New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Hamilton

Sri Lanka 292/10 & 133/10

New Zealand 237/10 & 189/5

New Zealand won by 5 wickets

New Zealand v Sri Lanka 2015 · 2nd Test Seddon Park, Hamilton 18–21 Dec 2015

How hard each side found the batting

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

Sri Lanka

1.03× +3%

New Zealand

1.40× +40%

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

Kane Williamson New Zealand

109 +131

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

79 +118

TAM Siriwardana Sri Lanka

88 +112

BKG Mendis Sri Lanka

77 +79

LD Chandimal Sri Lanka

51 +46

Best bowling

Top match figures

PVD Chameera5/47

TG Southee4/26

PVD Chameera4/68

N Wagner3/40

Top score

108*

Kane Williamson · New Zealand

Biggest stand

138

5th wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

4–10

4 wkts for 10 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, field

ResultNew Zealand won by 5 wickets

Length4 days

Sri Lanka

292 /10 (80.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	12	45	1	0	26.67
BKG Mendis	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	31	42	4	0	73.81
MDUS Jayasundera	run out (MJ Santner)	26	54	2	0	48.15
LD Chandimal	c BJ Watling b DAJ Bracewell	47	56	7	0	83.93
AD Mathews	c TWM Latham b TG Southee	77	125	7	3	61.60
TAM Siriwardana	c LRPL Taylor b TA Boult	62	81	5	3	76.54
KDK Vithanage	c BB McCullum b TA Boult	0	3	0	0	0.00
HMRKB Herath	run out (Kane Williamson)	4	6	0	0	66.67
PVD Chameera	c BB McCullum b DAJ Bracewell	4	46	0	0	8.70
RAS Lakmal	c Kane Williamson b N Wagner	4	17	0	0	23.53
N Pradeep*	not out	2	6	0	0	33.33

Extras 23 (lb 11, w 12)

Total 292/10 (80.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	20.0	2	51	2	2.55
TG Southee	21.0	5	63	3	3.00
DAJ Bracewell	22.1	5	81	2	3.65
N Wagner	9.0	1	51	1	5.67
MJ Santner	7.0	0	34	0	4.86
Kane Williamson	1.0	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-39 (FDM Karunaratne, 13.4)·2-44 (BKG Mendis, 15.4)·3-115 (MDUS Jayasundera, 31.4)·4-121 (LD Chandimal, 34.2)·5-259 (TAM Siriwardana, 64.2)·6-259 (KDK Vithanage, 64.5)·7-264 (HMRKB Herath, 66.2)·8-284 (AD Mathews, 73.1)·9-288 (RAS Lakmal, 77.6)·10-292 (PVD Chameera, 80.1)

New Zealand

237 /10 (79.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MJ Guptill	c AD Mathews b HMRKB Herath	50	77	9	1	64.94
TWM Latham	c FDM Karunaratne b PVD Chameera	28	72	3	1	38.89
Kane Williamson	c RAS Lakmal b PVD Chameera	1	4	0	0	25.00
BB McCullum	c BKG Mendis b HMRKB Herath	18	54	2	0	33.33
LRPL Taylor	c LD Chandimal b PVD Chameera	0	5	0	0	0.00
MJ Santner	c LD Chandimal b N Pradeep	38	105	3	1	36.19
BJ Watling	c KDK Vithanage b RAS Lakmal	28	82	4	0	34.15
DAJ Bracewell*	not out	35	52	5	0	67.31
TG Southee	c MDUS Jayasundera b PVD Chameera	4	5	1	0	80.00
N Wagner	c KDK Vithanage b PVD Chameera	17	26	2	1	65.38
TA Boult	c HMRKB Herath b N Pradeep	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 18 (lb 3, w 8, nb 7)

Total 237/10 (79.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	16.0	4	48	1	3.00
AD Mathews	11.0	7	25	0	2.27
N Pradeep	17.4	4	39	2	2.21
HMRKB Herath	22.0	1	75	2	3.41
PVD Chameera	13.0	3	47	5	3.62

Fall of wickets

1-81 (TWM Latham, 22.5)·2-83 (Kane Williamson, 24.2)·3-86 (MJ Guptill, 25.2)·4-89 (LRPL Taylor, 26.6)·5-128 (BB McCullum, 43.1)·6-168 (MJ Santner, 62.2)·7-196 (BJ Watling, 71.2)·8-201 (TG Southee, 72.2)·9-232 (N Wagner, 78.4)·10-237 (TA Boult, 79.4)

Sri Lanka

133 /10 (36.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c TG Southee b DAJ Bracewell	27	65	1	0	41.54
BKG Mendis	c MJ Santner b TG Southee	46	90	8	0	51.11
MDUS Jayasundera	c BJ Watling b DAJ Bracewell	0	2	0	0	0.00
LD Chandimal	c MJ Guptill b N Wagner	4	10	1	0	40.00
AD Mathews	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	2	6	0	0	33.33
TAM Siriwardana	c TA Boult b N Wagner	26	18	3	2	144.44
KDK Vithanage	c DAJ Bracewell b N Wagner	9	6	0	1	150.00
HMRKB Herath	b TG Southee	0	3	0	0	0.00
PVD Chameera	run out (TA Boult)	2	9	0	0	22.22
RAS Lakmal*	not out	1	10	0	0	10.00
N Pradeep	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 16 (b 4, lb 2, w 7, nb 3)

Total 133/10 (36.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	7.0	1	30	0	4.29
TG Southee	12.3	3	26	4	2.08
DAJ Bracewell	8.0	1	31	2	3.88
N Wagner	9.0	2	40	3	4.44

Fall of wickets

1-71 (FDM Karunaratne, 22.5)·2-71 (MDUS Jayasundera, 22.7)·3-77 (LD Chandimal, 25.5)·4-87 (BKG Mendis, 28.2)·5-110 (AD Mathews, 30.1)·6-123 (TAM Siriwardana, 31.6)·7-123 (HMRKB Herath, 32.3)·8-131 (KDK Vithanage, 33.5)·9-133 (PVD Chameera, 35.6)·10-133 (N Pradeep, 36.3)

New Zealand

189 /5 (54.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c N Pradeep b PVD Chameera	4	9	1	0	44.44
MJ Guptill	c FDM Karunaratne b PVD Chameera	1	16	0	0	6.25
Kane Williamson*	not out	108	164	12	1	65.85
LRPL Taylor	c JDF Vandersay b PVD Chameera	35	53	2	0	66.04
BB McCullum	c AD Mathews b PVD Chameera	18	35	2	0	51.43
MJ Santner	c LD Chandimal b RAS Lakmal	4	19	0	0	21.05
BJ Watling*	not out	13	36	2	0	36.11

Extras 6 (lb 1, nb 5)

Total 189/5 (54.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
PVD Chameera	17.0	1	68	4	4.00
RAS Lakmal	12.0	4	20	1	1.67
HMRKB Herath	11.0	0	48	0	4.36
N Pradeep	12.0	1	43	0	3.58
AD Mathews	1.0	0	4	0	4.00
TAM Siriwardana	1.3	0	5	0	3.33

Fall of wickets

1-4 (TWM Latham, 2.3)·2-11 (MJ Guptill, 4.5)·3-78 (LRPL Taylor, 24.2)·4-130 (BB McCullum, 36.1)·5-142 (MJ Santner, 41.4)