The Sri Lanka cricket team toured New Zealand in December 2015 and January 2016 to play two Test matches, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).
New Zealand won the Test series 2–0, the ODI series 3–1 and the T20I series 2–0. With the T20I defeat, Sri Lanka lost their number one spot in the T20I rankings after 16 months.
Squads TestsODIsT20Is Brendon McCullum (c) Ross Taylor (vc) Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Mark Craig Martin Guptill Tom Latham Tim Southee BJ Watling (wk) Kane Williamson Mitchell Santner Neil Wagner Angelo Mathews (c) Dushmantha Chameera Dinesh Chandimal (wk) Rangana Herath Udara Jayasundera Dimuth Karunaratne Suranga Lakmal Kusal Mendis (wk) Dilruwan Perera Kusal Perera Nuwan Pradeep Dhammika Prasad Milinda Siriwardana Jeffrey Vandersay Kithuruwan Vithanage Vishwa Fernando Kaushal Silva (wk) Brendon McCullum (c) Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Martin Guptill Tom Latham Matt Henry Mitchell McClenaghan Adam Milne Henry Nicholls Luke Ronchi (wk) Mitchell Santner Ish Sodhi Tim Southee Ross Taylor Kane Williamson George Worker Angelo Mathews (c) Dushmantha Chameera Dinesh Chandimal (wk) Tillakaratne Dilshan Danushka Gunathilaka Chamara Kapugedera Suranga Lakmal Lasith Malinga Ajantha Mendis Kusal Perera Thisara Perera Nuwan Pradeep Dhammika Prasad Sachithra Senanayake Milinda Siriwardana Lahiru Thirimanne Jeffrey Vandersay Nuwan Kulasekara Kane Williamson (c) Corey Anderson Trent Boult Grant Elliott Martin Guptill Matt Henry Mitchell McClenaghan Adam Milne Colin Munro Luke Ronchi (wk) Mitchell Santner Ish Sodhi Tim Southee Ross Taylor Lasith Malinga (c) Dinesh Chandimal (c) (wk) Dushmantha Chameera Tillakaratne Dilshan Shehan Jayasuriya Chamara Kapugedera Nuwan Kulasekara Angelo Mathews Kusal Perera (wk) Thisara Perera Sachithra Senanayake Milinda Siriwardana Isuru Udana Jeffrey Vandersay Kithuruwan Vithanage Danushka Gunathilaka Suranga Lakmal
Vishwa Fernando was added to Sri Lanka's Test squad as a replacement for Dhammika Prasad after Prasad sustained a back injury in a tour match. Nuwan Kulasekara was named as Prasad's replacement in the ODI squad. Kaushal Silva was added to Sri Lanka's Test squad for Kusal Perera after Kusal tested positive for a banned substance due to suspect in doping violation by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Lasith Malinga was originally named as the T20I captain for Sri Lanka, but suffered a knee injury and was replaced by Dinesh Chandimal. Danushka Gunathilaka and Suranga Lakmal were also added to Sri Lanka's T20I squad. Trent Boult returned for the final ODI in place of Matt Henry while George Worker was dropped. Tim Southee was ruled out of the T20I series because of a foot injury and was replaced by Matt Henry.
Tour match
Three Day: New Zealand Cricket Board President's XI vs Sri Lankans
Test series
1st Test
2nd Test
ODI series
1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI
T20I series
1st T20I
2nd T20I
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo