1st Test: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Mar 9-13, 2023

New Zealand won by 2 wickets

Sri Lanka - 355/10 92.4/0.0 ov RR: 3.83

New Zealand - 373/10 107.3/0.0 ov RR: 3.46

Sri Lanka - 302/10 105.3/0.0 ov RR: 2.86

New Zealand - 285/8 70.0/0.0 ov CRR: 4.07

SL Innings SL Inns
NZ Innings NZ Inns
SL Innings SL Inns
NZ Innings NZ Inns

Batsmen Sri Lanka Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Oshada Fernando BOP Fernando c †Blundell b Southee	13	31	2	0	41.93
Dimuth Karunaratne Karunaratne c Latham b Henry	50	87	7	0	57.47
Kusal Mendis Mendis lbw b Southee	87	83	16	0	104.81
Angelo Mathews Mathews c Mitchell b Henry	47	98	6	1	47.95
Dinesh Chandimal Chandimal c Latham b Southee	39	64	6	0	60.93
Dhananjaya de Silva de Silva c †Blundell b Southee	46	59	5	1	77.96
Niroshan Dickwella Dickwella lbw b Bracewell	7	13	1	0	53.84
Kasun Rajitha Rajitha c Williamson b Henry	22	39	4	0	56.41
Prabath Jayasuriya Jayasuriya c †Blundell b Henry	13	40	0	0	32.50
Lahiru Kumara Kumara not out	13	32	2	0	40.62
Asitha Fernando AM Fernando lbw b Southee	10	10	2	0	100.00
Extras (lb 6,wd 2)	8
Total (all out, 92.4 overs)	355

Fall of wickets

Bowlers New Zealand Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	Dots
Tim Southee Southee	26.4	10	64	5	2.40	131
Matt Henry Henry	26.0	8	80	4	3.07	123
Blair Tickner Tickner	20.0	2	103	0	5.15	78
Neil Wagner Wagner	10.0	1	68	0	6.80	37
Daryl Mitchell Mitchell	7.0	3	17	0	2.42	33
Michael Bracewell Bracewell	3.0	0	17	1	5.66	11

Batsmen New Zealand Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Latham Latham b AM Fernando	67	144	7	0	46.52
Devon Conway Conway lbw b AM Fernando	30	88	2	0	34.09
Kane Williamson Williamson c Karunaratne b Kumara	1	11	0	0	9.09
Henry Nicholls Nicholls c Rajitha b Kumara	2	6	0	0	33.33
Daryl Mitchell Mitchell c †Dickwella b Kumara	102	193	6	2	52.84
Tom Blundell Blundell c †Dickwella b Rajitha	7	22	0	0	31.81
Michael Bracewell Bracewell c †Dickwella b Jayasuriya	25	57	2	0	43.85
Tim Southee Southee c Kumara b Rajitha	25	20	3	1	125.00
Matt Henry Henry b AM Fernando	72	75	10	3	96.00
Neil Wagner Wagner c de Silva b AM Fernando	27	24	1	3	112.50
Blair Tickner Tickner not out	2	5	0	0	40.00
Extras (b 4,lb 6,wd 3)	13
Total (all out, 107.3 overs)	373

Fall of wickets

Bowlers Sri Lanka Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	Dots
Kasun Rajitha Rajitha	31.0	10	104	2	3.35	139
Asitha Fernando AM Fernando	29.3	5	85	4	2.88	134
Lahiru Kumara Kumara	25.0	5	76	3	3.04	112
Dhananjaya de Silva de Silva	9.0	2	34	0	3.77	38
Angelo Mathews Mathews	3.0	0	18	0	6.00	9
Prabath Jayasuriya Jayasuriya	10.0	1	46	1	4.60	37

Batsmen Sri Lanka Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Oshada Fernando BOP Fernando c †Blundell b Tickner	28	52	4	0	53.84
Dimuth Karunaratne Karunaratne c Nicholls b Tickner	17	45	1	0	37.77
Kusal Mendis Mendis c Bracewell b Tickner	14	55	1	0	25.45
Angelo Mathews Mathews c †Blundell b Henry	115	235	11	0	48.93
Prabath Jayasuriya Jayasuriya c †Blundell b Tickner	6	32	0	0	18.75
Dinesh Chandimal Chandimal b Southee	42	107	2	0	39.25
Dhananjaya de Silva de Silva not out	47	73	7	0	64.38
Niroshan Dickwella Dickwella c †Blundell b Henry	0	4	0	0	0.00
Kasun Rajitha Rajitha lbw b Henry	14	21	2	0	66.66
Lahiru Kumara Kumara run out (Williamson/Henry)	8	6	2	0	133.33
Asitha Fernando AM Fernando c Williamson b Southee	0	3	0	0	0.00
Extras (b 4,lb 3,wd 4)	11
Total (all out, 105.3 overs)	302

Fall of wickets

Bowlers New Zealand Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	Dots
Tim Southee Southee	26.3	9	57	2	2.15	133
Matt Henry Henry	28.0	5	71	3	2.53	126
Blair Tickner Tickner	28.0	1	100	4	3.57	113
Neil Wagner Wagner	3.0	0	9	0	3.00	13
Daryl Mitchell Mitchell	12.0	2	31	0	2.58	50
Michael Bracewell Bracewell	8.0	1	27	0	3.37	26

Batsmen New Zealand Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Latham Latham b Jayasuriya	24	80	3	0	30.00
Devon Conway Conway c & b Rajitha	5	16	0	0	31.25
Kane Williamson Williamson not out	121	194	11	1	62.37
Henry Nicholls Nicholls c Mendis b Jayasuriya	20	24	1	0	83.33
Daryl Mitchell Mitchell b AM Fernando	81	86	3	4	94.18
Tom Blundell Blundell b AM Fernando	3	5	0	0	60.00
Michael Bracewell Bracewell c sub (C Karunaratne) b AM Fernando	10	11	1	0	90.90
Tim Southee Southee c de Silva b Kumara	1	2	0	0	50.00
Matt Henry Henry run out (Rajitha/AM Fernando)	4	3	0	0	133.33
Neil Wagner Wagner not out	0	0	0	0	-
Blair Tickner Tickner	-	-	-	-	-
Extras (b 5,lb 4,nb 1,wd 6)	16
Total (8 wickets, 70.0 overs)	285

Fall of wickets

Bowlers Sri Lanka Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	Dots
Kasun Rajitha Rajitha	17.0	5	60	1	3.52	73
Asitha Fernando AM Fernando	19.0	4	63	3	3.31	74
Prabath Jayasuriya Jayasuriya	19.0	1	92	2	4.84	66
Lahiru Kumara Kumara	15.0	3	61	1	4.06	52

TA Blundell Tom Blundell WKT
MG Bracewell Michael Bracewell
DP Conway Devon Conway
MJ Henry Matt Henry
TWM Latham Tom Latham
DJ Mitchell Daryl Mitchell
HM Nicholls Henry Nicholls
TG Southee Tim Southee CPT
BM Tickner Blair Tickner
N Wagner Neil Wagner
KS Williamson Kane Williamson

LD Chandimal Dinesh Chandimal
DM de Silva Dhananjaya de Silva
N Dickwella Niroshan Dickwella WKT
AM Fernando Asitha Fernando
BOP Fernando Oshada Fernando
NGRP Jayasuriya Prabath Jayasuriya
FDM Karunaratne Dimuth Karunaratne CPT
CBRLS Kumara Lahiru Kumara
AD Mathews Angelo Mathews
BKG Mendis Kusal Mendis
CAK Rajitha Kasun Rajitha

Series: ICC World Test Championship
Toss: New Zealand
Venue: Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Hours of play (local time): 11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00