New Zealand national cricket team in Sri Lanka for the 2012/13 season
The tour of the New Zealand national cricket team to Sri Lanka in the 2012/13 season took place from October 30, 2012 to November 29, 2012. The international cricket tour was part of the 2012/13 international cricket season and included two tests , five ODIs and one Twenty20 . Sri Lanka won the ODI series 3–0, while the Test series 1–1 and the Twenty20 series 0–0 ended in a draw.
prehistory
It was the first tour of the season for both teams. At the ICC World Twenty20 2012 , which was held directly before , Sri Lanka won against New Zealand in the Super 8 round, which was then eliminated there and Sri Lanka took second place in the tournament. The last tour of the two teams against each other took place in the 2010 season in the USA . The second and third ODI were originally planned in the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, but they had to be relocated due to persistent rainfall.
Stages
Tour venues |
The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on September 15, 2012.
| Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombo | Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium (PSS) | 15,000 | 2nd test |
| bile | Galle International Stadium | 35,000 | 1st test |
| Hambantota | Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium | 35,000 | 4th & 5th ODI |
| Kandy | Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium | 35,000 | 1st - 3rd ODI; 1. T20 |
Squad lists
New Zealand named its roster on October 11, 2012. Sri Lanka named its ODI and Twenty20 roster on October 25, and its test roster on November 9, 2012.
| test | ODI | Twenty20 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sri Lanka
|
 New Zealand
|
Sri Lanka
|
New Zealand
|
Sri Lanka
|
New Zealand
|
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Twenty20 International
Twenty20 in Kandy
| October 30th scorecard |
Kandy |
New Zealand 74-7 (14/14) |
- |
Sri Lanka 6-0 (2/14) |
| No result | ||||
The game had to be canceled due to rain.
One-day internationals
First ODI in Kandy
| November 1st | Kandy |
Sri Lanka |
- |
New Zealand |
| No result | ||||
The game did not start due to rain.
Second ODI in Kandy
| November 4th scorecard |
Kandy |
New Zealand 250-6 (50) |
- |
Sri Lanka 118-3 (22.5 / 22.5) |
| Sri Lanka wins with 14 runs ( D / L method ) | ||||
Third ODI in Kandy
| November 6th scorecard |
Kandy |
New Zealand 188-6 (33/33) |
- |
Sri Lanka 200-3 (31.1 / 33) |
| Sri Lanka wins with 7 wickets ( D / L method ) | ||||
Fourth ODI in Hambantota
| November 10th scorecard |
Hambantota |
New Zealand 131-8 (32/32) |
- |
Sri Lanka 131-3 (26.2 / 32) |
| Sri Lanka wins with 7 wickets ( D / L method ) | ||||
Fifth ODI in Hambantota
| November 21 scorecard |
Hambantota |
Sri Lanka 123-8 (28.3) |
- |
New Zealand |
| No result | ||||
Testing
First test in bile
| November 17th - 21st Scorecard |
bile |
New Zealand 221 (82.5) & 118 (44.1) |
- |
Sri Lanka 247 (80.2) & 93-0 (18.3) |
| Sri Lanka wins with 10 wickets | ||||
Second test in Colombo (PSS)
| November 25-29 Scorecard |
Colombo (PSS) |
New Zealand 412 (153) & 194-9d (54) |
- |
Sri Lanka 244 (94) & 195 (85.5) |
| New Zealand wins with 167 runs | ||||
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
| Testing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Ross Taylor |
New Zealand
|
2 | 4th | 243 | 60.75 | 142 | 1 | 1 |
| Angelo Mathews |
Sri Lanka
|
2 | 3 | 210 | 70.00 | 84 | 0 | 2 |
| Kane Williamson |
New Zealand
|
2 | 4th | 163 | 40.75 | 135 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Flynn |
New Zealand
|
2 | 4th | 126 | 31.50 | 53 | 0 | 2 |
| Brendon McCullum |
New Zealand
|
2 | 4th | 120 | 30.00 | 68 | 0 | 1 |
| bowling | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
| Rangana Herath |
Sri Lanka
|
2 | 118 | 20th | 13.90 | 6/43 | 3 | 1 |
| Tim Southee |
New Zealand
|
2 | 60 | 12 | 13.83 | 5/62 | 1 | 0 |
| Trent Boult |
New Zealand
|
2 | 59.1 | 9 | 15.11 | 4/42 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara |
Sri Lanka
|
2 | 60.5 | 7th | 26.00 | 2/28 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaminda Eranga |
Sri Lanka
|
2 | 52 | 5 | 38.20 | 3/51 | 0 | 0 |
| Suraj Randiv |
Sri Lanka
|
