f56031 t2151	New Zealand v Sri Lanka
	Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2014/15 (1st Test)
Venue	Hagley Oval, Christchurch on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th December 2014 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
Result	New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Umpires	RK Illingworth (England), BNJ Oxenford (Australia)
TV umpire	SJ Davis (Australia)
Referee	BC Broad (England)
Reserve Umpire	DJ Walker
Close of play day 1	New Zealand (1) 429/7 (Craig 5*; 80.3 overs)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lanka (2) 84/0 (Karunaratne 49*, Silva 33*; 35 overs)
Close of play day 3	Sri Lanka (2) 293/5 (Mathews 53*, Kaushal 5*; 125 overs)
Player of the Match	BB McCullum

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New Zealand first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TWM Latham	c Kaushal b Eranga	27	65	106	3	-	55
HD Rutherford	b Lakmal	18	34	73	4	-	29
KS Williamson	b Prasad	54	98	160	7	-	75
LRPL Taylor	run out (Silva)	7	8	18	1	-	4
*BB McCullum	c Karunaratne b Kaushal	195	134	202	18	11	58
JDS Neesham	c Sangakkara b Mathews	85	80	129	10	3	44
+BJ Watling	lbw b Mathews	26	51	61	2	-	34
MD Craig	not out	12	34	53	-	-	24
TG Southee	c Thirimanne b Mathews	0	8	10	-	-	8
N Wagner	c Kaushal b Lakmal	4	8	12	1	-	7
TA Boult	c Jayawardene b Lakmal	0	2	3	-	-	2
Extras	(4 lb, 7 nb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 413 minutes, 85.5 overs)	441
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Rutherford, 13.1 ov), 2-60 (Latham, 19.3 ov), 3-88 (Taylor, 23.4 ov), 4-214 (Williamson, 46.2 ov), 5-367 (McCullum, 65.5 ov), 6-420 (Neesham, 74.2 ov), 7-429 (Watling, 80.3 ov), 8-431 (Southee, 82.5 ov), 9-440 (Wagner, 85.4 ov), 10-441 (Boult, 85.5 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Lakmal	19.5	3	90	3	-	2	88	11	3
Eranga	18	1	82	1	-	-	74	12	1
Mathews	12	2	39	3	-	-	55	5	1
Prasad	12	2	62	1	2	-	51	8	2
Kaushal	22	0	159	1	-	5	60	10	7
Thirimanne	2	0	5	0	-	-	7	-	-

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
FDM Karunaratne	lbw b Boult	0	4	2	-	-	4
JK Silva	lbw b Boult	4	9	22	-	-	7
KC Sangakkara	c Southee b Boult	6	27	38	-	-	22
HDRL Thirimanne	c Craig b Southee	24	59	95	-	-	45
*AD Mathews	c Latham b Wagner	50	85	130	3	2	62
DPDN Dickwella	c McCullum b Southee	2	4	4	-	-	3
+HAPW Jayawardene	c Williamson b Wagner	10	21	36	2	-	17
KTGD Prasad	c McCullum b Neesham	18	18	29	3	-	11
PHT Kaushal	c Williamson b Wagner	6	6	10	1	-	4
RMS Eranga	not out	10	17	20	-	-	11
RAS Lakmal	c McCullum b Neesham	2	7	14	-	-	5
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 204 minutes, 42.4 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Karunaratne, 0.4 ov), 2-8 (Silva, 4.2 ov), 3-15 (Sangakkara, 8.3 ov), 4-58 (Thirimanne, 25.2 ov), 5-60 (Dickwella, 25.6 ov), 6-88 (Jayawardene, 33.4 ov), 7-105 (Mathews, 35.5 ov), 8-118 (Kaushal, 37.4 ov), 9-128 (Prasad, 38.6 ov), 10-138 (Lakmal, 42.4 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Boult	11	4	25	3	1	-	52	-	1
Southee	12	4	17	2	-	-	62	1	-
Neesham	6.4	1	28	2	1	-	28	4	-
Wagner	11	0	60	3	-	1	40	4	1
Craig	2	0	5	0	-	-	9	-	-

