Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2014–15

Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2014-15
	New Zealand	Sri Lanka
Dates	26 December 2014 – 29 January 2015
Captains	Brendon McCullum (1st to 6th ODIs) Kane Williamson (7th ODI)	Angelo Mathews (1st to 4th ODIs) Lahiru Thirimanne (5th to 7th ODIs)
Test series
Result	New Zealand won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Kane Williamson (396)	Kumar Sangakkara (215)
Most wickets	Trent Boult (11)	Nuwan Pradeep (7)
One Day International series
Results	New Zealand won the 7-match series 4–2
Most runs	Kane Williamson (295)	Tillakaratne Dilshan (397)
Most wickets	Mitchell McClenaghan (10)	Nuwan Kulasekara (8)
Player of the series	Kane Williamson (NZ)

The Sri Lankan national cricket team toured New Zealand from 26 December 2014 to 29 January 2015 for a tour consisting of two Test matches and seven One Day Internationals. New Zealand won the Test series 2–0 and the ODI series 4–2.

Following the tour the Sri Lankan team stayed in the region to participate in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup. The Test match played at Hagley Oval, Christchurch was the first major event to take place in the city since the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.^[1]

After the fourth ODI, Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews was injured and captaincy shifted to vice captain Lahiru Thirimanne for other three ODIs. New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum also did not play the last ODI, where Kane Williamson was the skipper.

Squads

Tests		ODIs
New Zealand	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Sri Lanka
Brendon McCullum (C) Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Dean Brownlie Mark Craig Tom Latham James Neesham Hamish Rutherford Tim Southee Ross Taylor Neil Wagner BJ Watling (WK) Kane Williamson	Angelo Mathews (C) Dushmantha Chameera Dinesh Chandimal Niroshan Dickwella (WK) Shaminda Eranga Rangana Herath Prasanna Jayawardene (WK) Dimuth Karunaratne Tharindu Kaushal Suranga Lakmal Dilruwan Perera Nuwan Pradeep Dhammika Prasad Kumar Sangakkara Kaushal Silva Lahiru Thirimanne	Brendon McCullum (C) Corey Anderson Trent Boult Grant Elliott Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Kyle Mills Adam Milne Tim Southee Ross Taylor Luke Ronchi (WK) Daniel Vettori Kane Williamson	Angelo Mathews (C) Dushmantha Chameera Dinesh Chandimal (WK) Tillakaratne Dilshan Shaminda Eranga Rangana Herath Mahela Jayawardene Dimuth Karunaratne Nuwan Kulasekara Suranga Lakmal Lasith Malinga Jeevan Mendis Thisara Perera Dhammika Prasad Kumar Sangakkara Sachithra Senanayake Lahiru Thirimanne (VC)

Tour match

New Zealand XI v Sri Lankans

21–22 December 2014

Sri Lankans	v	New Zealand XI
173/9d (59 overs) Lahiru Thirimanne 50 (113) Ben McCord 3/30 (15 overs)		125 (39.5 overs) Jono Hickey 57 (92) Dushmantha Chameera 3/13 (4 overs)
261/8d (62.2 overs) Niroshan Dickwella 63 (70) Jamie Gibson 2/36 (10 overs)

Match Drawn Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown Umpires: Tim Parlane (NZ) and Phil Jones (NZ)

• Sri Lankans won the toss and elected to bat

Test series

1st Test

26–30 December 2014 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Sri Lanka
441 (85.5 overs) Brendon McCullum 195 (134) Angelo Mathews 3/39 (12 overs)		138 (42.4 overs) Angelo Mathews 50 (85) Trent Boult 3/25 (11 overs)
107/2 (30.4 overs) Ross Taylor 39* (63) Shaminda Eranga 1/20 (7 overs)		407 (154 overs)f/o Dimuth Karunaratne 152 (363) Tim Southee 4/91 (37 overs)

New Zealand won by 8 wickets Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (NZ)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Tharindu Kaushal (SL) made his Test debut.
• Brendon McCullum scored the fastest Test century by a New Zealand batsman.^[2]

