08/03Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, Mar 9-13 2023
New Zealand won by 2 wkts
Player of the Match
Daryl MitchellNew Zealand
08/03Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, Mar 9-13 2023
New Zealand won by 2 wkts
Player of the Match
Daryl MitchellNew Zealand

12:22pm: A sunny morning followed a cloudy day. The first innings stretched for 80 minutes or so, 50 runs were scored and four wickets were taken. Southee and Henry were brilliant with the ball. The tailenders were solid in their defend, they swung and missed when they tried attacking. Decent effort from the bottom-four sticks, all of whom got their highest Test scores. Rajitha and Jayasuriya were solid for their 22 and 13. Fernando and Kumara put up 19 for the final wicket to take the visitors past 355.

Tharin: "Everyone except dickwella has got a double digit score."

Raff: "Wonderful tail wagging by the inexperienced Sri Lankans: the last four wickets bagged 87 runs."

92.4
W
Southee to AM Fernando, OUT, Rapped on the pad, given lbw. Reviewed by Fernando. That looked plumb on first sight. It was a length ball that Fernando tried to whip it across the line towards midwicket. He went across and was stuck on the crease. No bat involved and Hawk-Eye confirms it would be going on to hit leg stump. Five-for for Southee

AM Fernando lbw b Southee 10 (20m 10b 2x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

92.3
4
Southee to AM Fernando, FOUR, Aims to whack it over mid-on, the edge off the drive flies over the slips. Four to deep third

Hasi: "Why NZ DRS's didn't reset after 80 overs?" That rule changed a while ago, it's three unsuccessful reviews max per innings now

92.2
0
Southee to AM Fernando, no run, Bouncer over leg, ducked under. Pace: 133kph
92.1
0
Southee to AM Fernando, no run, Not far from the yorker length at the stumps, blocked towards mid-on

END OF OVER:
92 | 2 Runs | SL: 351/9

  • Lahiru Kumara13 (32b)
  • Asitha Fernando6 (6b)
  • Matt Henry26-8-80-4
  • Tim Southee26-10-60-4

Simon: "The relative ease of batting by SL tail enders against new ball and fresh bowlers should give confidence to the NZ top order."

91.6
0
Henry to Kumara, no run, Bouncer gets good height, around the head. Kumara lowered it a bit to let it pass by
91.5
1
Henry to AM Fernando, 1 run, Turns the length ball to square leg

Harsha Alwis: "Last 4 batman's (Kasun R, Prabath J, Lahiru K and Asitha F) got their highest score in this match. "

91.4
0
Henry to AM Fernando, no run, Comes back and smacks the right thigh. Was a length ball coming in. Fernando was squared up and looked to defend it straight. Missed it. That looked to have stung
91.3
1
Henry to Kumara, 1 run, Clipped to square leg and that brings up Sri Lanka's 350

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New Zealand 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st9DP ConwayTWM Latham
2nd41KS WilliamsonTWM Latham
3rd40KS WilliamsonHM Nicholls
4th142KS WilliamsonDJ Mitchell
5th6KS WilliamsonTA Blundell
6th28KS WilliamsonMG Bracewell
7th7TG SoutheeKS Williamson
8th7KS WilliamsonMJ Henry
9th5N WagnerKS Williamson