Sri Lanka v New Zealand 1st Test
New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka - 2009 (2009) · Galle International Stadium, Galle · 18 August 2009 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl
Sri Lanka won by 202 runs · Man of the Match: Tillakaratne Dilshan
Sri Lanka won by 202 runs. Thilan Samaraweera top-scored with 159 for Sri Lanka. Man of the Match: Tillakaratne Dilshan.
Sri Lanka, 445 (10 wkts)
| Tharanga Paranavitana | caught (Brendon McCullum) b Chris Martin | 0 | 3 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | bowled b Iain O'Brien | 92 | 72 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | caught (Daniel Flynn) b Chris Martin | 8 | 9 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | caught (Ross Taylor) b Iain O'Brien | 114 | 227 |
| Thilan Samaraweera | caught (Jeetan Patel) b Daniel Vettori | 159 | 277 |
| Angelo Mathews | caught (Brendon McCullum) b Daniel Vettori | 39 | 60 |
| Prasanna Jayawardene | caught (Daniel Flynn) b Daniel Vettori | 7 | 15 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | caught (Brendon McCullum) b Chris Martin | 18 | 34 |
| Thilan Thushara | caught (Iain O'Brien) b Daniel Vettori | 0 | 6 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | caught (Brendon McCullum) b Chris Martin | 8 | 5 |
| Ajantha Mendis | not out | 0 | 0 |
Chris Martin 23.00-5-77-4Iain O'Brien 21.00-1-125-2Jacob Oram 7.00-1-25-0Daniel Vettori 37.40-9-78-4Jeetan Patel 24.00-3-120-0Jesse Ryder 5.00-1-24-0
New Zealand, 276 (10 wkts)
| Tim McIntosh | lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran | 69 | 226 |
| Martin Guptill | bowled b Thilan Thushara | 24 | 35 |
| Daniel Flynn | bowled b Ajantha Mendis | 14 | 44 |
| Jeetan Patel | lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran | 26 | 57 |
| Ross Taylor | caught (Prasanna Jayawardene) b Thilan Thushara | 35 | 81 |
| Jesse Ryder | bowled b Nuwan Kulasekara | 42 | 95 |
| Brendon McCullum | bowled b Thilan Thushara | 1 | 8 |
| Jacob Oram | caught (Malinda Warnapura) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 12 | 26 |
| Daniel Vettori | bowled b Thilan Thushara | 42 | 97 |
| Iain O'Brien | caught (Prasanna Jayawardene) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 9 | 29 |
| Chris Martin | not out | 2 | 9 |
Nuwan Kulasekara 10.00-2-41-1Thilan Thushara 23.00-2-81-4Ajantha Mendis 39.00-8-85-1Muthiah Muralidaran 42.00-10-73-4Tharanga Paranavitana 2.00-0-8-0
Sri Lanka, 251 (4 wkts)
| Tharanga Paranavitana | caught (Ross Taylor) b Iain O'Brien | 5 | 16 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | not out | 123 | 131 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | run out (Daniel Vettori) | 46 | 65 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | caught (Jeetan Patel) b Jeetan Patel | 27 | 41 |
| Thilan Samaraweera | caught (Ross Taylor) b Daniel Vettori | 20 | 15 |
| Prasanna Jayawardene | not out | 30 | 26 |
| Angelo Mathews | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Thilan Thushara | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Ajantha Mendis | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Chris Martin 5.00-1-25-0Iain O'Brien 8.00-1-45-1Jacob Oram 5.00-0-31-0Daniel Vettori 19.00-3-81-1Jeetan Patel 12.00-0-69-1
New Zealand, 202 (10 wkts)
| Martin Guptill | bowled b Thilan Thushara | 18 | 60 |
| Daniel Flynn | caught (Mahela Jayawardene) b Nuwan Kulasekara | 0 | 3 |
| Ross Taylor | caught (Prasanna Jayawardene) b Mahela Jayawardene | 16 | 57 |
| Tim McIntosh | caught (Thilan Samaraweera) b Thilan Thushara | 0 | 8 |
| Jacob Oram | lbw b Ajantha Mendis | 21 | 57 |
| Daniel Vettori | caught (Prasanna Jayawardene) b Ajantha Mendis | 67 | 122 |
| Jesse Ryder | caught (Prasanna Jayawardene) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 24 | 37 |
| Brendon McCullum | run out (Muthiah Muralidaran) | 29 | 56 |
| Jeetan Patel | stumping (Prasanna Jayawardene) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 22 | 26 |
| Iain O'Brien | caught (Tharanga Paranavitana) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 5 | 8 |
| Chris Martin | not out | 0 | 0 |
Nuwan Kulasekara 8.00-2-20-1Thilan Thushara 14.00-3-37-2Ajantha Mendis 18.50-4-50-2Muthiah Muralidaran 27.00-4-88-3Mahela Jayawardene 4.00-1-10-1
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