New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2013–14

The New Zealand cricket team competed against Sri Lanka in a tour consisting of three ODIs and two Twenty20s. It ran from November 10, 2013, to November 21, 2013.

New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2013–14
 
  Sri Lanka New Zealand
Dates 10 November 2013 – 21 November 2013
Captains Angelo Mathews Kyle Mills
One Day International series
Results 3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Tillakaratne Dilshan (189) Tom Latham (99)
Most wickets Nuwan Kulasekara (5) Kyle Mills (5)
Player of the series Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
Twenty20 International series
Results Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs Tillakaratne Dilshan (59) Luke Ronchi (34)
Most wickets Rob Nicol (1) Thisara Perera (1)
Player of the series Kusal Perera (SL)

Regular New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, along with former captain Ross Taylor ruled themselves out of the tour to focus on future test matches between West Indies and India.[1] Kyle Mills was named as the stand-in captain.

Squads edit

  Sri Lanka   New Zealand
Angelo Mathews (c) Kyle Mills (c)
Tillakaratne Dilshan Neil Broom
Mahela Jayawardene Anton Devcich
Nuwan Kulasekara Andrew Ellis
Lasith Malinga Mitchell McClenaghan
Kusal Perera Adam Milne
Ashan Priyanjan James Neesham
Sachithra Senanayake Luke Ronchi
Dinesh Chandimal Corey Anderson
Rangana Herath Ian Butler
Dimuth Karunaratne Grant Elliott
Suranga Lakmal Tom Latham
Ajantha Mendis Nathan McCullum
Thisara Perera Colin Munro
Kumar Sangakkara Rob Nicol
Lahiru Thirimanne Hamish Rutherford

ODI Series edit

All times are Indian Standard Time (IST)

1st ODI edit

10 November 2013
14:30
Scorecard
  Sri Lanka
288/8 (50 overs)
v
  New Zealand
13/1 (4.2 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 81 (114)
Kyle Mills 3/49 (9 overs)
Tom Latham 4* (16)
Lasith Malinga 1/8 (2.2 overs)
  • New Zealand won the toss & elected to field
  • Match abandoned due to rain

2nd ODI edit

12 November 2013
14:30
Scorecard
  Sri Lanka
138/1 (23 overs)
v
  New Zealand
203/6 (23 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 71* (59)
Kyle Mills 1/16 (5 overs)
Tom Latham 86 (68)
Nuwan Kulasekara 4/34 (5 overs)
New Zealand won by 4 wickets
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Ruchira Palliyaguru (SL)
Player of the match: Tom Latham
  • Sri Lanka won the toss & elected to bat

3rd ODI edit

16 November 2013
09:45
Scorecard
  Sri Lanka
211/8 (33 overs)
v
  New Zealand
126/6 (25 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 53 (50)
Nathan McCullum 2/13 (4 overs)
James Neesham 42* (46)
Rangana Herath 3/25 (6 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 36 runs (D/L)
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Ruchira Palliyaguru (SL)
Player of the match: Sachithra Senanayake
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field

Statistics edit

Batting edit

Highest runs[2]
Name Match Runs Average Highest runs
  Tillakaratne Dilshan 3 189 94.50 81
  Kumar Sangakkara 3 150 75.00 79
  Tom Latham 3 99 49.50 86
  Angelo Mathews 3 74 74.00 74*
  Luke Ronchi 3 72 36.00 49

Bowling edit

Highest wicket taker[3]
Name Match Wickets Economy Best bowling
  Nuwan Kulasekara 3 5 5.18 4/34
  Kyle Mills 3 5 5.00 3/49
  Sachithra Senanayake 3 4 5.00 2/14
  Mitchell McClenaghan 2 4 7.20 2/34
  Rangana Herath 3 3 7.55 3/25

T20 Series edit

1st T20 edit

19 November 2013
19.00
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguru (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)

2nd T20 edit

21 November 2013
19.00
Boxscore
  Sri Lanka
143/2 (17.5 overs)
v
  New Zealand
142/7 (20 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 59* (49)
Rob Nicol 1/18 (2 overs)
Luke Ronchi 34* (25)
Thisara Perera 1/13 (2 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguru (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Kusal Perera (SL)

Statistics edit

Batting edit

Highest runs[4]
Name Match Runs Average Highest runs
  Tillakaratne Dilshan 1 59 - 59*
  Kusal Perera 1 57 57.00 57
  Luke Ronchi 1 34 - 34*
  Anton Devcich 1 30 30.00 30
  Nathan McCullum 1 26 26.00 26

Bowling edit

Highest wicket taker[5]
Name Match Wickets Economy Best bowling
  Thisara Perera 1 1 6.50 1/13
  Angelo Mathews 1 1 8.50 1/17
  Rob Nicol 1 1 9.00 1/18
  Ramith Rambukwella 1 1 4.75 1/19
  Rangana Herath 1 1 6.66 1/20

References edit

  1. ^ "New Zealand in Sri Lanka 2013-14". ESPNCricinfo.
  2. ^ "Highest runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Highest runs in T20". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Most wickets in T20". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2013.