New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2019
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The New Zealand cricket team toured Sri Lanka in August and September 2019 to play two Test and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The Test series formed a part of the inaugural 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship.[1][2] The fixtures for the tour were confirmed in July 2019.[3] Originally, the first two T20I matches were scheduled to be played at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo,[4] but were moved to the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy.[5]
New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2019 | |||
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Sri Lanka | New Zealand | ||
Dates | 8 August – 6 September 2019 | ||
Captains |
Dimuth Karunaratne (Tests) Lasith Malinga (T20Is) |
Kane Williamson (Tests) Tim Southee (T20Is) | |
Test series | |||
Result | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
Most runs | Dimuth Karunaratne (247) | Tom Latham (229) | |
Most wickets |
Akila Dananjaya (6) Lasith Embuldeniya (6) | Ajaz Patel (9) | |
Player of the series | BJ Watling (NZ) | ||
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | New Zealand won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Kusal Mendis (105) | Colin de Grandhomme (103) | |
Most wickets | Lasith Malinga (7) |
Tim Southee (4) Mitchell Santner (4) | |
Player of the series | Tim Southee (NZ) |
Sri Lanka Cricket named a twenty-two man squad for the Test series,[6] which was trimmed down to the final fifteen cricketers.[7] The Test series was drawn 1–1, with Sri Lanka winning the first match and New Zealand winning the second.[8]
In the third and final T20I match, Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga became the first bowler to take 100 wickets in Twenty20 International cricket.[9] Malinga took a hat-trick, and four wickets with four balls, in the third over of his spell.[10] He was the first bowler to take four wickets in four consecutive balls twice in international cricket, after previously doing so against South Africa in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[11] He also became the first bowler to take five hat-tricks across all formats of international cricket.[12] Sri Lanka won the match, though New Zealand won the T20I series 2–1.[13]