The Sri Lanka cricket team toured New Zealand from December 2018 to January 2019 to play two Tests, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and one Twenty20 International (T20I) match.[1][2][3] They also played a three-day warm-up match ahead of the Test series.[4]
Sri Lanka Cricket recalled batsmen Lahiru Thirimanne and Sadeera Samarawickrama after a year out of the Sri Lankan team. Bowler Nuwan Pradeep was also recalled to the team after previously being ruled out through injury.[5]
New Zealand won the Test series 1–0, after the first match was drawn.[6] It was their fourth consecutive series win, the first time they had achieved that in Test cricket.[7] New Zealand won the ODI series 3–0.[8] New Zealand scored the most runs by a team in a three-match bilateral ODI series. New Zealand's series aggregate of 1,054 runs are the most for any team in a three-match ODI series. They surpassed India's total of 1,053 runs in their home series against England in 2017.[9] New Zealand also went on to win the one-off T20I match by 35 runs.[10]
Squads
Angelo Mathews suffered an injury during the second Test and was later ruled out of Sri Lanka's squads for the limited overs fixtures,[16] with Sadeera Samarawickrama replacing him.[17] James Neesham suffered an injury during the third ODI and was replaced by Doug Bracewell in New Zealand's squad for the one-off T20I match.[18]
Tour match
Three-day match: New Zealand XI vs Sri Lanka
Test series
1st Test
15–19 December 2018
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 13 overs were bowled on day 5 due to rain.
- Tom Latham (NZ) made the highest score while carrying the bat in Tests.[19]
- It was also Latham's first double century in Tests and the first time a New Zealand batsman had carried the bat since Glenn Turner did so against the West Indies in 1972.[20]
2nd Test
26–30 December 2018
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- This was New Zealand's largest winning margin, by runs, in Tests.[21]
ODI series
1st ODI
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tim Seifert (NZ) made his ODI debut.
- Martin Guptill became the fifth batsman for New Zealand to score 6,000 runs in ODIs.[22]
- James Neesham scored the most runs in one over by a New Zealand batsman in ODIs (34).[23]
2nd ODI
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Colin Munro (NZ) scored his 1,000th run in ODIs.[24]
- Thisara Perera (SL) scored his first century in ODIs[25] and the fastest century against New Zealand in ODIs (57 balls).[26]
- Thisara Perera scored thirteen sixes in his innings, the most by a Sri Lankan batsman in an ODI, and the most sixes by a batsman on the losing side in ODIs.[27]
3rd ODI
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Ross Taylor (NZ) scored his 20th century in ODIs, and became the first New Zealand player to reach 20 centuries in any one format of the game.[28]
- Henry Nicholls (NZ) scored his first century in ODIs.[29]
T20I match
Only T20I
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Scott Kuggeleijn (NZ) and Lahiru Kumara (SL) both made their T20I debuts.
References
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- ^ "India tour studs New Zealand's packed home summer". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ "Blackcaps/White Ferns in Double-Headers Against India". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ "Sri Lanka's packed Test schedule: three continents in four months". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ "Sri Lanka recall trio for two-Test tour of New Zealand - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ "Wagner, Boult bowl New Zealand to record win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ^ "New Zealand notch up record win over Sri Lanka". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ^ "Taylor, Nicholls hundreds seal New Zealand sweep". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 2019: 3rd ODI – Statistical Highlights". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ "All-rounders Doug Bracewell and Scott Kuggeleijn fire Black Caps to Twenty20 win". Stuff. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Somerville out, Will Young in: New Zealand's squad for Sri Lanka Tests". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "Lahiru Thirimanne, Nuwan Pradeep back in Sri Lanka squad for New Zealand Tests". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "James Neesham and Doug Bracewell return to New Zealand ODI side". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Malinga to lead ODI and T20I squads in New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ "Tim Southee to captain in one-off T20I, Santner returns". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Angelo Mathews ruled out of New Zealand tour". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ^ "Seifert set to debut as Sri Lanka, NZ turn attention to World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Hamstring strain rules Neesham out of one-off SL T20". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Tom Latham registers highest individual score while carrying bat". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "New Zealand v Sri Lanka: Tom Latham carries bat for 264 as hosts dominate". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Black Caps mop up Sri Lankan tail for largest test win in New Zealand history". Stuff. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ^ "Martin Guptill fifth New Zealander to 6000 ODI runs". Cricket Country. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Neesham slams 34 in record over". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI, Preview: Another high-scoring thriller awaits at the Bay Oval". CricTracker. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Black Caps grab series win over Sri Lanka despite Perera's heroics". Stuff. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Perera ton in vain as batsmen, Sodhi seal series win for New Zealand". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "List of records Thisara Perera created with his blistering 140-run knock against New Zealand". CricTracker. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Ross Taylor goes past Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar in list of most successive fifties in ODI cricket". Times Now News. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Cricket: Henry Nicholls shines with maiden ODI century for Black Caps against Sri Lanka". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
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