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New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Saxton Oval, Nelson
20th January 2015
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: IJ Gould, DJ Walker
Third Umpire: NJ Llong
Match Referee: J Srinath
Match Result: New Zealand won by 4 wickets
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Dimuth Karunaratne | lbw b Tim Southee | 5 | 16 | 19 | - | - |
| 2. Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Martin Guptill b Kane Williamson | 44 | 57 | 86 | 4 | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Martin Guptill b Adam Milne | 76 | 83 | 107 | 8 | 1 |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Luke Ronchi b Corey Anderson | 94 | 82 | 103 | 9 | 3 |
| *5. Angelo Mathews | c Luke Ronchi b Adam Milne | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 6. Lahiru Thirimanne | b Mitchell McClenaghan | 19 | 31 | 54 | 1 | - |
| 7. Thisara Perera | c Brendon McCullum b Tim Southee | 5 | 6 | 15 | - | - |
| 8. Jeevan Mendis | c Daniel Vettori b Tim Southee | 12 | 10 | 16 | - | 1 |
| 9. Nuwan Kulasekara | run out (Brendon McCullum > Mitchell McClenaghan) | 4 | 7 | 14 | - | - |
| 10. Sachithra Senanayake | not out | 1 | 3 | 10 | - | - |
| 11. Rangana Herath | c Kane Williamson b Mitchell McClenaghan | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-11 (Dimuth Karunaratne), 2-113 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 3-180 (Kumar Sangakkara), 4-180 (Angelo Mathews), 5-245 (Lahiru Thirimanne), 6-253 (Mahela Jayawardene), 7-268 (Thisara Perera), 8-270 (Jeevan Mendis), 9-273 (Nuwan Kulasekara), 10-276 (Rangana Herath). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 14w, 0nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.3 ovs, 216 mins) 276 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Tim Southee | 10 | 1 | 59 | 3 | (4w,0nb) |
| Adam Milne | 7 | 0 | 28 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Mitchell McClenaghan | 9.3 | 0 | 58 | 2 | (4w,0nb) |
| Corey Anderson | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Grant Elliott | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 41 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kane Williamson | 7 | 0 | 50 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Martin Guptill | c Kumar Sangakkara b Angelo Mathews | 20 | 27 | 33 | 1 | 1 |
| *2. Brendon McCullum | c Thisara Perera b Nuwan Kulasekara | 11 | 11 | 20 | 2 | - |
| 3. Kane Williamson | b Thisara Perera | 103 | 107 | 155 | 6 | 1 |
| 4. Ross Taylor | c Kumar Sangakkara b Rangana Herath | 8 | 23 | 29 | - | - |
| 5. Grant Elliott | c Lahiru Thirimanne b Jeevan Mendis | 44 | 58 | 61 | 3 | - |
| 6. Corey Anderson | run out (Tillakaratne Dilshan > ) | 47 | 44 | 56 | 2 | 2 |
| +7. Luke Ronchi | not out | 32 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 8. Daniel Vettori | not out | 7 | 4 | 14 | 1 | - |
| 9. Tim Southee | ||||||
| 10. Adam Milne | ||||||
| 11. Mitchell McClenaghan |
| FOW | 1-24 (Brendon McCullum), 2-41 (Martin Guptill), 3-63 (Ross Taylor), 4-151 (Grant Elliott), 5-230 (Kane Williamson), 6-245 (Corey Anderson). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 7w, 0nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 48.1 ovs, 198 mins) 280 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 9 | 0 | 51 | 1 | (3w,0nb) |
| Angelo Mathews | 4 | 1 | 16 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Rangana Herath | 9 | 1 | 39 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Thisara Perera | 8 | 0 | 58 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sachithra Senanayake | 9.1 | 0 | 57 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeevan Mendis | 7 | 0 | 40 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi, Daniel Vettori, Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Mitchell McClenaghan