·3-41 (KC Sangakkara, 11.5)·4-46 (DPMD Jayawardene, 13.6)·5-63 (TT Samaraweera, 25.3)·6-119 (HAPW Jayawardene, 60.6)·7-122 (S Randiv, 65.2)·8-168 (KMDN Kulasekara, 81.3)·9-169 (RMS Eranga, 82.6)·10-195 (AD Mathews, 85.5)