result
1st Test, Galle, Aug 14 - Aug 18 2019, ICC World Test Championship
249 & 285
(86.1 ov, target 268)267 & 268/4
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
player of the match

Sri Lanka
New Zealand 1st INNINGS
BATSMEN | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeet Raval | c de Silva b Dananjaya | 33 | 83 | 118 | 3 | 0 | 39.76 | ||
Tom Latham | c †Dickwella b Dananjaya | 30 | 88 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 34.09 | ||
Kane Williamson (c) | c Karunaratne b Dananjaya | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Ross Taylor | c †Dickwella b Lakmal | 86 | 132 | 155 | 6 | 0 | 65.15 | ||
Henry Nicholls | lbw b Dananjaya | 42 | 78 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 53.85 | ||
BJ Watling †| lbw b Dananjaya | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | ||
Mitchell Santner | lbw b Lakmal | 13 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 30.95 | ||
Tim Southee | run out (de Silva/†Dickwella) | 14 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 73.68 | ||
William Somerville | not out | 9 | 28 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 32.14 | ||
Trent Boult | c Perera b Lakmal | 18 | 22 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 81.82 | ||
Ajaz Patel | lbw b Lakmal | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Extras | (lb 2, nb 1) | 3 | |||||||
TOTAL | (83.2 Ov, RR: 2.98, 329 Mts) | 249 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-64 (Tom Latham, 26.3 ov), 2-64 (Kane Williamson, 26.6 ov), 3-71 (Jeet Raval, 30.2 ov), 4-171 (Henry Nicholls, 58.2 ov), 5-179 (BJ Watling, 60.2 ov), 6-205 (Ross Taylor, 69.1 ov), 7-216 (Mitchell Santner, 73.5 ov), 8-222 (Tim Southee, 74.6 ov), 9-249 (Trent Boult, 83.1 ov), 10-249 (Ajaz Patel, 83.2 ov) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Suranga Lakmal | 15.2 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 1.89 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lahiru Kumara | 10 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 3.70 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Akila Dananjaya | 30 | 3 | 80 | 5 | 2.67 | 130 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dhananjaya de Silva | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3.33 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lasith Embuldeniya | 22 | 1 | 81 | 0 | 3.68 | 84 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka 1st INNINGS
BATSMEN | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dimuth Karunaratne (c) | lbw b Patel | 39 | 73 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 53.42 | ||
Lahiru Thirimanne | st †Watling b Patel | 10 | 36 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 27.78 | ||
Kusal Mendis | c Taylor b Patel | 53 | 89 | 141 | 7 | 1 | 59.55 | ||
Angelo Mathews | c Taylor b Patel | 50 | 98 | 136 | 7 | 1 | 51.02 | ||
Kusal Perera | c Santner b Boult | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
Dhananjaya de Silva | c & b Patel | 5 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 26.32 | ||
Niroshan Dickwella †| c Williamson b Somerville | 61 | 109 | 171 | 3 | 0 | 55.96 | ||
Akila Dananjaya | c Taylor b Somerville | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Suranga Lakmal | b Boult | 40 | 98 | 118 | 3 | 2 | 40.82 | ||
Lasith Embuldeniya | lbw b Somerville | 5 | 17 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 29.41 | ||
Lahiru Kumara | not out | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Extras | (b 1, lb 1, w 1) | 3 | |||||||
TOTAL | (93.2 Ov, RR: 2.86, 397 Mts) | 267 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 10.6 ov), 2-66 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 22.5 ov), 3-143 (Kusal Mendis, 46.5 ov), 4-144 (Kusal Perera, 47.3 ov), 5-155 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 52.2 ov), 6-158 (Angelo Mathews, 54.1 ov), 7-161 (Akila Dananjaya, 55.5 ov), 8-242 (Suranga Lakmal, 84.4 ov), 9-262 (Niroshan Dickwella, 91.1 ov), 10-267 (Lasith Embuldeniya, 93.2 ov) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trent Boult | 20 | 4 | 45 | 2 | 2.25 | 98 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Tim Southee | 7 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2.43 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
William Somerville | 22.2 | 3 | 83 | 3 | 3.72 | 91 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ajaz Patel | 33 | 6 | 89 | 5 | 2.70 | 150 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mitchell Santner | 11 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2.82 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
New Zealand 2nd INNINGS
BATSMEN | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeet Raval | c Karunaratne b de Silva | 4 | 20 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | ||
Tom Latham | c Thirimanne b Dananjaya | 45 | 81 | 108 | 3 | 1 | 55.56 | ||
Kane Williamson (c) | c Perera b Embuldeniya | 4 | 25 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 16.00 | ||
Ross Taylor | c de Silva b Embuldeniya | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | ||
Henry Nicholls | c Mendis b de Silva | 26 | 71 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 36.62 | ||
BJ Watling †| c †Dickwella b Kumara | 77 | 173 | 239 | 6 | 0 | 44.51 | ||
Mitchell Santner | c Lakmal b Embuldeniya | 12 | 35 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34.29 | ||
Tim Southee | st †Dickwella b Embuldeniya | 23 | 62 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 37.10 | ||
William Somerville | not out | 40 | 118 | 157 | 2 | 0 | 33.90 | ||
Trent Boult | c de Silva b Kumara | 26 | 25 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 104.00 | ||
Ajaz Patel | lbw b de Silva | 14 | 23 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 60.87 | ||
