New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2024–25 | |||
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Sri Lanka | New Zealand | ||
Dates | 18 September – November 2024 | ||
Captains | Dhananjaya de Silva (Tests) | Tim Southee (Tests) | |
Test series | |||
Result | Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
Most runs | Kamindu Mendis (309) | Rachin Ravindra (153) | |
Most wickets | Prabath Jayasuriya (18) |
William O'Rourke (8) Ajaz Patel (8) | |
Player of the series | Prabath Jayasuriya (SL) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Twenty20 International series |
The New Zealand cricket team toured Sri Lanka in September and then are scheduled to tour again in November 2024 to play the Sri Lanka cricket team.[1][2] The tour consists of two Test, three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[3] The Test series formed part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship.[4][5] In November 2023, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced its international calendar for 2024 and confirmed the bilateral series.[6] New Zealand last toured Sri Lanka in 2019.
On 23 August 2024, SLC announced that, the first Test will be played across six days, with a rest day set for 21 September, due to the Presidential Election.[7]
Sri Lanka's first-innings total of 602 for 5 in the second Test was their first 500-plus total against New Zealand in the format. With that accomplishment they also became the first team in Test cricket with 600-plus totals against nine opponents.[8]
Ahead of the second Test, Sri Lanka drafted in Nishan Peiris as a replacement for Vishwa Fernando, who had a leg injury.[11]
18–23 September 2024
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Rank | Runs | Player | Teams | Innings | Average | High Score | 100 | 50 |
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1 | 309 | Kamindu Mendis | 3 | 154.50 | 182* | 2 | 0 | |
2 | 207 | Dinesh Chandimal | 3 | 69.00 | 116 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | 179 | Kusal Mendis | 89.50 | 106* | ||||
4 | 174 | Angelo Mathews | 58.00 | 88 | 0 | 2 | ||
5 | 153 | Rachin Ravindra | 4 | 38.25 | 92 | 1 | ||
Last Updated: 30 September 2024[15] |
Rank | Wickets | Player | Teams | Innings | Best | Average | Economy | 5w |
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1 | 18 | Prabath Jayasuriya | 4 | 6/42 | 21.38 | 3.13 | 2 | |
2 | 9 | Nishan Peiris | 2 | 6/170 | 22.55 | 3.94 | 1 | |
3 | 8 | Will O'Rourke | 3 | 5/55 | 23.12 | 3.50 | ||
Ajaz Patel | 6/90 | 35.62 | 3.13 | |||||
5 | 6 | Ramesh Mendis | 2 | 3/83 | 30.66 | 3.76 | 0 | |
Last Updated: 30 September 2024[16] |