2 | 81.1 | 5 | 46.00 | 2/37 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| BJ Watling |
New Zealand
|
4th | 3 | 166 | 83.00 | 96 * | 0 | 2 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan |
Sri Lanka
|
2 | 2 | 139 | 139.00 | 102 * | 1 | 0 |
| Upul Tharanga |
Sri Lanka
|
4th | 4th | 103 | 25.75 | 60 | 0 | 1 |
| Ross Taylor |
New Zealand
|
4th | 3 | 85 | 28.33 | 72 | 0 | 1 |
| James Franklin |
New Zealand
|
4th | 3 | 82 | 41.00 | 35 * | 0 | 0 |
| bowling | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
| Jeevan Mendis |
Sri Lanka
|
4th | 15th | 5 | 16.60 | 3/15 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Southee |
New Zealand
|
4th | 23.3 | 5 | 23.20 | 3/18 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara |
Sri Lanka
|
3 | 22nd | 4th | 28.00 | 2/17 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Ellis |
New Zealand
|
3 | 10 | 3 | 15.00 | 2/22 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent Boult |
New Zealand
|
4th | 23 | 3 | 36.66 | 1/23 | 0 | 0 |
| Lasith Malinga |
Sri Lanka
|
4th | 23 | 3 | 39.00 | 2/39 | 0 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Tim Southee |
New Zealand
|
1 | 1 | 21st | 21 * | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Ellis |
New Zealand
|
1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Oram |
New Zealand
|
1 | 1 | 10 | 10 * | 0 | 0 | |
| BJ Watling |
New Zealand
|
1 | 1 | 8th | 8.00 | 8th | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Latham |
New Zealand
|
1 | 1 | 4th | 4.00 | 4th | 0 | 0 |
| Dilshan Munaweera |
Sri Lanka
|
1 | 1 | 4th | 4 * | 0 | 0 | |
| Ross Taylor |
New Zealand
|
1 | 1 | 4th | 4.00 | 4th | 0 | 0 |
| bowling | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
| Akila Dananjaya |
Sri Lanka
|
1 | 2 | 2 | 4.50 | 2/9 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara |
Sri Lanka
|
1 | 3 | 2 | 6.50 | 2/13 | 0 | 0 |
| Thisara Perera |
Sri Lanka
|
1 | 3 | 2 | 11.00 | 2/22 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaminda Eranga |
Sri Lanka
|
1 | 3 | 1 | 23.00 | 1/23 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the Series
The following players were honored as Player of the Series .
| series | Player of the Series |
|---|---|
| test |
Rangana Herath
|
| ODI |
 BJ Watling
|
Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
| game | Player of the Match |
|---|---|
| 2. ODI |
Lasith Malinga
|
| 3. ODI |
Tillakaratne Dilshan
|
| 4. ODI |
Jeevan Mendis
|
| 1st test |
Rangana Herath
|
| 2nd test |
Ross Taylor
|
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Colombo ODIs moved to Pallekele ( English ) Cricinfo. November 2, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- ↑ New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka confirmed ( English ) Cricinfo. September 25, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- ↑ Todd Astle in New Zealand Test Squad ( English ) Cricinfo. October 11, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- ↑ Ajantha Mendis out of limited-overs squad ( English ) Cricinfo. October 25, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- ↑ Andrew Fernando: Tharindu Kaushal in Sri Lanka's Test Squad ( English ) Cricinfo. November 9, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- ↑ Siddhartha Talya: Rain has final say on stop-start day ( English ) Cricinfo. October 30, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- ↑ Andrew Fernando: Match abandoned without ball bowled ( English ) Cricinfo. November 1, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- ↑ Records / New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012/13 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ↑ Records / New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012/13 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ↑ Records / New Zealand in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2012/13 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ↑ Records / New Zealand in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2012/13 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ↑ Records / New Zealand in Sri Lanka T20I Match, 2012/13 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ↑ Records / New Zealand in Sri Lanka T20I Match, 2012/13 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 24, 2016.