26/12Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series at Christchurch, Dec 26-29 2014
New Zealand won by 8 wkts
Player of the Match
Brendon McCullum
Brendon McCullumNew Zealand
26/12Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series at Christchurch, Dec 26-29 2014
New Zealand won by 8 wkts
Player of the Match
Brendon McCullum
Brendon McCullumNew Zealand

Best performances - Batsmen

BB McCullum
BB McCullum
195(134) 18x4 - 11x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 33 runs
  • 1x4 - 4x6
9 13 20 20 43 28 40 22
FDM Karunaratne
FDM Karunaratne
152(363) 17x4 - 0x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 35 runs
  • 6x4 - 0x6
2 14 34 20 23 15 10 34

Best performances - Bowlers

TG Southee
TG Southee
O37
M8
R91
W4
Eco2.45
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
TA Boult
TA Boult
O39
M8
R100
W4
Eco2.56
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
1W

Partnerships

  • NZ - 1st
  • SL - 1st
  • SL - 2nd
  • NZ - 2nd

New Zealand - 1st - Innings

37
HD Rutherford18 (34)
TWM Latham17 (46)
23
KS Williamson13 (19)
TWM Latham10 (19)
28
LRPL Taylor7 (8)
KS Williamson21 (17)
126
BB McCullum101 (75)
KS Williamson20 (62)
153
BB McCullum94 (59)
JDS Neesham56 (60)
53
BJ Watling22 (33)
JDS Neesham29 (20)
9
BJ Watling4 (18)
MD Craig5 (19)
2
TG Southee0 (8)
MD Craig2 (6)
9
N Wagner4 (8)
MD Craig5 (9)
1
TA Boult0 (2)
MD Craig0 (0)

Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings

0
JK Silva0 (0)
FDM Karunaratne0 (4)
8
KC Sangakkara3 (13)
JK Silva4 (9)
7
KC Sangakkara3 (14)
HDRL Thirimanne4 (11)
43
AD Mathews21 (54)
HDRL Thirimanne20 (48)
2
AD Mathews0 (0)
N Dickwella2 (4)
28
HAPW Jayawardene10 (21)
AD Mathews16 (25)
17
KTGD Prasad4 (7)
AD Mathews13 (6)
13
KTGD Prasad6 (5)
PHT Kaushal6 (6)
10
KTGD Prasad8 (6)
RMS Eranga2 (2)
10
RAS Lakmal2 (7)
RMS Eranga8 (15)

Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings

85
JK Silva33 (106)
FDM Karunaratne50 (111)
9
KC Sangakkara1 (16)
FDM Karunaratne8 (22)
87
FDM Karunaratne51 (149)
HDRL Thirimanne25 (124)
96
AD Mathews51 (91)
FDM Karunaratne43 (81)
10
AD Mathews1 (14)
N Dickwella4 (22)
20
AD Mathews8 (10)
PHT Kaushal12 (27)
13
HAPW Jayawardene7 (10)
AD Mathews6 (12)
5
HAPW Jayawardene0 (9)
KTGD Prasad4 (17)
23
HAPW Jayawardene16 (19)
RMS Eranga7 (28)
59
RAS Lakmal16 (23)
RMS Eranga38 (34)

New Zealand - 2nd - Innings

23
HD Rutherford6 (10)
TWM Latham17 (24)
20
KS Williamson12 (16)
HD Rutherford4 (14)
64*
LRPL Taylor39 (63)
KS Williamson19 (59)

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NZ's deadly duo

46

Percentage of NZ's Test wickets taken by Trent Boult and Tim Southee since the beginning of 2013

Karunaratne's achievement

3

Number of Sri Lankan openers who've scored a century in New Zealand: Karunaratne, Marvan Atapattu (in 2005) and Asanka Gurusinha (1995)

A new high

85

Dimuth Karunaratne's previous-highest Test score, versus Australia in Sydney

All or nothing

275

Sangakkara's aggregate in his last 6 Test innings in New Zealand. His scores: 4, 100*, 156*, 8, 6, 1

Consistent threat

4

Trent Boult is the fourth NZ bowler, after Hadlee, Martin and O'Brien, to claim 30+ wickets in consecutive years