Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2018β19 | |||
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New Zealand | Sri Lanka | ||
Dates | 8 December 2018 β 11 January 2019 | ||
Captains |
Kane Williamson (Tests & ODIs) Tim Southee (T20I) |
Dinesh Chandimal (Tests) Lasith Malinga (ODIs & T20I) | |
Test series | |||
Result | New Zealand won the 2-match series 1β0 | ||
Most runs | Tom Latham (450) | Angelo Mathews (258) | |
Most wickets | Tim Southee (13) | Lahiru Kumara (9) | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | New Zealand won the 3-match series 3β0 | ||
Most runs | Ross Taylor (281) | Thisara Perera (224) | |
Most wickets | Ish Sodhi (8) | Lasith Malinga (7) | |
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | New Zealand won the 1-match series 1β0 | ||
Most runs | Doug Bracewell (44) | Thisara Perera (43) | |
Most wickets |
Lockie Ferguson (3) Ish Sodhi (3) | Kasun Rajitha (3) |
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured New Zealand from December 2018 to January 2019 to play two Tests, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and one Twenty20 International (T20I) match. [1] [2] [3] They also played a three-day warm-up match ahead of the Test series. [4]
Sri Lanka Cricket recalled batsmen Lahiru Thirimanne and Sadeera Samarawickrama after a year out of the Sri Lankan team. Bowler Nuwan Pradeep was also recalled to the team after previously being ruled out through injury. [5]
New Zealand won the Test series 1β0, after the first match was drawn. [6] It was their fourth consecutive series win, the first time they had achieved that in Test cricket. [7] New Zealand won the ODI series 3β0. [8] New Zealand scored the most runs by a team in a three-match bilateral ODI series. New Zealand's series aggregate of 1,054 runs are the most for any team in a three-match ODI series. They surpassed India's total of 1,053 runs in their home series against England in 2017. [9] New Zealand also went on to win the one-off T20I match by 35 runs. [10]
Angelo Mathews suffered an injury during the second Test and was later ruled out of Sri Lanka's squads for the limited overs fixtures, [16] with Sadeera Samarawickrama replacing him. [17] James Neesham suffered an injury during the third ODI and was replaced by Doug Bracewell in New Zealand's squad for the one-off T20I match. [18]
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Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2018β19 | |||
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New Zealand | Sri Lanka | ||
Dates | 8 December 2018 β 11 January 2019 | ||
Captains |
Kane Williamson (Tests & ODIs) Tim Southee (T20I) |
Dinesh Chandimal (Tests) Lasith Malinga (ODIs & T20I) | |
Test series | |||
Result | New Zealand won the 2-match series 1β0 | ||
Most runs | Tom Latham (450) | Angelo Mathews (258) | |
Most wickets | Tim Southee (13) | Lahiru Kumara (9) | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | New Zealand won the 3-match series 3β0 | ||
Most runs | Ross Taylor (281) | Thisara Perera (224) | |
Most wickets | Ish Sodhi (8) | Lasith Malinga (7) | |
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | New Zealand won the 1-match series 1β0 | ||
Most runs | Doug Bracewell (44) | Thisara Perera (43) | |
Most wickets |
Lockie Ferguson (3) Ish Sodhi (3) | Kasun Rajitha (3) |
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured New Zealand from December 2018 to January 2019 to play two Tests, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and one Twenty20 International (T20I) match. [1] [2] [3] They also played a three-day warm-up match ahead of the Test series. [4]
Sri Lanka Cricket recalled batsmen Lahiru Thirimanne and Sadeera Samarawickrama after a year out of the Sri Lankan team. Bowler Nuwan Pradeep was also recalled to the team after previously being ruled out through injury. [5]
New Zealand won the Test series 1β0, after the first match was drawn. [6] It was their fourth consecutive series win, the first time they had achieved that in Test cricket. [7] New Zealand won the ODI series 3β0. [8] New Zealand scored the most runs by a team in a three-match bilateral ODI series. New Zealand's series aggregate of 1,054 runs are the most for any team in a three-match ODI series. They surpassed India's total of 1,053 runs in their home series against England in 2017. [9] New Zealand also went on to win the one-off T20I match by 35 runs. [10]
Angelo Mathews suffered an injury during the second Test and was later ruled out of Sri Lanka's squads for the limited overs fixtures, [16] with Sadeera Samarawickrama replacing him. [17] James Neesham suffered an injury during the third ODI and was replaced by Doug Bracewell in New Zealand's squad for the one-off T20I match. [18]
15β19 December 2018
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