Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bryan Young	not out	267	422	605	37	0	63.27
Blair Pocock	c Mahanama b Vaas	18	64	85	0	0	28.12
Matt Horne	c Mahanama b Ranatunga	66	108	143	8	1	61.11
Stephen Fleming (c)	c Zoysa b Wickramasinghe	51	59	69	8	0	86.44
Nathan Astle	b Vaas	27	48	54	5	0	56.25
Daniel Vettori	c Mahanama b Vaas	1	13	14	0	0	7.69
Chris Cairns	c Mahanama b Zoysa	70	123	141	9	1	56.91
Adam Parore †	c Wickramasinghe b Vaas	19	28	45	3	0	67.85
Dipak Patel	not out	30	42	47	1	1	71.42
Extras	(lb 14, nb 21, w 2)	37
Total	146 Ov (RR: 4.01)	586/7d
Did not bat: Heath Davis, Simon Doull
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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	35	6	144	4	4.11	-	-	-	1	5
Nuwan Zoysa	40	6	112	1	2.80	-	-	-	0	8
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	25	4	117	1	4.68	-	-	-	0	5
Muthiah Muralidaran	33	6	136	0	4.12	-	-	-	0	0
Arjuna Ranatunga	5	0	29	1	5.80	-	-	-	0	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	8	0	34	0	4.25	-	-	-	0	2

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	b Doull	0	7	12	0	0	0.00
Roshan Mahanama	lbw b Doull	26	75	102	2	0	34.66
Marvan Atapattu	lbw b Doull	25	66	82	3	0	37.87
Aravinda de Silva	c Patel b Davis	3	4	4	0	0	75.00
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	c Young b Doull	14	40	48	1	0	35.00
Hashan Tillakaratne	not out	55	160	246	8	0	34.37
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	c Fleming b Patel	43	50	81	5	0	86.00
Chaminda Vaas	c Horne b Patel	2	17	18	0	0	11.76
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	c †Parore b Davis	43	76	77	6	0	56.57
Nuwan Zoysa	c Young b Davis	0	7	11	0	0	0.00
Muthiah Muralidaran	c Cairns b Doull	0	10	13	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 10, w 1)	11
Total	85.2 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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Simon Doull	21.2	5	58	5	2.71	-	-	-	1
Heath Davis	19	6	34	3	1.78	-	-	-	0
Matt Horne	6	5	4	0	0.66	-	-	-	0
Nathan Astle	3	0	11	0	3.66	-	-	-	0
Dipak Patel	22	4	67	2	3.04	-	-	-	0
Daniel Vettori	14	5	38	0	2.71	-	-	-	0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	c †Parore b Doull	50	68	111	6	0	73.52
Roshan Mahanama	b Doull	21	46	65	3	0	45.65
Marvan Atapattu	b Patel	22	57	88	2	0	38.59
Aravinda de Silva	lbw b Astle	0	14	20	0	0	0.00
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	c Horne b Vettori	13	45	58	1	0	28.88
Hashan Tillakaratne	run out (sub [CZ Harris])	8	55	61	0	0	14.54
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	c & b Vettori	103	103	134	13	2	100.00
Chaminda Vaas	c & b Davis	57	97	130	7	1	58.76
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	c Doull b Astle	0	8	5	0	0	0.00
Nuwan Zoysa	not out	16	16	33	3	0	100.00
Muthiah Muralidaran	c & b Doull	26	14	18	4	1	185.71
Extras	(lb 9, nb 3)	12
Total	86.3 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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Simon Doull	20.3	5	82	3	4.00	-	-	-	0
Heath Davis	22	2	79	1	3.59	-	-	-	2
Matt Horne	4	2	18	0	4.50	-	-	-	0
Nathan Astle	15	3	51	2	3.40	-	-	-	1
Dipak Patel	10	3	36	1	3.60	-	-	-	0
Daniel Vettori	15	3	53	2	3.53	-	-	-	0

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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

Lunch: NZ 92/1 (Young 41*, Horne 17*)
Tea: NZ 203/2 (Young 94*, Fleming 3*)
BA Young 50 off 105 balls, 6x4. 11th Test 50.
MJ Horne 50 off 80 balls, 9x4, 1x6. Maiden Test 50 in his 2nd Test.
BA Young and MJ Horne set a new record 2nd wicket partnership for New Zealand v Sri Lanka of 141 (previous best: 76 by JG Wright and AH Jones at Auckland in 1990/91).
BA Young 100 off 203 balls, 273 mins, 16x4. 2nd Test 100.
SP Fleming 50 off 54 balls, 8x4, 12th Test 50.
Play ended 3.2 overs early due to rain but came back 23 mins after the scheduled close of play to complete them.
BA Young 150 off 253 balls, 23x4. Test 150. First time a New Zealand batsman has scored 150 since AH Jones v Sri Lanka at Wellington in 1990/91.

