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2nd Test, Colombo, Aug 22 - Aug 26 2019, ICC World Test Championship
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Sri Lanka

(70.2 ov)244 & 122
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New Zealand

431/6d
New Zealand won by an innings and 65 runs
player of the match
Tom Latham
Tom Latham
New Zealand
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Sri Lanka 1st INNINGS
BATSMEN RBM4s6sSR
Dimuth Karunaratne (c)c †Watling b Southee651652516039.39
Lahiru Thirimanne c Williamson b Somerville23559005.71
Kusal Mendis c †Watling b de Grandhomme3270744045.71
Angelo Mathews c †Watling b Boult22940006.90
Kusal Perera lbw b Boult044000.00
Dhananjaya de Silva  b Boult10914823116273.65
Niroshan Dickwella †c †Watling b Southee034000.00
Dilruwan Perera lbw b Patel1354641024.07
Suranga Lakmal c †Watling b Southee1024501041.67
Lasith Embuldeniya lbw b Southee029000.00
Lahiru Kumara not out 511300045.45
Extras(b 1, lb 2, nb 3)6
TOTAL(90.2 Ov, RR: 2.70, 410 Mts)244
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 14.4 ov), 2-79 (Kusal Mendis, 32.3 ov), 3-93 (Angelo Mathews, 41.1 ov), 4-93 (Kusal Perera, 41.5 ov), 5-130 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 57.3 ov), 6-130 (Niroshan Dickwella, 57.6 ov), 7-171 (Dilruwan Perera, 74.5 ov), 8-214 (Suranga Lakmal, 83.5 ov), 9-224 (Lasith Embuldeniya, 85.1 ov), 10-244 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 90.2 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
Trent Boult22.267533.361059200
Tim Southee2976342.171355000
Colin de Grandhomme1733512.06833003
William Somerville632013.33263000
Ajaz Patel1644813.00758000
New Zealand 1st INNINGS
BATSMEN RBM4s6sSR
Jeet Raval c de Silva b MDK Perera0911000.00
Tom Latham lbw b MDK Perera15425135915061.35
Kane Williamson (c)c Mendis b Kumara2028432071.43
Ross Taylor c de Silva b Embuldeniya2343623053.49
Henry Nicholls c de Silva b MDK Perera1546660032.61
BJ Watling †not out 1052263069046.46
Colin de Grandhomme c Kumara b Embuldeniya837711055107.79
Tim Southee not out 24102022240.00
Extras(lb 4, w 3)7
TOTAL(115 Ov, RR: 3.74, 490 Mts)431/6d
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Jeet Raval, 3.1 ov), 2-34 (Kane Williamson, 12.5 ov), 3-84 (Ross Taylor, 26.2 ov), 4-126 (Henry Nicholls, 42.3 ov), 5-269 (Tom Latham, 85.3 ov), 6-382 (Colin de Grandhomme, 110.2 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
Dilruwan Perera37411433.081527100
Dhananjaya de Silva511002.00231000
Suranga Lakmal1123202.91484000
Lahiru Kumara25011514.60849130
Lasith Embuldeniya37415624.2214015500
Sri Lanka 2nd INNINGS
BATSMEN RBM4s6sSR
Lahiru Thirimanne run out (Patel)052000.00
Kusal Perera c †Watling b Boult0312000.00
Kusal Mendis  b Somerville2063943031.75
Angelo Mathews c Taylor b de Grandhomme730431023.33
Dhananjaya de Silva c Southee b Patel11926005.26
Niroshan Dickwella †c Latham b Patel511612116031.68
Dimuth Karunaratne (c)lbw b Southee2170912030.00
Dilruwan Perera c Taylor b Southee01222000.00
Suranga Lakmal c Latham b Somerville1445672131.11
Lasith Embuldeniya c Williamson b Boult511201045.45
Lahiru Kumara not out 033000.00
Extras(lb 2, w 1)3
TOTAL(70.2 Ov, RR: 1.73, 297 Mts)122
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 0.5 ov), 2-4 (Kusal Perera, 2.2 ov), 3-11 (Angelo Mathews, 11.3 ov), 4-22 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 18.3 ov), 5-32 (Kusal Mendis, 21.5 ov), 6-73 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 43.5 ov), 7-75 (Dilruwan Perera, 47.4 ov), 8-115 (Suranga Lakmal, 65.3 ov), 9-118 (Niroshan Dickwella, 69.3 ov), 10-122 (Lasith Embuldeniya, 70.2 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
Trent Boult14.281721.19783000
Tim Southee1261521.25652010
Ajaz Patel1933121.63954000
Colin de Grandhomme41812.00191000
William Somerville2164922.331035100
MATCH DETAILS
P Sara Oval, Colombo
TossSri Lanka, elected to bat first
SeriesICC World Test ChampionshipNew Zealand tour of Sri Lanka
Season2019
Player Of The Match
Tom Latham
Tom Latham
Player Of The Series
BJ Watling
BJ Watling
Series result2-match series drawn 1-1
Match numberTEST No. 2356
Match days22,23,24,25,26 August 2019 - day match (5-day match)
Umpires
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Bruce Oxenford
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Michael Gough
TV Umpire
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Richard Illingworth
