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

Best performances - Batsmen

KS Williamson

121(194) 11x4 - 1x6

Control %83%

Productive Shot
flick
33 runs
1x4 - 0x6

AD Mathews

115(235) 11x4 - 0x6

Control %84%

Productive Shot
pull
39 runs
6x4 - 0x6

Best performances - Bowlers

TG Southee

O26.4

M10

R64

Eco2.40

RHB
OFFLEG


	1W		1W
	2W
	1W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF

MJ Henry

O26

R80

Eco3.07

RHB
OFFLEG



	2W	1W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF


				1W

Partnerships

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

Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings

FDM Karunaratne1 (10)

BOP Fernando13 (31)

137

FDM Karunaratne49 (73)

BKG Mendis87 (83)

AD Mathews0 (1)

FDM Karunaratne0 (4)

AD Mathews37 (77)

LD Chandimal39 (64)

AD Mathews10 (20)

DM de Silva17 (20)

N Dickwella7 (13)

DM de Silva1 (10)

DM de Silva28 (29)

CAK Rajitha20 (23)

NGRP Jayasuriya12 (16)

CAK Rajitha2 (16)

NGRP Jayasuriya1 (24)

CBRLS Kumara4 (14)

CBRLS Kumara9 (18)

AM Fernando10 (10)

New Zealand - 1st - Innings

DP Conway30 (88)

TWM Latham33 (84)

KS Williamson1 (11)

TWM Latham2 (9)

TWM Latham4 (13)

HM Nicholls2 (6)

DJ Mitchell30 (52)

TWM Latham28 (38)

DJ Mitchell8 (27)

TA Blundell7 (22)

MG Bracewell25 (57)

DJ Mitchell12 (46)

TG Southee25 (20)

DJ Mitchell20 (25)

DJ Mitchell32 (43)

MJ Henry20 (45)

N Wagner16 (19)

MJ Henry52 (30)

N Wagner11 (5)

BM Tickner2 (5)

Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings

FDM Karunaratne17 (45)

BOP Fernando10 (25)

BOP Fernando18 (27)

BKG Mendis1 (11)

AD Mathews20 (50)

BKG Mendis13 (44)

AD Mathews8 (42)

NGRP Jayasuriya6 (32)

105

AD Mathews56 (111)

LD Chandimal42 (107)

AD Mathews31 (32)

DM de Silva27 (43)

N Dickwella0 (4)

DM de Silva6 (6)

DM de Silva8 (15)

CAK Rajitha14 (21)

DM de Silva2 (4)

CBRLS Kumara8 (6)

DM de Silva4 (5)

AM Fernando0 (3)

New Zealand - 2nd - Innings

DP Conway5 (16)

TWM Latham4 (14)

KS Williamson15 (69)

TWM Latham20 (66)

KS Williamson20 (26)

HM Nicholls20 (24)

142

KS Williamson55 (71)

DJ Mitchell81 (86)

KS Williamson3 (5)

TA Blundell3 (5)

KS Williamson15 (12)

MG Bracewell10 (11)

TG Southee1 (2)

KS Williamson6 (5)

KS Williamson3 (3)

MJ Henry4 (3)

N Wagner0 (0)

KS Williamson4 (3)

Match Coverage

All Match News

How Williamson looks at big moments and takes their power away
The New Zealand batter has a system that insulates him from the make-or-break nature of his sport
Stats - Kane Williamson's fab fourth-innings feats
Also, the Christchurch thriller was only the second instance of a team reaching their target on the final ball of a Test match
Southee lauds 'world class' Williamson, Mitchell after thrilling win
"Seeing how calm he is in the middle keeps us all calm as well," Southee said of Williamson
Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell star in New Zealand's Christchurch heist
Asitha Fernando led a spirited Sri Lanka fight, but it all came down to a scrambled bye off the final ball under the floodlights
If you need someone to scramble, who better than Kane Williamson?
In a very Kane Williamson sort of way he made sure nothing less than the perfect play would catch him out at the pivotal moment of the Christchurch Test

Videos

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New Zealand INNINGS		R	B
TWM Latham	bowled	24	80
DP Conway	caught	5	16
KS Williamson	not out	121	194
HM Nicholls	caught	20	24
DJ Mitchell	bowled	81	86
TA Blundell	bowled	3	5
MG Bracewell	caught	10	11
TG Southee	caught	1	2
MJ Henry	run out	4	3
N Wagner	not out	0	0
BM Tickner
EXTRAS	(b 5, lb 4, w 6, nb 1)
TOTAL	285 (8 wkts; 70 ovs)

Sri Lanka BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
CAK Rajitha	17.0	5	60	1	3.52	(1w)
AM Fernando	19.0	4	63	3	3.31	(1w)
NGRP Jayasuriya	19.0	1	92	2	4.84	(1nb, 4w)
CBRLS Kumara	15.0	3	61	1	4.06

New Zealand 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	9	DP Conway	TWM Latham
2nd	41	KS Williamson	TWM Latham
3rd	40	KS Williamson	HM Nicholls
4th	142	KS Williamson	DJ Mitchell
5th	6	KS Williamson	TA Blundell
6th	28	KS Williamson	MG Bracewell
7th	7	TG Southee	KS Williamson
8th	7	KS Williamson	MJ Henry
9th	5	N Wagner	KS Williamson

Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings

New Zealand - 1st - Innings

Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings

New Zealand - 2nd - Innings

How Williamson looks at big moments and takes their power away

Stats - Kane Williamson's fab fourth-innings feats

Southee lauds 'world class' Williamson, Mitchell after thrilling win

Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell star in New Zealand's Christchurch heist

If you need someone to scramble, who better than Kane Williamson?

Williamson: Special to be involved in exciting Test matches