New Zealand national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 2009 season

The New Zealand national cricket team tour to Sri Lanka in the 2009 season took place from August 18 to September 4, 2009. The international cricket tour was part of the 2009 international cricket season and included two test matches and two Twenty20s . Sri Lanka won both Tests while New Zealand won both Twenty20s.

prehistory

Sri Lanka last played a tour against Pakistan , New Zealand against India . Following this tour, the two teams competed in a tri-series with India . As a consequence, the originally planned five ODIs on this tour were canceled.

Stages

Colombo (RPS) Colombo (SSC) bile

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on July 10, 2009.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Colombo	R. Premadasa Stadium (RPS)	35,000	1st & 2nd T20
Colombo	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	10,000	2nd test
bile	Galle International Stadium	35,000	1st test

Squad lists

New Zealand named its squad on July 7, 2009. Sri Lanka named its test squad on August 11.

test		Twenty20
Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	New Zealand
Kumar Sangakkara ( K ) Tillakaratne Dilshan Rangana Herath Mahela Jayawardene Prasanna Jayawardene ( wk ) Chamara Kapugedera Nuwan Kulasekara Angelo Mathews Ajantha Mendis Muttiah Muralitharan Tharanga Paranavitana Dhammika Prasad Thilan Samaraweera Thilan Thushara Malinda Warnapura	Daniel Vettori ( K ) Craig Cumming Grant Elliott Daniel Flynn Martin Guptill Brendon McCullum ( wk ) Tim McIntosh Chris Martin Iain O'Brien Jacob Oram Jeetan Patel Jesse Ryder Ross Taylor Daryl Tuffey Reece Young	Kumar Sangakkara ( K & wk ) Tillakaratne Dilshan Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Chamara Kapugedera Nuwan Kulasekara Kaushal Lokukarachchi Lasith Malinga Angelo Mathews Ajantha Mendis Muttiah Muralitharan Gihan Rupasinghe Thilan Thushara Isuru Udana Mahela Udawatte	Daniel Vettori ( K ) Shane Bond Neil Broom Ian Butler Brendon Diamanti Grant Elliott Martin Guptill Brendon McCullum ( wk ) Nathan McCullum Peter McGlashan ( wk ) Kyle Mills Jacob Oram Jeetan Patel Jesse Ryder Ross Taylor

Tour matches

August 7th - 9th scorecard	Colombo (CCC)	Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI 159 (60.4) & 257-6 (75)	-	New Zealanders 493 (124.3)
		draw

August 12-14 Scorecard	Colombo (NCC)	New Zealanders 297 (93.3) & 240-6 (70)	-	Sri Lanka Cricket XI 330 (86.3)
		draw

September 6th scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Sri Lanka A 234 (47.5)	-	New Zealanders 173 (41.5)
		Sri Lanka A wins with 61 runs

Testing

First test in bile

August 18-22 Scorecard	bile	Sri Lanka 452 (117.4) & 259-4d (49)	-	New Zealand 299 (116) & 210 (71.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 202 runs

Second test in Colombo

August 26th - 30th scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Sri Lanka 416 (130.3) & 311-5d (85.2)	-	New Zealand 234 (77.4) & 397 (123.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 96 runs

The Sri Lankan Tharanga Paranavitana was fined for unjustified and exaggerated appeals.

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Colombo

September 2nd scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	New Zealand 141-8 (20)	-	Sri Lanka 138-9 (20)
		New Zealand wins with 3 runs

Second Twenty20 in Colombo

September 4th scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	New Zealand 170-4 (20)	-	Sri Lanka 148-8 (20)
		New Zealand wins with 22 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Thilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	2	4th	347	86.75	159	2	0
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	2	4th	329	82.25	114	1	2
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	2	4th	277	92.33	123 *	1	1
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	2	4th	272	68.00	140	1	1
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2	4th	213	53.25	109	1	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	2	123	13	24.38	4/73	0	0
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	2	121.1	10	32.50	4/78	0	0
Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	1	82	8th	26.12	5/139	1	0
Thilan Thushara	Sri Lanka	2	69.3	8th	29.12	4/81	0	0
Jeetan Patel	New Zealand	2	90	7th	55.57	4/78	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2	2	82	41.00	69	0	1
Ross Taylor	New Zealand	2	2	76	38.00	60	0	1
Jesse Ryder	New Zealand	2	2	65	32.50	52	0	1
Martin Guptill	New Zealand	2	2	61	30.50	32	0	0
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	2	2	58	29.00	57	0	1
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	2	2	58	29.00	49	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Jacob Oram	New Zealand	2	7th	4th	15.00	3/33	0	0
Shane Bond	New Zealand	2	8th	3	15.00	3/18	0	0
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	2	8th	3	18.66	2/21	0	0
Kyle Mills	New Zealand	2	7th	3	19.33	2/22	0	0
Nathan McCullum	New Zealand	1	3	2	9.00	2/18	0	0
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	2	7th	2	19.00	2/11	0	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	2	6th	2	23.00	2/22	0	0
Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	2	8th	2	23.00	1/21	0	0
Ian Butler	New Zealand	2	8th	2	31.50	2/29	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Thilan Samaraweera
T20	Jesse Ryder

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Tillakaratne Dilshan
2nd test	Mahela Jayawardene
1. T20	Daniel Vettori
2. T20	Jesse Ryder

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ^ India, NZ and SL to contest in triangular ( English ) Cricinfo. June 26, 2009. Accessed December 31, 2015.
2. ↑ New Zealand, Sri Lanka drop bilateral ODIs for tri-series with India ( English ) Cricinfo. July 10, 2009. Accessed December 31, 2015.
3. ↑ New Zealand, Sri Lanka drop bilateral ODIs for tri-series with India ( English ) Cricinfo. July 10, 2015. Accessed December 31, 2015.
4. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Bond called up for tour of Sri Lanka ( English ) Cricinfo. July 7, 2009. Accessed December 31, 2015.
5. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Fit Murali returns to Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. August 11, 2009. Accessed December 31, 2015.
6. ↑ Paranavitana fined 50% match fees ( English ) Cricinfo. August 31, 2009. Accessed December 31, 2015.
7. ↑ Records / New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / New Zealand in Sri Lanka T20I Series, 2009 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 16, 2016.