New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 1st Test at Dunedin, 09 Dec, 2015

Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bowl first
New Zealand 431/10 (96.1)  &  267/3 (65.4)
Sri Lanka 294/10 (117.1)  &  282/10 (95.2)
New Zealand won by 122 runs
Man of the Match: Martin Guptill
  • Nuwan Pradeep 4 * (10)

Over 4.5RAS Lakmal to Tom Latham Boundary! ...

Over 6.1 RAS Lakmal bowls a half volley to MJ Guptill, Boundary! Gets forward and drives it through cover and the ball raced away to the fence for four. 

Over 8.2 PVD Chameera bowls a good length delivery to MJ Guptill, Boundary! Gets the room to cut this squarer and birches it to sweeper cover for a boundary.

Over 17.5 Nuwan Pradeep bowls it short of length to MJ Guptill, Boundary! Gives himself room and looked to block to the off-side. The late swing catches the inside edge and skims past a diving wicket-keeper to his left

Over 18.5 HMRKB Herath bowls it short of length to MJ Guptill, Boundary!Rocks back in the crease and punches it beautifully through cover and the ball raced away to the boundary.

Over 20.1 HMRKB Herath bowls a pitched up delivery to MJ Guptill, Boundary! Gets to the pitch of the ball and smashes it straight pass the bowler for four.

Over 28.6 HMRKB Herath bowls a tossed up delivery to Tom Latham, Boundary! Goes down on his knee and sweeps it along the ground to deep square-leg fence for four.

Over 29.3 RAS Lakmal bowls it short of length to KS Williamson, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and punches it pass backward-point and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 30.6 HMRKB Herath bowls a tossed up delivery to KS Williamson, Boundary! Gets forward and goes up and over mid-on with a loft, for a one-bounce four.

Over 31.1 PVD Chameera bowls it short of length to Tom Latham, Boundary! Swivel and roll this pull down through the vacant fine leg region.

Over 31.4 PVD Chameera bowls a back of length delivery to KS Williamson, Boundary! Stays back in the crease and guides it away down to third-man fence for four.

Over 32.1 HMRKB Herath bowls a tossed up delivery to Tom Latham, Boundary! Stretching forward and nailoing the sweep to deep square leg fence for a boundary.

Over 34.5 Milinda Siriwardana bowls a tossed up delivery to KS Williamson, Boundary! Goes down and swipes his bat across to uppishly pull it between mid-wicket and long-on for four.

Over 35.3 PVD Chameera bowls it short of length to KS Williamson, Boundary! Goes back and across, pulls it through mid-wicket for four.

Over 43.3 Nuwan Pradeep bowls a good length delivery to Tom Latham, Boundary! Gets forward and went for a drive, the ball takes the outside edge and raced away to the fence.

Over 49.4 Nuwan Pradeep bowls a good length delivery to Tom Latham, Boundary! Gets forward and  flashes hard and gets a thick outside edge which flies in the gap between wide lone slip and the keeper.

Over 54.6 RAS Lakmal bowls a half volley to Tom Latham, Boundary! Leans forward and drives it beautifully between cover and extra-cover, the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 55.3 Nuwan Pradeep bowls a pitched up delivery to KS Williamson, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and loft-drives with a closed bat face over mid-on, don't bother running for those.

Over 55.6 Nuwan Pradeep bowls it short of length to Tom Latham, Boundary! Goes deep in the crease, swivels and pulls all along the ground through short fine

Over 58.6 PVD Chameera bowls a pitched up delivery to LRPL Taylor, Boundary! Goes well across the stumps and clips it down to fine-leg fence for four.

Over 60.3 PVD Chameera bowls a pitched up delivery to LRPL Taylor, Boundary! Gets forward and plays a lovely-looking straight drive, beating the valiant dive of mid-on to his left.