# New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2013–14

The New Zealand cricket team competed against Sri Lanka in a tour consisting of three ODIs and two Twenty20s. It ran from November 10, 2013, to November 21, 2013.
Regular New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, along with former captain Ross Taylor ruled themselves out of the tour to focus on future test matches between West Indies and India. Kyle Mills was named as the stand-in captain.

## Squads

| Sri Lanka | New Zealand |
| Angelo Mathews (c) | Kyle Mills (c) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | Neil Broom |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Anton Devcich |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | Andrew Ellis |
| Lasith Malinga | Mitchell McClenaghan |
| Kusal Perera | Adam Milne |
| Ashan Priyanjan | James Neesham |
| Sachithra Senanayake | Luke Ronchi |
| Dinesh Chandimal | Corey Anderson |
| Rangana Herath | Ian Butler |
| Dimuth Karunaratne | Grant Elliott |
| Suranga Lakmal | Tom Latham |
| Ajantha Mendis | Nathan McCullum |
| Thisara Perera | Colin Munro |
| Kumar Sangakkara | Rob Nicol |
| Lahiru Thirimanne | Hamish Rutherford |

## ODI Series

All times are Indian Standard Time (IST)

### 1st ODI

* 10 November 2013 14:30 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 288/8 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 13/1 (4.2 overs) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan 81 (114) Kyle Mills 3/49 (9 overs) | | Tom Latham 4* (16) Lasith Malinga 1/8 (2.2 overs) |
* No result Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Bruce Oxenford and Ruchira Palliyaguru
* New Zealand won the toss & elected to field
* Match abandoned due to rain

### 2nd ODI

* 12 November 2013 14:30 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 138/1 (23 overs) | v | New Zealand 203/6 (23 overs) |
| Kumar Sangakkara 71* (59) Kyle Mills 1/16 (5 overs) | | Tom Latham 86 (68) Nuwan Kulasekara 4/34 (5 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 4 wickets Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Ruchira Palliyaguru (SL) Player of the match: Tom Latham
* Sri Lanka won the toss & elected to bat

### 3rd ODI

* 16 November 2013 09:45 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 211/8 (33 overs) | v | New Zealand 126/6 (25 overs) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan 53 (50) Nathan McCullum 2/13 (4 overs) | | James Neesham 42* (46) Rangana Herath 3/25 (6 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 36 runs (D/L) Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Ruchira Palliyaguru (SL) Player of the match: Sachithra Senanayake
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field

### Statistics
#### Batting
##### Highest runs

| Name | Match | Runs | Average | Highest runs |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 3 | 189 | 94.50 | 81 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 3 | 150 | 75.00 | 79 |
| Tom Latham | 3 | 99 | 49.50 | 86 |
| Angelo Mathews | 3 | 74 | 74.00 | 74* |
| Luke Ronchi | 3 | 72 | 36.00 | 49 |

#### Bowling
##### Highest wicket taker

| Name | Match | Wickets | Economy | Best bowling |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 3 | 5 | 5.18 | 4/34 |
| Kyle Mills | 3 | 5 | 5.00 | 3/49 |
| Sachithra Senanayake | 3 | 4 | 5.00 | 2/14 |
| Mitchell McClenaghan | 2 | 4 | 7.20 | 2/34 |
| Rangana Herath | 3 | 3 | 7.55 | 3/25 |

## T20 Series
### 1st T20

* 19 November 2013 19.00 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka | v | New Zealand |
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguru (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)

### 2nd T20

* 21 November 2013 19.00 Boxscore
| Sri Lanka 143/2 (17.5 overs) | v | New Zealand 142/7 (20 overs) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan 59* (49) Rob Nicol 1/18 (2 overs) | | Luke Ronchi 34* (25) Thisara Perera 1/13 (2 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguru (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Kusal Perera (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* T20I debut: Ramith Rambukwella (Sri Lanka)

### Statistics
#### Batting
##### Highest runs

| Name | Match | Runs | Average | Highest runs |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 1 | 59 | - | 59* |
| Kusal Perera | 1 | 57 | 57.00 | 57 |
| Luke Ronchi | 1 | 34 | - | 34* |
| Anton Devcich | 1 | 30 | 30.00 | 30 |
| Nathan McCullum | 1 | 26 | 26.00 | 26 |

#### Bowling
##### Highest wicket taker

| Name | Match | Wickets | Economy | Best bowling |
| Thisara Perera | 1 | 1 | 6.50 | 1/13 |
| Angelo Mathews | 1 | 1 | 8.50 | 1/17 |
| Rob Nicol | 1 | 1 | 9.00 | 1/18 |
| Ramith Rambukwella | 1 | 1 | 4.75 | 1/19 |
| Rangana Herath | 1 | 1 | 6.66 | 1/20 |