Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand 1st Test 18 September 2024

1st Test • Galle International Stadium • Galle

Sri Lanka

305 & 309/10 (94.2)

New Zealand

340 & 211/10 (71.4)

SL won by 63 runs

Info

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Scorecard

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Date & Time

18 Sep, 10:00 AM IST

Venue

Galle International Stadium

Match

1st Test,

New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka

Umpires

Michael Gough (England), Nitin Menon (India), Ahsan Raza (Pakistan, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

Sri Lanka elected to bat

Pitch Report

Roughs are appearing. There are cracks and the spinners are licking their lips. But, there will be slow turn to begin with. But the spinners need to focus on trajectory still.

1st Innings

365Avg Runs

10Avg Wkts

54.68Avg SR

2nd Innings

314Avg Runs

10Avg Wkts

50.81Avg SR

3rd Innings

235Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

52.79Avg SR

4th Innings

158Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

48.55Avg SR

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

1- 4

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Sri Lanka

New Zealand

Player of the Match Prabath Jayasuriya

4/136 & 5/68

SL 1st

NZ 1st

SL 2nd

NZ 2nd

Info

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

305/10 (91.5)

Batters

Pathum Nissanka

108.00

b Rourke

Dimuth Karunaratne

25.00

c Blundell b Rourke

Dinesh Chandimal

42.25

c (sub Bracewell) b Southee

Angelo Mathews

116

31.03

c Blundell b Rourke

Kamindu Mendis

114

173

65.90

c Mitchell b Patel

Dhananjaya de Silva

45.83

b Phillips

Kusal Mendis

73.53

c Southee b Phillips

Ramesh Mendis

28.57

lbw b Rourke

Prabath Jayasuriya

0.00

lbw b Patel

Lahiru Kumara

100.00

Not out

Asitha Fernando

0.00

b Rourke

Extras

(B: 12, LB: 2, NB: 4, W: 1)

TOTAL

(91.5 Ov, RR: 3.32)

305/10

Bowlers

EXT

Tim Southee

3.43

William O’Rourke

18.5

2.92

Ajaz Patel

3.00

Mitchell Santner

3.37

Glenn Phillips

2.89

Rachin Ravindra

6.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Dimuth Karunaratne

c Blundell b Rourke

1-20

3.6

Pathum Nissanka

b Rourke

2-33

5.6

Dinesh Chandimal

c (sub Bracewell) b Southee

3-88

28.4

Dhananjaya de Silva

b Phillips

4-106

34.2

Angelo Mathews

c Blundell b Rourke

5-178

55.3

Kusal Mendis

c Southee b Phillips

6-281

78.2

Kamindu Mendis

c Mitchell b Patel

7-302

86.1

Prabath Jayasuriya

lbw b Patel

8-303

90.4

Ramesh Mendis

lbw b Rourke

9-305

91.1

Asitha Fernando

b Rourke

10-305

91.5

New Zealand 1st Innings

340/10 (90.5)

Batters

Tom Latham

111

63.06

c (sub Samarawickrama) b Jayasuriya

Devon Conway

28.81

lbw b Mendis

Kane Williamson

104

52.88

c Mendis b Silva

Rachin Ravindra

81.25

b Silva

Daryl Mitchell

66.28

runout (Mendis / Mendis)

Tom Blundell

38.46

c Silva b Jayasuriya

Glenn Phillips

102.08

Not out

Mitchell Santner

100.00

c Mendis b Jayasuriya

Tim Southee

30.00

b Jayasuriya

Ajaz Patel

100.00

lbw b Mendis

William O’Rourke

25.00

b Mendis

Extras

(B: 8, LB: 3, NB: 2, W: 2)

TOTAL

(90.5 Ov, RR: 3.74)

340/10

Bowlers

EXT

Asitha Fernando

3.57

Lahiru Kumara

2.33

Dhananjaya de Silva

4.43

Ramesh Mendis

23.5

101

4.24

Prabath Jayasuriya

136

3.40

Kamindu Mendis

8.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Devon Conway

lbw b Mendis

1-63

18.4

Tom Latham

c (sub Samarawickrama) b Jayasuriya

2-136

38.4

Kane Williamson

c Mendis b Silva

3-187

52.4

Rachin Ravindra

b Silva

4-196

54.5

Tom Blundell

c Silva b Jayasuriya

5-269

75.6

Daryl Mitchell

runout (Mendis / Mendis)

