New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2019

The New Zealand cricket team toured Sri Lanka in August and September 2019 to play two Test and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The Test series formed a part of the inaugural 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship.[1][2] The fixtures for the tour were confirmed in July 2019.[3] Originally, the first two T20I matches were scheduled to be played at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo,[4] but were moved to the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy.[5]

New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2019
 
  Sri Lanka New Zealand
Dates 8 August – 6 September 2019
Captains Dimuth Karunaratne (Tests)
Lasith Malinga (T20Is)		 Kane Williamson (Tests)
Tim Southee (T20Is)
Test series
Result 2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Dimuth Karunaratne (247) Tom Latham (229)
Most wickets Akila Dananjaya (6)
Lasith Embuldeniya (6)		 Ajaz Patel (9)
Player of the series BJ Watling (NZ)
Twenty20 International series
Results New Zealand won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Kusal Mendis (105) Colin de Grandhomme (103)
Most wickets Lasith Malinga (7) Tim Southee (4)
Mitchell Santner (4)
Player of the series Tim Southee (NZ)

Sri Lanka Cricket named a twenty-two man squad for the Test series,[6] which was trimmed down to the final fifteen cricketers.[7] The Test series was drawn 1–1, with Sri Lanka winning the first match and New Zealand winning the second.[8]

In the third and final T20I match, Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga became the first bowler to take 100 wickets in Twenty20 International cricket.[9] Malinga took a hat-trick, and four wickets with four balls, in the third over of his spell.[10] He was the first bowler to take four wickets in four consecutive balls twice in international cricket, after previously doing so against South Africa in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[11] He also became the first bowler to take five hat-tricks across all formats of international cricket.[12] Sri Lanka won the match, though New Zealand won the T20I series 2–1.[13]

Squads
Tests T20Is
 Sri Lanka[14]  New Zealand[15]  Sri Lanka[16]  New Zealand[17]

Dilruwan Perera was added to Sri Lanka's squad for the second Test.[18] Lockie Ferguson was ruled out of New Zealand's T20I squad with a fractured thumb.[19] Hamish Rutherford was added to New Zealand's T20I squad for the third match, after Martin Guptill was ruled out of the final fixture due to injury.[20]

Tour matches

Three-day match: Sri Lanka Board Presidents XI vs New Zealand
8–10 August 2019
Scorecard
v
323/6 (65.5 overs)
Danushka Gunathilaka 98 (97)
Ajaz Patel 5/41 (10 overs)
  • Sri Lanka Board Presidents XI won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No play was possible on days 2 and 3 due to rain.

Twenty-over match: Sri Lanka Board Presidents XI vs New Zealand
29 August 2019
10:00
Scorecard
New Zealand 
168/6 (20 overs)
v
Ross Taylor 53* (34)
Wanindu Hasaranga 2/35 (4 overs)
Shehan Jayasuriya 26 (25)
Scott Kuggeleijn 4/19 (4 overs)
New Zealand won by 33 runs
FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake
Umpires: Nilan De Silva (SL) and Gamini Dissanayake (SL)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

Test series

1st Test
14–18 August 2019
Scorecard
v
249 (83.2 overs)
Ross Taylor 86 (132)
Akila Dananjaya 5/80 (30 overs)
267 (93.2 overs)
Niroshan Dickwella 61 (109)
Ajaz Patel 5/89 (33 overs)
285 (106 overs)
BJ Watling 77 (173)
Lasith Embuldeniya 4/99 (37 overs)
268/4 (86.1 overs)
Dimuth Karunaratne 122 (243)
Tim Southee 1/33 (12 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Dimuth Karunaratne (SL)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 22 overs of play were lost on day 1 due to rain.
  • World Test Championship points: Sri Lanka 60, New Zealand 0.

2nd Test
22–26 August 2019
Scorecard
v
244 (90.2 overs)
Dhananjaya de Silva 109 (148)
Tim Southee 4/63 (29 overs)
431/6d (115 overs)
Tom Latham 154 (251)
Dilruwan Perera 3/114 (37 overs)
122 (70.2 overs)
Niroshan Dickwella 51 (161)
Tim Southee 2/15 (12 overs)
New Zealand won by an innings and 65 runs
P. Sara Oval, Colombo
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Tom Latham (NZ)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Only 66 overs of play were possible across days 1 and 2 due to rain. No play was possible before lunch on day 4 due to rain.
  • Trent Boult became the third bowler for New Zealand to take 250 wickets in Tests.[21]
  • Tom Latham (NZ) scored his tenth century in Tests.[22]
  • Tim Southee became the fourth bowler for New Zealand to take 250 wickets in Tests.[23]
  • World Test Championship points: New Zealand 60, Sri Lanka 0.

T20I series

1st T20I
1 September 2019
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
174/4 (20 overs)
v
 New Zealand
175/5 (19.3 overs)
Kusal Mendis 79 (53)
Tim Southee 2/20 (4 overs)
Ross Taylor 48 (29)
Wanindu Hasaranga 2/21 (4 overs)
New Zealand won by 5 wickets
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: Prageeth Rambukwella (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Ross Taylor (NZ)

2nd T20I
3 September 2019
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
161/9 (20 overs)
v
 New Zealand
165/6 (19.4 overs)
Niroshan Dickwella 39 (30)
Seth Rance 3/33 (4 overs)
Colin de Grandhomme 59 (46)
Akila Dananjaya 3/36 (4 overs)
New Zealand won by 4 wickets
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Tim Southee (NZ)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd T20I
6 September 2019
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
125/8 (20 overs)
v
 New Zealand
88 (16 overs)
Danushka Gunathilaka 30 (25)
Mitchell Santner 3/12 (4 overs)
Tim Southee 28* (23)
Lasith Malinga 5/6 (4 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 37 runs
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL)
Player of the match: Lasith Malinga (SL)

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