Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by an innings & 154 runs with more than 04 sessions to spare, Win the 02 match series 2 – 0
ICC World Test Championship – New Zealand Men’s Tour of Sri Lanka 2024 – 02nd Test – Galle, Southern Province, Sri Lanka – concluded on the 04th Day
Sri Lanka electing to bat, 602 / 5 dec. – ( 163.4 Overs ) Kamindu Mendis 182no ( 4×6, 16×4, 250 balls ) – career best – Dinesh Chandimal 116 ( 15×4, 208 balls ), Kusal Mendis 106no ( 3×6, 6×4, 149 balls ), Angelo Mathews 88, Dimuth Karunaratne 46, Skipper Dhananjaya De Silva 44,Extras 19 – Dimuth Karunaratne / Dinesh Chandimal 122 runs for the 02nd wicket, Dinesh Chandimal / Angelo Mathews 97 runs for the 03rd wicket, Angelo Mathews / Kamindu Mendis 107 runs for the 04th wicket, Kamindu Mendis / Dhananjaya De Silva 74 runs for the 05th wicket, Kamindu Mendis / Kusal Mendis 200 runs unbroken for the 06th wicket – Glenn Phillips 3 / 141, Thomas Blundell 02 victims.
New Zealand in reply, 88 all out – ( 39.5 Overs ) Mitchell Santner 29, Daryl Mitchell 13, Rachin Ravindra 10 – lost the first 07 wickets for the addition of 51 runs – Mitchell Santner / William O’Rourke 20 runs for the last wicket – the last 03 wickets fell for the addition of 22 runs – Prabath Jayasuriya 6 / 42, Nishan Peiris 3 / 33 – on debut – Skipper
Dhananjaya De Silva 05 catches – career best – following on 360 all out – ( 81.4 Overs ) Glenn Phillips 78, Mitchell Santner 67, Devon Conway 61, Thomas Blundell 60, Kane Williamson 46, Ajaz Patel 22 – Devon Conway / Kane Williamson 97 runs for the 02nd wicket – lost the next 04 wickets for the addition of 24 runs – Thomas Blundell / Glenn Phillips 95 runs for the 06th wicket, Glenn Phillips / Mitchell Santner 64 runs for the 07th wicket, Mitchell Santner / Ajaz Patel 53 runs for the 09th wicket – Nishan Peiris 6 / 170 – on debut – Prabath Jayasuriya 3 / 139, Pathum Nissanka 02 catches.
Player of the Match : Kamindu Mendis – Sri Lanka
Player of the Series : Prabath Jayasuriya – Sri Lanka
Most Runs
309 : Kamindu Mendis – Sri Lanka
207 : Dinesh Chandimal – Sri Lanka
Best Batting
182no : Kamindu Mendis – Sri Lanka
116 : Dinesh Chandimal – Sri Lanka
106no : Kusal Mendis – Sri Lanka
Most Wickets
18 : Prabath Jayasuriya – Sri Lanka
09 : Nishan Peiris – Sri Lanka
08 : William O’Rourke – New Zealand
08 : Ajaz Patel – New Zealand
Most Catches
06 : Dhananjaya De Silva – Sri Lanka
04 : Pathum Nissanka – Sri Lanka
03 : Daryl Mitchell – New Zealand
Best Fielding
05ct : Dhananjaya De Silva – Sri Lanka
Most Dismissals
05 vic ( 04ct, 01st ) : Thomas Blundell – New Zealand
04 vic ( 02ct, 02 st ) : Kusal Mendis – Sri Lanka
Highest Partnerships
200 runs unbroken for the 06th wicket : Kamindu Mendis / Kusal Mendis ( Sri Lanka )
147 runs for the 02nd wicket : Dimuth Karunaratne / Dinesh Chandimal ( Sri Lanka )
122 runs for the 02nd wicket : Dimuth Karunaratne / Dinesh Chandimal ( Sri Lanka )
Highest Total
602 / 5 dec – ( 163.4 Overs ) : Sri Lanka
Lowest Total
88 all out – ( 39.5 Overs ) : New Zealand