6-291

81.3

Mitchell Santner

c Mendis b Jayasuriya

7-293

81.5

Tim Southee

b Jayasuriya

8-297

83.5

Ajaz Patel

lbw b Mendis

9-304

84.6

William O’Rourke

b Mendis

10-340

90.5

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

309/10 (94.2)

Batters

Pathum Nissanka

20.00

c Southee b Rourke

Dimuth Karunaratne

127

65.35

b Patel

Dinesh Chandimal

150

40.67

c Latham b Rourke

Angelo Mathews

111

45.05

c Mitchell b Patel

Kamindu Mendis

108.33

c Mitchell b Rourke

Dhananjaya de Silva

51.95

st Blundell b Patel

Kusal Mendis

76.67

b Patel

Ramesh Mendis

5.56

lbw b Patel

Prabath Jayasuriya

45.83

c Rourke b Santner

Lahiru Kumara

0.00

c Williamson b Patel

Asitha Fernando

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 11, LB: 8, NB: 4, W: 2)

TOTAL

(94.2 Ov, RR: 3.28)

309/10

Bowlers

EXT

William O’Rourke

2.88

Ajaz Patel

3.00

Mitchell Santner

14.2

3.56

Tim Southee

2.44

Glenn Phillips

4.17

Rachin Ravindra

2.20

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Pathum Nissanka

c Southee b Rourke

1-6

2.5

Dimuth Karunaratne

b Patel

2-153

47.1

Dinesh Chandimal

c Latham b Rourke

3-153

48.2

Kamindu Mendis

c Mitchell b Rourke

4-178

52.3

Dhananjaya de Silva

st Blundell b Patel

5-250

75.4

Kusal Mendis

b Patel

6-286

83.4

Angelo Mathews

c Mitchell b Patel

7-292

87.3

Ramesh Mendis

lbw b Patel

8-301

91.1

Lahiru Kumara

c Williamson b Patel

9-301

91.5

Prabath Jayasuriya

c Rourke b Santner

10-309

94.2

New Zealand 2nd Innings

211/10 (71.4)

Batters

Tom Latham

41.18

lbw b Silva

Devon Conway

57.14

b Fernando

Kane Williamson

65.22

st Mendis b Jayasuriya

Rachin Ravindra

168

54.76

lbw b Jayasuriya

Daryl Mitchell

30.77

b Mendis

Tom Blundell

69.77

b Jayasuriya

Glenn Phillips

28.57

c Mendis b Jayasuriya

Mitchell Santner

9.09

c Nissanka b Mendis

Tim Southee

22.22

lbw b Mendis

Ajaz Patel

9.09

Not out

William O’Rourke

0.00

b Jayasuriya

Extras

(B: 8, LB: 0, NB: 1, W: 0)

TOTAL

(71.4 Ov, RR: 2.94)

211/10

Bowlers

EXT

Ramesh Mendis

3.32

Asitha Fernando

2.50

Prabath Jayasuriya

30.4

2.22

Dhananjaya de Silva

2.67

Lahiru Kumara

7.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Devon Conway

b Fernando

1-6

1.4

Kane Williamson

st Mendis b Jayasuriya

2-51

16.2

Tom Latham

lbw b Silva

3-68

22.5

Daryl Mitchell

b Mendis

4-96

32.3

Tom Blundell

b Jayasuriya

5-152

46.1

Glenn Phillips

c Mendis b Jayasuriya

6-171

51.5

Mitchell Santner

c Nissanka b Mendis

7-197

61.2

Tim Southee

lbw b Mendis

8-203

63.3

Rachin Ravindra

lbw b Jayasuriya

9-209

69.3

William O’Rourke

b Jayasuriya

10-211

71.4

Match Info

Date & Time

18 Sep, 10:00 AM IST

Venue

Galle International Stadium

Match

1st Test,

New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka

Umpires

Michael Gough (England), Nitin Menon (India), Ahsan Raza (Pakistan, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

Sri Lanka elected to bat

0 0 0 0 0 1

Over 69

Runs: 1

nb 0 0 W 0 0 0

Over 70

Runs: 0

0 0 0 0 1 0

Over 71

Runs: 1

0 1 0 W

Over 72

Runs: 1

All Overs

Player of the Match Prabath Jayasuriya

4/136 & 5/68

Commentary

That concludes our coverage for this Test. This has been Sourmarya Dutta and me, Lavil Saldanha taking your leave. Do check Sportskeeda for the latest in the world of sports. We hope you enjoyed our coverage, until next time, SEE YA!

