New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Dunedin

New Zealand 431/10 & 267/3

Sri Lanka 294/10 & 282/10

New Zealand won by 122 runs

New Zealand v Sri Lanka 2015 · 1st Test University Oval, Dunedin 10–14 Dec 2015

How hard each side found the batting

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

New Zealand

1.38× +38%

Sri Lanka

1.05× +5%

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

MJ Guptill New Zealand

202 +182

LD Chandimal Sri Lanka

141 +171

Kane Williamson New Zealand

159 +135

FDM Karunaratne Sri Lanka

113 +126

TWM Latham New Zealand

131 +111

Best bowling

Top match figures

N Pradeep4/112

TG Southee3/52

TG Southee3/71

N Wagner3/87

Top score

156

MJ Guptill · New Zealand

Biggest stand

173

2nd wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–37

3 wkts for 37 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, field

ResultNew Zealand won by 122 runs

Length5 days

New Zealand

431 /10 (96.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MJ Guptill	c LD Chandimal b AD Mathews	156	234	21	0	66.67
TWM Latham	c & b RAS Lakmal	22	46	3	0	47.83
Kane Williamson	c FDM Karunaratne b N Pradeep	88	123	12	0	71.54
LRPL Taylor	lbw b N Pradeep	8	12	2	0	66.67
BB McCullum	c KDK Vithanage b TAM Siriwardana	75	57	13	1	131.58
MJ Santner	c LD Chandimal b PVD Chameera	12	12	2	0	100.00
BJ Watling	c KDK Vithanage b PVD Chameera	5	8	1	0	62.50
DAJ Bracewell	lbw b N Pradeep	47	59	8	0	79.66
TG Southee	c TAM Siriwardana b RAS Lakmal	2	2	0	0	100.00
N Wagner	c MDUS Jayasundera b N Pradeep	7	22	0	1	31.82
TA Boult*	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 9 (b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 1)

Total 431/10 (96.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	16.0	1	69	2	4.31
N Pradeep	23.1	3	112	4	4.83
AD Mathews	9.0	2	28	1	3.11
PVD Chameera	20.0	2	112	2	5.60
HMRKB Herath	19.0	1	46	0	2.42
MDUS Jayasundera	5.0	0	33	0	6.60
TAM Siriwardana	4.0	0	24	1	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-56 (TWM Latham, 15.6)·2-229 (Kane Williamson, 54.5)·3-245 (LRPL Taylor, 58.6)·4-334 (BB McCullum, 73.3)·5-359 (MJ Santner, 78.1)·6-365 (BJ Watling, 80.1)·7-394 (MJ Guptill, 84.6)·8-399 (TG Southee, 87.2)·9-426 (N Wagner, 94.6)·10-431 (DAJ Bracewell, 96.1)

Sri Lanka

294 /10 (117.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c BJ Watling b MJ Santner	84	198	7	0	42.42
BKG Mendis	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	8	19	1	0	42.11
MDUS Jayasundera	c BJ Watling b N Wagner	1	6	0	0	16.67
LD Chandimal	c MJ Guptill b TG Southee	83	209	9	0	39.71
AD Mathews	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	2	10	0	0	20.00
KDK Vithanage	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	22	56	2	0	39.29
TAM Siriwardana	c LRPL Taylor b N Wagner	35	60	5	1	58.33
HMRKB Herath	c TA Boult b N Wagner	15	74	1	0	20.27
PVD Chameera	c LRPL Taylor b TA Boult	14	43	3	0	32.56
RAS Lakmal*	not out	18	27	3	0	66.67
N Pradeep	c BJ Watling b MJ Santner	3	5	0	0	60.00

Extras 9 (b 1, lb 4, nb 4)

Total 294/10 (117.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	22.0	7	52	2	2.36
TG Southee	27.0	4	71	3	2.63
DAJ Bracewell	21.0	6	42	0	2.00
N Wagner	25.0	5	87	3	3.48
MJ Santner	21.1	9	37	2	1.75
Kane Williamson	1.0	1	0	0	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-19 (BKG Mendis, 8.6)·2-29 (MDUS Jayasundera, 12.5)·3-151 (FDM Karunaratne, 61.4)·4-156 (AD Mathews, 64.6)·5-198 (LD Chandimal, 81.2)·6-209 (KDK Vithanage, 83.3)·7-252 (TAM Siriwardana, 101.5)·8-273 (HMRKB Herath, 109.3)·9-287 (PVD Chameera, 114.3)·10-294 (N Pradeep, 117.1)

New Zealand

267 /3 (65.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham*	not out	109	180	8	0	60.56
MJ Guptill	b HMRKB Herath	46	82	5	1	56.10
Kane Williamson	b PVD Chameera	71	115	7	0	61.74
LRPL Taylor	b HMRKB Herath	15	16	3	0	93.75
BB McCullum*	not out	17	6	0	2	283.33

Extras 9 (b 4, nb 5)

Total 267/3 (65.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	13.0	0	40	0	3.08
AD Mathews	4.0	1	4	0	1.00
PVD Chameera	14.0	0	61	1	4.36
N Pradeep	13.0	1	52	0	4.00
HMRKB Herath	11.4	1	62	2	5.31
TAM Siriwardana	8.0	0	32	0	4.00
MDUS Jayasundera	2.0	0	12	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-79 (MJ Guptill, 26.2)·2-220 (Kane Williamson, 58.4)·3-247 (LRPL Taylor, 63.5)

Sri Lanka

282 /10 (95.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	29	72	1	0	40.28
BKG Mendis	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	46	150	5	0	30.67
MDUS Jayasundera	c BJ Watling b N Wagner	3	15	0	0	20.00
LD Chandimal	lbw b MJ Santner	58	132	11	0	43.94
AD Mathews	b N Wagner	25	61	3	0	40.98
KDK Vithanage	lbw b TG Southee	38	38	6	1	100.00
TAM Siriwardana	c BB McCullum b TA Boult	29	39	4	1	74.36
HMRKB Herath	c MJ Guptill b TA Boult	6	15	1	0	40.00
PVD Chameera	b MJ Santner	14	13	3	0	107.69
RAS Lakmal	c & b DAJ Bracewell	23	27	4	0	85.19
N Pradeep*	not out	4	10	1	0	40.00

Extras 7 (b 2, lb 4, w 1)

Total 282/10 (95.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	15.0	2	58	2	3.87
TG Southee	21.0	6	52	3	2.48
DAJ Bracewell	19.2	5	46	1	2.38
MJ Santner	22.0	6	53	2	2.41
N Wagner	17.0	5	56	2	3.29
Kane Williamson	1.0	0	11	0	11.00

Fall of wickets

1-54 (FDM Karunaratne, 26.2)·2-64 (MDUS Jayasundera, 32.3)·3-109 (BKG Mendis, 50.1)·4-165 (AD Mathews, 70.3)·5-165 (LD Chandimal, 73.1)·6-213 (KDK Vithanage, 81.2)·7-236 (HMRKB Herath, 86.2)·8-249 (TAM Siriwardana, 88.1)·9-268 (PVD Chameera, 92.1)·10-282 (RAS Lakmal, 95.2)