New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test 17 March 2023

2nd Test • Wellington

NZ

580/4d (123)

SL

164 & 358/10 (142)

NZ won by an inning and 58 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Henry Nicholls

200(240)

NZ 1st

SL 1st

SL 2nd

Info

New Zealand 1st Innings

580/4d (123)

Batters

R

B

4s

6s

SR

21

73

0

0

28.77

c Jayasuriya b Rajitha

78

108

13

0

72.22

c & b Silva

Kane Williamson

215

296

23

2

72.64

c (sub Mendis) b Jayasuriya

200

240

15

4

83.33

Not out

17

12

1

1

141.67

c & b Rajitha

17

17

2

0

100.00

Not out

Extras

32

(B: 2, LB: 17, NB: 8, W: 5)

TOTAL

(123 Ov, RR: 4.72)

580/4

54

7

Did not Bat

Michael Bracewell, Doug Bracewell, Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Blair Tickner

Bowlers

O

M

R

W

ER

EXT

32

6

126

2

3.94

6

Asitha Fernando

26

6

110

0

4.23

3

25

1

164

0

6.56

3

Dhananjaya de Silva

19

3

75

1

3.95

1

Prabath Jayasuriya

21

1

86

1

4.10

0

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

c Jayasuriya b Rajitha

1-87

25.1

c & b Silva

2-118

35.4

Kane Williamson

c (sub Mendis) b Jayasuriya

3-481

112.6

c & b Rajitha

4-530

117.4

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

164/10 (66.5)

Batters

R

B

4s

6s

SR

Oshada Fernando

6

32

0

0

18.75

c Blundell b Henry

Dimuth Karunaratne

(C)

89

188

9

0

47.34

c Latham b Bracewell

0

10

0

0

0.00

c Conway b Bracewell

Prabath Jayasuriya

4

17

1

0

23.53

c Mitchell b Southee

1

10

0

0

10.00

c Blundell b Henry

Dinesh Chandimal

37

92

4

0

40.22

st Blundell b Bracewell

Dhananjaya de Silva

0

6

0

0

0.00

c Southee b Bracewell

Nishan Madushka

19

31

3

0

61.29

c Bracewell b Henry

0

9

0

0

0.00

runout (Bracewell / Latham)

1

4

0

0

25.00

Not out

Asitha Fernando

0

3

0

0

0.00

c Williamson b Tickner

Extras

7

(B: 4, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 1)

TOTAL

(66.5 Ov, RR: 2.45)

164/10

17

0

Bowlers

O

M

R

W

ER

EXT

15

6

22

1

1.47

0

20

6

44

3

2.20

1

12

7

19

1

1.58

1

Michael Bracewell

12

1

50

3

4.17

0

6.5

1

21

1

3.07

0

1

0

3

0

3.00

0

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Oshada Fernando

c Blundell b Henry

1-13

9.1

c Conway b Bracewell

2-18

12.3

Prabath Jayasuriya

c Mitchell b Southee

3-27

19.1

c Blundell b Henry

4-34

22.1

Dinesh Chandimal

st Blundell b Bracewell

5-114

51.4

Dhananjaya de Silva

c Southee b Bracewell

6-116

53.3

Nishan Madushka

c Bracewell b Henry

7-156

62.5

runout (Bracewell / Latham)

8-163

65.2

Dimuth Karunaratne

c Latham b Bracewell

9-163

65.4

Asitha Fernando

c Williamson b Tickner

10-164

66.5

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

358/10 (142)

Batters

R

B

4s

6s

SR

Oshada Fernando

5

36

0

0

13.89

c (sub Young) b Bracewell

Dimuth Karunaratne

(C)

51

83

4

0

61.45

c Conway b Southee

50

106

8

0

47.17

c Williamson b Henry

2

44

0

0

4.55

c Bracewell b Tickner

Dinesh Chandimal

62

92

8

0

67.39

c Bracewell b Tickner

Dhananjaya de Silva

98

185

12

1

52.97

c Nicholls b Bracewell

Nishan Madushka

39

93

4

1

41.94

c Henry b Tickner

20

110

1

0

18.18

c Williamson b Southee

Prabath Jayasuriya

2

45

0

0

4.44

c Tickner b Bracewell

7

45

1

0

15.56

c Bracewell b Southee

Asitha Fernando

0

15

0

0

0.00

Not out

Extras

22

(B: 0, LB: 6, NB: 2, W: 14)

TOTAL

(142 Ov, RR: 2.52)

