# Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2004–05

The Sri Lankan national cricket team toured New Zealand in the 2004–05 season. They played 2 Test matches and 5 ODIs. New Zealand won the Test series 1–0.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs |
| Sri Lanka | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | New Zealand |
| Marvan Atapattu (c) Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Thilan Samaraweera Tillakaratne Dilshan Chaminda Vaas Upul Chandana Rangana Herath Nuwan Kulasekara Lasith Malinga Shantha Kalavitigoda Farveez Maharoof | Stephen Fleming (c) Brendon McCullum (wk) Craig Cumming James Marshall Hamish Marshall Nathan Astle Lou Vincent James Franklin Kyle Mills Paul Wiseman Chris Martin | Marvan Atapattu (c) Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Saman Jayantha Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Tillakaratne Dilshan Upul Chandana Chaminda Vaas Farveez Maharoof Nuwan Kulasekara Dilhara Fernando Russel Arnold Rangana Herath Lasith Malinga Nuwan Zoysa | Stephen Fleming (c) Brendon McCullum (wk) Nathan Astle Mathew Sinclair Scott Styris Hamish Marshall Jacob Oram Chris Cairns Daniel Vettori Kyle Mills Daryl Tuffey Ian Butler |

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 26 December 2004 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 141 (42 overs) | v | New Zealand 144/3 (33 overs) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan 48 (79) Chris Cairns 4/33 (8 overs) | | Stephen Fleming 77* (92) Upul Chandana 1/29 (7 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 7 wickets (with 102 balls remaining) Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Peter Parker (Aus) Player of the match: Stephen Fleming (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd ODI

* 29 December 2004 Scorecard
| New Zealand | v | Sri Lanka |
* Match cancelled without a ball bowled McLean Park, Napier Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Peter Parker (Aus)
* No toss
* The remainder of the tour was postponed due to the tsunami disaster.
* This match was first rescheduled to 11 January before the tour was called off.

### 3rd ODI

* 2 January 2005 Scorecard
| New Zealand | v | Sri Lanka |
* Match cancelled without a ball bowled Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Peter Parker (Aus)
* No toss
* The remainder of the tour was postponed due to the tsunami disaster.

### 4th ODI

* 4 January 2005 Scorecard
| New Zealand | v | Sri Lanka |
* Match cancelled without a ball bowled Jade Stadium, Christchurch Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Peter Parker (Aus)
* No toss
* The remainder of the tour was postponed due to the tsunami disaster.

### 5th ODI

* 8 January 2005 Scorecard
| New Zealand | v | Sri Lanka |
* Match cancelled without a ball bowled Westpac Stadium, Wellington Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Tony Hill (NZ)
* No toss
* The remainder of the tour was postponed due to the tsunami disaster.

## Tour matches
### First-class: Major Associations XI v Sri Lankans

* 28 March 2005 (2005-03-28) Scorecard
* Match drawn Village Green, Christchurch Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) and Evan Watkin (NZ)
* Major Associations XI won the toss and elected to bat.
* No play was possible on day 2.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 4–8 April 2005 Scorecard
* Match drawn McLean Park, Napier Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Darrell Hair (Aus) Player of the match: Lasith Malinga (SL)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Nuwan Kulasekara (SL) made his Test debut.

### 2nd Test

* 11–15 April 2005 Scorecard
* New Zealand won by an innings and 38 runs Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Darrell Hair (Aus) Player of the match: Lou Vincent (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field
* Shantha Kalavitigoda (SL) made his Test debut.