Reserve Umpire
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Raveendra Wimalasiri
Match Referee
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Andy Pycroft
PointsNew Zealand 60, Sri Lanka 0
CLOSE OF PLAY
Thu, 22 Aug - day 1 -Sri Lanka 1st innings 85/2 (Dimuth Karunaratne 49*, Angelo Mathews 0*, 36.3 ov)
Fri, 23 Aug - day 2 -Sri Lanka 1st innings 144/6 (Dhananjaya de Silva 32*, Dilruwan Perera 5*, 66 ov)
Sat, 24 Aug - day 3 -New Zealand 1st innings 196/4 (Tom Latham 111*, BJ Watling 25*, 62 ov)
Sun, 25 Aug - day 4 -New Zealand 1st innings 382/5 (BJ Watling 81*, Colin de Grandhomme 83*, 110 ov)
Mon, 26 Aug - day 5 -Sri Lanka 2nd innings 122/10 (70.2 ov) - end of match
MATCH NOTES
Day 1
  • Sri Lanka 1st innings
  • Rain: Sri Lanka - 0/0
  • Lunch: Sri Lanka - 0/0
  • Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 0/0
  • Drinks: Sri Lanka - 29/1 in 14.4 overs (FDM Karunaratne 26)
  • Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 22.3 overs (135 balls), Extras 1
  • Tea: Sri Lanka - 71/1 in 29.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 37, BKG Mendis 30)
  • Rain: Sri Lanka - 71/1 in 29.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 37, BKG Mendis 30)
  • 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 100 balls (FDM Karunaratne 17, BKG Mendis 32, Ex 1)
  • Bad Light: Sri Lanka - 85/2 in 36.3 overs (FDM Karunaratne 49, AD Mathews 0)
  • End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 85/2 in 36.3 overs (FDM Karunaratne 49, AD Mathews 0)
Day 2
  • Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 85/2 in 36.3 overs (FDM Karunaratne 49, AD Mathews 0)
  • FDM Karunaratne: 50 off 103 balls (6 x 4)
  • Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 43.4 overs (264 balls), Extras 4
  • Drinks: Sri Lanka - 115/4 in 51.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 61, DM de Silva 12)
  • Lunch: Sri Lanka - 144/6 in 66.0 overs (DM de Silva 32, MDK Perera 5)
  • Rain: Sri Lanka - 144/6 in 66.0 overs (DM de Silva 32, MDK Perera 5)
  • Tea: Sri Lanka - 144/6 in 66.0 overs (DM de Silva 32, MDK Perera 5)
  • End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 144/6 in 66.0 overs (DM de Silva 32, MDK Perera 5)
Day 3
  • Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 68.6 overs (417 balls), Extras 6
  • DM de Silva: 50 off 85 balls (8 x 4)
  • Over 74.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - MDK Perera (Struck down - Umpires Call)
  • Drinks: Sri Lanka - 194/7 in 79.0 overs (DM de Silva 66, RAS Lakmal 8)
  • New ball taken at 80.1 overs
  • Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 80.5 overs (488 balls), Extras 6
  • Over 85.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - MA Gough, Batsman - L Embuldeniya (Struck down)
  • DM de Silva: 100 off 138 balls (15 x 4, 2 x 6)
  • Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 244/10 in 90.2 overs (CBRLS Kumara 5)
  • New Zealand 1st innings
  • Lunch: New Zealand - 1/0 in 2.0 overs (JA Raval 0, TWM Latham 1)
  • Drinks: New Zealand - 40/2 in 16.0 overs (TWM Latham 18, LRPL Taylor 2)
  • New Zealand: 50 runs in 18.1 overs (109 balls), Extras 0
  • 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 77 balls (TWM Latham 27, LRPL Taylor 23, Ex 0)
  • LD Chandimal kept in place of N Dickwella from 16.1 overs of New Zealand 1st innings
  • TWM Latham: 50 off 95 balls (5 x 4)
  • New Zealand: 100 runs in 31.2 overs (188 balls), Extras 0
  • Tea: New Zealand - 103/3 in 33.0 overs (TWM Latham 55, HM Nicholls 5)
  • Rain: New Zealand - 123/3 in 40.4 overs (TWM Latham 67, HM Nicholls 13)
  • New Zealand: 150 runs in 48.1 overs (289 balls), Extras 1
  • Over 48.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - TWM Latham (Struck down)
  • Over 48.4: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - BJ Watling (Upheld)
  • Drinks: New Zealand - 172/4 in 56.0 overs (TWM Latham 91, BJ Watling 21)
  • 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 84 balls (TWM Latham 24, BJ Watling 24, Ex 2)
  • TWM Latham: 100 off 169 balls (9 x 4)
  • Bad Light: New Zealand - 196/4 in 62.0 overs (TWM Latham 111, BJ Watling 25)
  • End Of Day: New Zealand - 196/4 in 62.0 overs (TWM Latham 111, BJ Watling 25)
Day 4
  • Rain: New Zealand - 196/4 in 62.0 overs (TWM Latham 111, BJ Watling 25)
  • Lunch: New Zealand - 196/4 in 62.0 overs (TWM Latham 111, BJ Watling 25)
  • Wet Ground: New Zealand - 196/4 in 62.0 overs (TWM Latham 111, BJ Watling 25)