Day 2

Lunch: NZ 433/5 (Young 187*, Cairns 50*)
Tea: NZ 586/7 dec. (Young 267*, Patel 30*)
CL Cairns 50 off 96 balls, 119 mins, 6x4, 1x6. 9th Test 50 and 3rd in consecutive innings.
BA Young dropped by RS Mahanama at 2nd slip off the bowling of DNT Zoysa with his score on 155 and New Zealand at 349/5.
BA Young 200 off 355 balls, 519 mins, 29x4. 7th ever double century by a New Zealander in Tests and 6th New Zealand player to achieve it.
RS Mahanama 4 catches in New Zealand's 1st innings equals the Sri Lankan Test record already held by himself and HP Tillakaratne.
9th occasion New Zealand scores over 500 (previous occasion: 671/4 dec. v Sri Lanka at Wellington in 1990-91).
BA Young 250 off 406 balls, 595 mins, 36x4. 3rd ever New Zealander to achieve this score.
DN Patel dropped by ST Jayasuriya at gully off the bowling of DNT Zoysa with his score on 22 and New Zealand at 565/7.
BA Young 267* (off 421 balls, 605 mins, 37x4) is the 2nd highest ever individual score by a New Zealander in Tests (highest: MD Crowe 299 v Sri Lanka at Wellington in 1990-91) and also 2nd highest ever by any player against Sri Lanka (highest: same as above). It is the 28th highest individual innings in Test history and largest score since BC Lara's 375 for West Indies v England at St Johns in 1993-94. It is the highest ever score by a New Zealand opener (previous best: GM Turner 259 v West Indies at Georgetown in 1971-72). It is the highest score by any player made at Carisbrook, Dunedin (previous best: 201 by Mushtaq Mohammad for Pakistan in 1971-72, previous New Zealand best: 143 by GT Dowling v India in 1967-69). Also it is the 2nd best aggregate runs scored in a match by a New Zealander (best: MD Crowe 329 [30 & 299] v Sri Lanka at Wellington in 1990-91).
New Zealand's 586/7 dec. is their 2nd highest ever total in Tests (highest: 671/4 dec. v Sri Lanka at Wellington in 1990-91). It is also the 2nd ever highest total against Sri Lanka (highest: same as above). It is the highest ever total by any side at Carisbrook, Dunedin (previous best: Pakistan 507/6 dec. in 1972-93; previous New Zealand best: 350 v India in 1967-68).

Day 3

Lunch: SL 150/7 (Tillakaratne 30*, Wickramasinghe 2*)
Tea: SL 222 (Tillakaratne 55*)
HP Tillakaratne 50 off 142 balls, 208 mins, 8x4.
New 8th wicket partnership record for Sri Lanka v New Zealand set by HP Tillekeratne and GP Wickremasinghe of 73 (previous best: 69 by HP Tillekeratne and SD Anurasiri at SSCG, Colombo in 1992-93).
GP Wickramasinghe 43 is his highest score in Tests (previous best: 28 v Australia at Perth, 1995-96).
SB Doull's 5-58 is his 5th 5-wicket bag and 3rd this season. It is the 3rd best innings haul by a New Zealander against Sri Lanka.
New Zealand captain SP Fleming enforced Sri Lanka to follow-on It is only the 8th time in 251 Tests played by New Zealand that they have had the opportunity to enforce the follow-on (7th occasion that they did so). 364 runs represents the 2nd largest 1st innings lead by New Zealand in Tests (highest: 374 v Australia at Brisbane in 1985-86).
Tea taken early at the conclusion of the Sri Lankan 1st innings thus extending the final session by 30 minutes.
Rain ended play for the day after 9.4 overs of the 39 minimum to be bowled.

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
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to field first
Series	Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand
Season	1996/97
Player Of The Match	Bryan Young
Series result	New Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1358
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Nuwan Zoysa
Umpires	Christopher King Ian Robinson
TV Umpire	Steve Dunne
Match Referee	Peter Burge

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
ST Jayasuriya	caught	50	68
RS Mahanama	bowled	21	46
MS Atapattu	bowled	22	57
PA de Silva	lbw	0	14
A Ranatunga	caught	13	45
HP Tillakaratne	run out	8	55
RS Kaluwitharana	caught	103	103
WPUJC Vaas	caught	57	97
GP Wickramasinghe	caught	0	8
DNT Zoysa	not out	16	16
M Muralidaran	caught	26	14
Extras	(lb 9, nb 3)
Total	328(10 wkts; 86.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SB Doull	20.3	5	82	3	4
HT Davis	22	2	79	1	3.59 (2 nb)
MJ Horne	4	2	18	0	4.5
NJ Astle	15	3	51	2	3.4 (1 nb)
DN Patel	10	3	36	1	3.6
DL Vettori	15	3	53	2	3.53

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	49	Roshan Mahanama	Sanath Jayasuriya
2nd	33	Marvan Atapattu	Sanath Jayasuriya
3rd	3	Aravinda de Silva	Marvan Atapattu
4th	14	Arjuna Ranatunga	Marvan Atapattu
5th	16	Arjuna Ranatunga	Hashan Tillakaratne
6th	18	Hashan Tillakaratne	Romesh Kaluwitharana
7th	137	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Chaminda Vaas
8th	1	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Chaminda Vaas
9th	14	Chaminda Vaas	Nuwan Zoysa
10th	43	Muthiah Muralidaran	Nuwan Zoysa

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