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Sri Lanka second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
FDM Karunaratne	b Boult	152	363	483	17	-	282
JK Silva	c Watling b Southee	33	106	154	5	-	91
KC Sangakkara	c Watling b Boult	1	16	25	-	-	15
HDRL Thirimanne	c Watling b Neesham	25	124	182	1	-	108
*AD Mathews	c Watling b Southee	66	127	196	7	1	94
DPDN Dickwella	c Neesham b Boult	4	22	25	-	-	19
PHT Kaushal	c Craig b Southee	12	27	29	1	-	22
+HAPW Jayawardene	c Southee b Craig	23	38	75	3	-	27
KTGD Prasad	c Taylor b Southee	4	17	19	-	-	15
RMS Eranga	not out	45	62	77	7	-	43
RAS Lakmal	c Southee b Boult	16	23	38	3	-	17
Extras	(4 b, 20 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	26
Total	(all out, 655 minutes, 154 overs)	407
Fall of wickets:
1-85 (Silva, 35.6 ov), 2-94 (Sangakkara, 42.2 ov), 3-181 (Thirimanne, 87.5 ov), 4-277 (Karunaratne, 116.3 ov), 5-287 (Dickwella, 122.3 ov), 6-307 (Kaushal, 128.4 ov), 7-320 (Mathews, 132.2 ov), 8-325 (Prasad, 136.4 ov), 9-348 (Jayawardene, 144.3 ov), 10-407 (Lakmal, 153.6 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Boult	39	8	100	4	1	-	186	12	-
Southee	37	8	91	4	-	-	175	12	-
Wagner	30	6	76	0	-	1	144	8	-
Craig	38	10	83	1	-	-	184	7	1
Neesham	8	2	29	1	-	-	35	5	-
McCullum	1	0	3	0	-	-	4	-	-
Williamson	1	0	1	0	-	-	5	-	-