2nd Test

3–7 January 2015 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Sri Lanka
221 (55.1 overs) Kane Williamson 69 (115) Nuwan Pradeep 4/63 (16 overs)		356 (102.1 overs) Kumar Sangakkara 203 (306) Jimmy Neesham 3/42 (11 overs)
524/5d (172 overs) Kane Williamson 242* (483) Nuwan Pradeep 3/117 (37 overs)		196 (72.4 overs) Lahiru Thirimanne 62* (144) Mark Craig 4/53 (18 overs)

New Zealand won by 193 runs Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Kane Williamson (NZ)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Kumar Sangakkara (SL) became the fifth batsman to score 12,000 runs in Test cricket.^[3]
• BJ Watling and Kane Williamson broke the record for the highest 6th wicket partnership in Test history with their unbeaten 365-run stand.^[4]

ODI series

1st ODI

11 January 2015 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  318/9 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 319/7 (23 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 104 (77) Mitchell McClenaghan 4/76 (10 overs)		Corey Anderson 101 (34) Tillakaratne Dilshan 2/28 (7 overs)

New Zealand won by 3 wickets Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Corey Anderson (NZ)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

15 January 2015 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  248 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 252/4 (47.4 overs)
Brendon McCullum 117 (99) Rangana Herath 2/36 (10 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 116 (127) Matt Henry 2/34 (9.4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

17 January 2015 Scorecard

New Zealand  145/3 (28.5 overs)	v	Sri Lanka
Martin Guptill 66* (78) Angelo Mathews 3/21 (6.5 overs)

No result Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Nigel Llong (Eng)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain affected play three times, with the match being abandoned after 28.5 overs of the New Zealand innings.

4th ODI

20 January 2015 Scorecard

Sri Lanka 276 (49.3 overs)	v	New Zealand  280/6 (48.1 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 94 (82) Tim Southee 3/59 (10 overs)		Kane Williamson 103 (107) Angelo Mathews 1/16 (4 overs)

New Zealand won by 4 wickets Saxton Oval, Nelson Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Derek Walker (NZ) Player of the match: Kane Williamson (NZ)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

23 January 2015 Scorecard

New Zealand  360/5 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 252 (43.5 overs)
Luke Ronchi 170* (99) Lahiru Thirimanne 2/36 (7 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 116 (156) Trent Boult 4/44 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 108 runs University Oval, Dunedin Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Luke Ronchi and Grant Elliott (NZ)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Luke Ronchi scored his maiden ODI century and the highest ODI score by a New Zealand wicket-keeper.
• Luke Ronchi and Grant Elliott put on the highest 6th wicket partnership (267*) in ODIs.^[5]
• The Man of the Match adjudicators could not split Ronchi and Elliott as the best player therefore they decided on joint Man of the Match winners.

6th ODI

25 January 2015 11:00 AM Scorecard

New Zealand  315/8 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 195 (40.3 overs)
Kane Williamson 97 (95) Dhammika Prasad 2/59(10 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 81 (66) Corey Anderson 4/52 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 11 runs University Oval, Dunedin Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Derek Walker (NZ) Player of the match: Corey Anderson (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Only the 2nd instance for New Zealand and 2nd instance against Sri Lanka of two batsmen scoring 90s in the same innings.^{[citation needed]}
• Daniel Vettori became the most capped New Zealand ODI cricketer.^[6]
• Kumar Sangakkara went past Ricky Ponting into 2nd position as Batsmen with most 50+ scores in ODI.^{[citation needed]}

7th ODI

29 January 2015 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  287/6 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 253 (45.2 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 113* (105) Corey Anderson 3/59 (9 overs)		Kane Williamson 54 (83) Shaminda Eranga 2/31 (8 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 34 runs Westpac Stadium, Wellington Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Dushmantha Chameera (SL) made his ODI debut.
• Kumar Sangakkara (SL) set a new world record for the most dismissals (473) by a wicketkeeper in ODI games.^[7]

References

1. "Hadlee's pride at Christchurch rebuild". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
2. "33 sixes in a year, 26 runs in an over". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
3. "New Zealand take control on bowlers' day". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
4. "Williamson-Watling record stand pummels Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
5. "Ronchi, Elliott shatter records and flatten Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
6. "NZ take series with 120-run win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
7. "Kumar Sangakkara: Sri Lanka veteran sets new dismissals record". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 January 2015.

External links

• Series Page on Wisden
• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo