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Test No. 2151

Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand 2014-15
2014-15 season
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka - 1st Test
26-29 December, 2014 (5-day match)

New Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0

Venue : Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first
Result : New Zealand won by 8 wickets


New Zealand 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Tom Latham c Kaushal b Eranga
27 
65 
3 
0
41.54 
»
 Hamish Rutherford b Lakmal
18 
34 
4 
0
52.94 
»
 Kane Williamson b Prasad
54 
98 
7 
0
55.10 
»
 Ross Taylor run out
7 
8 
1 
0
87.50 
»
 Brendon McCullum c Karunaratne b Kaushal
195 
134 
18 
11
145.52 
»
 James Neesham c Sangakkara b Mathews
85 
80 
10 
3
106.25 
»
 BJ Watling lbw b Mathews
26 
51 
2 
0
50.98 
»
 Mark Craig Not Out
12 
34 
0 
0
35.29 
»
 Tim Southee c Thirimanne b Mathews
0 
8 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Neil Wagner c Kaushal b Lakmal
4 
8 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Trent Boult c Jayawardene b Lakmal
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 4, W 2, N 7
13
Total : (all out in 85.5 overs)
441
 RR : 5.14

Fall of wickets : 1-37 (Rutherford, 13.1 ov), 2-60 (Latham, 19.3 ov), 3-88 (Taylor, 23.4 ov), 4-214 (Williamson, 46.2 ov), 5-367 (McCullum, 65.5 ov), 6-420 (Neesham, 74.2 ov), 7-429 (Watling, 80.3 ov), 8-431 (Southee, 82.5 ov), 9-440 (Wagner, 85.4 ov), 10-441 (Boult, 85.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Suranga Lakmal
19
 .5
3 
90 
3
4.54
2
0
»
 Shaminda Eranga
18
1 
82 
1
4.56
0
0
»
 Angelo Mathews
12
2 
39 
3
3.25
0
0
»
 Dhammika Prasad
12
2 
62 
1
5.17
0
2
»
 Tharindu Kaushal
22
0 
159 
1
7.23
5
0
»
 Lahiru Thirimanne
2
0 
5 
0
2.50
0
0

Sri Lanka 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne lbw b Boult
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Kaushal Silva lbw b Boult
4 
9 
0 
0
44.44 
»
 Kumar Sangakkara c Southee b Boult
6 
27 
0 
0
22.22 
»
 Lahiru Thirimanne c Craig b Southee
24 
59 
0 
0
40.68 
»
 Angelo Mathews c Latham b Wagner
50 
85 
3 
2
58.82 
»
 Niroshan Dickwella c McCullum b Southee
2 
4 
0 
0
50.00 
»
 Prasanna Jayawardene c Williamson b Wagner
10 
21 
2 
0
47.62 
»
 Dhammika Prasad c McCullum b Neesham
18 
18 
3 
0
100.00 
»
 Tharindu Kaushal c Williamson b Wagner
6 
6 
1 
0
100.00 
»
 Shaminda Eranga Not Out
10 
17 
0 
0
58.82 
»
 Suranga Lakmal c McCullum b Neesham
2 
7 
0 
0
28.57 
Extras LB 3, W 2, N 1
6
Total : (all out in 42.4 overs)
138
 RR : 3.23

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Karunaratne, 0.4 ov), 2-8 (Silva, 4.2 ov), 3-15 (Sangakkara, 8.3 ov), 4-58 (Thirimanne, 25.2 ov), 5-60 (Dickwella, 25.6 ov), 6-88 (Jayawardene, 33.4 ov), 7-105 (Mathews, 35.5 ov), 8-118 (Kaushal, 37.4 ov), 9-128 (Prasad, 38.6 ov), 10-138 (Lakmal, 42.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Trent Boult
11
4 
25 
3
2.27
0
1
»
 Tim Southee
12
4 
17 
2
1.42
0
0
»
 James Neesham
6
 .4
1 
28 
2
4.20
0
1
»
 Neil Wagner
11
0 
60 
3
5.45
1
0
»
 Mark Craig
2
0 
5 
0
2.50
0
0

