26/12Result
1st ODI, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, Dec 26 2015
New Zealand won by 7 wkts (174b rem)
Player of the Match
Matt Henry
Matt HenryNew Zealand
26/12Result
1st ODI, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, Dec 26 2015
New Zealand won by 7 wkts (174b rem)
Player of the Match
Matt Henry
Matt HenryNew Zealand

  • Sri Lanka Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    MD Gunathilaka
    8
    11
    13
    1
    0
    72.72
    2.4 NZ appeal for caught behind. Not given by umpire Jones. Milne wants a review. Nice and full, slanting away outside off, Gunathilaka flirts with it before pulling his bat away rather belatedly. Hot Spot picks up a faint nick, and the on-field call is overturned. There was a spike on RTS as well. 13/1
    TM Dilshan
    9
    10
    26
    1
    0
    90
    5.1 The short ball nabs Dilshan. Banged in shortish and outside off, hustling Dilshan. He is a bit late onto the pull, top-edging it to midwicket, where the debutant Nicholls snags the catch above the eyes. Henry exults 20/2
    HDRL Thirimanne
    1
    19
    24
    0
    0
    5.26
    7.4 The dot-ball pressure gets to Thiri. The finger goes up as Henry has his second. Full and swings back in, Thiri gets his front leg across and is trapped in front, hit well below the knee-roll in line with middle. Chandi prompts Thiri not to take the review 23/3
    LD Chandimal †
    5
    16
    23
    0
    0
    31.25
    9.4 Henry brings the cordon into play again. He is on fire! Teasing fuller length awayswinger outside off, leaving Chandimal poking loosely. He edges it and Taylor, playing his 300th match for NZ, takes it at first slip around waist height 27/5
    AD Mathews (c)
    0
    1
    1
    0
    0
    0
    7.5 Smartly taken by Latham. This is a big, big wicket, Mathews is gone for a first-ball duck. Full and swings away outside off, Mathews nibbles at it and nicks it behind. Latham dives to his left at second slip and completes an impressive, low catch 23/4
    TAM Siriwardana
    66
    82
    138
    7
    0
    80.48
    38.5 Siri skies it, Baz settles under it! Full, offcutting slower ball on middle as Bracewell tricks Siri. He attempts a leg-side slog and skewers it to mid-off. Siri, though, has added 56 after he was spilled by Nicholls 163/7
    CK Kapugedera
    8
    24
    39
    1
    0
    33.33
    17.4 Kapu hits it into the lap of Santner at short cover; much like target practice. Fuller length and outside off, Kapu throws his hands at an aerial drive. Straightforward catch for Santner. SL's recovery is broken as Kapu tosses it away on return 65/6
    KMDN Kulasekara
    58
    73
    93
    2
    5
    79.45
    39.4 Ronchi pulls off a stunner! He flies to his right and takes a one-handed ripper. Kula shows his ace early as he jumps outside leg. McClenaghan follows the batsman and finds extra bounce. This might have been a slippery slower one. Kula has a big whoosh, slashing it behind. It looked to run away fine to third man... until Ronchi intervened. The fast-travelling ball nearly bounced out of the glove, but Ronchi managed to hang onto it 164/8
    BAW Mendis
    4
    8
    14
    0
    0
    50
    41.5 Mendis puts bat onto ball now, he gloves it behind to the keeper. He shuffles away outside leg, manufactures some room. Mendis can only tamely fend it to Ronchi. This is a simpler catch 167/9
    PVD Chameera
    not out
    13
    29
    34
    1
    0
    44.82
    RAS Lakmal
    8
    9
    24
    0
    0
    88.88
    46.6 Bracewell wraps up Sri Lanka for 188. Dug in short and outside off, Lakmal skips back and pulls it to Latham at deep midwicket 188/10
    Extras
    8 (w 8)
    TOTAL
    188 all out (47 Overs, RR: 4)
    Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Danushka Gunathilaka, 2.4 ov), 2-20 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 5.1 ov), 3-23 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 7.4 ov), 4-23 (Angelo Mathews, 7.5 ov), 5-27 (Dinesh Chandimal, 9.4 ov), 6-65 (Chamara Kapugedera, 17.4 ov), 7-163 (Milinda Siriwardana, 38.5 ov), 8-164 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 39.4 ov), 9-167 (Ajantha Mendis, 41.5 ov), 10-188 (Suranga Lakmal, 46.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    AF Milne1003013450130
    MJ Henry1014944.9415220
    MJ McClenaghan1024024404030
    DAJ Bracewell913734.11364000
    MJ Santner803204290200

Match Details

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Series

Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

New ZealandMatt Henry

Series result

New Zealand led the 5-match series 1-0

Match number

ODI no. 3714

Season

2015/16

Hours of play (local time)

11.00 start, First Session 11.00-14.30 Interval 14.30-15.15, Second Session 15.15-18.45

Match days

26 December 2015 (50-over match)

ODI debut

undefinedHenry Nicholls

Umpires

EnglandMichael GoughNew ZealandPhil Jones

TV Umpires

EnglandRichard Illingworth

Reserve Umpire

New ZealandDerek Walker

Match Referee

ZimbabweAndy Pycroft

Match Notes

Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand 2015-16 News

NZ's biggest win v SL

174

Margin of win for New Zealand, in terms of balls remaining, is the biggest in ODIs against Sri Lanka. Prev best: 129 balls remaining also in Christchurch in 2006-07.

Blasting 10 overs

108

Runs added by NZ in the first 10 overs in this inns - 4th-highest in ODIs since 2002. Highest - 133 by SL v Eng, Leeds, 2006. NZ added 116 v Eng, Wellington in 2015 WC.

One of SL's biggest recovery

123

Runs added by SL's last 4 wickets (65/6 to 188/10) - their second-highest in 1st inns after 129 runs against India in Dhaka in 2009-10 (84/6 to 213/10).

Kulasekara's sixes

1

No. of SL batsmen who hit five or more sixes at No.8 or lower in 1st inns, before Kulasekara - Thisara Perera (6 sixes) v Ban, Dhaka, 2013-14 (80* in 57).

Rare top-order collapse

0

No. of times SL lost half their side in the first 10 overs of an ODI since 2001, before this. Last they lost first 4 wkts within 10 overs was also v NZ, Cardiff, 2013.

Identical ducks

3

Number of ducks for Mathews as captain of Sri Lanka in ODIs, including this. All 3 have been golden ducks and all against New Zealand.