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| Venue | Seddon Park, Hamilton on 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st December 2015 (5-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | New Zealand won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | New Zealand won by 5 wickets | 
| Umpires | NJ Llong (England), PR Reiffel (Australia) | 
| TV umpire | RA Kettleborough (England) | 
| Referee | DC Boon (Australia) | 
| Reserve Umpire | PD Jones | 
| Close of play day 1 | Sri Lanka (1) 264/7 (Mathews 63*, Chameera 0*; 67 overs) | 
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealand (1) 232/9 (Bracewell 30*; 78.4 overs) | 
| Close of play day 3 | New Zealand (2) 142/5 (Williamson 78*, Watling 0*; 42 overs) | 
| Player of the Match | KS Williamson | 
| Sri Lanka first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | ||
| FDM Karunaratne | c Watling b Southee | 12 | 45 | 56 | 1 | - | 38 | |
| BKG Mendis | c Watling b Southee | 31 | 42 | 67 | 4 | - | 31 | |
| MDUS Jayasundera | run out (Santner->Watling) | 26 | 54 | 79 | 2 | - | 42 | |
| +LD Chandimal | c Watling b Bracewell | 47 | 56 | 82 | 7 | - | 37 | |
| *AD Mathews | c Latham b Southee | 77 | 125 | 184 | 7 | 3 | 88 | |
| TAM Siriwardene | c Taylor b Boult | 62 | 81 | 132 | 5 | 3 | 55 | |
| KDK Vithanage | c McCullum b Boult | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 3 | |
| HMRKB Herath | run out (Williamson) | 4 | 6 | 7 | - | - | 3 | |
| PVD Chameera | c McCullum b Bracewell | 4 | 46 | 58 | - | - | 43 | |
| RAS Lakmal | c Williamson b Wagner | 4 | 17 | 21 | - | - | 15 | |
| ANPR Fernando | not out | 2 | 6 | 9 | - | - | 5 | |
| Extras | (11 lb, 12 w) | 23 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 353 minutes, 80.1 overs) | 292 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-39 (Karunaratne, 13.4 ov), 2-44 (Mendis, 15.4 ov), 3-115 (Jayasundera, 31.4 ov), 4-121 (Chandimal, 34.2 ov), 5-259 (Siriwardene, 64.2 ov), 6-259 (Vithanage, 64.5 ov), 7-264 (Herath, 66.2 ov), 8-284 (Mathews, 73.1 ov), 9-288 (Lakmal, 77.6 ov), 10-292 (Chameera, 80.1 ov) | ||||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | 
| Boult | 20 | 2 | 51 | 2 | - | - | 94 | 7 | - | 
| Southee | 21 | 5 | 63 | 3 | 1 | - | 97 | 6 | - | 
| Bracewell | 22.1 | 4 | 81 | 2 | 1 | - | 100 | 8 | 1 | 
| Wagner | 9 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 2 | - | 33 | 3 | 2 | 
| Santner | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | 31 | 2 | 3 | 
| Williamson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 5 | - | - | 
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | ||
| MJ Guptill | c Mathews b Herath | 50 | 77 | 112 | 9 | 1 | 60 | |
| TWM Latham | c Karunaratne b Chameera | 28 | 72 | 99 | 3 | 1 | 60 | |
| KS Williamson | c Lakmal b Chameera | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | - | 3 | |
| LRPL Taylor | c Chandimal b Chameera | 0 | 5 | 15 | - | - | 5 | |
| *BB McCullum | c Mendis b Herath | 18 | 54 | 80 | 2 | - | 42 | |
| MJ Santner | c Chandimal b Fernando | 38 | 105 | 152 | 3 | 1 | 85 | |
| +BJ Watling | c Vithanage b Lakmal | 28 | 82 | 123 | 4 | - | 68 | |
| DAJ Bracewell | not out | 35 | 52 | 87 | 5 | - | 33 | |
| TG Southee | c Jayasundera b Chameera | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| N Wagner | c Vithanage b Chameera | 17 | 26 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 20 | |
| TA Boult | c Herath b Fernando | 0 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 3 | |
| Extras | (3 lb, 7 nb, 8 w) | 18 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 360 minutes, 79.4 overs) | 237 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-81 (Latham, 22.5 ov), 2-83 (Williamson, 24.2 ov), 3-86 (Guptill, 25.2 ov), 4-89 (Taylor, 26.5 ov), 5-128 (McCullum, 43.1 ov), 6-168 (Santner, 62.1 ov), 7-196 (Watling, 71.2 ov), 8-201 (Southee, 72.2 ov), 9-232 (Wagner, 78.4 ov), 10-237 (Boult, 79.4 ov) | ||||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | 
