Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2018–19

Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2018–19
Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2018–19
	New Zealand
Dates	8 December 2018 – 11 January 2019
Captains
Test series
One Day International series
Twenty20 International series

The Sri Lanka cricket team is scheduled to tour New Zealand from December 2018 to January 2019 to play two Tests, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and one Twenty20 International (T20I) match.^[1]^[2]^[3] They will also play a three-day warm-up match ahead of the Test series.^[4]

Sri Lanka Cricket has been recalled Top Order Batsman Lahiru Thirimanne and Wicket-Keeper Batsman [[Sadeera Samarawickrama] after a year out of the Sri Lanka cricket team and Fast Bowler Nuwan Pradeep also been recalled to the team after the injuries. ^[5]

Squads

Tests		ODIs		T20I
New Zealand	Sri Lanka^[6]	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Sri Lanka
	Dinesh Chandimal (c) Dimuth Karunaratne (vc) Dushmantha Chameera Niroshan Dickwella (wk) Danushka Gunathilaka Lahiru Kumara Suranga Lakmal Angelo Mathews Kusal Mendis Dilruwan Perera Nuwan Pradeep Kasun Rajitha Sadeera Samarawickrama Lakshan Sandakan Dhananjaya de Silva Roshen Silva Lahiru Thirimanne

Tour match

Three-day match: New Zealand XI vs Sri Lanka

8–10 December 2018

New Zealand XI	v	Sri Lanka

McLean Park, Napier

Test series

1st Test

15–19 December 2018
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Sri Lanka

Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rod Tucker (Aus)

2nd Test

26–30 December 2018
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Sri Lanka

Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng)

ODI series

1st ODI

3 January 2019
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Sri Lanka

Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Umpires: Paul Reiffel (Aus)

2nd ODI

5 January 2019
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Sri Lanka

Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak)

3rd ODI

8 January 2019
11:00
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Sri Lanka

Saxton Oval, Nelson
Umpires: Paul Reiffel (Aus)

T20I match

Only T20I

11 January 2019
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Sri Lanka

Eden Park, Auckland

References

^ "Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
^ "India tour studs New Zealand's packed home summer". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ "Blackcaps/White Ferns in Double-Headers Against India". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ "Sri Lanka's packed Test schedule: three continents in four months". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ "Sri Lanka recall trio for two-Test tour of New Zealand - Times of India". The Times of India.
^ "Lahiru Thirimanne, Nuwan Pradeep back in Sri Lanka squad for New Zealand Tests". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

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[Fixtures-1] "Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

[2] "India tour studs New Zealand's packed home summer". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

[3] "Blackcaps/White Ferns in Double-Headers Against India". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

[4] "Sri Lanka's packed Test schedule: three continents in four months". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

[5] "Sri Lanka recall trio for two-Test tour of New Zealand - Times of India". The Times of India.

[SriTest-6] "Lahiru Thirimanne, Nuwan Pradeep back in Sri Lanka squad for New Zealand Tests". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

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