ACS Overseas First-Class Annual 2015

NEW ZEALAND v SRI LANKA Played at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, December 26, 27, 28, 29, 2014. (Scheduled for five days). Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2014/15 - 1st Test New Zealand won by eight wickets. NEW ZEALAND R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s T.W.M.Latham c Kaushal b Eranga 27 65 106 3 - c Mathews b Kaushal 17 24 24 3 - H.D.Rutherford b Lakmal 18 34 73 4 - c Dickwella b Eranga 10 24 47 1 - K.S.Williamson b Prasad 54 98 160 7 - not out 31 75 113 - - L.R.P.L.Taylor run out (Silva) 7 8 18 1 - not out 39 63 90 6 - *B.B.McCullum c Karunaratne b Kaushal 195 134 202 18 11 J.D.S.Neesham c Sangakkara b Mathews 85 80 129 10 3 †B.J.Watling lbw b Mathews 26 51 61 2 - M.D.Craig not out 12 34 53 - - T.G.Southee c Thirimanne b Mathews 0 8 10 - - N.Wagner c Kaushal b Lakmal 4 8 12 1 - T.A.Boult c Jayawardene b Lakmal 0 2 3 - - Extras lb 4, w 2, nb 7 13 lb 6, w 2, nb 2 10 (85.5 ov; 413 mins) 441 (2 wkts; 30.4 ov; 137 mins) 107 SRI LANKA R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s F.D.M.Karunaratne lbw b Boult 0 4 2 - - b Boult 152 363 483 17 - J.K.Silva lbw b Boult 4 9 22 - - c Watling b Southee 33 106 154 5 - K.C.Sangakkara c Southee b Boult 6 27 38 - - c Watling b Boult 1 16 25 - - H.D.R.L.Thirimanne c Craig b Southee 24 59 95 - - c Watling b Neesham 25 124 182 1 - *A.D.Mathews c Latham b Wagner 50 85 130 3 2 c Watling b Southee 66 127 196 7 1 D.P.D.N.Dickwella c McCullum b Southee 2 4 4 - - c Neesham b Boult 4 22 25 - - †H.A.P.W.Jayawardene c Williamson b Wagner 10 21 36 2 - (8) c Southee b Craig 23 38 75 3 - K.T.G.D.Prasad c McCullum b Neesham 18 18 29 3 - (9) c Taylor b Southee 4 17 19 - - P.H.T.Kaushal c Williamson b Wagner 6 6 10 1 - (7) c Craig b Southee 12 27 29 1 - R.M.S.Eranga not out 10 17 20 - - not out 45 62 77 7 - R.A.S.Lakmal c McCullum b Neesham 2 7 14 - - c Southee b Boult 16 23 38 3 - Extras lb 3, w 2, nb 1 6 b 4, lb 20, w 1, nb 1 26 (42.4 ov; 204 mins) 138 (154 ov; 655 mins) 407 Sri Lanka O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb Fall NZ SL SL NZ Lakmal 19.5 3 90 3 - 2 6 2 16 0 1 1 1 37 (2) 0 (1) 85 (2) 23 (1) Eranga 18 1 82 1 - - (3) 7 2 20 1 - - 2 60 (1) 8 (2) 94 (3) 43 (2) Mathews 12 2 39 3 - - 3 88 (4) 15 (3) 181 (4) Prasad 12 2 62 1 2 - 4.4 1 17 0 1 - 4 214 (3) 58 (4) 277 (1) Kaushal 22 0 159 1 - 5 (2) 13 0 48 1 - 1 5 367 (5) 60 (6) 287 (6) Thirimanne 2 0 5 0 - - 6 420 (6) 88 (7) 307 (7) 7 429 (7) 105 (5) 320 (5) New Zealand O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb 8 431 (9) 118 (9) 325 (9) Boult 11 4 25 3 1 - 39 8 100 4 1 - 9 440 (10) 128 (8) 348 (8) Southee 12 4 17 2 - - 37 8 91 4 - - 10 441 (11) 138 (11) 407 (11) Neesham 6.4 1 28 2 1 - (5) 8 2 29 1 - - Wagner 11 0 60 3 - 1 (3) 30 6 76 0 - 1 Craig 2 0 5 0 - - (4) 38 10 83 1 - - McCullum 1 0 3 0 - - Williamson 1 0 1 0 - - Umpires: R.K.Illingworth and B.N.J.Oxenford. Third umpire: S.J.Davis. Referee: B.C.Broad. Toss: Sri Lanka Close of Play: 1st day: New Zealand (1) 429-7 (Craig 5, 80.3 overs); 2nd day: Sri Lanka (2) 84-0 (Karunaratne 49, Silva 33, 35 overs); 3rd day: Sri Lanka (2) 293-5 (Mathews 53, Kaushal 5, 125 overs). Man of the Match: B.B.McCullum. K.S.Williamson passed 7,000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15 in the second innings. T.A.Boult reached 100 wickets in Test matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka first innings. T.A.Boult reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sri Lanka second innings. B.B.McCullum reached his century off 74 balls, the fastest Test hundred by balls for New Zealand (beating his own previous record of a hundred in 78 balls against Pakistan earlier in the season, see page 605). He struck 26 off an over from R.A.S.Lakmal (466046). 222 New Zealand in 2014/15