SL vs NZ 1st Test Result - Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 202 runs

Tilakratne Dilshan stars in Sri Lanka's 202 runs against New Zealand on the 5th and final day of 1st test match on Saturday, 22nd August, 2009 at Galle International Stadium.

Sri Lanka needed 5 wickets on the last day and they got good resistance from Vettori who hit 67 runs but surrendered against Muralitharan who took 7 wickets in the match.

Match Summary:

Sri Lanka 1st Inning - 452 all out in 117.4 overs (Dilshan 92, Jaywardane 114, Samaraweera 159, Martin 4-77, Vettori 4-78)

New Zealand 1st Inning - 299 all out in 116 overs (McIntosh 69, Thushara 4-81, Muralitharan 4-73)

Sri Lanka 2nd innings - 259/5 dec. in 49 overs (Dilshan 123*)

New Zealand 2nd Inning - 210 all out in 71.5 overs (Vettori 67, Murali 3-88)

Toss - Sri Lanka, who elected to bat first.

Man of the Match - Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)

Result - Sri Lanka Won by 202 Runs

Series - Sri Lanka led the 2 match series by 1-0.

SL vs NZ 1st Test Live Score, Teams at Galle - New Zealand v Sri Lanka first Test

First test of the two match between host Sri Lanka nad New Zealand will be started from Tuesday, 18th August, 2009 to Saturday, 22nd August, 2009 at Galle International Stadium starting from 10:00 local, 04:30 GMT, 11.00 NZ time.

Sri Lanka won the 3 match test series against Pakistan last month and they are in good form after and after the return of injured Tilakratne Dilshan they are looking clear favorite.

On the other hand New Zealand is relatively inexperienced as only 3 players Daniel Vettori, Daryl Tuffy and Jacob Oram have prior experience of playing in Sri Lankan condition. Their main problem is inconsistancy on thier top order.

Sri Lanka Team, Squad for 1st Test at Galle:

Tharanga Paranavitana, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (capt), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Angelo Mathews, Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilan Thushara, Rangana Herath, Muttiah Muralitharan.

New Zealand Team, Squad for 1st Test at Galle:

Tim McIntosh, Martin Guptill, Daniel Flynn, Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder, Brendon McCullum (wk), Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori (capt), Jeetan Patel, Iain O'Brien, Chris Martin.