Sri Lankan national cricket team in New Zealand for the 2014-15 season

The tour of the Sri Lankan Cricket Team in New Zealand in the 2014/15 season took place from December 26 2014 to January 29, 2015. The international cricket tour was part of the 2014/15 international cricket season and included two test matches and seven ODIs . New Zealand won the test series 2-0 and the ODI series 4-2. The first test match at the Hagley Oval was the first major sporting event in the city since the Christchurch earthquake in February 2011 .

prehistory

classification

Sri Lanka had previously hosted England , where they also played and won seven ODIs there. New Zealand previously played a full tour in the United Arab Emirates against Pakistan. After the tour ended, the Sri Lankan national team stayed in New Zealand as the 2015 Cricket World Cup began on February 14th, hosted by Australia and New Zealand. There they played the opening game in which New Zealand prevailed. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place the year before in Sri Lanka .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch Dunedin Hamilton Napier Wellington (BR) Wellington (WS)

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on June 3, 2014. The Hagley Oval in Wellington celebrated its debut as a test stadium.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	3. ODI
Hagley Oval	Christchurch	20,000	1st test; 1. ODI
University oval	Dunedin	6,000	5th & 6th ODI
Seddon Park	Hamilton	10,000	2. ODI
McLean Park	Napier	22,500	4. ODI
Basin Reserve	Wellington	13,000	2nd test
Westpac Stadium	Wellington	33,000	7. ODI

Squad lists

Sri Lanka named its test roster on December 9th, and its ODI roster on December 30th, 2014. New Zealand announced its test roster on December 20th, 2014.

test		ODI
New Zealand	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Sri Lanka
Brendon McCullum ( K ) Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Dean Brownlie Mark Craig Tom Latham James Neesham Hamish Rutherford Tim Southee Ross Taylor Neil Wagner BJ Waitling ( wk ) Kane Williamson	Angelo Mathews ( K ) Dushmantha Chameera Dinesh Chandimal Niroshan Dickwella ( wk ) Shaminda Eranga Rangana Herath Prasanna Jayawardene ( wk ) Dimuth Karunaratne Tharindu Kaushal Suranga Lakmal Dilruwan Perera Nuwan Pradeep Dhammika Prasad Kumar Sangakkara Kaushal Silva Lahiru Thirimanne	Brendon McCullum ( K ) Corey Anderson Trent Boult Grant Elliott Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Kyle Mills Adam Milne Tim Southee Ross Taylor Luke Ronchi ( wk ) Daniel Vettori Kane Williamson	Angelo Mathews ( K ) Dushmantha Chameera Dinesh Chandimal ( wk ) Tillakaratne Dilshan Shaminda Eranga Rangana Herath Mahela Jayawardene Dimuth Karunaratne Nuwan Kulasekara Suranga Lakmal Lasith Malinga Jeevan Mendis Thisara Perera Dhammika Prasad Kumar Sangakkara Sachithra Senanayake Lahiru Thirimanne (Vice Captain)

Tour match

December 21-22 Scorecard	Queenstown	Sri Lankans 173-9d (59) & 261-8d (62.2)	-	New Zealand Chairman's XI 125 (39.5)
		draw

Testing

First test in Christchurch

December 26-30 , 2014 Scorecard	Christchurch	New Zealand 441 (85.5) & 107-2 (30.4)	-	Sri Lanka 138 (42.4) & 407 (154) (f / o)
		New Zealand wins with 8 wickets

Second test in Wellington

January 3-7 , 2015 Scorecard	Wellington (BR)	New Zealand 221 (55.1) & 524-5d (172)	-	Sri Lanka 356 (102.1) & 196 (72.4)
		New Zealand wins with 193 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Christchurch

January 11th scorecard	Christchurch	Sri Lanka 218-9 (50)	-	New Zealand 219-7 (43)
		New Zealand wins with 3 wickets

Second ODI in Hamilton

January 15 scorecard	Hamilton	New Zealand 248 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 252-4 (47.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 6 wickets

Third ODI in Auckland

January 17th scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 145-3 (28.5 / 43)	-	Sri Lanka
		Game canceled

The game had to be interrupted three times due to rain, so it was finally abandoned after 28.5 overs.

Fourth ODI in Nelson

January 20 scorecard	Nelson	Sri Lanka 276 (49.4)	-	New Zealand 280-6 (48.1)
		New Zealand wins with 4 wickets

Fifth ODI in Dunedin

January 23 scorecard	Dunedin	New Zealand 360-5 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 252 (43.5)
		New Zealand wins with 108 runs

Sixth ODI in Dunedin

January 25th scorecard	Dunedin	New Zealand 315-8 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 195 (40.3)
		New Zealand wins with 120 runs

Seventh ODI in Wellington

January 29th scorecard	Westpac Stadium	Sri Lanka 287-6 (50)	-	New Zealand 253 (45.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 34 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	2	4th	396	198.00	242 *	1	2
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	2	3	217	72.33	195	1	0
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2	4th	215	53.75	203	1	0
Dimuth Karunaratne	Sri Lanka	2	4th	185	46.25	152	1	0
BJ Watling	New Zealand	2	3	179	89.50	142 *	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Trent Boult	New Zealand	2	95	11	23.18	4/100	0	0
Tim Southee	New Zealand	2	92.4	8th	29.50	4/91	0	0
Nuwan Pradeep	Sri Lanka	1	53	7th	25.71	4/63	0	0
James Neesham	New Zealand	2	25.4	6th	16.50	3/42	0	0
Mark Craig	New Zealand	2	75.1	6th	32.66	4/53	0	0
Suranga Lakmal	Sri Lanka	2	74.5	6th	44.33	3/71	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	7th	6th	397	66.16	116	2	1
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	7th	6th	321	64.20	113 *	1	2
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	5	5	295	59.00	103	1	2
Luke Ronchi	New Zealand	7th	6th	279	69.75	170 *	1	0
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	7th	6th	278	46.33	104	1	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Mitchell McClenaghan	New Zealand	6th	41	10	22.60	4/36	0	0
Corey Anderson	New Zealand	7th	41	9	28.00	4/52	0	0
Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka	6th	52	8th	36.87	2/43	0	0
Tim Southee	New Zealand	4th	27.4	7th	21.57	3/59	0	0
Adam Milne	New Zealand	3	25th	5	25.20	2/28	0	0
Trent Boult	New Zealand	4th	38	5	34.60	4/44	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
ODI	Kane Williamson

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Brendon McCullum
2nd test	Kane Williamson
1. ODI	Corey Anderson
2. ODI	Tillakaratne Dilshan
4. ODI	Kane Williamson
5. ODI	Grant Elliott Luke Ronchi
6. ODI	Corey Anderson
7. ODI	Kumar Sangakkara

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andrew McGlashan: Hadlee's pride at Christchurch rebuild ( English ) Cricinfo. September 15, 2014. Accessed July 24, 2015.
2. ^ Test cricket returns to Christchurch . Cricinfo. June 3, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
3. ^ Hagley Oval gets ICC accreditation . Cricinfo. October 21, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
4. ^ Andrew Fidel Fernando: Tharanga dropped for New Zealand Tests . Cricinfo. December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
5. ↑ Kusal left out for NZ tour; Kulasekara recalled . Cricinfo. December 30, 2014. Accessed December 19, 2015.
6. ^ Corey Anderson out of first test . Cricinfo. December 20, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
7. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2014/15 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2014/15 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2014/15 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2014/15 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 17, 2016.