358/10

38

2

Bowlers

O

M

R

W

ER

EXT

27

13

51

3

1.91

0

29

8

59

1

2.03

1

Michael Bracewell

42

14

100

2

2.38

1

18

3

58

1

3.22

6

26

6

84

3

3.20

6

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Oshada Fernando

c (sub Young) b Bracewell

1-26

12.4

Dimuth Karunaratne

c Conway b Southee

2-97

31.1

c Williamson b Henry

3-113

43.6

c Bracewell b Tickner

4-116

46.1

Dinesh Chandimal

c Bracewell b Tickner

5-242

76.2

Nishan Madushka

c Henry b Tickner

6-318

105.4

Dhananjaya de Silva

c Nicholls b Bracewell

7-318

106.3

Prabath Jayasuriya

c Tickner b Bracewell

8-338

122.3

c Bracewell b Southee

9-354

137.1

c Williamson b Southee

10-358

141.6

Match Info

Date & Time

17 Mar, 03:30 AM IST

Venue

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Match

2nd Test,

Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand

Umpires

Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand), Richard Illingworth (England), Michael Gough(England, TV)

Referee

Richie Richardson(West Indies)

Toss

Sri Lanka elected to bowl

0 1 0 0 0 0

Over 139

Runs: 1

0 0 0 0 0 0

Over 140

Runs: 0

wd 0 0 0 0 0 0

Over 141

Runs: 0

0 0 0 0 0 W

Over 142

Runs: 0

All Overs

Player of the Match Henry Nicholls

200(240)

Commentary

So, with that, we come to the end of this pulsating series between New Zealand and Sri Lanka! New Zealand wrap the series up but the score line can flatter to deceive as Sri Lanka were highly impressive in both the Tests. Just that they could not win those crucial moments to stay alive in and win the series. That will be all from the Basin Reserve in Wellington. Do join us for the ODI series between these teams that starts on 25 March, Saturday. This is the pair of Bidipto and Divyansh taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!

New Zealand win by an innings and 58 runs, and they take the series 2-0.

New Zealand: 580-4 dec beat
Sri Lanka: 164 and 358 (f/o)

Dhananjaya de Silva 98 (185) | Dinesh Chandimal 62 (92)
Tim Southee 3/51 (27.0) | Blair Tickner 3/84 (26.0)

Player of the Match: Henry Nicholls
Player of the Series: Kane Williamson

After a disappointing start to the session for Sri Lanka with the loss of Dhananjaya de Silva's wicket, some dogged resistance from the tail inspired hopes of perhaps a miraculous save!

Kasun Rajitha was the man holding fort from one end against all the bowlers. His solid defence and intelligent leaves kept New Zealand at bay for 110 deliveries! He was ably supported in his work by Prabath Jayasuriya first and then Lahiru Kumara, who played out 45 balls each to frustrate the Blackcaps.

The New Zealand pacers were feeling the effect of having to bowl well over 200 overs in this innings. The legs were tiring. But the short balls kept coming to keep the opposition batters pegged back on the crease. Michael Bracewell from the other end, chipped away with two important wickets.

Conditions were blustery as the Wellington wind kept picking up from time to time. But somehow, the Sri Lankan tail managed to play out over 180 minutes losing nine wickets. New Zealand lost all three of their reviews as well!

New Zealand did take the additional half-an-hour but light started to come in question. With the light meter out, the umpires deemed it fit for the pacers to continue.

Asitha Fernando, like his fellow Sri Lankan bowlers, put up a solid resistance of his own to try and deny New Zealand victory tonight. The weather for tomorrow was not the best with rain looming large right through the day.

But Tim Southee, the New Zealand skipper, was there to finish the job! He finally found the outside edge of Kasun Rajitha's bat to carry to second slip and the steely resolve from the Sri Lankan quick was broken! Southee accounted for the wicket of Kumara too.

142

overs

358 /10 score

0

0

0

0

0

W

runs

Kasun Rajitha *

20 (110)

Asitha Fernando

0 (15)

Tim Southee

3 /50

141.6 Tim Southee to Kasun Rajitha, THAT IS THAT! THE MATCH IS NEW ZEALAND'S FINALLY AND TODAY ITSELF! Slightly short outside off. Rajitha tries to tap it away to backward point on the back foot. But it takes the outside edge and flies to the left of second slip. Kane Williamson does really well to pull off a sharp catch and with that, the resistance from Kasun Rajitha ends! New Zealand win the Test series 2-0!

Kasun Rajitha c Kane Williamson b Tim Southee 20 (110b, 1x4, 0x6)

141.5 Tim Southee to Kasun Rajitha, fuller outside off from wide of the crease. Rajitha leaves this nicely from the front foot.

141.4 Tim Southee to Kasun Rajitha, over the wicket, good length ball outside off. Pushed down to backward point from the back foot.

141.3 Tim Southee to Kasun Rajitha, short down the leg-side. Rajitha steps inside the line to leave it alone.

141.2 Tim Southee to Kasun Rajitha, good length ball on middle. Rajitha stays back but blocks it to short mi-wicket with the straight bat.

141.1 Tim Southee to Kasun Rajitha, short at the body. It hits Rajitha on the chest guard as he takes the hands away from that line on the back foot.

Southee took a review but they lost it again and they have none left now. We are done with the scheduled overs for the day, but the umpires allow an extra 30 minutes. They only have 10-15 minutes though as bad light might come into play.