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New Zealand second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TWM Latham	c Mathews b Kaushal	17	24	24	3	-	17
HD Rutherford	c Dickwella b Eranga	10	24	47	1	-	19
KS Williamson	not out	31	75	113	-	-	52
LRPL Taylor	not out	39	63	90	6	-	44
*BB McCullum	did not bat
JDS Neesham	did not bat
+BJ Watling	did not bat
MD Craig	did not bat
TG Southee	did not bat
N Wagner	did not bat
TA Boult	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(2 wickets, 137 minutes, 30.4 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Latham, 5.4 ov), 2-43 (Rutherford, 10.4 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Lakmal	6	2	16	0	1	1	29	2	-
Kaushal	13	0	48	1	-	1	48	4	-
Eranga	7	2	20	1	-	-	31	1	-
Prasad	4.4	1	17	0	1	-	22	3	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Day 1 Lunch: New Zealand (1) 84/2 (Williamson 34*, Taylor 3*; 23 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: New Zealand (1) 215/4 (McCullum 102*, Neesham 0*; 48 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 38/3 (Thirimanne 11*, Mathews 15*; 18 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Sri Lanka (1) 138 all out
--> Day 3 Lunch: Sri Lanka (2) 131/2 (Karunaratne 77*, Thirimanne 14*; 65 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Sri Lanka (2) 201/3 (Karunaratne 116*, Mathews 12*; 94 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Sri Lanka (2) 407 all out
--> Day 4 Tea: New Zealand (2) 76/2 (Williamson 24*, Taylor 15*; 24 overs)
--> New Zealand first innings: 50 in 14.5 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 100 in 27.1 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 150 in 38.3 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 200 in 44.5 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 250 in 53.3 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 300 in 56.6 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 350 in 63.4 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 400 in 70.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 50 in 22.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 100 in 35.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 50 in 22.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 100 in 44.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 150 in 75.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 200 in 93.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 250 in 108.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 300 in 127.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 350 in 144.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 400 in 152.4 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 50 in 13.5 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 100 in 30.2 overs
--> PHT Kaushal made his debut in Test matches
--> KS Williamson (1) 50 in 92 balls with 7 fours
--> BB McCullum (1) 50 in 45 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> BB McCullum (1) 100 in 74 balls with 10 fours and 5 sixes
--> BB McCullum (1) 150 in 103 balls with 15 fours and 8 sixes
--> BB McCullum (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 90
--> JDS Neesham (1) 50 in 52 balls with 8 fours and 1 six
--> JDS Neesham (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 13
--> AD Mathews (1) 50 in 83 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes
--> FDM Karunaratne (2) 50 in 111 balls with 6 fours
--> FDM Karunaratne (2) passed his previous highest score of 85 in Test matches
--> FDM Karunaratne (2) made his first century in Test matches
--> FDM Karunaratne (2) 100 in 255 balls with 11 fours
--> FDM Karunaratne (2) 150 in 360 balls with 17 fours
--> AD Mathews (2) 50 in 82 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> RMS Eranga (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Test matches
--> KS Williamson (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> PHT Kaushal made his debut for Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> JK Silva made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> JK Silva made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> DPDN Dickwella made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> DPDN Dickwella made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> KTGD Prasad made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> KTGD Prasad made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> RAS Lakmal made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> RAS Lakmal made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> AD Mathews made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> AD Mathews made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> FDM Karunaratne made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> FDM Karunaratne made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> RMS Eranga made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> RMS Eranga made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> HDRL Thirimanne made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> HDRL Thirimanne made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> MD Craig made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> PHT Kaushal made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> AD Mathews reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JDS Neesham, his 1st wicket in the New Zealand first innings
--> TA Boult reached 100 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed FDM Karunaratne, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka first innings
--> TA Boult reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed FDM Karunaratne, his 2nd wicket in the Sri Lanka second innings
--> KS Williamson (10) and BB McCullum (39) added 50 in 70 balls for the New Zealand 4th wicket in the first innings
--> KS Williamson (17) and BB McCullum (85) added 100 in 125 balls for the New Zealand 4th wicket in the first innings
--> BB McCullum (27) and JDS Neesham (24) added 50 in 51 balls for the New Zealand 5th wicket in the first innings
--> BB McCullum (51) and JDS Neesham (47) added 100 in 76 balls for the New Zealand 5th wicket in the first innings
--> BB McCullum (94) and JDS Neesham (56) added 150 in 118 balls for the New Zealand 5th wicket in the first innings
--> JDS Neesham (27) and BJ Watling (21) added 50 in 46 balls for the New Zealand 6th wicket in the first innings
--> FDM Karunaratne (30) and JK Silva (21) added 50 in 135 balls for the Sri Lanka 1st wicket in the second innings
--> FDM Karunaratne (26) and HDRL Thirimanne (18) added 50 in 186 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> FDM Karunaratne (17) and AD Mathews (31) added 50 in 81 balls for the Sri Lanka 4th wicket in the second innings
--> RMS Eranga (31) and RAS Lakmal (14) added 50 in 44 balls for the Sri Lanka 10th wicket in the second innings
--> KS Williamson (15) and LRPL Taylor (29) added 50 in 101 balls for the New Zealand 3rd wicket in the second innings

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Over 45.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - BB McCullum (decision upheld)
Over 77.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - BJ Watling (decision upheld)
Over 79.3: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - MD Craig (decision overturned)
Over 85.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - TA Boult (decision overturned)
Over 4.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - JK Silva (decision upheld)
Over 59.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - HDRL Thirimanne (decision overturned)
Over 72.1: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - FDM Karunaratne (decision upheld)
Over 83.1: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - FDM Karunaratne (decision upheld)