| Lakmal | 16 | 4 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 8 | - | 
| Mathews | 11 | 7 | 25 | 0 | - | - | 58 | 4 | 1 | 
| Fernando | 17.4 | 4 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 90 | 5 | - | 
| Herath | 22 | 1 | 75 | 2 | - | - | 89 | 6 | 2 | 
| Chameera | 13 | 3 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 
| Sri Lanka second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | ||
| FDM Karunaratne | c Southee b Bracewell | 27 | 65 | 111 | 1 | - | 48 | |
| BKG Mendis | c Santner b Southee | 46 | 90 | 145 | 8 | - | 72 | |
| MDUS Jayasundera | c Watling b Bracewell | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | |
| +LD Chandimal | c Guptill b Wagner | 4 | 10 | 17 | 1 | - | 9 | |
| *AD Mathews | c Watling b Southee | 2 | 6 | 22 | - | - | 4 | |
| TAM Siriwardene | c Boult b Wagner | 26 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| KDK Vithanage | c Bracewell b Wagner | 9 | 6 | 21 | - | 1 | 2 | |
| HMRKB Herath | b Southee | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| PVD Chameera | run out (Boult->Wagner) | 2 | 9 | 17 | - | - | 7 | |
| RAS Lakmal | not out | 1 | 10 | 13 | - | - | 9 | |
| ANPR Fernando | c Watling b Southee | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 7 w) | 16 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 191 minutes, 36.3 overs) | 133 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-71 (Karunaratne, 22.4 ov), 2-71 (Jayasundera, 22.6 ov), 3-77 (Chandimal, 25.5 ov), 4-87 (Mendis, 28.2 ov), 5-110 (Mathews, 30.1 ov), 6-123 (Siriwardene, 31.5 ov), 7-123 (Herath, 32.3 ov), 8-131 (Vithanage, 33.5 ov), 9-133 (Chameera, 35.6 ov), 10-133 (Fernando, 36.3 ov) | ||||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | 
| Boult | 7 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 1 | - | 29 | 3 | - | 
| Southee | 12.3 | 2 | 26 | 4 | - | 1 | 59 | 2 | - | 
| Bracewell | 8 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 5 | - | 
| Wagner | 9 | 2 | 40 | 3 | - | 1 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 
| New Zealand second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | ||
| TWM Latham | c Fernando b Chameera | 4 | 9 | 15 | 1 | - | 8 | |
| MJ Guptill | c Karunaratne b Chameera | 1 | 16 | 27 | - | - | 15 | |
| KS Williamson | not out | 108 | 164 | 245 | 12 | 1 | 109 | |
| LRPL Taylor | c sub (JDF Vandersay) b Chameera | 35 | 53 | 91 | 2 | - | 31 | |
| *BB McCullum | c Mathews b Chameera | 18 | 35 | 56 | 2 | - | 23 | |
| MJ Santner | c Chandimal b Lakmal | 4 | 19 | 29 | - | - | 15 | |
| +BJ Watling | not out | 13 | 36 | 56 | 2 | - | 30 | |
| DAJ Bracewell | did not bat | |||||||
| N Wagner | did not bat | |||||||
| TG Southee | did not bat | |||||||
| TA Boult | did not bat | |||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 5 nb) | 6 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 260 minutes, 54.3 overs) | 189 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-4 (Latham, 2.3 ov), 2-11 (Guptill, 4.5 ov), 3-78 (Taylor, 24.2 ov), 4-130 (McCullum, 36.1 ov), 5-142 (Santner, 41.4 ov) | ||||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | 
| Chameera | 17 | 1 | 68 | 4 | - | 2 | 70 | 9 | - | 
| Lakmal | 12 | 4 | 20 | 1 | - | - | 59 | 2 | - | 
| Herath | 11 | 0 | 48 | 0 | - | - | 38 | 3 | 1 | 
| Fernando | 12 | 1 | 43 | 0 | - | 3 | 50 | 5 | - | 
| Mathews | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 
| Siriwardene | 1.3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 5 | - | - | 
