New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test at Dunedin, Mar 07 1997, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand

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1st Test, Dunedin, March 07 - 10, 1997, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand
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(f/o) 222 & 328

New Zealand won by an innings and 36 runs

Player Of The Match
267*
bryan-young
New Zealand 1st Innings
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (Following on)
Match Flow
Info
New Zealand 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
not out 26742260537063.27
c Mahanama b Vaas1864850028.12
c Mahanama b Ranatunga661081438161.11
c Zoysa b Wickramasinghe5159698086.44
b Vaas2748545056.25
c Mahanama b Vaas11314007.69
c Mahanama b Zoysa701231419156.91
c Wickramasinghe b Vaas1928453067.85
not out 3042471171.42
Extras(lb 14, nb 21, w 2)37
TOTAL146 Ov (RR: 4.01)586/7d
Fall of wickets: 1-55 (Blair Pocock), 2-195 (Matt Horne), 3-271 (Stephen Fleming), 4-337 (Nathan Astle), 5-343 (Daniel Vettori), 6-466 (Chris Cairns), 7-512 (Adam Parore)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
35614444.11---15
40611212.80---08
25411714.68---05
33613604.12---00
502915.80---00
803404.25---02
Sri Lanka 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
b Doull0712000.00
lbw b Doull26751022034.66
lbw b Doull2566823037.87
c Patel b Davis3440075.00
c Young b Doull1440481035.00
not out 551602468034.37
c Fleming b Patel4350815086.00
c Horne b Patel217180011.76
c †Parore b Davis4376776056.57
c Young b Davis0711000.00
c Cairns b Doull01013000.00
Extras(lb 10, w 1)11
TOTAL85.2 Ov (RR: 2.60)222
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-55 (Marvan Atapattu), 3-58 (Roshan Mahanama), 4-58 (Aravinda de Silva), 5-79 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 6-135 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 7-141 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-214 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe), 9-215 (Nuwan Zoysa), 10-222 (Muthiah Muralidaran)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
21.255852.71---10
1963431.78---00
65400.66---00
301103.66---00
2246723.04---00
1453802.71---00
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (Following on) 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c †Parore b Doull50681116073.52
b Doull2146653045.65
b Patel2257882038.59
lbw b Astle01420000.00
c Horne b Vettori1345581028.88
run out (sub [CZ Harris])855610014.54
c & b Vettori103103134132100.00
c & b Davis57971307158.76
c Doull b Astle085000.00
not out 16163330100.00
c & b Doull26141841185.71
Extras(lb 9, nb 3)12
TOTAL86.3 Ov (RR: 3.79)328
Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Roshan Mahanama), 2-82 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-85 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-99 (Marvan Atapattu), 5-115 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 6-133 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 7-270 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 8-271 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe), 9-285 (Chaminda Vaas), 10-328 (Muthiah Muralidaran)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
20.358234.00---00
2227913.59---02
421804.50---00
1535123.40---01
1033613.60---00
1535323.53---00
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CLOSE OF PLAY
Fri, 07 Mar - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 343/4 (Bryan Young 154*, Daniel Vettori 1*)
Sat, 08 Mar - day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 78/4 (Arjuna Ranatunga 13*, Hashan Tillakaratne 7*)
Sun, 09 Mar - day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 37/0 (Sanath Jayasuriya 20*, Roshan Mahanama 15*)
Mon, 10 Mar - day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 328 (86.3 ov) - end of match
MATCH FLOW
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
  • Lunch: SL 102/4 (Ranatunga 4*, Tillakaratne 1*)
  • Tea: SL 221/6 (Kaluwitharana 71*, Vaas 28*)
  • RS Kaluwitharana dropped by SB Doull (caught and bowled) with his score on 2 and Sri Lanka at 120/5.
  • RS Kaluwitharana 50 off 46 balls, 68 mins, 8x4, 1x6. 4th Test 50.
  • RS Kaluwitharana 100 off 98 balls, 130 mins, 15x4, 2x6. 2nd Test 100.
  • WPUJC Vaas 50 off 94 balls, 128 mins, 6x4, 1x6.
  • Record 7th wicket partnership for Sri Lanka v New Zealand set by RS Kaluwitharana and WPUCJ Vaas of 138 (previous best: 89 by CI Dunusinghe and WPUCJ Vaas at Napier in 1994-95).
  • M Muralitharan 26 is his highest Test score (previous best: 20* v Pakistan at PSS, Colombo in 1994-95).
  • BA Young was on the field for every ball of the match.
  • New Zealand's 1st win at home since 1993-94 v Pakistan at Christchurch (NZ won by 5 wickets, BA Young also scoring 120).
  • New Zealand's 35th Test win and 5th against Sri Lanka in 14 Tests between the 2 countries (NZ's best record against any country on winning percentage of Tests played). It is the 7th innings victory in Tests by New Zealand and 3rd against Sri Lanka.
MATCH DETAILS
Carisbrook, Dunedin
TossSri Lanka, elected to field first
Series
Season1996/97
Player Of The Match
Series resultNew Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0
Match numberTest no. 1358
Match daysday (5-day match)
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