  • New Zealand: 200 runs in 62.1 overs (373 balls), Extras 2
  • 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 164 balls (TWM Latham 61, BJ Watling 37, Ex 2)
  • Drinks: New Zealand - 243/4 in 79.0 overs (TWM Latham 140, BJ Watling 43)
  • New ball taken at 80.1 overs
  • New Zealand: 250 runs in 81.3 overs (489 balls), Extras 2
  • BJ Watling: 50 off 132 balls (3 x 4)
  • TWM Latham: 150 off 244 balls (14 x 4)
  • Over 85.3: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - MA Gough, Batsman - TWM Latham (Struck down)
  • Tea: New Zealand - 295/5 in 92.0 overs (BJ Watling 62, C de Grandhomme 19)
  • New Zealand: 300 runs in 92.2 overs (554 balls), Extras 2
  • 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 69 balls (BJ Watling 14, C de Grandhomme 36, Ex 0)
  • C de Grandhomme: 50 off 45 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
  • New Zealand: 350 runs in 101.3 overs (609 balls), Extras 4
  • Rain: New Zealand - 358/5 in 103.3 overs (BJ Watling 72, C de Grandhomme 70)
  • 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 123 balls (BJ Watling 21, C de Grandhomme 79, Ex 2)
  • Over 107.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - MA Gough, Batsman - C de Grandhomme (Struck down)
  • End Of Day: New Zealand - 382/5 in 110.0 overs (BJ Watling 81, C de Grandhomme 83)
Day 5
  • Wet Ground: New Zealand - 382/5 in 110.0 overs (BJ Watling 81, C de Grandhomme 83)
  • New Zealand: 400 runs in 112.6 overs (678 balls), Extras 6
  • BJ Watling: 100 off 222 balls (8 x 4)
  • Innings Break: New Zealand - 431/6 in 115.0 overs (BJ Watling 105, TG Southee 24)
  • Sri Lanka 2nd innings
  • Drinks: Sri Lanka - 11/2 in 11.0 overs (BKG Mendis 4, AD Mathews 7)
  • Lunch: Sri Lanka - 33/5 in 23.0 overs (N Dickwella 5, FDM Karunaratne 0)
  • Over 28.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - MA Gough, Batsman - FDM Karunaratne (Upheld)
  • Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 29.6 overs (180 balls), Extras 0
  • Drinks: Sri Lanka - 63/5 in 41.0 overs (N Dickwella 12, FDM Karunaratne 21)
  • Over 43.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - FDM Karunaratne (Struck down)
  • Over 44.6: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - MA Gough, Batsman - MDK Perera (Struck down)
  • Tea: Sri Lanka - 88/7 in 55.0 overs (N Dickwella 36, RAS Lakmal 0)
  • Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 61.4 overs (370 balls), Extras 3
  • N Dickwella: 50 off 151 balls (6 x 4)
  • Player of the series: BJ Watling
Match Coverage
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'Freedom doesn't mean swinging at every ball' - Dimuth Karunaratne
Not out of nowhere - how New Zealand won the P Sara Oval Test
Blessed with some of the finest players in the world, you can be sure that this New Zealand team knows what it is doing
Not out of nowhere - how New Zealand won the P Sara Oval Test
Watling, Southee, Boult star as New Zealand snatch victory in failing light
Dickwella's dogged half-century in vain as Williamson's men secure 60 points
Watling, Southee, Boult star as New Zealand snatch victory in failing light
'I probably am' in the form of my career - Tom Latham
Having made 154 to give New Zealand a chance of winning a rain-afflicted Test, he now has a stunning four scores of over 150 in his last eight innings
'I probably am' in the form of my career - Tom Latham
Latham, Watling, de Grandhomme power New Zealand's dominance
On yet another rain-affected day, New Zealand's batting held together to drive their advantage forward
Latham, Watling, de Grandhomme power New Zealand's dominance
Videos
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Team's sense of belief comes from past performances - Watling
Team's sense of belief comes from past performances - Watling
2:27
Sri Lanka Innings
Player NameRB
HDRL Thirimannerun out05
MDKJ Pereracaught03
BKG Mendisbowled2063
AD Mathewscaught730
DM de Silvacaught119
N Dickwellacaught51161
FDM Karunaratnelbw2170
MDK Pereracaught012
RAS Lakmalcaught1445
L Embuldeniyacaught511
CBRLS Kumaranot out03
Extras(lb 2, w 1)
Total122(10 wkts; 70.2 ovs)
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ICC World Test Championship
TEAMMWLDPTRPWR
INDIA139314301.619
NZ117404201.281
AUS148423321.392
ENG1710434121.251
SA93601440.682
PAK102531660.72
SL8161800.586
WI7160400.493
BDESH303000.351
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