The Sri Lankan national cricket team toured New Zealand from 26 December 2014 to 29 January 2015 for a tour consisting of two Test matches and seven One Day Internationals. New Zealand won the Test series 2–0 and the ODI series 4–2.
| Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2014-15 | |||
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| New Zealand | Sri Lanka | ||
| Dates | 26 December 2014 – 29 January 2015 | ||
| Captains |
Brendon McCullum (1st to 6th ODIs) Kane Williamson (7th ODI) |
Angelo Mathews (1st to 4th ODIs) Lahiru Thirimanne (5th to 7th ODIs) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | New Zealand won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Kane Williamson (396) | Kumar Sangakkara (215) | |
| Most wickets | Trent Boult (11) | Nuwan Pradeep (7) | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | New Zealand won the 7-match series 4–2 | ||
| Most runs | Kane Williamson (295) | Tillakaratne Dilshan (397) | |
| Most wickets | Mitchell McClenaghan (10) | Nuwan Kulasekara (8) | |
| Player of the series | Kane Williamson (NZ) | ||
Following the tour the Sri Lankan team stayed in the region to participate in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup. The Test match played at Hagley Oval, Christchurch was the first major event to take place in the city since the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.[1]
After the fourth ODI, Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews was injured and captaincy shifted to vice captain Lahiru Thirimanne for other three ODIs. New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum also did not play the last ODI, where Kane Williamson was the skipper.
Squads
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Tour match
editNew Zealand XI v Sri Lankans
edit21–22 December 2014
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- Sri Lankans won the toss and elected to bat
Test series
edit1st Test
edit26–30 December 2014
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Tharindu Kaushal (SL) made his Test debut.
- Brendon McCullum scored the fastest Test century by a New Zealand batsman.[2]
2nd Test
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Kumar Sangakkara (SL) became the fifth batsman to score 12,000 runs in Test cricket.[3]
- BJ Watling and Kane Williamson broke the record for the highest 6th wicket partnership in Test history with their unbeaten 365-run stand.[4]
ODI series
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd ODI
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain affected play three times, with the match being abandoned after 28.5 overs of the New Zealand innings.
4th ODI
edit5th ODI
edit 23 January 2015
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Luke Ronchi scored his maiden ODI century and the highest ODI score by a New Zealand wicket-keeper.
- Luke Ronchi and Grant Elliott put on the highest 6th wicket partnership (267*) in ODIs.[5]
- The Man of the Match adjudicators could not split Ronchi and Elliott as the best player therefore they decided on joint Man of the Match winners.
6th ODI
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Only the 2nd instance for New Zealand and 2nd instance against Sri Lanka of two batsmen scoring 90s in the same innings.[citation needed]
- Daniel Vettori became the most capped New Zealand ODI cricketer.[6]
- Kumar Sangakkara went past Ricky Ponting into 2nd position as Batsmen with most 50+ scores in ODI.[citation needed]
7th ODI
edit 29 January 2015
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dushmantha Chameera (SL) made his ODI debut.
- Kumar Sangakkara (SL) set a new world record for the most dismissals (473) by a wicketkeeper in ODI games.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Hadlee's pride at Christchurch rebuild". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "33 sixes in a year, 26 runs in an over". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "New Zealand take control on bowlers' day". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Williamson-Watling record stand pummels Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ "Ronchi, Elliott shatter records and flatten Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "NZ take series with 120-run win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ "Kumar Sangakkara: Sri Lanka veteran sets new dismissals record". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 January 2015.