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RESULT

1st Test, Wellington, December 15 - 19, 2018, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand

282 & 287/3

578

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

, NZ

264*

Mathews flexes his muscles

Mathews flexes his muscles

Sri Lanka's hard grind

Sri Lanka's hard grind

Impregnable Latham

Impregnable Latham

Southee soars on return

Southee soars on return

Match Coverage

Six instances when a Sri Lanka pair batted out entire day of a Test

Dimuth Karunaratne and Dhananjaya de Silva kept the Bangladesh bowlers at bay on day four of the Pallekele Test

Six instances when a Sri Lanka pair batted out entire day of a Test

Two guys put their hands up and didn't give us an opportunity for a day - Williamson

Kane Williamson's team tried everything, but Sri Lanka's batsmen were just too good

Two guys put their hands up and didn't give us an opportunity for a day - Williamson

Kusal Mendis the dasher turns into Thilan Samaraweera clone

Usually an unrepentant strokemaker, Sri Lanka's No. 4 overturned his batting style to block his way to an outstanding match-saving hundred

Kusal Mendis the dasher turns into Thilan Samaraweera clone

Rain completes Mathews and Mendis' epic rescue

The pair batted all of the fourth day and 12 overs on the fifth before weather intervened to give Sri Lanka a draw that didn't look possible at 13 for 3

Rain completes Mathews and Mendis' epic rescue

Kusal Mendis eyes double-ton as mentor Samaraweera's send-off gift

Sri Lanka batting coach Thilan Samaraweera will exit the role at the end of this series, and Kusal Mendis is keen on fulfilling his wish

Kusal Mendis eyes double-ton as mentor Samaraweera's send-off gift

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
MD Gunathilaka	lbw	3	17
FDM Karunaratne	caught	10	13
DM de Silva	bowled	0	5
BKG Mendis	not out	141	335
AD Mathews	not out	120	323
Extras	(lb 2, nb 3, w 8)
Total	287(3 wkts; 115 ovs)

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