result
1st Test, Christchurch, Dec 25 - 29 2014, Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series
(30.4 ov, target 105)441 & 107/2
(f/o) 138 & 407
New Zealand won by 8 wickets
player of the match

New Zealand
New Zealand 1st INNINGS
BATSMEN | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Latham | c Kaushal b Eranga | 27 | 65 | 106 | 3 | 0 | 41.54 | ||
Hamish Rutherford | b Lakmal | 18 | 34 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 52.94 | ||
Kane Williamson | b Prasad | 54 | 98 | 160 | 7 | 0 | 55.10 | ||
Ross Taylor | run out (Silva) | 7 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 87.50 | ||
Brendon McCullum (c) | c Karunaratne b Kaushal | 195 | 134 | 202 | 18 | 11 | 145.52 | ||
James Neesham | c Sangakkara b Mathews | 85 | 80 | 129 | 10 | 3 | 106.25 | ||
BJ Watling † | lbw b Mathews | 26 | 51 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 50.98 | ||
Mark Craig | not out | 12 | 34 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 35.29 | ||
Tim Southee | c Thirimanne b Mathews | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Neil Wagner | c Kaushal b Lakmal | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
Trent Boult | c †Jayawardene b Lakmal | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Extras | (lb 4, nb 7, w 2) | 13 | |||||||
TOTAL | (85.5 Ov, RR: 5.13, 413 Mts) | 441 | |||||||
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) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Suranga Lakmal | 19.5 | 3 | 90 | 3 | 4.54 | 88 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Shaminda Eranga | 18 | 1 | 82 | 1 | 4.56 | 74 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Angelo Mathews | 12 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 3.25 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dhammika Prasad | 12 | 2 | 62 | 1 | 5.17 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Tharindu Kaushal | 22 | 0 | 159 | 1 | 7.23 | 60 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
Lahiru Thirimanne | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka 1st INNINGS
BATSMEN | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dimuth Karunaratne | lbw b Boult | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Kaushal Silva | lbw b Boult | 4 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 | ||
Kumar Sangakkara | c Southee b Boult | 6 | 27 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | ||
Lahiru Thirimanne | c Craig b Southee | 24 | 59 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 40.68 | ||
Angelo Mathews (c) | c Latham b Wagner | 50 | 85 | 130 | 3 | 2 | 58.82 | ||
Niroshan Dickwella | c McCullum b Southee | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
Prasanna Jayawardene † | c Williamson b Wagner | 10 | 21 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 47.62 | ||
Dhammika Prasad | c McCullum b Neesham | 18 | 18 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
Tharindu Kaushal | c Williamson b Wagner | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
Shaminda Eranga | not out | 10 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 58.82 | ||
Suranga Lakmal | c McCullum b Neesham | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | ||
Extras | (lb 3, nb 1, w 2) | 6 | |||||||
TOTAL | (42.4 Ov, RR: 3.23, 204 Mts) | 138 | |||||||
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) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trent Boult | 11 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 2.27 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Tim Southee | 12 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1.42 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
James Neesham | 6.4 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 4.20 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Neil Wagner | 11 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 5.45 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mark Craig | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka 2nd INNINGS (FOLLOWING ON)
BATSMEN | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dimuth Karunaratne | b Boult | 152 | 363 | 483 | 17 | 0 | 41.87 | ||
Kaushal Silva | c †Watling b Southee | 33 | 106 | 154 | 5 | 0 | 31.13 | ||
Kumar Sangakkara | c †Watling b Boult | 1 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6.25 | ||
Lahiru Thirimanne | c †Watling b Neesham | 25 | 124 | 182 | 1 | 0 | 20.16 | ||
Angelo Mathews (c) | c †Watling b Southee | 66 | 127 | 196 | 7 | 1 | 51.97 | ||
Niroshan Dickwella | c Neesham b Boult | 4 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 | ||
Tharindu Kaushal | c Craig b Southee | 12 | 27 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 | ||
Prasanna Jayawardene † | c Southee b Craig | 23 | 38 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 60.53 | ||
