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ICC World Test Championship

NZ vs SL 1st Test ICC World Test Championship Live Score, Commentary, Scorecard

Hagley Oval, ChristchurchThu, 9 Mar11:00 AM LOCALTEST/5DAYCOMPLETED
NZ
373 & 285/8
(70.0 ov)
VS
SL
355 & 302
(105.3 ov)
New Zealand elected to bowl
New Zealand won by 2 wickets
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Match Info

ICC World Test Championship
Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Wed, 8 Mar, 2023
NZ won toss, elected to bowl

Head to Head

Points Table

Top Run Scorers

BatterRBSR
Kane Williamson12119462
Angelo Mathews11523549
Daryl Mitchell10219353

Top Wicket Takers

BowlerOWER
Tim Southee26.452.4
Asitha Fernando29.342.88
Matt Henry2643.08

Match Details

SeriesICC World Test Championship 2021
Match1st Test
FormatTest/5day
DateThu, 9 Mar, 2023
Time11:00 AM LOCAL, 10:00 PM GMT, 2:00 PM PT, 5:00 PM ET
VenueHagley Oval, Christchurch
TossNew Zealand won the toss and elected to bowling
ResultNew Zealand won by 2 wickets
Player of the MatchDaryl Mitchell

Format Details

Match TypeTest Match
Duration5 days
OversUnlimited
Innings4
DRS3 reviews per innings
PowerplaysNo

Venue Guide

Hagley Oval
StadiumHagley Oval
CityChristchurch
Capacity18,000
FloodlightsNo

Squads

New Zealand
Playing XI
Tom LathamWicketkeeper
Devon ConwayWicketkeeper
Kane WilliamsonBatsman
Henry NichollsBatsman
Daryl MitchellAllrounder
Tom BlundellWKWicketkeeper
Michael BracewellAllrounder
Tim SoutheeCBowler
Matt HenryBowler
Neil WagnerBowler
Blair TicknerBowler
Sri Lanka
Playing XI
Oshada FernandoBatsman
Dimuth KarunaratneCBatsman
Kusal MendisWicketkeeper
Angelo MathewsAllrounder
Dinesh ChandimalWicketkeeper
Dhananjaya de SilvaAllrounder
Niroshan DickwellaWKWicketkeeper
Kasun RajithaBowler
Asitha FernandoBowler
Lahiru KumaraBowler
Prabath JayasuriyaBowler
Bench
Chamika Karunaratne
NEWNew Zealand
New Zealand
47
played
SRISri Lanka
Sri Lanka
27won
3 drawn / NR
won17
57.4%36.2%
New Zealand · last 5WLWWL
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