wtc171 f62359 t2549	Sri Lanka v New Zealand
	ICC World Test Championship 2023 to 2025 New Zealand in Sri Lanka 2024/25 (1st Test)
Venue	Galle International Stadium, Galle on 18th, 19th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd September 2024 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sri Lanka won by 63 runs
Points	Sri Lanka 12; New Zealand 0
Umpires	Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), MA Gough (England)
TV umpire	NN Menon (India)
Referee	J Srinath (India)
Reserve Umpire	RSA Palliyaguruge
Close of play day 1	Sri Lanka (1) 302/7 (Wanigamuni 14*, Jayasuriya 0*; 88 overs)
Close of play day 2	New Zealand (1) 255/4 (Mitchell 41*, Blundell 18*; 72 overs)
Close of play day 3	Sri Lanka (2) 237/4 (Mathews 34*, de Silva 34*; 72 overs)
Close of play day 4	New Zealand (2) 207/8 (Ravindra 91*, Patel 0*; 68 overs)
Player of the Match	NGRP Jayasuriya

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
PN Silva	b O'Rourke	27	25	29	5	-	15
FDM Karunaratne	c Blundell b O'Rourke	2	8	18	-	-	7
LD Chandimal	c sub (MG Bracewell) b Southee	30	71	100	3	-	58
AD Mathews	c Blundell b O'Rourke	36	116	198	3	-	92
PHKD Mendis	c Mitchell b Patel	114	173	268	11	-	101
*DM de Silva	b Phillips	11	24	24	2	-	20
+BKG Mendis	c Southee b Phillips	50	68	101	7	-	41
RTM Wanigamuni	lbw b O'Rourke	14	49	56	2	-	43
NGRP Jayasuriya	lbw b Patel	0	15	15	-	-	15
CBRLS Kumara	not out	2	2	7	-	-	1
AM Fernando	b O'Rourke	0	4	2	-	-	4
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 91.5 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Karunaratne, 3.6 ov), 2-33 (PN Silva, 5.6 ov), 3-88 (Chandimal, 28.4 ov), 4-106 (de Silva, 34.2 ov), 5-178 (Mathews, 55.3 ov), 6-281 (BKG Mendis, 78.2 ov), 7-302 (PHKD Mendis, 86.1 ov), 8-303 (Jayasuriya, 90.4 ov), 9-305 (Wanigamuni, 91.1 ov), 10-305 (Fernando, 91.5 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Southee	14	2	48	1	-	-	60	6	-
O'Rourke	18.5	4	55	5	1	4	92	6	-
Patel	20	4	60	2	-	-	87	8	-
Santner	19	2	64	0	-	-	78	7	-
Phillips	18	0	52	2	-	-	69	4	-
Ravindra	2	0	12	0	-	-	7	2	-

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New Zealand first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TWM Latham	c sub (WSR Samarawickrama) b Jayasuriya	70	111	151	6	-	68
DP Conway	lbw b Wanigamuni	17	59	67	1	-	47
KS Williamson	c BKG Mendis b de Silva	55	104	136	4	1	67
R Ravindra	b de Silva	39	48	62	4	-	25
DJ Mitchell	run out (Wanigamuni->Wanigamuni->BKG Mendis)	57	86	118	7	1	56
+TA Blundell	c de Silva b Jayasuriya	25	65	86	1	1	50
GD Phillips	not out	49	48	65	2	5	30
MJ Santner	c BKG Mendis b Jayasuriya	2	2	1	-	-	1
*TG Southee	b Jayasuriya	3	10	7	-	-	8
AY Patel	lbw b Wanigamuni	6	6	6	1	-	4
WP O'Rourke	b Wanigamuni	2	8	23	-	-	7
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	15
Total	(all out, 90.5 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-63 (Conway, 18.4 ov), 2-136 (Latham, 38.4 ov), 3-187 (Williamson, 52.4 ov), 4-196 (Ravindra, 54.5 ov), 5-269 (Blundell, 75.6 ov), 6-291 (Mitchell, 81.3 ov), 7-293 (Santner, 81.5 ov), 8-297 (Southee, 83.5 ov), 9-304 (Patel, 84.6 ov), 10-340 (O'Rourke, 90.5 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Fernando	7	1	25	0	2	1	31	3	-
Kumara	12	5	28	0	-	-	58	4	-
de Silva	7	0	31	2	-	-	24	2	1
Wanigamuni	23.5	1	101	3	-	1	86	6	3
Jayasuriya	40	5	136	4	-	-	161	10	4
PHKD Mendis	1	0	8	0	-	-	1	1	-

