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Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Scorecard, 1st Test, New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 2023
Result · Mar 09 2023, Thu - 03:30 AM (IST)
SRI LANKA355, 302
NEW ZEALAND373, 285/8
New Zealand won by 2 wickets
CRR:4.07
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2023 |
| Date: | Mar 09 2023, Thu - 03:30 AM (IST) |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| City: | Christchurch |
| Venue: | Hagley Oval |
| Toss: | New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | Devon Conway, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), Michael Bracewell, Tim Southee (c), Matt Henry, Neil Wagner, Blair Tickner |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Oshada Fernando, Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dinesh Chandimal, Kasun Rajitha, Asitha Fernando, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara |
- New Zealand have lost only one of their last nine men’s Tests against Sri Lanka (W7, D1), a six-wicket loss in August 2019; the Black Caps won their most recent meeting by an innings and 65 runs.
- New Zealand won their most recent men’s Test by a single run (February 2023 v England), snapping a seven-match winless run in the format (D2, L5).
- Sri Lanka will be aiming for back-to-back wins in men’s Tests away from home for the first time since February 2019, following their 10-wicket victory against Bangladesh in their last such fixture (May 2022 in Mirpur).
- New Zealand lost their most recent men’s Test at Hagley Oval by 198 runs (February 2022 v South Africa), snapping an eight-match unbeaten run at the venue (W7, D1); the Black Caps will be looking to avoid back-to-back defeats there for the first time in the history of the format.
- Sri Lanka have a batting good connection percentage of 76% in men’s Tests since the beginning of 2022, the best rate of any team in that time and 10 percentage points higher than New Zealand (66%).
- New Zealand have made eight stumpings in men’s Tests since the beginning of 2022, more than any other team in that time and double the tally of Sri Lanka (4).
- Tim Southee (359) is three away from becoming the second all time leading wicket taker for New Zealand in men’s Tests (Daniel Vettori – 361); Southee’s Test bowling average against Sri Lanka (18.1) is the third best of any Black Caps player (min. 11 innings) against a single team (Sir Richard Hadlee – 12.8 v Sri Lanka and Daniel Vettori – 16.1 v Bangladesh).
- Angelo Mathews (6,953) is 21 away from becoming the third all time leading run scorer for Sri Lanka in men’s Tests (Sanath Jayasuriya – 6,973); Mathews’ Test batting average in New Zealand (55.9) is the second best of any player for Sri Lanka (min. 11 innings) in any country outside Asia (Kumar Sangakkara – 61 in New Zealand).
- Dinesh Chandimal has scored 21% of Sri Lanka’s runs when he’s played in men’s Tests since the beginning of 2022, the second-best rate of any player (min. 5 innings) for their team in that time (Harry Brook – 22% for England).
- Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand) has scored 150 runs through mid on in men’s Tests since the beginning of 2022, the second most of any player in this area of the field (Ben Stokes – 151 for England).