Dhananjaya de Silva (captain, Sri Lanka): The win in England boosted our morale, we know we are capable of winning Test matches. It was a crucial point. It came in the second innings but we need to work on the bowling and batting in the first innings as well. We were talking about it, we have the lowest average in the tail and need to get some runs from the tail. I wasn't expecting to pick up wickets. I know I have the ability and used that well

Tim Southee (captain, New Zealand): Great test match, a tough place to come and many positives from this game but disappointed to end on the wrong side. We have seen that in Test cricket, he put on a good effort (O Rourke). You look at the first innings and we lost five wickets for nothing. It was a bit sad to expect more from the tail-enders. When you come here, toss is very important and make good use of the batting and bowling conditions.

Prabath Jayasuriya (Player of the Match) - " I just do my basics and stick to my plans. I don't experiment a lot. I like playing here at Galle and the surface has some assistance. I concentrate hard on my line and lengths and look to keep things simple. "

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 63 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series

New Zealand (2nd Innings): 211 all out (71.4 overs)
Rachin Ravindra: 92(168b) | Tom Blundell: 30(43b)
Prabath Jayasuriya: 5/68 (30.4 overs) | Ramesh Mendis: 3/83 (25 overs)

Galle strengthens as a fortress for the hosts, who win another Test match here and have taken an unassailable lead in this series. They face familiar foes yet again at the same venue in a couple of days from now. New Zealand will be gutted by this loss, but their poor shot selection has led them to gift the opposition wickets.

Batting first, both teams did really well with New Zealand leading at the end of the innings. They lost the plot on Day 3 where Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal stitched a big partnership of 149 runs that set New Zealand a target of 275.

New Zealand lost Conway early but the big blow came when Kane Williamson was stumped owing to poor judgement of the ball. Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham and Tom Blundell all got starts but couldn't make it count. Rachin Ravindra was out in the middle and scored a magnificent 92 but lacked support as the visitors slumped to their first loss on their Asian conquest.

Sri Lanka's Prabath Jayasuriya makes Galle his favourite venue as he finishes this Test with 9 wickets. Ramesh Mendis did well lending a helping hand, picking up three wickets and Asitha Fernando and skipper Dhananjaya de Silva added a wicket each to their tally.

Join us now for the presentation ceremony where we will hear what the captains and the player of the match has to say.

71.4 Prabath Jayasuriya to William O Rourke, BOWLED'EM!! THAT WILL BE ALL!!! Prabath Jayasuriya picks up the final wicket and Sri Lanka win by 63 runs to go 1-0 up in the series. It was angled into the middle and off stump line and fuller in length too. O'Rourke was drawn forward and he was beaten as the ball turned away from him to hit the top of off stump. It also gives Prabath his fifth wicket in the second innings.

William O'Rourke b Prabath Jayasuriya 0(6b, 0x4, 0x6)

71.3 Prabath Jayasuriya to William O Rourke, angled into the middle stump line again. O'Rourke lunges forward and defends that one. No run.

A host of catchers around O Rourke now

71.2 Prabath Jayasuriya to Ajaz Patel, fuller and outside the line of off stump. Patel pushes it away through the backward point region for a single.

71.1 Prabath Jayasuriya to Ajaz Patel, angled into the line of off stump. Patel hangs back and defends. No run.

With three catchers on the legside, one expected de Silva to drift down the pads and give the ball a good rip but he bowled it on the off stump and allowed O'Rourke to get away

overs

210 /9 score

runs

William O Rourke *

0 (4)

Ajaz Patel

1 (20)

Dhananjaya de Silva

1 /32

70.6 Dhananjaya de Silva to William O Rourke, flighted up and around the line of off stump. O'Rourke comes forward and blocks it.

And with that single, Ajaz Patel is off the mark on the 20th ball he faces

70.5 Dhananjaya de Silva to Ajaz Patel, flighted up and around off stump. Patel hits it down to long off for a single.

70.4 Dhananjaya de Silva to Ajaz Patel, angled into the middle stump line and fuller in length. Dot ball.

70.3 Dhananjaya de Silva to Ajaz Patel, flighted up and outside the line of off stump. Patel presses forward and defends.

70.2 Dhananjaya de Silva to Ajaz Patel, back of a good length and around middle. Patel works it away towards square leg. No run.

70.1 Dhananjaya de Silva to Ajaz Patel, bowled on length and around the pads. Patel flicks it away behind square.

Only one wicket separates Sri Lanka from a win. Ajaz Patel has put on a show and half against India when he played in 2021, batting out of his skin to save a Test but this time with the spinners attacking and light being good, he will have to put on a vigil here

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