Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Richardson	b Vaas	85	260	329	7	1	32.69

Matt Horne	c Dharmasena b Nissanka	4	32	44	0	0	12.50

Stephen Fleming (c)	not out	274	476	653	28	1	57.56
Mathew Sinclair	c Sangakkara b Dharmasena	17	57	82	1	0	29.82

Scott Styris	c Vaas b Dharmasena	63	140	172	5	2	45.00

Jacob Oram	c Lokuarachchi b Muralidaran	33	56	74	2	0	58.92

Robbie Hart †	c Jayawardene b Muralidaran	9	14	12	1	0	64.28

Daniel Vettori	lbw b Dharmasena	7	8	14	1	0	87.50

Paul Wiseman	not out	16	7	7	2	1	228.57
Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 1, w 1)	7
Total	174.5 Ov (RR: 2.94, 698 Mins)	515/7d
Did not bat: Daryl Tuffey, Shane Bond
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Matt Horne, 9.5 ov), 2-192 (Mark Richardson, 86.1 ov), 3-235 (Mathew Sinclair, 103.3 ov), 4-392 (Scott Styris, 148.5 ov), 5-471 (Jacob Oram, 166.6 ov), 6-486 (Robbie Hart, 170.3 ov), 7-499 (Daniel Vettori, 173.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	29	8	73	1	2.51	138	7	0	0	0
86.1 to MH Richardson, good length ball, swings in, Richardson plays late and ball gets through his bat and pads and hits the off stump. 192/2
Prabath Nissanka	23	9	53	1	2.30	110	6	0	0	0
9.5 to MJ Horne, a great one held by Dharmasena at short leg, ball had popped on Horne who tried to fend it off and took a thick edge. 20/1
Kumar Dharmasena	40	7	132	3	3.30	165	8	3	0	0
103.3 to MS Sinclair, a slow turner, Sinclair came forward to turn it and a thin edge onto his pad then to short leg and Sagakkara held it easily. 235/3 148.5 to SB Styris, well flighted ball, came down the track and lofts it very high, in the air for a long time, Vaas at long judges it to perfection and takes fine catch just a yard inside the fence. 392/4 173.1 to DL Vettori, went back to the wrong ball, found in front by ump Taufel. 499/7
Muthiah Muralidaran	58.5	16	140	2	2.37	275	14	1	1	1
166.6 to JDP Oram, was a sweep from the off that was top edged to debutant at long leg, Murali finally has a wicket but a fine knock by Oram. 471/5 170.3 to RG Hart, s a bat 'n' pad, came forward to defend and ball looped in the air and finally Jayawardene dives and pulls off a great catch at short leg. 486/6
Kaushal Lokuarachchi	18	2	83	0	4.61	65	10	1	0	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	6	0	29	0	4.83	15	2	0	0	0

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marvan Atapattu	lbw b Tuffey	0	5	3	0	0	0.00