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Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
PN Silva	c Southee b O'Rourke	2	10	11	-	-	8
FDM Karunaratne	b Patel	83	127	196	6	-	73
LD Chandimal	c Latham b O'Rourke	61	150	192	6	-	110
AD Mathews	c Mitchell b Patel	50	111	174	5	-	80
PHKD Mendis	c Mitchell b O'Rourke	13	12	22	3	-	8
*DM de Silva	st Blundell b Patel	40	77	95	4	-	52
+BKG Mendis	b Patel	23	30	30	3	-	17
RTM Wanigamuni	lbw b Patel	1	18	31	-	-	17
NGRP Jayasuriya	c O'Rourke b Santner	11	24	31	2	-	19
CBRLS Kumara	c Williamson b Patel	0	4	2	-	-	4
AM Fernando	not out	0	7	11	-	-	7
Extras	(11 b, 8 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	25
Total	(all out, 94.2 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (PN Silva, 2.5 ov), 2-153 (Karunaratne, 47.1 ov), 3-153 (Chandimal, 48.2 ov), 4-178 (PHKD Mendis, 52.3 ov), 5-250 (de Silva, 75.4 ov), 6-286 (BKG Mendis, 83.4 ov), 7-292 (Mathews, 87.3 ov), 8-301 (Wanigamuni, 91.1 ov), 9-301 (Kumara, 91.5 ov), 10-309 (Jayasuriya, 94.2 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
O'Rourke	17	2	49	3	2	3	76	5	-
Patel	30	8	90	6	-	-	127	10	-
Santner	14.2	2	51	1	-	-	54	5	-
Southee	16	4	39	0	-	-	71	4	-
Phillips	12	1	50	0	-	-	42	5	-
Ravindra	5	0	11	0	-	1	22	-	-

