New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009

New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009
		New Zealand		Sri Lanka
Dates		18 August 2009 – 19 September 2009
Captains		Daniel Vettori		Kumar Sangakkara
Test series
Result		Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs		Daniel Vettori (272)		Thilan Samaraweera (347)
Most wickets		Daniel Vettori (10)		Muttiah Muralitharan (13)
Twenty20 series
Result		New Zealand won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs		Ross Taylor 76		Kumar Sangakkara 82
Most wickets		Jacob Oram 4		Lasith Malinga 3
Player of the series		Jesse Ryder

The New Zealand cricket team is touring Sri Lanka for a 2-match Test series and 2 Twenty20 Internationals from 7 August 2009 to 16 September 2009. In addition, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and India will play in a tri-series during this time. Subsequently Sri Lanka won the series 2–0.^[1]

Test series

1st Test

18 August – 22 August (scorecard)	Sri Lanka  452 (117.4 overs)	v	New Zealand 299 (116 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 202 runs Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) & Nigel Llong (ENG) Player of the Match: Tillakaratne Dilshan
	Thilan Samaraweera 159 (277) Chris Martin 4/77 [23]		Tim McIntosh 69 (226) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/73 [42]
	259/4d (49 overs)		210 (71.5 overs)
	Tillakaratne Dilshan 123* (208) Iain O'Brien 1/45 [8]		Daniel Vettori 67 (122) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/88 [27]
New Zealand won the toss and chose to field.

2nd Test

26 August – 30 August (scorecard)	Sri Lanka  416 (130.3 overs)	v	New Zealand 234 (77.4 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 96 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) & Nigel Llong (ENG) Player of the Match: Mahela Jayawardene
	Thilan Samaraweera 143 (240) Jeetan Patel 4/78 (20 overs)		Ross Taylor 81 (155) Rangana Herath 3/70 (34 overs)
	311/5d (85.2 overs)		397 (123.5 overs)
	Kumar Sangakkara 109 (175) Daniel Vettori 2/62 (24 overs)		Daniel Vettori 140 (189) Rangana Herath 5/139 (48 overs)
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first

Twenty20 Series

1st T20

2 September 2009 (scorecard)	New Zealand  141/8 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 138/9 (20 overs)	New Zealand won by 3 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Asoka de Silva & Kumar Dharmasena (both SRI) Player of the match: Daniel Vettori
	Ross Taylor 60 (45) Lasith Malinga 2/21 (4 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 57 (28) Jacob Oram 3/33 (4 overs)

2nd T20

4 September 2009 (scorecard)	New Zealand  170/4 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 148/8 (20 overs)	New Zealand won by 22 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Gamini Silva & Tyron Wijewardene (both SRI) Player of the match: Jesse Ryder
	Jesse Ryder 52 (37) Sanath Jayasuriya 2/22 (4 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 69 (50) Shane Bond 3/18 (4 overs)

Tour Matches

First Class:Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI v New Zealanders

7 August – 9 August (scorecard)	Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI 159 (60.4 overs)	v	New Zealanders 493 (124.3 overs)	Match Drawn Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Sena Nandiweera (both SRI)
	Dinesh Chandimal 64 (131) Daryl Tuffey 3/41 (10.4 overs)		Daniel Vettori 106 (132) Jeewan Mendis 4/91 (25 overs)
	257/6 (75 overs)
	Nadeera Nawela 64* (131) Jacob Oram 3/32 (12 overs)

First Class:Sri Lanka Cricket XI v New Zealanders

12 August – 14 August (scorecard)	New Zealanders 297 (93.3 overs)	v	Sri Lanka Cricket XI 330 (86.3 overs)	Match Drawn Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Sagara Gallage & Rohitha Kottahachchi (both SRI)
	Ross Taylor 75 (151) Seekkuge Prasanna 3/66 (28 overs)		Dinesh Chandimal 109 (234) Jeetan Patel 3/81 (25 overs)
	240/6 (70 overs)
	Ross Taylor 58 (77) Dammika Prasad 2/28 (7 overs)

List A:Sri Lanka A v New Zealanders

6 September 2009 (scorecard)	Sri Lanka A 234 (47.5 overs)	v	New Zealanders 173 (41.5 overs)	Sri Lanka A won by 61 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Dushantha Ekanayake & Prageeth Rambukwella (both SRI)
	Lahiru Thirimanne 51 (72) Daryl Tuffey 5/35 (9.5 overs)		Jacob Oram 39 (56) Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 3/36 (10 overs)

List A:Sri Lankan XI v New Zealanders

16 September 2009	Sri Lankan XI	v	New Zealanders	This match is not yet confirmed TBC

Media coverage

Television Arab Digital Distribution (live) – Middle East Ten Sports (live) – India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan

See also

Tri-Series in Sri Lanka in 2009-10

References

1. ^ Alter, Jaime (30 August 209). "Herath five-for hands Sri Lanka clean sweep". cricinfo.com. Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/slvnz2009/content/story/422685.html. Retrieved 2009-08-31.