TestNo. 2151MenUpset 49

New Zealand v Sri Lanka

New Zealand won by 8 wickets

Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, Match 126 December 2014 to 29 December 2014Hagley Oval, Christchurch

New Zealandbatted first

441 & 107/230.4 ov

Sri Lanka

138 & 407154 ov

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to fieldPlayer of the match BB McCullum

New Zealand innings

44185.5 ov

New Zealand batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c PHT Kaushal b RMS Eranga	27	65	3	0	41.5
HD Rutherford	b RAS Lakmal	18	34	4	0	52.9
KS Williamson	b KTGD Prasad	54	98	7	0	55.1
LRPL Taylor	run out (JK Silva)	7	8	1	0	87.5
BB McCullum	c FDM Karunaratne b PHT Kaushal	195	134	18	11	145.5
JDS Neesham	c KC Sangakkara b AD Mathews	85	80	10	3	106.3
BJ Watling	lbw b AD Mathews	26	51	2	0	51.0
MD Craig	not out	12*	34	0	0	35.3
TG Southee	c HDRL Thirimanne b AD Mathews	0	8	0	0	0.0
N Wagner	c PHT Kaushal b RAS Lakmal	4	8	1	0	50.0
TA Boult	c HAPW Jayawardene b RAS Lakmal	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 4, w 2, nb 7	13
Total	all out, 85.5 overs, run rate 5.14	441

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 450

1-37 HD Rutherford2-60 TWM Latham3-88 LRPL Taylor4-214 KS Williamson5-367 BB McCullum6-420 JDS Neesham7-429 BJ Watling8-431 TG Southee9-440 N Wagner10-441 TA Boult

Bowling to New Zealand
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
RAS Lakmal	19.5	3	90	3	4.54	88	11	3	0	2
RMS Eranga	18	1	82	1	4.56	73	12	1	0	0
AD Mathews	12	2	39	3	3.25	55	5	1	0	0
KTGD Prasad	12	2	62	1	5.17	50	8	2	2	0
PHT Kaushal	22	0	159	1	7.23	59	10	7	0	5
HDRL Thirimanne	2	0	5	0	2.50	7	0	0	0	0

Sri Lanka innings

13842.4 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	lbw b TA Boult	0	4	0	0	0.0
JK Silva	lbw b TA Boult	4	9	0	0	44.4
KC Sangakkara	c TG Southee b TA Boult	6	27	0	0	22.2
HDRL Thirimanne	c MD Craig b TG Southee	24	59	0	0	40.7
AD Mathews	c TWM Latham b N Wagner	50	85	3	2	58.8
N Dickwella	c BB McCullum b TG Southee	2	4	0	0	50.0
HAPW Jayawardene	c KS Williamson b N Wagner	10	21	2	0	47.6
KTGD Prasad	c BB McCullum b JDS Neesham	18	18	3	0	100.0
PHT Kaushal	c KS Williamson b N Wagner	6	6	1	0	100.0
RMS Eranga	not out	10*	17	0	0	58.8
RAS Lakmal	c BB McCullum b JDS Neesham	2	7	0	0	28.6
Extras	lb 3, w 2, nb 1	6
Total	all out, 42.4 overs, run rate 3.23	138

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 450

1-0 FDM Karunaratne2-8 JK Silva3-15 KC Sangakkara4-58 HDRL Thirimanne5-60 N Dickwella6-88 HAPW Jayawardene7-105 AD Mathews8-118 PHT Kaushal9-128 KTGD Prasad10-138 RAS Lakmal

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
TA Boult	11	4	25	3	2.27	50	0	1	1	0
TG Southee	12	4	17	2	1.42	62	1	0	0	0
JDS Neesham	6.4	1	28	2	4.20	27	4	0	1	0
N Wagner	11	0	60	3	5.45	40	4	1	0	1
MD Craig	2	0	5	0	2.50	9	0	0	0	0

Sri Lanka innings

407154 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	b TA Boult	152	363	17	0	41.9
JK Silva	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	33	106	5	0	31.1
KC Sangakkara	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	1	16	0	0	6.3
HDRL Thirimanne	c BJ Watling b JDS Neesham	25	124	1	0	20.2
AD Mathews	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	66	127	7	1	52.0
N Dickwella	c JDS Neesham b TA Boult	4	22	0	0	18.2
PHT Kaushal	c MD Craig b TG Southee	12	27	1	0	44.4
HAPW Jayawardene	c TG Southee b MD Craig	23	38	3	0	60.5
KTGD Prasad	c LRPL Taylor b TG Southee	4	17	0	0	23.5
RMS Eranga	not out	45*	62	7	0	72.6
RAS Lakmal	c TG Southee b TA Boult	16	23	3	0	69.6
Extras	b 4, lb 20, w 1, nb 1	26
Total	all out, 154 overs, run rate 2.64	407

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 450

1-85 JK Silva2-94 KC Sangakkara3-181 HDRL Thirimanne4-277 FDM Karunaratne5-287 N Dickwella6-307 PHT Kaushal7-320 AD Mathews8-325 KTGD Prasad9-348 HAPW Jayawardene10-407 RAS Lakmal

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
TA Boult	39	8	100	4	2.56	180	12	0	1	0
TG Southee	37	8	91	4	2.46	172	12	0	0	0
N Wagner	30	6	76	0	2.53	143	8	0	0	1
MD Craig	38	10	83	1	2.18	183	7	1	0	0
JDS Neesham	8	2	29	1	3.63	34	5	0	0	0
BB McCullum	1	0	3	0	3.00	4	0	0	0	0
KS Williamson	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0	0

New Zealand innings

107/230.4 ov

New Zealand batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c AD Mathews b PHT Kaushal	17	24	3	0	70.8
HD Rutherford	c N Dickwella b RMS Eranga	10	24	1	0	41.7
KS Williamson	not out	31*	75	0	0	41.3
LRPL Taylor	not out	39*	63	6	0	61.9
Extras	lb 6, w 2, nb 2	10
Total	2 wickets, 30.4 overs, run rate 3.49	107

Did not batBB McCullum, JDS Neesham, BJ Watling, MD Craig, TG Southee, N Wagner, TA Boult

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 450

1-23 TWM Latham2-43 HD Rutherford

Bowling to New Zealand
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
RAS Lakmal	6	2	16	0	2.67	28	2	1	1
PHT Kaushal	13	0	48	1	3.69	47	4	0	1
RMS Eranga	7	2	20	1	2.86	31	1	0	0
KTGD Prasad	4.4	1	17	0	3.64	21	3	1	0

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Upset

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Player of the match

BB McCullumNew Zealand

195off 134 balls, 18 fours and 11 sixes, strike rate 145.5

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2151
Competition: Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series
Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to field
Umpires: BNJ Oxenford and RK Illingworth
TV umpire: SJ Davis
Match referee: BC Broad
Season: 2014/15

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 30 / 12°C, dry
Day 2: 28 / 15°C, 0.4 mm rain
Day 3: 23 / 13°C, 4.2 mm rain
Day 4: 24 / 13°C, 0.1 mm rain

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