Sri Lanka VS New Zealand, 1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand 2023 - Live Cricket Score, ball by ball Commentary

1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand 2023

NEW ZEALAND BEAT SRI LANKA BY 2 WICKETS
MATCH ENDED

Sri Lanka
355/10 (92.4) & 302/10 (105.3)

VS

New Zealand
373/10 (107.3) & 285/8 (70.0)

Match Information Desktop Scorecard

Toss	New Zealand elected to field
Match Status	New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 2 wickets Match Ended
Umpires	Chris Gaffaney (NZ), Michael Gough (ENG) and Richard Illingworth (ENG)
Man of the Match	Daryl Mitchell

Sri Lanka (355/10 in 92.4 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Oshada Fernando c Tom Blundell b Tim Southee	13	31	2	0	42
Dimuth Karunaratne c Tom Latham b Matt Henry	50	87	7	0	57
Kusal Mendis lbw b Tim Southee	87	83	16	0	105
Angelo Mathews c Daryl Mitchell b Matt Henry	47	98	6	1	48
Dinesh Chandimal c Tom Latham b Tim Southee	39	64	6	0	61
Dhananjaya de Silva c Tom Blundell b Tim Southee	46	59	5	1	78
Niroshan Dickwella lbw b Michael Bracewell	7	13	1	0	54
Kasun Rajitha c Kane Williamson b Matt Henry	22	39	4	0	56
Prabath Jayasuriya c Tom Blundell b Matt Henry	13	40	0	0	33
Lahiru Kumara not out	13	32	2	0	41
Asitha Fernando lbw b Tim Southee	10	10	2	0	100

Extras	(b 0, lb 6, w 2, nb 0)				8
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 92.4)				355
(3.83 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Tim Southee	26.4	10	64	5	2.40
Matt Henry	26	8	80	4	3.07
Blair Tickner	20	2	103	0	5.15
Neil Wagner	10	1	68	0	6.80
Daryl Mitchell	7	3	17	0	2.42
Michael Bracewell	3	0	17	1	5.66

New Zealand (373/10 in 107.3 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Latham b Asitha Fernando	67	144	7	0	47
Devon Conway lbw b Asitha Fernando	30	88	2	0	34
Kane Williamson c Dimuth Karunaratne b Lahiru Kumara	1	11	0	0	9
Henry Nicholls c Kasun Rajitha b Lahiru Kumara	2	6	0	0	33
Daryl Mitchell c Niroshan Dickwella b Lahiru Kumara	102	193	6	2	53
Tom Blundell c Niroshan Dickwella b Kasun Rajitha	7	22	0	0	32
Michael Bracewell c Niroshan Dickwella b Prabath Jayasuriya	25	57	2	0	44
Tim Southee c Lahiru Kumara b Kasun Rajitha	25	20	3	1	125
Matt Henry b Asitha Fernando	72	75	10	3	96
Neil Wagner c Dhananjaya de Silva b Asitha Fernando	27	24	1	3	113
Blair Tickner not out	2	5	0	0	40

Extras	(b 4, lb 6, w 3, nb 0)				13
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 107.3)				373
(3.47 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Kasun Rajitha	31	10	104	2	3.35
Asitha Fernando	29.3	5	85	4	2.88
Lahiru Kumara	25	5	76	3	3.04
Dhananjaya de Silva	9	2	34	0	3.77
Angelo Mathews	3	0	18	0	6.00
Prabath Jayasuriya	10	1	46	1	4.60

Sri Lanka (302/10 in 105.3 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Oshada Fernando c Tom Blundell b Blair Tickner	28	52	4	0	54
Dimuth Karunaratne c Henry Nicholls b Blair Tickner	17	45	1	0	38
Kusal Mendis c Michael Bracewell b Blair Tickner	14	55	1	0	25
Angelo Mathews c Tom Blundell b Matt Henry	115	235	11	0	49
Prabath Jayasuriya c Tom Blundell b Blair Tickner	6	32	0	0	19
Dinesh Chandimal b Tim Southee	42	107	2	0	39
Dhananjaya de Silva not out	47	73	7	0	64
Niroshan Dickwella c Tom Blundell b Matt Henry	0	4	0	0	0
Kasun Rajitha lbw b Matt Henry	14	21	2	0	67
Lahiru Kumara run out (Kane Williamson / Matt Henry)	8	6	2	0	133
Asitha Fernando c Kane Williamson b Tim Southee	0	3	0	0	0

Extras	(b 4, lb 3, w 4, nb 0)				11
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 105.3)				302
(2.86 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Tim Southee	26.3	9	57	2	2.15
Matt Henry	28	5	71	3	2.53
Blair Tickner	28	1	100	4	3.57
Neil Wagner	3	0	9	0	3.00
Daryl Mitchell	12	2	31	0	2.58
Michael Bracewell	8	1	27	0	3.37

New Zealand (285/8 in 70.0 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Latham b Prabath Jayasuriya	24	80	3	0	30
Devon Conway c & b Kasun Rajitha	5	16	0	0	31
Kane Williamson not out	121	194	11	1	62
Henry Nicholls c Kusal Mendis b Prabath Jayasuriya	20	24	1	0	83
Daryl Mitchell b Asitha Fernando	81	86	3	4	94
Tom Blundell b Asitha Fernando	3	5	0	0	60
Michael Bracewell c sub Chamika Karunaratne b Asitha Fernando	10	11	1	0	91
Tim Southee c Dhananjaya de Silva b Lahiru Kumara	1	2	0	0	50
Matt Henry run out (Kasun Rajitha / Asitha Fernando)	4	3	0	0	133
Neil Wagner not out	0	0	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 5, lb 4, w 6, nb 1)				16
Total	(Wicket 8, Overs 70.0)				285
(4.07 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Kasun Rajitha	17	5	60	1	3.52
Asitha Fernando	19	4	63	3	3.31
Prabath Jayasuriya	19	1	92	2	4.84
Lahiru Kumara	15	3	61	1	4.06

Team Sqaud

Sri

Oshada Fernando, Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella (w), Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dinesh Chandimal, Kasun Rajitha, Asitha Fernando, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara

New

Tom Latham, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (w), Michael Bracewell, Tim Southee (c), Matt Henry, Neil Wagner, Blair Tickner