New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Christchurch

New Zealand 441/10 & 107/2

Sri Lanka 138/10 & 407/10

New Zealand won by 8 wickets

New Zealand v Sri Lanka 2014 · 1st Test Hagley Oval, Christchurch 26–29 Dec 2014

How hard each side found the batting

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

New Zealand

1.38× +38%

Sri Lanka

1.00× 0%

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

FDM Karunaratne Sri Lanka

152 +183

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

116 +165

BB McCullum New Zealand

195 +164

JDS Neesham New Zealand

85 +75

RMS Eranga Sri Lanka

55 +73

Best bowling

Top match figures

TG Southee4/91

TA Boult4/100

TA Boult3/25

AD Mathews3/39

Top score

195

BB McCullum · New Zealand

Biggest stand

153

5th wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–12

3 wkts for 12 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, field

ResultNew Zealand won by 8 wickets

Length4 days

New Zealand

441 /10 (85.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c PHT Kaushal b RMS Eranga	27	65	3	0	41.54
HD Rutherford	b RAS Lakmal	18	34	4	0	52.94
Kane Williamson	b KTGD Prasad	54	98	7	0	55.10
LRPL Taylor	run out (JK Silva)	7	8	1	0	87.50
BB McCullum	c FDM Karunaratne b PHT Kaushal	195	134	18	11	145.52
JDS Neesham	c KC Sangakkara b AD Mathews	85	80	10	3	106.25
BJ Watling	lbw b AD Mathews	26	51	2	0	50.98
MD Craig*	not out	12	34	0	0	35.29
TG Southee	c HDRL Thirimanne b AD Mathews	0	8	0	0	0.00
N Wagner	c PHT Kaushal b RAS Lakmal	4	8	1	0	50.00
TA Boult	c HAPW Jayawardene b RAS Lakmal	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 13 (lb 4, w 2, nb 7)

Total 441/10 (85.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	19.5	3	90	3	4.54
RMS Eranga	18.0	1	82	1	4.56
AD Mathews	12.0	2	39	3	3.25
KTGD Prasad	12.0	2	62	1	5.17
PHT Kaushal	22.0	0	159	1	7.23
HDRL Thirimanne	2.0	0	5	0	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-37 (HD Rutherford, 13.1)·2-60 (TWM Latham, 19.3)·3-88 (LRPL Taylor, 23.4)·4-214 (Kane Williamson, 46.2)·5-367 (BB McCullum, 65.5)·6-420 (JDS Neesham, 74.2)·7-429 (BJ Watling, 80.3)·8-431 (TG Southee, 82.5)·9-440 (N Wagner, 85.4)·10-441 (TA Boult, 85.6)

Sri Lanka

138 /10 (42.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	lbw b TA Boult	0	4	0	0	0.00
KC Sangakkara	c TG Southee b TA Boult	6	27	0	0	22.22
JK Silva	lbw b TA Boult	4	9	0	0	44.44
HDRL Thirimanne	c MD Craig b TG Southee	24	59	0	0	40.68
AD Mathews	c TWM Latham b N Wagner	50	85	3	2	58.82
N Dickwella	c BB McCullum b TG Southee	2	4	0	0	50.00
HAPW Jayawardene	c Kane Williamson b N Wagner	10	21	2	0	47.62
KTGD Prasad	c BB McCullum b JDS Neesham	18	18	3	0	100.00
PHT Kaushal	c Kane Williamson b N Wagner	6	6	1	0	100.00
RMS Eranga*	not out	10	17	0	0	58.82
RAS Lakmal	c BB McCullum b JDS Neesham	2	7	0	0	28.57

Extras 6 (lb 3, w 2, nb 1)

Total 138/10 (42.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	11.0	4	25	3	2.27
TG Southee	12.0	4	17	2	1.42
JDS Neesham	6.4	1	28	2	4.20
N Wagner	11.0	0	60	3	5.45
MD Craig	2.0	0	5	0	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-0 (FDM Karunaratne, 0.4)·2-8 (JK Silva, 4.3)·3-15 (KC Sangakkara, 8.3)·4-58 (HDRL Thirimanne, 25.2)·5-60 (N Dickwella, 25.6)·6-88 (HAPW Jayawardene, 33.4)·7-105 (AD Mathews, 35.5)·8-118 (PHT Kaushal, 37.4)·9-128 (KTGD Prasad, 38.6)·10-138 (RAS Lakmal, 42.4)

Sri Lanka

407 /10 (154.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	b TA Boult	152	363	17	0	41.87
JK Silva	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	33	106	5	0	31.13
KC Sangakkara	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	1	16	0	0	6.25
HDRL Thirimanne	c BJ Watling b JDS Neesham	25	124	1	0	20.16
AD Mathews	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	66	127	7	1	51.97
N Dickwella	c JDS Neesham b TA Boult	4	22	0	0	18.18
PHT Kaushal	c MD Craig b TG Southee	12	27	1	0	44.44
HAPW Jayawardene	c TG Southee b MD Craig	23	38	3	0	60.53
KTGD Prasad	c LRPL Taylor b TG Southee	4	17	0	0	23.53
RMS Eranga*	not out	45	62	7	0	72.58
RAS Lakmal	c TG Southee b TA Boult	16	23	3	0	69.57

Extras 26 (b 4, lb 20, w 1, nb 1)

Total 407/10 (154.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	39.0	8	100	4	2.56
TG Southee	37.0	8	91	4	2.46
N Wagner	30.0	6	76	0	2.53
MD Craig	38.0	10	83	1	2.18
JDS Neesham	8.0	2	29	1	3.62
BB McCullum	1.0	0	3	0	3.00
Kane Williamson	1.0	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-85 (JK Silva, 35.6)·2-94 (KC Sangakkara, 42.2)·3-181 (HDRL Thirimanne, 87.5)·4-277 (FDM Karunaratne, 116.3)·5-287 (N Dickwella, 122.3)·6-307 (PHT Kaushal, 128.4)·7-320 (AD Mathews, 132.2)·8-325 (KTGD Prasad, 136.4)·9-348 (HAPW Jayawardene, 144.3)·10-407 (RAS Lakmal, 153.6)

New Zealand

107 /2 (30.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
TWM Latham	c AD Mathews b PHT Kaushal	17	24	3	70.83
HD Rutherford	c N Dickwella b RMS Eranga	10	24	1	41.67
Kane Williamson*	not out	31	75	0	41.33
LRPL Taylor*	not out	39	63	6	61.90

Extras 10 (lb 6, w 2, nb 2)

Total 107/2 (30.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	6.0	2	16	0	2.67
PHT Kaushal	13.0	0	48	1	3.69
RMS Eranga	7.0	2	20	1	2.86
KTGD Prasad	4.4	1	17	0	3.64

Fall of wickets

1-23 (TWM Latham, 5.4)·2-43 (HD Rutherford, 10.4)