Dhammika Prasad | c Taylor b Southee | 4 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 23.53 | ||
Shaminda Eranga | not out | 45 | 62 | 77 | 7 | 0 | 72.58 | ||
Suranga Lakmal | c Southee b Boult | 16 | 23 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 69.57 | ||
Extras | (b 4, lb 20, nb 1, w 1) | 26 | |||||||
TOTAL | (154 Ov, RR: 2.64, 655 Mts) | 407 | |||||||
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) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trent Boult | 39 | 8 | 100 | 4 | 2.56 | 186 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Tim Southee | 37 | 8 | 91 | 4 | 2.46 | 175 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Neil Wagner | 30 | 6 | 76 | 0 | 2.53 | 144 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mark Craig | 38 | 10 | 83 | 1 | 2.18 | 184 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
James Neesham | 8 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 3.63 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brendon McCullum | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kane Williamson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New Zealand 2nd INNINGS (target: 105 runs)
BATSMEN | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Latham | c Mathews b Kaushal | 17 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 70.83 | ||
Hamish Rutherford | c Dickwella b Eranga | 10 | 24 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 41.67 | ||
Kane Williamson | not out | 31 | 75 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 41.33 | ||
Ross Taylor | not out | 39 | 63 | 90 | 6 | 0 | 61.90 | ||
Extras | (lb 6, nb 2, w 2) | 10 | |||||||
TOTAL | (30.4 Ov, RR: 3.48, 137 Mts) | 107/2 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Tom Latham, 5.4 ov), 2-43 (Hamish Rutherford, 10.4 ov) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Suranga Lakmal | 6 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 2.67 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Tharindu Kaushal | 13 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 3.69 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Shaminda Eranga | 7 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2.86 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dhammika Prasad | 4.4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 3.64 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MATCH DETAILS
Hagley Oval, Christchurch | |
Toss | Sri Lanka, elected to field first |
Series | Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series |
Season | 2014/15 |
Player Of The Match | ![]() Brendon McCullum |
Series result | New Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0 |
Match number | Test no. 2151 |
Hours of play (local time) | 11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00 |
Match days | 26,27,28,29 December 2014 - day match (5-day match) |
Test debut | ![]() Tharindu Kaushal |
Umpires | ![]() Bruce Oxenford![]() Richard Illingworth |
TV Umpire | ![]() Steve Davis |
Reserve Umpire | ![]() Derek Walker |
Match Referee | ![]() Chris Broad |
CLOSE OF PLAY
Fri, 26 Dec - day 1 -New Zealand 1st innings 429/7 (Mark Craig 5*, 80.3 ov)
Sat, 27 Dec - day 2 -Sri Lanka 2nd innings 84 (Dimuth Karunaratne 49*, Kaushal Silva 33*, 35 ov)
Sun, 28 Dec - day 3 -Sri Lanka 2nd innings 293/5 (Angelo Mathews 53*, Tharindu Kaushal 5*, 125 ov)
Mon, 29 Dec - day 4 -New Zealand 2nd innings 107/2 (30.4 ov) - end of match
MATCH NOTES
Day 1
- New Zealand 1st innings
- Drinks: New Zealand - 29/0 in 11.0 overs (TWM Latham 13, HD Rutherford 14)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 14.5 overs (90 balls), Extras 2
- Lunch: New Zealand - 84/2 in 23.0 overs (KS Williamson 34, LRPL Taylor 3)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 27.1 overs (164 balls), Extras 4
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (KS Williamson 10, BB McCullum 39, Ex 2)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 140/3 in 36.0 overs (KS Williamson 44, BB McCullum 40)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 38.3 overs (232 balls), Extras 4
- BB McCullum: 50 off 45 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- KS Williamson: 50 off 92 balls (7 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 125 balls (KS Williamson 17, BB McCullum 85, Ex 3)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 44.5 overs (271 balls), Extras 5
- Over 45.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - BB McCullum (Struck down)
- BB McCullum: 100 off 74 balls (10 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Tea: New Zealand - 215/4 in 48.0 overs (BB McCullum 102, JDS Neesham 0)
- New Zealand: 250 runs in 53.3 overs (325 balls), Extras 10
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (BB McCullum 27, JDS Neesham 24, Ex 3)
- New Zealand: 300 runs in 56.6 overs (346 balls), Extras 10