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New Zealand second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TWM Latham	lbw b de Silva	28	68	86	2	-	48
DP Conway	b Fernando	4	7	6	-	-	4
KS Williamson	st BKG Mendis b Jayasuriya	30	46	54	3	1	32
R Ravindra	lbw b Jayasuriya	92	168	204	9	1	114
DJ Mitchell	b Wanigamuni	8	26	32	1	-	21
+TA Blundell	b Jayasuriya	30	43	50	4	-	27
GD Phillips	c PHKD Mendis b Jayasuriya	4	14	11	-	-	10
MJ Santner	c PN Silva b Wanigamuni	2	22	31	-	-	20
*TG Southee	lbw b Wanigamuni	2	9	9	-	-	7
AY Patel	not out	2	22	32	-	-	20
WP O'Rourke	b Jayasuriya	0	6	7	-	-	6
Extras	(8 b, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 71.4 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Conway, 1.4 ov), 2-51 (Williamson, 16.2 ov), 3-68 (Latham, 22.5 ov), 4-96 (Mitchell, 32.3 ov), 5-152 (Blundell, 46.1 ov), 6-171 (Phillips, 51.5 ov), 7-197 (Santner, 61.2 ov), 8-203 (Southee, 63.3 ov), 9-209 (Ravindra, 69.3 ov), 10-211 (O'Rourke, 71.4 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Wanigamuni	25	3	83	3	-	-	103	10	-
Fernando	2	0	5	1	-	-	8	-	-
Jayasuriya	30.4	7	68	5	-	1	135	3	1
de Silva	12	4	32	1	-	-	56	3	1
Kumara	2	0	15	0	-	-	6	3	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 88/2 (Chandimal 30*, PHKD Mendis 13*; 28 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Sri Lanka (1) 178/5 (PHKD Mendis 61*; 55.3 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: New Zealand (1) 5/0 (Latham 1*, Conway 4*; 1 over)
--> Day 2 Tea: New Zealand (1) 136/2 (Williamson 40*; 38.4 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Sri Lanka (2) 32/1 (Karunaratne 23*, Chandimal 2*; 9 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Sri Lanka (2) 134/1 (Karunaratne 72*, Chandimal 54*; 40 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: New Zealand (2) 13/1 (Latham 5*, Williamson 4*; 5 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: New Zealand (2) 114/4 (Ravindra 26*, Blundell 10*; 37 overs)
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 50 in 11.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 100 in 33.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 150 in 45.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 200 in 62.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 250 in 71.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 300 in 85.1 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 50 in 14.2 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 100 in 25.4 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 150 in 41.1 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 200 in 55.3 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 250 in 70.1 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 300 in 84.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 50 in 16.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 100 in 27.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 150 in 45.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 200 in 61.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 250 in 75.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 300 in 90.3 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 50 in 15.5 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 100 in 34.3 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 150 in 45.6 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 200 in 62.2 overs
--> RTM Wanigamuni made his last appearance in Test matches
--> RTM Wanigamuni made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> LD Chandimal (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> PHKD Mendis (1) 50 in 73 balls with 6 fours
--> PHKD Mendis (1) 100 in 145 balls with 11 fours
--> PHKD Mendis (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 69
--> BKG Mendis (1) 50 in 67 balls with 7 fours
--> TWM Latham (1) 50 in 69 balls with 4 fours
--> TWM Latham (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> DP Conway (1) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 3
--> KS Williamson (1) 50 in 87 balls with 4 fours and 1 six
--> DJ Mitchell (1) 50 in 72 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> DJ Mitchell (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 55
--> FDM Karunaratne (2) 50 in 78 balls with 5 fours
--> FDM Karunaratne (2) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70
--> LD Chandimal (2) 50 in 104 balls with 5 fours
--> AD Mathews (2) 50 in 108 balls with 5 fours
--> AD Mathews (2) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> TWM Latham (2) passed 5500 runs in Test matches when he reached 12
--> R Ravindra (2) 50 in 94 balls with 6 fours
--> DJ Mitchell made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> R Ravindra made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> R Ravindra made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> GD Phillips made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> GD Phillips made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> WP O'Rourke made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> WP O'Rourke made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> DP Conway made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> DP Conway made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> TA Blundell made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> TA Blundell made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> AD Mathews retired hurt in the Sri Lanka first innings having scored 12 (team score 69/2) - he returned when the score was 106/4 (retired after 24 overs)

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SL 1st innings
Over 34.6: Review by New Zealand (Bowling, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - AD Mathews (decision upheld)
Over 75.2: Review by New Zealand (Bowling, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - BKG Mendis (decision upheld)
Over 90.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - NGRP Jayasuriya (decision upheld)
Over 91.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - RTM Mendis (decision upheld)
NZ 1st innings
Over 18.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - DP Conway (decision overturned)
Over 32.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - TWM Latham (decision upheld)
Over 45.2: Review by New Zealand (Batting, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - R Ravindra (decision overturned)
Over 61.1: Review by New Zealand (Batting, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - TA Blundell (decision overturned)
Over 75.6: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - TA Blundell (decision overturned)
Over 84.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - AY Patel (decision upheld)
Over 84.6: Review by New Zealand (Batting, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - AY Patel (decision upheld)
Over 85.1: Review by New Zealand (Batting, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - GD Phillips (decision overturned)
SL 1st innings
Over 8.6: Review by New Zealand (Bowling, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - FDM Karunaratne (decision upheld)
Over 51.2: Review by New Zealand (Bowling, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - PHKD Mendis (decision upheld)
Over 71.4: Review by New Zealand (Bowling, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - AD Mathews (decision upheld - umpire's call)
Over 91.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - RTM Mendis (decision upheld)
Over 93.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - AM Fernando (decision overturned)
NZ 2nd innings
Over 12.6: Review by New Zealand (Batting, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - KS Williamson (decision upheld)
Over 63.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - TG Southee (decision overturned)
Over 67.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - AY Patel (decision upheld)
Over 69.3: Review by New Zealand (Batting, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - R Ravindra (decision upheld)
Over 69.6: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - W O'Rourke (decision upheld)