Sri Lanka 2nd innings (f/o)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne b Boult
152 
369 
17 
0
41.19 
»
 Kaushal Silva c Watling b Southee
33 
106 
5 
0
31.13 
»
 Kumar Sangakkara c Watling b Boult
1 
16 
0 
0
6.25 
»
 Lahiru Thirimanne c Watling b Neesham
25 
124 
1 
0
20.16 
»
 Angelo Mathews c Watling b Southee
66 
127 
7 
1
51.97 
»
 Niroshan Dickwella c Neesham b Boult
4 
22 
0 
0
18.18 
»
 Tharindu Kaushal c Craig b Southee
12 
27 
1 
0
44.44 
»
 Prasanna Jayawardene c Southee b Craig
23 
38 
3 
0
60.53 
»
 Dhammika Prasad c Taylor b Southee
4 
17 
0 
0
23.53 
»
 Shaminda Eranga Not Out
45 
62 
7 
0
72.58 
»
 Suranga Lakmal c Southee b Boult
16 
23 
3 
0
69.57 
Extras B 4, LB 20, W 1, N 1
26
Total : (all out in 154.0 overs)
407
 RR : 2.64

Fall of wickets : 1-85 (Silva, 35.6 ov), 2-94 (Sangakkara, 42.2 ov), 3-181 (Thirimanne, 87.5 ov), 4-277 (Karunaratne, 116.3 ov), 5-287 (Dickwella, 122.3 ov), 6-307 (Kaushal, 128.4 ov), 7-320 (Mathews, 132.2 ov), 8-325 (Prasad, 136.4 ov), 9-348 (Jayawardene, 144.3 ov), 10-407 (Lakmal, 153.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Trent Boult
39
8 
100 
4
2.56
0
1
»
 Tim Southee
37
8 
91 
4
2.46
0
0
»
 Neil Wagner
30
6 
76 
0
2.53
1
0
»
 Mark Craig
38
10 
83 
1
2.18
0
0
»
 James Neesham
8
2 
29 
1
3.63
0
0
»
 Brendon McCullum
1
0 
3 
0
3.00
0
0
»
 Kane Williamson
1
0 
1 
0
1.00
0
0

New Zealand 2nd innings
(Target: 105 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Tom Latham c Mathews b Kaushal
17 
24 
3 
0
70.83 
»
 Hamish Rutherford c Dickwella b Eranga
10 
24 
1 
0
41.67 
»
 Kane Williamson Not Out
31 
75 
0 
0
41.33 
»
 Ross Taylor Not Out
39 
63 
6 
0
61.90 
Extras LB 6, W 2, N 2
10
Total : (2 wickets in 30.4 overs)
107
 RR : 3.49

did not bat: BJ Watling, Brendon McCullum, James Neesham, Mark Craig, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Neil Wagner

Fall of wickets : 1-23 (Latham, 5.4 ov), 2-43 (Rutherford, 10.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Suranga Lakmal
6
2 
16 
0
2.67
1
1
»
 Tharindu Kaushal
13
0 
48 
1
3.69
1
0
»
 Shaminda Eranga
7
2 
20 
1
2.86
0
0
»
 Dhammika Prasad
4
 .4
1 
17 
0
3.64
0
1

Match details
Debuts: PHT Kaushal (Sri Lanka)
Man of the Match: BB McCullum (New Zealand)
Umpires : RK Illingworth (England) and BNJ Oxenford (Australia)
Third Umpire: SJ Davis (Australia)
Referee : BC Broad (England)
Reserve Umpire: DJ Walker (New Zealand)
Close of Play
Day 1 : New Zealand 1st innings - 429/7 (MD Craig 5*, 80.3 ov)
Day 2 : Sri Lanka 2nd innings - 84/0 (FDM Karunaratne 49*, JK Silva 33*, 35 ov)
Day 3 : Sri Lanka 2nd innings - 293/5 (AD Mathews 53*, PHT Kaushal 5*, 125 ov)
Day 4 : New Zealand 2nd innings - 107/2 (KS Williamson 31*, LRPL Taylor 39*, 30.4 ov) - end of match

Teams:
New Zealand BJ Watling (wk), Brendon McCullum (Capt.), Tom Latham, Hamish Rutherford, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, James Neesham, Mark Craig, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Neil Wagner
Sri Lanka Angelo Mathews (Capt.), Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Kaushal Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kumar Sangakkara, Lahiru Thirimanne, Niroshan Dickwella, Tharindu Kaushal, Dhammika Prasad, Shaminda Eranga, Suranga Lakmal
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