Sanath Jayasuriya	b Bond	50	110	163	8	0	45.45

Chaminda Vaas	c Fleming b Bond	4	15	24	0	0	26.66

Kumar Sangakkara	c Oram b Wiseman	67	98	150	14	0	68.36

Mahela Jayawardene	c †Hart b Oram	58	148	207	8	0	39.18

Hashan Tillakaratne (c)	b Bond	144	314	456	24	0	45.85

Romesh Kaluwitharana †	c Sinclair b Wiseman	76	90	117	14	0	84.44

Kumar Dharmasena	lbw b Vettori	31	102	158	3	0	30.39

Kaushal Lokuarachchi	not out	28	29	40	3	1	96.55
Prabath Nissanka	lbw b Vettori	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Muthiah Muralidaran	lbw b Vettori	0	3	3	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 21, nb 4)	25
Total	152 Ov (RR: 3.17, 654 Mins)	483
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Marvan Atapattu, 0.5 ov), 2-11 (Chaminda Vaas, 5.6 ov), 3-114 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 36.2 ov), 4-134 (Kumar Sangakkara, 39.6 ov), 5-267 (Mahela Jayawardene, 84.5 ov), 6-374 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 112.2 ov), 7-444 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 143.1 ov), 8-483 (Kumar Dharmasena, 151.2 ov), 9-483 (Prabath Nissanka, 151.3 ov), 10-483 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 151.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Daryl Tuffey	17	5	54	1	3.17	82	10	0	0	2
0.5 to MS Atapattu, here we go, ball pitched outside off stump, came in with the angle, Atapattu tried to defend on the front foot, missed it, struck on the pad, loud appeal and up goes the finger, Tuffey strikes. 0/1
Shane Bond	28	6	97	3	3.46	133	16	0	0	1
5.6 to WPUJC Vaas, edged as ball moved across him, a two handed knee high catch for Fleming to hold and thats all. 11/2 36.2 to ST Jayasuriya, short, defended at his feet, ball bounced over his head and then ran onto legstump and bail comes off, so Bond will forget his tummy now. 114/3 143.1 to HP Tillakaratne, ball was angling across and he went to steer it to third man but bottom edges it back into his stumps from outside off. 444/7
Jacob Oram	30	13	62	1	2.06	154	9	0	0	1
84.5 to DPMD Jayawardene, drawn forward to a ball leaving him and there is a nick that the keeper Hart holds easily and an important break for the tourists. 267/5
Daniel Vettori	33	8	94	3	2.84	154	15	0	0	0
151.2 to HDPK Dharmasena, the armball gets him, going straight and caught in front, Dharmasena shows his bat to ump Taufel indicating a touch but probably after being hit on the leg. 483/8 151.3 to RAP Nissanka, a fast one and straight in, 93kph ball and the finger goes up as it was plumb. 483/9 151.6 to M Muralidaran, was the armer, misses the bat and hits the back pad and gets the finger this time. 483/10
Paul Wiseman	41	13	127	2	3.09	190	19	1	0	0
39.6 to KC Sangakkara, Sangakkara pays for this rush of blood, played across to mid wicket, ball turned got top edge and the huge Oram ran miles behind him at mid off to catch it low, great effort. 134/4 112.2 to RS Kaluwitharana, tosses up, comes down the wicket and tries to loft it over mid wicket fielder, misstimed it and Sinclair takes a good catch at short mid wicket. 374/6
Scott Styris	3	0	28	0	9.33	10	5	0	0	0

New Zealand 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matt Horne	lbw b Lokuarachchi	42	95	121	3	1	44.21

Stephen Fleming (c)	not out	69	234	303	5	0	29.48
Mathew Sinclair	c sub (TM Dilshan) b Muralidaran	1	11	10	0	0	9.09

Scott Styris	lbw b Lokuarachchi	16	49	53	1	0	32.65

Jacob Oram	c †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran	19	33	40	4	0	57.57

