1st Test New Zealand v Sri Lanka ends in draw as rain curtails play on 5th day

by Alastair Symondson Wednesday 19 December 2018

Tom Latham - Player of the Match

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Only 13 overs were possible on the final day of play in the 1^st Test, because of the rain showers and the match was called off with Sri Lanka 287-3. Tom Latham was adjudged the player of the match for his unbeaten career-best 264.

Match Summary

Sri Lanka 282 – (Dimuth Karunaratne 79, Angelo Mathews 83, Niroshan Dickwella 73*; Tim Southee 6-68) and 287-3 ( Angelo Mathews 120*, Kusal Mendis 141*)

New Zealand – 578 (Tom Latham 264*, Kane Williamson 91, Ross Taylor 50, Henry Nicholls 50 ; Lahiru Kumara 4-127)

Result – Match Drawn

Scorecard

Only 13 overs of play were possible on Day 5, but Mathews and Mendis held out and were unbeaten on 120 and 141 respectively as the #NZvSL Test ended in a draw.

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— ICC (@ICC) December 19, 2018

New Zealand - Jeet Raval, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling(wk), Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Ajaz Patel, Trent Boult

Sri Lanka - Dimuth Karunaratne, Danushka Gunathilaka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal(c), Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella(wk), Dilruwan Perera, Suranga Lakmal, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara

1st Test New Zealand v Sri Lanka ends in draw as rain curtails play on 5th day

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Match Summary

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1st Test New Zealand v Sri Lanka ends in draw as rain curtails play on 5th day

Only 13 overs were possible on the final day of play in the 1st Test, because of the rain showers and the match was called off with Sri Lanka 287-3. Tom Latham was adjudged the player of the match for his unbeaten career-best 264.

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Only 13 overs were possible on the final day of play in the 1^st Test, because of the rain showers and the match was called off with Sri Lanka 287-3. Tom Latham was adjudged the player of the match for his unbeaten career-best 264.