Best performances - Batsmen
FDM Karunaratne
122(243) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %78%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 35 runs
- 1x4 - 0x6
LRPL Taylor
86(132) 6x4 - 0x6
Control %85%
- Productive Shot
- sweep shot
- 15 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
14/08Result
1st Test, ICC World Test Championship at Galle, Aug 14-18 2019
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
249 & 285 -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
267 & 268/4 (86.1 ov)
Player of the Match
14/08Result
1st Test, ICC World Test Championship at Galle, Aug 14-18 2019
-
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
249 & 285 -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
267 & 268/4 (86.1 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
Partnerships
- NZ - 1st
- SL - 1st
- NZ - 2nd
- SL - 2nd
New Zealand - 1st - Innings
Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings
New Zealand - 2nd - Innings
Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings
Match Coverage
All Match NewsFernando: Sri Lanka are winning, but it's in spite of the system
From the national coaches' unending job insecurity to a bloated domestic competition, there's a lot that's not right with Sri Lankan cricket. When will this change?
Dimuth Karunaratne joins select group with fourth-innings hundred
Stats highlights from an outstanding run-chase in Galle
I had to do it - Dimuth Karunaratne on a special century
The opener said it was important to him that he brought up the match-winning hundred, having not been able to convert his half-centuries since last July
'Thought the wicket would deteriorate more than it did' - Kane Williamson
Having said that, though, the New Zealand captain gave credit to Dimuth Karunaratne for a 'fantastic hundred' in the fourth innings
Dimuth Karunaratne hits 122 as Sri Lanka wrap up record chase in Galle
Sri Lanka's new captain preserved his perfect record after taking over as Sri Lanka sealed their third consecutive Test under his leadership to go 1-0 up in the two-match series