- BB McCullum: 150 off 103 balls (15 x 4, 8 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 76 balls (BB McCullum 51, JDS Neesham 47, Ex 3)
- JDS Neesham: 50 off 52 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 349/4 in 63.0 overs (BB McCullum 178, JDS Neesham 55)
- New Zealand: 350 runs in 63.4 overs (386 balls), Extras 10
- 5th Wicket: 150 runs in 118 balls (BB McCullum 94, JDS Neesham 56, Ex 3)
- New Zealand: 400 runs in 70.5 overs (430 balls), Extras 11
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (JDS Neesham 27, BJ Watling 21, Ex 2)
- Over 77.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - BJ Watling (Struck down)
- Over 79.3: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - MD Craig (Upheld)
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- End Of Day: New Zealand - 429/7 in 80.3 overs (MD Craig 5)
Day 2
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 441/10 in 85.5 overs (MD Craig 12)
- Over 85.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - TA Boult (Upheld)
- Sri Lanka 1st innings
- Over 4.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - JK Silva (Struck down)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 38/3 in 18.0 overs (HDRL Thirimanne 11, AD Mathews 15)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 22.2 overs (135 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 75/5 in 31.0 overs (AD Mathews 32, HAPW Jayawardene 4)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 35.3 overs (214 balls), Extras 5
- AD Mathews: 50 off 83 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 138/10 in 42.4 overs (RMS Eranga 10)
- Sri Lanka 2nd innings
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 30/0 in 14.5 overs (FDM Karunaratne 17, JK Silva 13)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 22.3 overs (135 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 135 balls (FDM Karunaratne 30, JK Silva 21, Ex 1)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 84/0 in 35.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 49, JK Silva 33)
Day 3
- FDM Karunaratne: 50 off 111 balls (6 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 44.6 overs (271 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 111/2 in 50.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 66, HDRL Thirimanne 5)
- Over 59.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - HDRL Thirimanne (Upheld)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 131/2 in 65.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 77, HDRL Thirimanne 14)
- Over 72.1: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - FDM Karunaratne (Struck down)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 186 balls (FDM Karunaratne 26, HDRL Thirimanne 18, Ex 6)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 75.4 overs (455 balls), Extras 8
- FDM Karunaratne: 100 off 255 balls (11 x 4)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 168/2 in 81.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 102, HDRL Thirimanne 23)
- Over 83.1: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - FDM Karunaratne (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 93.5 overs (564 balls), Extras 14
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 201/3 in 94.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 116, AD Mathews 12)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 81 balls (FDM Karunaratne 17, AD Mathews 31, Ex 2)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 245/3 in 107.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 137, AD Mathews 34)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 108.3 overs (652 balls), Extras 15
- AD Mathews: 50 off 82 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- FDM Karunaratne: 150 off 360 balls (17 x 4)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 293/5 in 125.0 overs (AD Mathews 53, PHT Kaushal 5)
Day 4
- Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 127.2 overs (765 balls), Extras 20
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 329/8 in 138.0 overs (HAPW Jayawardene 11, RMS Eranga 0)
- Sri Lanka: 350 runs in 144.4 overs (869 balls), Extras 21
- 10th Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (RMS Eranga 31, RAS Lakmal 14, Ex 5)
- Sri Lanka: 400 runs in 152.4 overs (917 balls), Extras 26
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 407/10 in 154.0 overs (RMS Eranga 45)
- New Zealand 2nd innings
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 13.5 overs (84 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: New Zealand - 50/2 in 14.0 overs (KS Williamson 16, LRPL Taylor 2)
- Tea: New Zealand - 76/2 in 24.0 overs (KS Williamson 24, LRPL Taylor 15)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 101 balls (KS Williamson 15, LRPL Taylor 29, Ex 6)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 30.2 overs (184 balls), Extras 10