| Series Name: | Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2015–16 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of New Zealand.svg |
| Team1 Name: | New Zealand |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of Sri Lanka.svg |
| Team2 Name: | Sri Lanka |
| From Date: | 10 December 2015 |
| To Date: | 10 January 2016 |
| Team1 Captain: | Brendon McCullum (Tests and 1st and 2nd ODIs) Kane Williamson (3rd, 4th and 5th ODIs and T20Is) |
| Team2 Captain: | Angelo Mathews (Tests and ODIs) Dinesh Chandimal (T20Is) |
| No Of Tests: | 2 |
| Team1 Tests Won: | 2 |
| Team2 Tests Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Tests Most Runs: | Kane Williamson (268) |
| Team2 Tests Most Runs: | Dinesh Chandimal (192) |
| Team1 Tests Most Wickets: | Tim Southee (13) |
| Team2 Tests Most Wickets: | Dushmantha Chameera (12) |
| No Of Odis: | 5 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 3 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 1 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Martin Guptill (331) |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Milinda Siriwardana (117) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Matt Henry (13) |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Nuwan Kulasekara (4) |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 2 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 2 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Martin Guptill (121) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Angelo Mathews (85) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Grant Elliott (5) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Nuwan Kulasekara (2) |
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured New Zealand in December 2015 and January 2016 to play two Test matches, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[1] [2]
New Zealand won the Test series 2–0, the ODI series 3–1 and the T20I series 2–0. With the T20I defeat, Sri Lanka lost their number one spot in the T20I rankings after 16 months.[3]
Vishwa Fernando was added to Sri Lanka's Test squad as a replacement for Dhammika Prasad after Prasad sustained a back injury in a tour match.[8] Nuwan Kulasekara was named as Prasad's replacement in the ODI squad.[9] Kaushal Silva was added to Sri Lanka's Test squad for Kusal Perera after Kusal tested positive for a banned substance due to suspect in doping violation by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[10] Lasith Malinga was originally named as the T20I captain for Sri Lanka, but suffered a knee injury and was replaced by Dinesh Chandimal.[11] Danushka Gunathilaka and Suranga Lakmal were also added to Sri Lanka's T20I squad. Trent Boult returned for the final ODI in place of Matt Henry while George Worker was dropped. Tim Southee was ruled out of the T20I series because of a foot injury and was replaced by Matt Henry.[12]