New Zealand v Sri Lanka 1st Test

Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series Sri Lanka in New Zealand - 2014 (2014/15) · Hagley Oval, Christchurch · 26 December 2014

New Zealand won by 8 wickets

New Zealand won by 8 wickets. Brendon McCullum top-scored with 195 for New Zealand. Tim Southee took 4/91.

New Zealand ARCHIVE Sri Lanka ARCHIVE 2014 TESTS Hagley Oval ARCHIVE

MATCH FACTS

Series: Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series Sri Lanka in New Zealand - 2014 (2014/15)
Ground: Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Dates: 26 December 2014 to 29 December 2014
Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to field
Result: New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Player of the match: Brendon McCullum
Captains: Brendon McCullum (New Zealand), Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka)
Debut: Tharindu Kaushal (Sri Lanka)
Umpires: BNJ Oxenford and RK Illingworth
Match referee: BC Broad

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field. It was Tharindu Kaushal's first Test.

New Zealand batted first and made 441 all out. Brendon McCullum top-scored with 195 off 134 balls, and James Neesham made 85. Angelo Mathews took 3 for 39 for Sri Lanka. The innings was built on a 153-run stand for the fifth wicket between Brendon McCullum and James Neesham. That was well above the 2010s average first-innings total at Hagley Oval, 286 across 6 Tests.

Sri Lanka replied with 138 all out. Angelo Mathews top-scored with 50 off 85 balls. Trent Boult took 3 for 25 for New Zealand. New Zealand led by 303 on first innings. Sri Lanka followed on.

Sri Lanka made 407 all out in their second innings. Dimuth Karunaratne top-scored with 152 off 363 balls, and Angelo Mathews made 66. Tim Southee took 4 for 91 for New Zealand.

Set 105 to win, New Zealand made 107 for 2. Ross Taylor top-scored with 39 not out off 63 balls.

New Zealand won by 8 wickets.

NEW ZEALAND, FIRST INNINGS: 441 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Tom Latham	c Tharindu Kaushal b Shaminda Eranga	27	65
Hamish Rutherford	b Suranga Lakmal	18	34
Kane Williamson	b Dhammika Prasad	54	98
Ross Taylor	run out (Kaushal Silva)	7	8
Brendon McCullum	c Dimuth Karunaratne b Tharindu Kaushal	195	134
James Neesham	c Kumar Sangakkara b Angelo Mathews	85	80
BJ Watling	lbw b Angelo Mathews	26	51
Mark Craig	not out	12	34
Tim Southee	c Lahiru Thirimanne b Angelo Mathews	0	8
Neil Wagner	c Tharindu Kaushal b Suranga Lakmal	4	8
Trent Boult	c Prasanna Jayawardene b Suranga Lakmal	0	2

Extras 13 · Total 441 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Suranga Lakmal	19.5	3	90	3
Shaminda Eranga	18	1	82	1
Angelo Mathews	12	2	39	3
Dhammika Prasad	12	2	62	1
Tharindu Kaushal	22	0	159	1
Lahiru Thirimanne	2	0	5	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-37 (Hamish Rutherford, 13.1 ov), 2-60 (Tom Latham, 19.3 ov), 3-88 (Ross Taylor, 23.4 ov), 4-214 (Kane Williamson, 46.2 ov), 5-367 (Brendon McCullum, 65.5 ov), 6-420 (James Neesham, 74.2 ov), 7-429 (BJ Watling, 80.3 ov), 8-431 (Tim Southee, 82.5 ov), 9-440 (Neil Wagner, 85.4 ov), 10-441 (Trent Boult, 85.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Hamish Rutherford (18) and Tom Latham (17)	37	80
second	Kane Williamson (13) and Tom Latham (10)	23	38
third	Ross Taylor (7) and Kane Williamson (21)	28	24
fourth	Brendon McCullum (101) and Kane Williamson (20)	126	137
fifth	Brendon McCullum (94) and James Neesham (56)	153	119
sixth	BJ Watling (22) and James Neesham (29)	53	53
seventh	BJ Watling (4) and Mark Craig (5)	9	37
eighth	Tim Southee (0) and Mark Craig (2)	2	14
ninth	Neil Wagner (4) and Mark Craig (5)	9	17
tenth	Trent Boult (0) and Mark Craig (0)	1	1

SRI LANKA, FIRST INNINGS: 138 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Dimuth Karunaratne	lbw b Trent Boult	0	4
Kaushal Silva	lbw b Trent Boult	4	9
Kumar Sangakkara	c Tim Southee b Trent Boult	6	27
Lahiru Thirimanne	c Mark Craig b Tim Southee	24	59
Angelo Mathews	c Tom Latham b Neil Wagner	50	85
Niroshan Dickwella	c Brendon McCullum b Tim Southee	2	4
Prasanna Jayawardene	c Kane Williamson b Neil Wagner	10	21
Dhammika Prasad	c Brendon McCullum b James Neesham	18	18
Tharindu Kaushal	c Kane Williamson b Neil Wagner	6	6
Shaminda Eranga	not out	10	17
Suranga Lakmal	c Brendon McCullum b James Neesham	2	7