Robbie Hart †	c Sangakkara b Muralidaran	0	3	6	0	0	0.00

Mark Richardson	not out	6	44	68	0	0	13.63
Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 1)	8
Total	78 Ov (RR: 2.06, 303 Mins)	161/5d
Did not bat: Paul Wiseman, Daniel Vettori, Daryl Tuffey, Shane Bond
Fall of wickets: 1-71 (Matt Horne, 29.5 ov), 2-76 (Mathew Sinclair, 32.4 ov), 3-108 (Scott Styris, 47.3 ov), 4-133 (Jacob Oram, 58.4 ov), 5-133 (Robbie Hart, 60.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	7	2	27	0	3.85	31	3	0	0	0
Prabath Nissanka	6	1	18	0	3.00	28	3	0	0	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	30	15	41	3	1.36	157	3	0	0	1
32.4 to MS Sinclair, pitched well outside off stump, went for the sweep, inside edge onto his pad and an easy catch for substitute fielder Dilshan at silly point. 76/2 58.4 to JDP Oram, Got'm! Pushes forward to a turning delivery, that turned a lot, took the outside edge, Kalu fumbles and then completes the catch, Oram walks back. 133/4 60.1 to RG Hart, Turn and bounce, Hart shuffles across and plays it straight into the hands of Sangakkara at forward short leg, a tame dismissal. 133/5
Kaushal Lokuarachchi	19	2	47	2	2.47	85	4	0	0	0
29.5 to MJ Horne, flighted ball, pitched on the off stump and kept its line, Horne went for a sweep, missed it, struck on the pad, loud appeal, up goes the finger, debutant Lokuarachchi gets his first wicket in test cricket. 71/1 47.3 to SB Styris, quicker ball, pitched just outside off stump, came in with the angle, Styris offered his front pad, struck a little outside off but given as he didn't offered a shot, 2nd wicket for young Lokuarachchi. 108/3
Kumar Dharmasena	16	7	21	0	1.31	82	1	0	0	0

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Fri, 25 Apr - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 207/2 (Stephen Fleming 112*, Mathew Sinclair 4*, 93 ov)

Sat, 26 Apr - day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 4/1 (Sanath Jayasuriya 2*, Chaminda Vaas 2*, 1.4 ov)

Sun, 27 Apr - day 3 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 267/4 (Mahela Jayawardene 58*, Hashan Tillakaratne 71*, 84 ov)

Mon, 28 Apr - day 4 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 424/6 (Hashan Tillakaratne 126*, Kumar Dharmasena 19*, 137 ov)

Tue, 29 Apr - day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 161/5d (78 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

12th Men: UDU Chandana - Sri Lanka; L Vincent - New Zealand
MH Richardson (1) 50 off 147 balls in 188 mins
SP Fleming (1) 50 off 134 balls 165 mins
SP Fleming (1) 100 off 221 balls in 272 mins
SP Fleming (1) 150 off 422 balls in 320 mins
SP Fleming (1) 200 off 506 balls in 382 mins
SP Fleming (1) 250 off 592 balls in 446 mins
SB Styris (1) 50 off 129 balls in 106 mins
ST Jayasuriya (1) 50 off 102 balls in 110 mins
KC Sangakkara (1) 50 off 73 balls in 104 mins
DPMD Jayawardene (1) 50 off 105 balls in 142 mins
HP Tillakaratne (1) 50 off 116 balls in 156 mins
HP Tillakaratne (1) 100 off 213 balls in 315 mins
RS Kaluwitharana (1) 50 off 58 balls in 76 mins
SP Fleming (2) 50 off 159 balls in 219 mins

Match Details

P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
Toss	New Zealand, elected to bat first
Series	New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2003
Series result	2-match series level 0-0
Match number	Test no. 1641
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Kaushal Lokuarachchi Prabath Nissanka
Umpires	Daryl Harper Simon Taufel
TV Umpire	Tyron Wijewardene
Match Referee	Gundappa Viswanath

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New Zealand Innings

Player Name		R	B
MJ Horne	lbw	42	95
SP Fleming	not out	69	234
MS Sinclair	caught	1	11
SB Styris	lbw	16	49
JDP Oram	caught	19	33
RG Hart	caught	0	3
MH Richardson	not out	6	44
Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 1)
Total	161(5 wkts; 78 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	7	2	27	0	3.85
RAP Nissanka	6	1	18	0	3
M Muralidaran	30	15	41	3	1.36 (1 nb)
KS Lokuarachchi	19	2	47	2	2.47
HDPK Dharmasena	16	7	21	0	1.31

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	71	Stephen Fleming	Matt Horne
2nd	5	Stephen Fleming	Mathew Sinclair
3rd	32	Stephen Fleming	Scott Styris
4th	25	Stephen Fleming	Jacob Oram
5th	0	Stephen Fleming	Robbie Hart
6th	28	Stephen Fleming	Mark Richardson

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