Extras | (b 4, lb 5, nb 2) | 11 | |||||||
TOTAL | (106 Ov, RR: 2.68) | 285 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Jeet Raval, 7.4 ov), 2-20 (Kane Williamson, 14.4 ov), 3-25 (Ross Taylor, 16.3 ov), 4-81 (Tom Latham, 27.5 ov), 5-98 (Henry Nicholls, 39.2 ov), 6-124 (Mitchell Santner, 49.3 ov), 7-178 (Tim Southee, 69.5 ov), 8-224 (BJ Watling, 90.3 ov), 9-260 (Trent Boult, 98.2 ov), 10-285 (Ajaz Patel, 105.6 ov) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Suranga Lakmal | 15 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 2.47 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Akila Dananjaya | 32 | 4 | 84 | 1 | 2.63 | 138 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dhananjaya de Silva | 12 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 2.08 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lasith Embuldeniya | 37 | 4 | 99 | 4 | 2.68 | 152 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lahiru Kumara | 10 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 3.10 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka 2nd INNINGS (target: 268 runs)
BATSMEN | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dimuth Karunaratne (c) | c †Watling b Southee | 122 | 243 | 310 | 6 | 1 | 50.21 | ||
Lahiru Thirimanne | lbw b Somerville | 64 | 163 | 237 | 4 | 0 | 39.26 | ||
Kusal Mendis | c Raval b Patel | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 166.67 | ||
Angelo Mathews | not out | 28 | 73 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 38.36 | ||
Kusal Perera | c Santner b Boult | 23 | 19 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 121.05 | ||
Dhananjaya de Silva | not out | 14 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 107.69 | ||
Extras | (b 6, lb 1) | 7 | |||||||
TOTAL | (86.1 Ov, RR: 3.11, 362 Mts) | 268/4 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-161 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 60.2 ov), 2-174 (Kusal Mendis, 61.5 ov), 3-218 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 76.1 ov), 4-250 (Kusal Perera, 82.2 ov) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trent Boult | 9.1 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3.71 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Southee | 12 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 2.75 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
William Somerville | 31 | 6 | 73 | 1 | 2.35 | 146 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ajaz Patel | 18 | 0 | 74 | 1 | 4.11 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mitchell Santner | 13 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 2.92 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kane Williamson | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MATCH DETAILS
Galle International Stadium | |
Toss | New Zealand, elected to bat first |
Series | ICC World Test ChampionshipNew Zealand tour of Sri Lanka |
Season | 2019 |
Player Of The Match | ![]() Dimuth Karunaratne |
Series result | Sri Lanka led the 2-match series 1-0 |
Match number | TEST No. 2354 |
Hours of play (local time) | 10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00 |
Match days | 14,15,16,17,18 August 2019Â - day match (5-day match) |
Umpires | ![]() Michael Gough![]() Richard Illingworth |
TV Umpire | ![]() Bruce Oxenford |
Reserve Umpire | ![]() Lyndon Hannibal |
Match Referee | ![]() Andy Pycroft |
Points | Sri Lanka 60, New Zealand 0 |
CLOSE OF PLAY
Wed, 14 Aug - day 1 -New Zealand 1st innings 203/5 (Ross Taylor 86*, Mitchell Santner 8*, 68 ov)
Thu, 15 Aug - day 2 -Sri Lanka 1st innings 227/7 (Niroshan Dickwella 39*, Suranga Lakmal 28*, 80 ov)
Fri, 16 Aug - day 3 -New Zealand 2nd innings 195/7 (BJ Watling 63*, William Somerville 5*, 76 ov)
Sat, 17 Aug - day 4 -Sri Lanka 2nd innings 133 (Dimuth Karunaratne 71*, Lahiru Thirimanne 57*, 50 ov)
Sun, 18 Aug - day 5 -Sri Lanka 2nd innings 268/4 (86.1 ov) - end of match
MATCH NOTES
Day 1
- New Zealand 1st innings
- Drinks: New Zealand - 21/0 in 14.0 overs (JA Raval 12, TWM Latham 7)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 20.4 overs (125 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 125 balls (JA Raval 25, TWM Latham 23, Ex 2)
- Lunch: New Zealand - 71/3 in 30.2 overs (LRPL Taylor 6)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 37.6 overs (229 balls), Extras 2
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 93 balls (LRPL Taylor 30, HM Nicholls 21, Ex 0)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 127/3 in 49.0 overs (LRPL Taylor 39, HM Nicholls 22)
- LRPL Taylor: 50 off 86 balls (3 x 4)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 55.1 overs (332 balls), Extras 3
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 167 balls (LRPL Taylor 57, HM Nicholls 42, Ex 1)
- Over 58.2: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - HM Nicholls (Struck down)
- Tea: New Zealand - 179/5 in 60.2 overs (LRPL Taylor 70)
- Rain: New Zealand - 179/5 in 60.2 overs (LRPL Taylor 70)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 67.5 overs (408 balls), Extras 3
- Bad Weather: New Zealand - 203/5 in 68.0 overs (LRPL Taylor 86, MJ Santner 8)
- Rain: New Zealand - 203/5 in 68.0 overs (LRPL Taylor 86, MJ Santner 8)
- End Of Day: New Zealand - 203/5 in 68.0 overs (LRPL Taylor 86, MJ Santner 8)
Day 2
- Over 78.5: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - WER Somerville (Upheld)
- New ball taken at 81.1 overs
- Drinks: New Zealand - 249/8 in 83.0 overs (WER Somerville 9, TA Boult 18)
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 249/10 in 83.2 overs (WER Somerville 9)
- Over 83.2: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - MA Gough, Batsman - AY Patel (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Sri Lanka 1st innings