Extras 6 · Total 138 all out

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Trent Boult	11	4	25	3
Tim Southee	12	4	17	2
James Neesham	6.4	1	28	2
Neil Wagner	11	0	60	3
Mark Craig	2	0	5	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 0.4 ov), 2-8 (Kaushal Silva, 4.2 ov), 3-15 (Kumar Sangakkara, 8.3 ov), 4-58 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 25.2 ov), 5-60 (Niroshan Dickwella, 25.6 ov), 6-88 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 33.4 ov), 7-105 (Angelo Mathews, 35.5 ov), 8-118 (Tharindu Kaushal, 37.4 ov), 9-128 (Dhammika Prasad, 38.6 ov), 10-138 (Suranga Lakmal, 42.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Kaushal Silva (0) and Dimuth Karunaratne (0)	0	4
second	Kumar Sangakkara (3) and Kaushal Silva (4)	8	22
third	Kumar Sangakkara (3) and Lahiru Thirimanne (4)	7	25
fourth	Angelo Mathews (21) and Lahiru Thirimanne (20)	43	102
fifth	Angelo Mathews (0) and Niroshan Dickwella (2)	2	4
sixth	Prasanna Jayawardene (10) and Angelo Mathews (16)	28	46
seventh	Dhammika Prasad (4) and Angelo Mathews (13)	17	13
eighth	Dhammika Prasad (6) and Tharindu Kaushal (6)	13	11
ninth	Dhammika Prasad (8) and Shaminda Eranga (2)	10	8
tenth	Suranga Lakmal (2) and Shaminda Eranga (8)	10	22

SRI LANKA, SECOND INNINGS: 407 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Dimuth Karunaratne	b Trent Boult	152	363
Kaushal Silva	c BJ Watling b Tim Southee	33	106
Kumar Sangakkara	c BJ Watling b Trent Boult	1	16
Lahiru Thirimanne	c BJ Watling b James Neesham	25	124
Angelo Mathews	c BJ Watling b Tim Southee	66	127
Niroshan Dickwella	c James Neesham b Trent Boult	4	22
Tharindu Kaushal	c Mark Craig b Tim Southee	12	27
Prasanna Jayawardene	c Tim Southee b Mark Craig	23	38
Dhammika Prasad	c Ross Taylor b Tim Southee	4	17
Shaminda Eranga	not out	45	62
Suranga Lakmal	c Tim Southee b Trent Boult	16	23

Extras 26 · Total 407 all out

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Trent Boult	39	8	100	4
Tim Southee	37	8	91	4
Neil Wagner	30	6	76	0
Mark Craig	38	10	83	1
James Neesham	8	2	29	1
Brendon McCullum	1	0	3	0
Kane Williamson	1	0	1	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-85 (Kaushal Silva, 35.6 ov), 2-94 (Kumar Sangakkara, 42.2 ov), 3-181 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 87.5 ov), 4-277 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 116.3 ov), 5-287 (Niroshan Dickwella, 122.3 ov), 6-307 (Tharindu Kaushal, 128.4 ov), 7-320 (Angelo Mathews, 132.2 ov), 8-325 (Dhammika Prasad, 136.4 ov), 9-348 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 144.3 ov), 10-407 (Suranga Lakmal, 153.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Kaushal Silva (33) and Dimuth Karunaratne (50)	85	217
second	Kumar Sangakkara (1) and Dimuth Karunaratne (8)	9	38
third	Dimuth Karunaratne (51) and Lahiru Thirimanne (25)	87	273
fourth	Angelo Mathews (51) and Dimuth Karunaratne (43)	96	172
fifth	Angelo Mathews (1) and Niroshan Dickwella (4)	10	36
sixth	Angelo Mathews (8) and Tharindu Kaushal (12)	20	37
seventh	Prasanna Jayawardene (7) and Angelo Mathews (6)	13	22
eighth	Prasanna Jayawardene (0) and Dhammika Prasad (4)	5	26
ninth	Prasanna Jayawardene (16) and Shaminda Eranga (7)	23	47
tenth	Suranga Lakmal (16) and Shaminda Eranga (38)	59	57

NEW ZEALAND, SECOND INNINGS: 107 FOR 2

Batter	How out	R	B
Tom Latham	c Angelo Mathews b Tharindu Kaushal	17	24
Hamish Rutherford	c Niroshan Dickwella b Shaminda Eranga	10	24
Kane Williamson	not out	31	75
Ross Taylor	not out	39	63

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

Extras 10 · Total 107 for 2

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Suranga Lakmal	6	2	16	0
Tharindu Kaushal	13	0	48	1
Shaminda Eranga	7	2	20	1
Dhammika Prasad	4.4	1	17	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-23 (Tom Latham, 5.4 ov), 2-43 (Hamish Rutherford, 10.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Hamish Rutherford (6) and Tom Latham (17)	23	34
second	Kane Williamson (12) and Hamish Rutherford (4)	20	30
third	Ross Taylor (39) and Kane Williamson (19)	64	122

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