Sri Lankan national cricket team in New Zealand in the 2015/16 season

The 2015/16 season series of matches for the Sri Lankan national cricket team in New Zealand took place from December 10, 2015 to January 10, 2016. The international cricket tour was part of the 2015/16 international cricket season and included two test matches , five ODIs and two Twenty20s . New Zealand won the test series 2-0, the ODI series 3-1 and the Twenty20 series 2-0.

prehistory

classification

Sri Lanka previously played a home tour against the West Indies , which they clearly dominated. New Zealand previously competed in a test series in Australia that was lost. The last tour of the two teams against each other took place in New Zealand the year before, in which New Zealand won both the Test and the ODI series.

Kusal Perera

The Sri Lankan batsman Kusal Perera tested positive for an illicit substance shortly before the tour and was then withdrawn from the tour.

Stages

Auckland Christchurch Dunedin Hamilton Mount Maunganui Napier

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on August 27, 2015.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	2. T20
Hagley Oval	Christchurch	20,000	1st & 2nd ODI
University oval	Dunedin	6,000	1st test
Seddon Park	Hamilton	10,000	2nd test
Bay oval	Mount Maunganui	10,000	5. ODI; 1. T20
McLean Park	Napier	22,500	3rd & 4th ODI

Squad lists

Sri Lanka named its squad on November 17, 2015. New Zealand named its test squad on December 1, its ODI squad on December 14, and its Twenty20 squad on December 30, 2015.

test		ODI		Twenty20
New Zealand	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Sri Lanka
Brendon McCullum ( K ) Ross Taylor ( UK ) Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Mark Craig Martin Guptill Tom Latham Tim Southee BJ Watling ( wk ) Kane Williamson Mitchell Santner Neil Wagner	Angelo Mathews ( K ) Dushmantha Chameera Dinesh Chandimal ( wk ) Rangana Herath Udara Jayasundera Dimuth Karunaratne Suranga Lakmal Kusal Mendis ( wk ) Dilruwan Perera Kusal Perera Nuwan Pradeep Dhammika Prasad Milinda Siriwardana Jeffrey Vandersay Kithuruwan Vithanage Vishwa Fernando Kaushal Silva ( wk )	Brendon McCullum ( K ) Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Martin Guptill Tom Latham Matt Henry Mitchell McClenaghan Adam Milne Henry Nicholls Luke Ronchi ( wk ) Mitchell Santner Ish Sodhi Tim Southee Ross Taylor Kane Williamson George Worker	Angelo Mathews ( K ) Dushmantha Chameera Dinesh Chandimal ( wk ) Tillakaratne Dilshan Danushka Gunathilaka Chamara Kapugedera Suranga Lakmal Lasith Malinga Ajantha Mendis Kusal Perera Thisara Perera Nuwan Pradeep Dhammika Prasad Sachithra Senanayake Milinda Siriwardana Lahiru Thirimanne Jeffrey Vandersay Nuwan Kulasekara	Kane Williamson ( K ) Corey Anderson Trent Boult Grant Elliott Martin Guptill Matt Henry Mitchell McClenaghan Adam Milne Colin Munro Luke Ronchi ( wk ) Mitchell Santner Ish Sodhi Tim Southee Ross Taylor	Lasith Malinga ( K ) Dinesh Chandimal ( K , wk ) Dushmantha Chameera Tillakaratne Dilshan Shehan Jayasuriya Chamara Kapugedera Nuwan Kulasekara Angelo Mathews Kusal Perera ( wk ) Thisara Perera Sachithra Senanayake Milinda Siriwardana Isuru Udana Jeffrey Vandersay Kithuruwan Vithanage Danushka Gunathilaka Suranga Lakmal

Tour matches

December 3-5 scorecard	Queenstown	Sri Lankans 193 (75.2) & 226-6 (71)	-	New Zealand Board President's XI 399-8d (84.3)
		draw

Testing

First test in Dunedin

December 10-14 scorecard	Dunedin	New Zealand 431 (96.1) & 267-3d (65.4)	-	Sri Lanka 294 (117.1) & 282 (95.2)
		New Zealand wins with 122 runs

Second test in Hamilton

December 18-22 Scorecard	Hamilton	Sri Lanka 292 (80.1) & 133 (36.3)	-	New Zealand 237 (79.4) & 189-5 (54.3)
		New Zealand wins with 5 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Christchurch

December 26th scorecard	Christchurch	Sri Lanka 188 (47)	-	New Zealand 191-3 (21)
		New Zealand wins with 7 wickets

Second ODI in Christchurch

December 28th scorecard	Christchurch	Sri Lanka 117 (27.4)	-	New Zealand 118-0 (8.2)
		New Zealand wins with 10 wickets

Third ODI in Nelson

December 31 scorecard	Nelson	New Zealand 276-8 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 277-2 (46.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 8 wickets