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 34/1 in 13.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 23, BKG Mendis 1)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 0
- Over 27.1: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - BKG Mendis (Struck down)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 93/2 in 32.0 overs (BKG Mendis 38, AD Mathews 6)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 36.2 overs (218 balls), Extras 0
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 100 balls (BKG Mendis 25, AD Mathews 26, Ex 0)
- BKG Mendis: 50 off 88 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 143/3 in 46.5 overs (AD Mathews 41)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 49.1 overs (295 balls), Extras 0
- AD Mathews: 50 off 97 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Over 59.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - RAS Lakmal (Upheld)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 178/7 in 61.0 overs (N Dickwella 8, RAS Lakmal 11)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 69.3 overs (417 balls), Extras 1
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 107 balls (N Dickwella 27, RAS Lakmal 24, Ex 1)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 227/7 in 80.0 overs (N Dickwella 39, RAS Lakmal 28)
Day 3
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 86.4 overs (520 balls), Extras 3
- N Dickwella: 50 off 95 balls (2 x 4)
- Over 88.5: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - MA Gough, Batsman - L Embuldeniya (Struck down)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 262/8 in 90.5 overs (N Dickwella 61, L Embuldeniya 0)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 267/10 in 93.2 overs (CBRLS Kumara 0)
- Over 93.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - L Embuldeniya (Struck down)
- New Zealand 2nd innings
- Lunch: New Zealand - 18/1 in 13.0 overs (TWM Latham 9, KS Williamson 3)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 20.6 overs (128 balls), Extras 6
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 65 balls (TWM Latham 29, HM Nicholls 15, Ex 6)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 81/4 in 27.5 overs (HM Nicholls 15)
- Over 30.2: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - BJ Watling (Upheld)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 40.1 overs (243 balls), Extras 10
- Tea: New Zealand - 124/6 in 49.3 overs (BJ Watling 20)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 61.5 overs (373 balls), Extras 10
- Over 61.6: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - MA Gough, Batsman - BJ Watling (Struck down)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 168/6 in 66.0 overs (BJ Watling 45, TG Southee 19)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 110 balls (BJ Watling 29, TG Southee 21, Ex 0)
- BJ Watling: 50 off 120 balls (3 x 4)
- Bad Light: New Zealand - 195/7 in 76.0 overs (BJ Watling 63, WER Somerville 5)
- End Of Day: New Zealand - 195/7 in 76.0 overs (BJ Watling 63, WER Somerville 5)
Day 4
- Wet Ground: New Zealand - 195/7 in 76.0 overs (BJ Watling 63, WER Somerville 5)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 79.2 overs (478 balls), Extras 10
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- Drinks: New Zealand - 231/8 in 92.0 overs (WER Somerville 21, TA Boult 6)
- New Zealand: 250 runs in 96.6 overs (584 balls), Extras 10
- Over 103.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - MA Gough, Batsman - AY Patel (Struck down)
- Lunch: New Zealand - 285/10 in 106.0 overs (WER Somerville 40)
- Over 105.6: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - MA Gough, Batsman - AY Patel (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka 2nd innings
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 29/0 in 16.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 20, HDRL Thirimanne 9)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 25.4 overs (154 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 154 balls (FDM Karunaratne 34, HDRL Thirimanne 17, Ex 1)
- FDM Karunaratne: 50 off 113 balls (2 x 4)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 76/0 in 32.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 52, HDRL Thirimanne 23)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 38.3 overs (231 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 231 balls (FDM Karunaratne 58, HDRL Thirimanne 41, Ex 1)
- HDRL Thirimanne: 50 off 124 balls (4 x 4)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 127/0 in 47.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 68, HDRL Thirimanne 54)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 133/0 in 50.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 71, HDRL Thirimanne 57)
Day 5
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 57.5 overs (347 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 150 runs in 347 balls (FDM Karunaratne 89, HDRL Thirimanne 61, Ex 5)
- Over 60.2: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - HDRL Thirimanne (Upheld)
- FDM Karunaratne: 100 off 216 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 193/2 in 67.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 107, AD Mathews 7)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 68.4 overs (412 balls), Extras 5
- Over 77.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - MA Gough, Batsman - MDKJ Perera (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Over 79.4: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - MA Gough, Batsman - MDKJ Perera (Struck down)
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 81.2 overs (488 balls), Extras 7