Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Match Result: Who Won SL vs NZ 1st Test in Galle?

Sri Lanka won the first test against New Zealand in Galle by 63 runs and got a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. The Galle test match has been an exciting encounter that runs down for five days. Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first on Day 1, but was restricted to just 305 runs in the first innings by the Kiwis. New Zealand took a first-inning lead of 35 runs by scoring 340 in their first inning. In the second inning, Sri Lanka didn’t do enough and made just 309 runs. A target of 275 was set by Sri Lanka for New Zealand in the fourth inning, but the Blackcaps crumbled on the last day of the Galle Test in front of a Sri Lankan spin attack led by Prabath Jayasuriya and lost the match by 63 runs.

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Match Scorecard: SL vs NZ 1st Test, Galle

Sri Lanka Batting 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	SR	4s	6s
Pathum Nissanka	c Southee b O’Rourke	2	10	20	0	0
Dimuth Karunaratne	b Patel	83	127	65.35	6	0
Dinesh Chandimal	c Latham b O’Rourke	61	150	40.66	6	0
Angelo Mathews	c Mitchell b Patel	50	111	45.04	5	0
Kamindu Mendis	c Mitchell b O’Rourke	13	12	108.33	3	0
Dhananjaya de Silva (c)	st Blundell b Patel	40	77	51.94	4	0
Kusal Mendis	b Patel	23	30	76.66	3	0
Ramesh Mendis	lbw b Patel	1	18	5.55	0	0
Prabath Jayasuriya	c O’Rourke b Santner	11	24	45.83	2	0
Lahiru Kumara	c Williamson b Patel	0	4	0	0	0
Asitha Fernando	not out	0	7	0	0	0
Extras	(b 11, lb 8, nb 4, w 2)	25
TOTAL	94.2 Ov (RR: 3.27, 417 Mins)	309

New Zealand Bowling 1st Innings

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
William O’Rourke	17	2	49	3	2.88
Ajaz Patel	30	8	90	6	3
Mitchell Santner	14.2	2	51	1	3.55
Tim Southee	16	4	39	0	2.43
Glenn Phillips	12	1	50	0	4.16
Rachin Ravindra	5	0	11	0	2.2

New Zealand Batting 1st Innings

Batting		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Tom Latham	c sub (S Samarawickrama) b Jayasuriya	70	111	63.06	6	0
Devon Conway	lbw b RTM Mendis	17	59	28.81	1	0
Kane Williamson	c BKG Mendis b de Silva	55	104	52.88	4	1
Rachin Ravindra	b de Silva	39	48	81.25	4	0
Daryl Mitchell	run out (RTM Mendis/BKG Mendis)	57	86	66.27	7	1
Tom Blundell	c de Silva b Jayasuriya	25	65	38.46	1	1
Glenn Phillips	not out	49	48	102.08	2	5
Mitchell Santner	c BKG Mendis b Jayasuriya	2	2	100	0	0
Tim Southee (c)	b Jayasuriya	3	10	30	0	0
Ajaz Patel	lbw b RTM Mendis	6	6	100	1	0
William O’Rourke	b RTM Mendis	2	8	25	0	0
Extras	(b 8, lb 3, nb 2, w 2)	15
TOTAL	90.5 Ov (RR: 3.74)	340

Sri Lanka Bowling 1st Innings

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
Asitha Fernando	7	1	25	0	3.57
Lahiru Kumara	12	5	28	0	2.33
Dhananjaya de Silva	7	0	31	2	4.42
Ramesh Mendis	23.5	1	101	3	4.23
Prabath Jayasuriya	40	5	136	4	3.4
Kamindu Mendis	1	0	8	0	8

Sri Lanka Batting 2nd Innings

Batter		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Pathum Nissanka	c Southee b O’Rourke	2	10	20	0	0
Dimuth Karunaratne	b Patel	83	127	65.35	6	0
Dinesh Chandimal	c Latham b O’Rourke	61	150	40.66	6	0
Angelo Mathews	c Mitchell b Patel	50	111	45.04	5	0
Kamindu Mendis	c Mitchell b O’Rourke	13	12	108.33	3	0
Dhananjaya de Silva (c)	st Blundell b Patel	40	77	51.94	4	0
Kusal Mendis	b Patel	23	30	76.66	3	0
Ramesh Mendis	lbw b Patel	1	18	5.55	0	0
Prabath Jayasuriya	c O’Rourke b Santner	11	24	45.83	2	0
Lahiru Kumara	c Williamson b Patel	0	4	0	0	0
Asitha Fernando	not out	0	7	0	0	0
Extras	(b 11, lb 8, nb 4, w 2)	25
TOTAL	94.2 Ov (RR: 3.27, 417 Mins)	309

New Zealand Bowling 2nd Innings

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
William O’Rourke	17	2	49	3	2.88
Ajaz Patel	30	8	90	6	3
Mitchell Santner	14.2	2	51	1	3.55
Tim Southee	16	4	39	0	2.43
Glenn Phillips	12	1	50	0	4.16
Rachin Ravindra	5	0	11	0	2.2

New Zealand Batting 2nd Innings

Batter		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Tom Latham	lbw b de Silva	28	68	41.17	2	0
Devon Conway	b Fernando	4	7	57.14	0	0
Kane Williamson	st BKG Mendis b Jayasuriya	30	46	65.21	3	1
Rachin Ravindra	lbw b Jayasuriya	92	168	54.76	9	1
Daryl Mitchell	b RTM Mendis	8	26	30.76	1	0
Tom Blundell	b Jayasuriya	30	43	69.76	4	0
Glenn Phillips	c PHKD Mendis b Jayasuriya	4	14	28.57	0	0
Mitchell Santner	c Nissanka b RTM Mendis	2	22	9.09	0	0
Tim Southee (c)	lbw b RTM Mendis	2	9	22.22	0	0
Ajaz Patel	not out	2	22	9.09	0	0
William O’Rourke	b Jayasuriya	0	6	0	0	0
Extras	(b 6, lb 2, nb 1)	9
TOTAL	71.4 Ov (RR: 2.94)	211

Sri Lanka Bowling 2nd Innings

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
Ramesh Mendis	25	3	83	3	3.32
Asitha Fernando	2	0	5	1	2.5
Prabath Jayasuriya	30.4	7	68	5	2.21
Dhananjaya de Silva	12	4	32	1	2.66
Lahiru Kumara	2	0	15	0	7.5

Man of the Match: SL vs NZ 1st Test, Galle

The left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya was named Man of the Match for his brilliant bowling performances in both innings.

Player	Team	Bowling Figures
Prabath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	4/136 & 5/68

Most Runs: SL vs NZ 1st Test, Galle

Kamindu Mendis was the only centurion of the SL vs NZ 1st Test match. Kamindu was the leading run scorer in this match with 127 runs combined in both innings.

Player	Team	Batting Figures
Kamindu Mendis	Sri Lanka	114 & 13

Most Wickets: SL vs NZ 1st Test, Galle

Prabath Jayasuriya was the most productive bowler of the SL vs NZ test in Galle; in both innings of New Zealand, Prabhat sent back nine Kiwi batters to the pavilion.

Player	Team	Bowling Figures
Prabath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	4/136 & 5/68

Playing XIs: SL vs NZ 1st Test, Galle

Sri Lanka Playing XI

Dhananjaya de Silva (c), Kusal Mendis (wk), Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, Ramesh Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara, Asitha Fernando

New Zealand Playing XI

Tim Southee (c), Tom Blundell (wk), Tom Latham, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ajaz Patel, William ORourke

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