Angelo Mathews and Kusal Mendis' unbeaten 274* runs partnership and fifth-day rain helped Sri Lanka to draw the first of two Tests against New Zealand.
New Zealand asked Sri Lanka to bat first and they started off poorly and lost three wickets for just nine runs but Karunaratene, Mathews and Dickwella's fifties helped to post a respectable total of 282 runs.
In reply, New Zealand scored 578 runs with the help of Tom Latham's 264*. Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor and Henry Nicholls also scored fifties. In the second innings also Sri Lanka had a poor start and lost three wickets for just thirteen runs but Kusal Mendis and Angelo Mathews' unbeaten hundreds and rain on fifth day helped the visitors to draw the game. Tom Latham was named Man of the Match for his 264* runs knock.
All the major stats and facts from the first Test between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in Wellington :
7 - Tom Latham has scored 7 Test hundreds as an opener - the joint second most for New Zealand by an opener.
Most Test hundreds for New Zealand as an opener -
12 - John Wright
7 - Tom Latham / Glenn Turner
4 - Mark Richardson / Bert Sutcliffe / Matt Horne
3 - Graham Dowling / Bruce Edgar
8 - Tim Southee has taken 8 five-wicket hauls in an innings of Test - the sixth most for New Zealand.
Most five wickets haul for New Zealand in Tests -
36 - Richard Hadlee
20 - Daniel Vettori
13 - Chris Cairns
10 - Chris Martin / Danny Morrison
8 - Tim Southee
48 - Dilruwan Perera has taken 48 wickets in Tests in 2018 - the joint-most by any bowler.
Most Test wickets in 2018 -
48 - Dilruwan Perera
48 - Nathan Lyon
46 - Kagiso Rabada
44 - Mohammad Shami
50 - This was Dinesh Chandimal's 50th Test appearance for Sri Lanka. He is the 18th player to appear in 50 or more Test matches for Sri Lanka.
274* - Runs partnership between Angelo Mathews and Kusal Mendis is the second highest fourth-wicket partnership for Sri Lanka in Test cricket.
Highest 4th wicket partnerships for Sri Lanka in Tests -
437 - M Jayawardene and T Samaraweera vs PAK at Karachi, 2009
274* - Kusal Mendis and Angelo Mathews vs NZ at Wellington, 2018
240* - A Gurusinha and A Ranatunga vs PAK at Colombo, 1986
230 - A Gurusinha and A Ranatunga vs AUS at Colombo, 1992
216 - RL Dias and LRD Mendis vs India at Kandy, 1985
941 - Kusal Mendis has scored 941 runs in Tests in 2018 - the most for Sri Lanka and overall third most in the world.
Most Test runs in 2018 -
1240 - Virat Kohli
948 - Joe Root
941 - Kusal Mendis
760 - Jos Buttler
736 - Dimuth Karunaratne
