Best performances - Batsmen
TWM Latham
264(489) 21x4 - 1x6
Control %95%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 87 runs
- 6x4 - 1x6
BKG Mendis
141(335) 16x4 - 0x6
Control %93%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 32 runs
- 4x4 - 0x6
14/12Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Dec 15-19 2018
-
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
282 & 287/3 (115 ov) -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
Player of the Match
14/12Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Dec 15-19 2018
-
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
282 & 287/3 (115 ov) -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
TG Southee
- O27
- M7
- R68
- W6
- Eco2.51
| 2W | ||||
| 1W | 1W |
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | 1W | |||
CBRLS Kumara
- O31.3
- M2
- R127
- W4
- Eco4.03
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | 1W |
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W |
Partnerships
- SL - 1st
- NZ - 1st
- SL - 2nd
Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings
New Zealand - 1st - Innings
Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings
Sri Lanka in NZ 2018-19 News
'Batsmen still haven't understood the value of finishing a match' - Malinga
The Sri Lanka captain wanted his team to show character in the middle, and not sit back satisfied merely by good starts - with bat or ball
'Frustrating to not have shown my abilities at international level' - Bracewell
Having watched from the sidelines during the ODI series, the allrounder came good in the lone T20I against Sri Lanka with bat and ball
Bracewell, Kuggeleijn, Ferguson end SL's winless tour
Bracewell and Kuggeleijn bashed 44 off 26 and 35 not out off 15 respectively before Ferguson's three-for dented Sri Lanka's chase
We should never have dropped so quickly in T20s - Lasith Malinga
With Sri Lanka having slipped to ninth on the T20I rankings, this will be the first time they'll not gain direct qualification into the T20 World Cup
Final chance for Malinga's SL to break New-Zealand tour rut
Tim Southee will be leading New Zealand in Kane Williamson's absence as Sri Lanka look to finish the tour on a high
