| Series Name: | Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2018–19 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of New Zealand.svg |
| Team1 Name: | New Zealand |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of Sri Lanka.svg |
| Team2 Name: | Sri Lanka |
| From Date: | 8 December 2018 |
| To Date: | 11 January 2019 |
| Team1 Captain: | Kane Williamson (Tests & ODIs) Tim Southee (T20I) |
| Team2 Captain: | Dinesh Chandimal (Tests) Lasith Malinga (ODIs & T20I) |
| No Of Tests: | 2 |
| Team1 Tests Won: | 1 |
| Team2 Tests Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Tests Most Runs: | Tom Latham (450) |
| Team2 Tests Most Runs: | Angelo Mathews (258) |
| Team1 Tests Most Wickets: | Tim Southee (13) |
| Team2 Tests Most Wickets: | Lahiru Kumara (9) |
| No Of Odis: | 3 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 3 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Ross Taylor (281) |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Thisara Perera (224) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Ish Sodhi (8) |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Lasith Malinga (7) |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 1 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 1 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Doug Bracewell (44) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Thisara Perera (43) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Lockie Ferguson (3) Ish Sodhi (3) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Kasun Rajitha (3) |
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured New Zealand from December 2018 to January 2019 to play two Tests, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and one Twenty20 International (T20I) match.[1] [2] [3] They also played a three-day warm-up match ahead of the Test series.[4]
Sri Lanka Cricket recalled batsmen Lahiru Thirimanne and Sadeera Samarawickrama after a year out of the Sri Lankan team. Bowler Nuwan Pradeep was also recalled to the team after previously being ruled out through injury.[5]
New Zealand won the Test series 1–0, after the first match was drawn.[6] It was their fourth consecutive series win, the first time they had achieved that in Test cricket.[7] New Zealand won the ODI series 3–0.[8] New Zealand scored the most runs by a team in a three-match bilateral ODI series. New Zealand's series aggregate of 1,054 runs are the most for any team in a three-match ODI series. They surpassed India's total of 1,053 runs in their home series against England in 2017.[9] New Zealand also went on to win the one-off T20I match by 35 runs.[10]
Angelo Mathews suffered an injury during the second Test and was later ruled out of Sri Lanka's squads for the limited overs fixtures,[16] with Sadeera Samarawickrama replacing him.[17] James Neesham suffered an injury during the third ODI and was replaced by Doug Bracewell in New Zealand's squad for the one-off T20I match.[18]