2015-16 New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka Second Test @Seddon Park,Hamilton Dec 18-22,2015

 

2-Match Test Series Result

First Test @ University Oval,Dunedin Dec 10-14,2015
Scorecard
New Zealand 431 and 267/3 Declared
SL  294 and 282(Target 405 Runs)
Match Result - New Zealand won by 122 runs
MOM -Martin Guptill(NZ)for his 156(234 Balls 4x21)and 46(82 Balls 4x5 and 6x1)
Series Result -  New Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0

Second Test @ Hamilton Dec 18-20,2015
Scorecard
Sri Lanka - 292 and 133
New Zealand -  237 and 189/5 in 54.3 Overs(Target 189 Runs)
Match Result - New Zealand won by 5 Wickets
MOM - Kane Williamson for his 108* (164 Balls 4x12 and 6x1)in the 2nd innings
Series Result - New Zealand won the 2-match series 2-0

 

NZ Vs SL 2n Test @ Hamilton Day One Friday Dec 18,2015

NZ won the Toss and chose to field

NZ Captain Brendon McCullum took the field for his 99th Test in this match, going past de Villiers' record of 98

Brendon McCullum also made his Test Debut in Hamilton

The record of playing most consecutive Tests at any stage of a career is 153 by Allan Border

NZ Vs SL 2n Test @ Hamilton Day Four Monday Dec 21,2015 

Kane Williamson stroked his fifth century in 2015 and his 13th overall as New Zealand completed a 2-0 sweep over Sri Lanka in Hamilton on Monday Dec 21,2015

 

Kane Williamson ended 108 not out after resuming at 78 as New Zealand progressed from 142-5 overnight to reach its winning target of 189 after only 55 minute play on the fourth morning of a match which saw dramatic changes of fortune.

Kane Williamson had the composure to lead New Zealand home Monday when a further loss of wicket might have made its task an anxious one. His century, which came in 227 minutes from 152 balls was the 13th of his career and the fifth in a calendar year in which he score 1,172 runs in test — a record for a New Zealander. 

Both teams seemed to squander winning positions before New Zealand finally edged to brink of victory by the end of the third day Sunday on which 16 wickets fell.

Sri Lanka, which led by 55 runs on the first innings after losing an influential toss, had made its way to 71-0 in its second innings to take command of the match when it suffered a catastrophic collapse, losing all 10 wickets for 62 runs to be out for 133

That left New Zealand needing only 189 to win but the home side's batsmen showed the same recklessness as Sri Lanka's and it stumbled to 142-5, having lost almost all of its top order, before Kane Williamson asserted himself and took control at close of play on Day Three Sunday Dec 20,2015

 Scorecard

New Zealand - 237 and 189/5 in 54.3 Overs(Target 189 Runs)

Sri Lanka -  292 and 133

Match Result - New Zealand won by 5 wickets 

MOM - Kane Williamson for his 108*(164 Balls 4x12 and 6x1)in the 2nd innings

 

Kane Williamson's Records

• It was his fifth century of the year - a Kiwi record - and he set another for most NZ runs in a calendar year.

• He has now made 13 centuries in his 46 Tests, finished the series with 268 runs at an average of 89

 

Series Result - New Zealand won the 2-match series 2-0

 

 11Test victories for New Zealand under Brendon McCullum's captaincy - joint 2nd highest behind Stephen Fleming's 28 wins in 80 Tests. McCullum has 11 victories in 29 Tests and Geoff Howarth also had 11 wins, in 30 Tests 

13 Number of consecutive home Tests without a defeat for New Zealand. Their last loss at home was against South Africa, by nine wickets in Hamilton in 2012

5 Test centuries by Williamson in 2015 -joint highest with Steven Smith. Williamson averages 90.15 in Tests this year aggregating 1172 runs in 16 innings. His average is the best among all 500-plus run-scorers this year. His tally is the highest by a New Zealand batsman in a year, going past McCullum's 1164 runs in same number of innings in 2014

Martin Crowe(17) has scored more centuries in Test than Kane Williams(13) 

Kane Williamson is tied with his team-mate Ross Taylor who also has 13 centuries.

91.88 Kane Williamson's average against Sri Lanka in Tests. He has scored 827 runs in 12 innings with three centuries and four half-centuries

7 Tests lost by Sri Lanka this year -  most in any calendar year for them. Their previous worst was five losses in four different years - 1994, 2001, 2004 and 2012