New Zealand national cricket team in Sri Lanka for the 2019 season

The New Zealand national cricket team tour to Sri Lanka in the 2019 season took place from August 14th to September 6th, 2019. The international cricket tour was part of the 2019 international cricket season and included two tests and three Twenty20s . The tests were the first games of both teams within the ICC World Test Championship 2019-2021 . The Test series ended in a 1-1 draw, while New Zealand won the ODI series 2-1.

prehistory

Sri Lanka previously played a tour against Bangladesh , New Zealand at the 2019 Cricket World Cup in which it reached the final, while Sri Lanka was eliminated in the preliminary round. The last meeting of the two teams took place in New Zealand in the 2018/19 season .

Stages

Colombo (PSS) bile Kandy (MMS)

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on July 5, 2019.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium (PSS)	Colombo	15,000	2nd test
Galle International Stadium	bile	35,000	1st test
Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium	Kandy	35,000	1st - 3rd T20

Squad lists

The roster will be announced shortly before the tour.

test		Twenty20
Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	New Zealand
Dimuth Karunaratne ( K ) Dinesh Chandimal Dhananjaya de Silva Akila Dananjaya Niroshan Dickwella ( wk ) Lasith Embuldeniya Oshada Fernando Vishwa Fernando Lahiru Kumara Suranga Lakmal Angelo Mathews Kusal Mendis Dilruwan Perera Kusal Perera Lakshan Sandakan Lahiru Thirimanne	Kane Williamson ( K ) Todd Astle Tom Blundell Trent Boult Colin de Grandhomme Tom Latham Henry Nicholls Ajaz Patel Jeet Raval Mitchell Santner William Somerville Tim Southee Ross Taylor Neil Wagner BJ Watling ( wk )	Lasith Malinga ( K ) Niroshan Dickwella ( VK , wk ) Akila Dananjaya Avishka Fernando Danushka Gunathilaka Wanindu Hasaranga Shehan Jayasuriya Lahiru Kumara Lahiru Madushanka Kusal Mendis Kusal Perera Kasun Rajitha Lakshan Sandakan Dasun Shanaka Isuru Udana	Tim Southee ( K ) Todd Astle Tom Bruce Colin de Grandhomme Lockie Ferguson Martin Guptill Scott Kuggeleijn Daryl Mitchell Colin Munro Seth Rance Hamish Rutherford Mitchell Santner Tim Seifert ( wk ) Ish Sodhi Ross Taylor

Tour matches

August 8-10 scorecard	Katunayake	Sri Lanka Board Presidents XI 323-6 (65.5)	-	New Zealand
		draw

August 29th scorecard	Katunayake	New Zealand 168-6 (20)	-	Sri Lanka Board Presidents XI 135-9 (20)
		New Zealand wins with 33 runs

Testing

First test in bile

August 14-18 Scorecard	bile	New Zealand 249 (83.2) & 285 (106)	-	Sri Lanka 267 (93.2) & 268-4 (86.1)
		Sri Lanka wins with 6 wickets

Second test in Colombo

August 22-26 Scorecard	Colombo (PSS)	Sri Lanka 244 (90.2) & 122 (70.2)	-	New Zealand 431-6d (115)
		New Zealand wins with one innings and 65 runs

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Kandy

September 1st scorecard	Kandy	Sri Lanka 174-4 (20)	-	New Zealand 175-5 (19.3)
		New Zealand wins with 5 wickets

Second Twenty20 in Kandy

September 3 scorecard	Kansy	Sri Lanka 161-9 (20)	-	New Zealand 165-6 (19.4)
		New Zealand wins with 4 wickets

Third Twenty20 in Kandy

September 6th scorecard	Kandy	Sri Lanka 125-8 (20)	-	New Zealand 88 (16)
		Sri Lanka wins with 37 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New Zealand to kick off their Test Championship in Sri Lanka ( English ) Cricinfo. July 5, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019.