New Zealand 1st innings 441 (B. McCullum 195, J. Neesham 85, K. Williamson 54; A. Mathews 3-39, S. Lakmal 3-90)
Sri Lanka 1st innings 138 (A. Mathews 50; T. Boult 3-25, N. Wagner 3-60)
Sri Lanka 2nd innings (overnight 293-5)
D. Karunaratne b Boult 152
K. Silva c Watling b Southee 33
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L. Thirimanne c Watling b Neesham 25
A Mathews c Watling b Southee 66
N. Dickwella c Neesham b Boult 4
P. Jayawardene c Southee b Craig 23
D. Prasad c Taylor b Southee 4
S. Eranga not out 45
S. Lakmal c Southee b Boult 16
Extras (b4, lb20, w1, nb1) 26
Total (all out, 154 overs) 407
Fall of wickets: 1-85 (Silva), 2-94, 3-181, 4-277, 5-287, 6-307, 7-320, 8-325, 9-348, 10-407.
Bowling: Boult 39-8-100-4 (1w), Southee 37-8-91-4, Wagner 30-6-76-0 (1nb), Craig 38-10-83-1, Neesham 8-2-29-1, McCullum 1-0-3-0, Williamson 1-0-1-0.
New Zealand 2nd innings
T. Latham c Mathews b Kaushal 17
H. Rutherford c Dickwella b Eranga 10
K. Williamson not out 31
R. Taylor not out 39
Total (2 wickets, 30.4 overs) 107
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Latham), 2-43 (Rutherford)
Bowling: Lakmal 6-2-16-0 (1nb, 1w), Kaushal 13-0-48-1 (1nb), Eranga 7-2-20-1, Prasad 4.4-1-17-0.
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