The

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toured Sri Lanka in August and September 2019 to play two

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and three

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(T20I) matches. The Test series formed a part of the inaugural

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. The fixtures for the tour were confirmed in July 2019. Originally, the first two T20I matches were scheduled to be played at the

R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium The R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium (RPS) ( si, ආර්. ප්‍රේමදාස ක්‍රීඩාංගනය, ta, ஆர். பிரேமதாச அரங்கம்; also known as Khettarama Stadium, Ranasinghe Prem ...

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, but were moved to the

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named a twenty-two man squad for the Test series, which was trimmed down to the final fifteen cricketers. The Test series was drawn 1–1, with Sri Lanka winning the first match and New Zealand winning the second. In the third and final T20I match, Sri Lanka's

Lasith Malinga Separamadu Lasith Malinga ( si, සෙපරමාදු ලසිත් මාලිංග; born 28 August 1983), nicknamed "Slinga Malinga", is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest limited overs bowlers ...

became the first bowler to take 100 wickets in Twenty20 International cricket. Malinga took a

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, and four wickets with four balls, in the third over of his spell. He was the first bowler to take four wickets in four consecutive balls twice in international cricket, after previously doing so against South Africa in the

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. He also became the first bowler to take five hat-tricks across all formats of international cricket. Sri Lanka won the match, though New Zealand won the T20I series 2–1.

Squads

Dilruwan Perera Mahawaduge Dilruwan Kamalaneth Perera ( si, දිල්රුවන් පෙරේරා; born 22 July 1982) is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer, who played for Sri Lanka in all formats of the game. He plays domestically for the Col ...

was added to Sri Lanka's squad for the second Test.

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was ruled out of New Zealand's T20I squad with a fractured thumb.

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was added to New Zealand's T20I squad for the third match, after

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was ruled out of the final fixture due to injury.

Tour matches

Three-day match: Sri Lanka Board Presidents XI vs New Zealand

Twenty-over match: Sri Lanka Board Presidents XI vs New Zealand

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

T20I series

1st T20I

2nd T20I

3rd T20I

Statistics

Most runs (Test)

Most wickets (Test)

Most runs (T20I)

Most wickets (T20I)

Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 2019-20

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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