New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2013–14

New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2013–14
	Sri Lanka	New Zealand
Dates	10 November 2013 – 21 November 2013
Captains	Angelo Mathews	Kyle Mills
One Day International series
Results	3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Tillakaratne Dilshan (189)	Tom Latham (99)
Most wickets	Nuwan Kulasekara (5)	Kyle Mills (5)
Player of the series	Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
Twenty20 International series
Results	Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs	Tillakaratne Dilshan (59)	Luke Ronchi (34)
Most wickets	Rob Nicol (1)	Thisara Perera (1)
Player of the series	Kusal Perera (SL)

The New Zealand cricket team competed against Sri Lanka in a tour consisting of three ODIs and two Twenty20s. It ran from 10 to 21 November 2013.

Regular New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum and former captain Ross Taylor ruled themselves out of the tour to focus on the home Test series against West Indies and India. ^[1] Kyle Mills was named as the stand-in captain.

Squads

Sri Lanka	New Zealand
Angelo Mathews (c)	Kyle Mills (c)
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Neil Broom
Mahela Jayawardene	Anton Devcich
Nuwan Kulasekara	Andrew Ellis
Lasith Malinga	Mitchell McClenaghan
Kusal Perera	Adam Milne
Ashan Priyanjan	James Neesham
Sachithra Senanayake	Luke Ronchi
Dinesh Chandimal	Corey Anderson
Rangana Herath	Ian Butler
Dimuth Karunaratne	Grant Elliott
Suranga Lakmal	Tom Latham
Ajantha Mendis	Nathan McCullum
Thisara Perera	Colin Munro
Kumar Sangakkara	Rob Nicol
Lahiru Thirimanne	Hamish Rutherford

ODI Series

All times are Indian Standard Time (IST)

1st ODI

10 November 2013 14:30 Scorecard

Sri Lanka 288/8 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 13/1 (4.2 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 81 (114) Kyle Mills 3/49 (9 overs)		Tom Latham 4* (16) Lasith Malinga 1/8 (2.2 overs)

No result Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Bruce Oxenford and Ruchira Palliyaguru

• New Zealand won the toss & elected to field
• Match abandoned due to rain

2nd ODI

12 November 2013 14:30 Scorecard

Sri Lanka 138/1 (23 overs)	v	New Zealand 203/6 (23 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 71* (59) Kyle Mills 1/16 (5 overs)		Tom Latham 86 (68) Nuwan Kulasekara 4/34 (5 overs)

New Zealand won by 4 wickets Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Ruchira Palliyaguru (SL) Player of the match: Tom Latham

• Sri Lanka won the toss & elected to bat

3rd ODI

16 November 2013 09:45 Scorecard

Sri Lanka 211/8 (33 overs)	v	New Zealand 126/6 (25 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 53 (50) Nathan McCullum 2/13 (4 overs)		James Neesham 42* (46) Rangana Herath 3/25 (6 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 36 runs (D/L) Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Ruchira Palliyaguru (SL) Player of the match: Sachithra Senanayake

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field

Statistics

Batting

Highest runs ^[2]

Name	Match	Runs	Average	Highest runs
Tillakaratne Dilshan	3	189	94.50	81
Kumar Sangakkara	3	150	75.00	79
Tom Latham	3	99	49.50	86
Angelo Mathews	3	74	74.00	74*
Luke Ronchi	3	72	36.00	49

Bowling

Highest wicket taker ^[3]

Name	Match	Wickets	Economy	Best bowling
Nuwan Kulasekara	3	5	5.18	4/34
Kyle Mills	3	5	5.00	3/49
Sachithra Senanayake	3	4	5.00	2/14
Mitchell McClenaghan	2	4	7.20	2/34
Rangana Herath	3	3	7.55	3/25

T20 Series

1st T20

19 November 2013 19.00 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	New Zealand

Match abandoned without a ball bowled Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguru (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)

2nd T20

21 November 2013 19.00 Boxscore

Sri Lanka 143/2 (17.5 overs)	v	New Zealand 142/7 (20 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 59* (49) Rob Nicol 1/18 (2 overs)		Luke Ronchi 34* (25) Thisara Perera 1/13 (2 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguru (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Kusal Perera (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• T20I debut: Ramith Rambukwella (Sri Lanka)

Statistics

Batting

Highest runs ^[4]

Name	Match	Runs	Average	Highest runs
Tillakaratne Dilshan	1	59	-	59*
Kusal Perera	1	57	57.00	57
Luke Ronchi	1	34	-	34*
Anton Devcich	1	30	30.00	30
Nathan McCullum	1	26	26.00	26

Bowling

Highest wicket taker ^[5]

Name	Match	Wickets	Economy	Best bowling
Thisara Perera	1	1	6.50	1/13
Angelo Mathews	1	1	8.50	1/17
Rob Nicol	1	1	9.00	1/18
Ramith Rambukwella	1	1	4.75	1/19
Rangana Herath	1	1	6.66	1/20

References

1. "New Zealand in Sri Lanka 2013-14". ESPNCricinfo.
2. "Highest runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
3. "Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
4. "Highest runs in T20". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
5. "Most wickets in T20". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2013.