Fourth ODI in Nelson

January 2nd scorecard	Nelson	New Zealand 75-3 (9)	-	Sri Lanka
		No result

Fifth ODI in Mount Maunganui

January 7th scorecard	Mount Maunganui	New Zealand 294-5 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 258 (47.1)
		New Zealand wins with 36 runs

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Mount Maunganui

January 7th scorecard	Mount Maunganui	New Zealand 182-4 (20)	-	Sri Lanka 179-9 (20)
		New Zealand wins with 3 wickets

Second Twenty20 in Auckland

January 10th scorecard	Auckland	Sri Lanka 142-8 (20)	-	New Zealand 147-1 (10)
		New Zealand wins with 9 wickets

With the second defeat, Sri Lanka lost the lead in the ICC Twenty20 ranking to the West Indies.

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	268	89.33	108 *	1	2
Martin Guptill	New Zealand	2	4th	253	63.25	156	1	1
Dinesh Chandimal	Sri Lanka	2	4th	192	48.00	83	0	2
Tom Latham	New Zealand	2	4th	163	54.33	109 *	1	0
Dimuth Karunaratne	Sri Lanka	2	4th	152	38.00	84	0	1
Milinda Siriwardana	Sri Lanka	2	4th	152	38.00	62	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Tim Southee	New Zealand	2	81.3	13	16.30	4/26	0	0
Dushmantha Chameera	Sri Lanka	2	64	12	24.00	5/47	1	0
Neil Wagner	New Zealand	2	60	9	26.00	3/40	0	0
Trent Boult	New Zealand	2	64	6th	31.83	2/51	0	0
Nuwan Pradeep	Sri Lanka	2	65.5	6th	41.00	4/112	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Martin Guptill	New Zealand	5	5	331	82.75	102	1	2
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	3	3	132	44.00	61	0	2
Milinda Siriwardana	Sri Lanka	5	3	117	39.00	66	0	1
Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	5	3	112	37.33	95	0	1
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	5	4th	112	28.00	91	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Matt Henry	New Zealand	4th	29.4	13	9.38	5/40	1	0
Mitchell McClenaghan	New Zealand	4th	27	6th	18.50	3/32	0	0
Doug Bracewell	New Zealand	3	21.2	4th	28.25	3/37	0	0
Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka	5	21st	4th	33.50	3/53	0	0
Trent Boult	New Zealand	1	8.1	3	14.33	3/43	0	0
Milinda Siriwardana	Sri Lanka	5	17th	3	40.33	2/45	0	0
Nuwan Pradeep	Sri Lanka	2	20th	3	41.33	2/55	0	0
Dushmantha Chameera	Sri Lanka	5	26th	3	56.66	2/38	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Martin Guptill	New Zealand	2	2	121	60.50	63	0	2
Colin Munro	New Zealand	2	2	86	86.00	50 *	0	1
Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	2	2	85	85.00	81 *	0	1
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	2	2	85	85.00	53	0	1
Danushka Gunathilaka	Sri Lanka	2	2	54	27.00	46	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Grant Elliott	New Zealand	2	6th	5	8.00	4/22	0	0
Matt Henry	New Zealand	1	4th	3	14.66	3/44	0	0
Trent Boult	New Zealand	2	8th	3	19.00	3/21	0	0
Mitchell Santner	New Zealand	1	4th	2	12.00	2/24	0	0
Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka	1	4th	2	13.00	2/36	0	0
Adam Milne	New Zealand	1	4th	2	18.00	2/36	0	0

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Martin Guptill
2nd test	Kane Williamson
1. ODI	Matt Henry
2. ODI	Martin Guptill
3. ODI	Danushka Gunathilaka
5. ODI	Matt Henry
1. T20	Trent Boult
2. T20	Colin Munro

Web links

The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Andrew Fidel Fernando: Kusal Perera tests positive for banned substance, out of NZ tour . Cricinfo. December 7, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
2. ↑ Umar Farooq: Fawad Alam back in Pakistan test squad . Cricinfo. August 27, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2015.
3. ↑ Andrew Fidel Fernando: Uncapped Jayasundera picked for NZ Tests . Cricinfo. November 17, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2015.
4. ^ Andrew Fidel Fernando: SL recall Kapugedera for NZ ODIs . Cricinfo. November 17, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2015.
5. ^ New Zealand keep faith in Guptill, Craig . Cricinfo. December 1, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2015.
6. ↑ Boult rested; Nicholls earns maiden call-up . Cricinfo. December 14, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
7. ↑ Anderson returns as batsman for T20s . Cricinfo. December 30, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
8. ^ Andrew Fidel Fernando: Sri Lanka play for pride, and top ranking . Cricinfo. January 9, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2015/16 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2015/16 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2015/16 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2015/16 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
13. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand T20I Series, 2015/16 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
14. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand T20I Series, 2015/16 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 25, 2016.