Sri Lanka tour New Zealand, 2023

New Zealand is hosting the bilateral series in March- April for two Tests, three ODI, and three T20I and will play against Sri Lanka. In 2009, ICC introduced a law known as the Future Tour Program(FTP) for the test-playing nations that each of them will play two bilateral series in ten years. Two boards can play more than two series mutually. The Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand is part of the FTP plan.

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Both will play two test matches, and it will be part of the ICC World Test Championship. New Zealand is in the eighth position in the Test championship ranking and is out of the race for ICC World Test Championship. Black Caps were the winner of the first ICC World Test Championship, and they will be looking forward to ending with an upper ranking. On the other hand, Sri Lanka is in third place in the ranking and is in the race for ICC World Test Championship. Sri Lanka needs to win all of their upcoming test matches to play the final of the ICC World Test Championship.

The three-match ODI series is the part of ICC Cricket World Cup Super League. The top 7 teams are qualified for the super league, and one place is empty. New Zealand has already qualified for the world cup 2023, and Sri Lanka is in eighth position. They need to hold their place to qualify for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.

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Sri Lanka Tour of New Zealand 2023 – A Glimpse

The tour will have three series - 2 Test, 3 ODI, and 3 T20I. ODI is the part of ICC Cricket World Cup Super League, and Test is the part of ICC World Test Championship. Sri Lanka will start their campaign on March 4 with a 2-day warm-up match. The first test will start on March 9, and on Apr 8, and the last T20I match will be played. Test series will start first, and ODI & T20I will follow.

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The test will be the first series of the tour, and the first test will start on March 9 at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. Match timing will be at 10:00 pm GMT/11:00 am local. The second test match will start on March 17 at Basin Reserve, Wellington, and match timing will follow the first test match.

The ODI will be the second series of the tour, and the first ODI will start on March 25 at Eden Park, Auckland. The second ODI match will start on March 28 at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. The third ODI will start on March 31 at Seddon Park, Hamilton. Match timing for ODI matches is 1:00 am GMT/2:00 pm local.

T20 will be the third and last series of the tour, and the first T20I match will start on April 2 at Eden Park, Auckland. The second T20I match will start on April 5 at University Oval, Dunedin. The third T20I match will start on April 8 at John Davies Oval, Queenstown. Match timing for the T20I is 12:00 am GMT/1:00 pm local.

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Squad for SL vs NZ

Test Squad:

New Zealand Team Squad – Kane Williamson (c), Devon Conway, Finn Allen, Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Mark Chapman, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult.

Sri LankaTeam Squad – Dasun Shanaka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Bhanuka Rajapakse, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charit Aslanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Lahiru Kumara, Chamika Karunaratne, Mahesh Teekshana & Pramod Madushan.

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Summary – SL Tour of NZ 2023

The last test between New Zealand and Sri Lanka was played in 2019, and it was also part of the ICC World Test Championship. Sri Lanka faced a loss by an innings and 65 runs. Sri Lanka batted first and scored 244 runs in the first innings. Dhananjaya de Silva was the highest run-scorer with a century, while Dimuth Karunaratne was the second-highest run-scorer with a half-century. New Zealand declared their innings at 431-6 after reaching a strong position. Tom Latham and BJ Watling were the top two highest scorers and scored 154 and 105 runs, respectively. Sri Lanka was trailing by 187 runs and came to bat in the second inning. Sri Lanka got out on 122 and fell short by an innings and 65 runs. Niroshan Dickwella was the only batter to score a half-century. New Zealand won the match by an innings and 65 runs.

The last T20I match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka was played in the T20 world cup 2022. Sri Lanka faced a loss by 65 runs. New Zealand batted first and lost their wickets very early. The top order couldn’t hold on and got out very early, but Glenn Phillips had other plans and played an unbelievable knock. He scored his half-century, and New Zealand posted 169 runs. Sri Lanka came to bat, and their batters couldn’t hold on to the crease. Dasun Shanaka and Bhanuka Rajapaksa were the only two batters to touch the double-digit mark. Sri Lanka got out at 102 runs and lost the match by 65 runs.

The last ODI match between SL and NZ was played in ICC World Cup 2019. Sri Lanka batted first and got all out on 136 runs. New Zealand won the match by 10 wickets. 

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Live Telecast

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