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 108/2 (Jayasundera 23*, Chandimal 41*; 28 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Sri Lanka (1) 198/4 (Mathews 44*, Siriwardene 26*; 54 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: New Zealand (1) 61/0 (Guptill 39*, Latham 21*; 20 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: New Zealand (1) 133/5 (Santner 22*, Watling 0*; 47 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Sri Lanka (2) 85/3 (Mendis 45*, Mathews 0*; 27 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: New Zealand (2) 33/2 (Williamson 10*, Taylor 18*; 11 overs)
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 50 in 16.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 100 in 25.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 150 in 43.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 200 in 54.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 250 in 62.5 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 50 in 16.5 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 100 in 33.4 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 150 in 53.5 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 200 in 71.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 50 in 16.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 100 in 29.3 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 50 in 14.6 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 100 in 30.2 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 150 in 44.2 overs
--> MDUS Jayasundera made his last appearance in Test matches
--> KDK Vithanage made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AD Mathews (1) 50 in 87 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes
--> AD Mathews (1) passed 4000 runs in Test matches when he reached 64
--> TAM Siriwardene (1) 50 in 65 balls with 3 fours and 3 sixes
--> MJ Guptill (1) 50 in 76 balls with 9 fours and 1 six
--> BB McCullum (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> DAJ Bracewell (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 34
--> BKG Mendis (2) equalled his previous highest score of 46 in Test matches
--> KS Williamson (2) 50 in 75 balls with 5 fours
--> KS Williamson (2) 100 in 152 balls with 12 fours and 1 six
--> PVD Chameera achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed TG Southee in the New Zealand first innings (previous best was 3-53)
--> PVD Chameera achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the New Zealand first innings
--> MDUS Jayasundera (19) and LD Chandimal (32) added 50 in 55 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> AD Mathews (27) and TAM Siriwardene (24) added 50 in 93 balls for the Sri Lanka 5th wicket in the first innings
--> AD Mathews (50) and TAM Siriwardene (39) added 100 in 136 balls for the Sri Lanka 5th wicket in the first innings
--> MJ Guptill (37) and TWM Latham (15) added 50 in 101 balls for the New Zealand 1st wicket in the first innings
--> FDM Karunaratne (22) and BKG Mendis (26) added 50 in 100 balls for the Sri Lanka 1st wicket in the second innings
--> KS Williamson (22) and LRPL Taylor (28) added 50 in 76 balls for the New Zealand 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> KS Williamson (33) and BB McCullum (18) added 50 in 70 balls for the New Zealand 4th wicket in the second innings
Over 11.1: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batsman - FDM Karunaratne (decision upheld)
Over 15.6: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batsman - LD Chandimal (decision upheld)
Over 27.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - NJ Llong, Batsman - BB McCullum (decision upheld)
Over 62.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batsman - MJ Santner (decision overturned)
Over 22.6: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batsman - MDUS Jayasundera (decision overturned)
Over 11.6: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batsman - LRPL Taylor (decision upheld)
Over 39.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batsman - MJ Santner (decision upheld)
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