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. The fixtures for the tour were confirmed in July 2019. Originally, the first two T20I matches were scheduled to be played at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo, but were moved to the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy.
Sri Lanka Cricket named a twenty-two man squad for the Test series, which was trimmed down to the final fifteen cricketers. The Test series was drawn 1–1, with Sri Lanka winning the first match and New Zealand winning the second.
In the third and final T20I match, Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga became the first bowler to take 100 wickets in Twenty20 International cricket. Malinga took a hat-trick, and four wickets with four balls, in the third over of his spell. 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. He also became the first bowler to take five hat-tricks across all formats of international cricket. Sri Lanka won the match, though New Zealand won the T20I series 2–1.
Squads TestsT20Is Dimuth Karunaratne (c) Dinesh Chandimal Dhananjaya de Silva Akila Dananjaya Niroshan Dickwella (wk) Lasith Embuldeniya Oshada Fernando Vishwa Fernando Lahiru Kumara Suranga Lakmal Angelo Mathews Kusal Mendis Dilruwan Perera Kusal Perera Lakshan Sandakan Lahiru Thirimanne Kane Williamson (c) Todd Astle Tom Blundell Trent Boult Colin de Grandhomme Tom Latham Henry Nicholls Ajaz Patel Jeet Raval Mitchell Santner William Somerville Tim Southee Ross Taylor Neil Wagner BJ Watling (wk) Lasith Malinga (c) Niroshan Dickwella (vc, wk) Akila Dananjaya Avishka Fernando Danushka Gunathilaka Wanindu Hasaranga Shehan Jayasuriya Lahiru Kumara Lahiru Madushanka Kusal Mendis Kusal Perera Kasun Rajitha Lakshan Sandakan Dasun Shanaka Isuru Udana Tim Southee (c) Todd Astle Tom Bruce Colin de Grandhomme Lockie Ferguson Martin Guptill Scott Kuggeleijn Daryl Mitchell Colin Munro Seth Rance Hamish Rutherford Mitchell Santner Tim Seifert (wk) Ish Sodhi Ross Taylor
Dilruwan Perera was added to Sri Lanka's squad for the second Test. Lockie Ferguson was ruled out of New Zealand's T20I squad with a fractured thumb. Hamish Rutherford was added to New Zealand's T20I squad for the third match, after Martin Guptill was ruled out of the final fixture due to injury.
Tour matches Three-day match: Sri Lanka Board Presidents XI vs New Zealand
Twenty-over match: Sri Lanka Board Presidents XI vs New Zealand
Test series 1st Test
2nd Test
T20I series 1st T20I
2nd T20I
3rd T20I
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo