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Test no. 950
Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series - 1st Test
New Zealand v Sri Lanka
1982/83 season

Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, on 4,5,6 March 1983 (5-day match)

Result New Zealand won by an innings and 25 runs

New Zealand 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GM Turner c wicketkeeperde Alwis b John 32 48 36 6 0 88.88
BA Edgar c MD Wettimuny b Ratnayeke 39 90 66 5 0 59.09
JG Wright b Ratnayake 13 47 31 1 0 41.93
captain GP Howarth c Goonasekera b Ratnayeke 0 9 6 0 0 0.00
JJ Crowe run out 12 63 57 1 0 21.05
JV Coney run out 84 206 158 8 0 53.16
RJ Hadlee b John 12 20 10 1 0 120.00
BL Cairns c MD Wettimuny b Ratnayake 3 31 25 0 0 12.00
wicketkeeper WK Lees b de Silva 89 198 180 8 1 49.44
MC Snedden c sub b Ratnayeke 22 51 35 4 0 62.85
EJ Chatfield not out 10 45 29 0 0 34.48
    Extras (lb 14, w 2, nb 12) 28
    Total (all out; 101.5 overs) 344 (3.37 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-59 (Turner), 2-93 (Edgar), 3-93 (Wright), 4-93 (Howarth), 5-137 (Crowe), 6-159 (Hadlee), 7-171 (Cairns), 8-250 (Coney), 9-292 (Snedden), 10-344 (Lees)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 RJ Ratnayake 31 8 125 2 4.03
 VB John 12 2 45 2 3.75
 JR Ratnayeke 31 9 93 3 3.00
 DS de Silva 22.5 10 41 1 1.79
 S Jeganathan 5 2 12 0 2.40

Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MD Wettimuny c wicketkeeperLees b Cairns 17 61 60 1 0 28.33
S Wettimuny not out 63 210 139 6 0 45.32
ERNS Fernando b Cairns 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
Y Goonasekera c wicketkeeperLees b Cairns 4 15 10 0 0 40.00
RS Madugalle run out 34 52 52 6 0 65.38
captain DS de Silva c wicketkeeperLees b Hadlee 7 53 46 0 0 15.21
JR Ratnayeke run out 0 7 2 0 0 0.00
wicketkeeper RG de Alwis c Turner b Hadlee 0 2 3 0 0 0.00
S Jeganathan lbw b Cairns 6 4 6 1 0 100.00
RJ Ratnayake c Coney b Hadlee 1 9 4 0 0 25.00
VB John lbw b Hadlee 0 3 2 0 0 0.00
    Extras (b 2, lb 7, nb 3) 12
    Total (all out; 53.3 overs) 144 (2.69 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-49 (MD Wettimuny), 2-49 (Fernando), 3-56 (Goonasekera), 4-104 (Madugalle), 5-121 (de Silva), 6-129 (Ratnayeke), 7-133 (de Alwis), 8-141 (Jeganathan), 9-144 (Ratnayake), 10-144 (John)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 RJ Hadlee 13.3 1 33 4 2.44
 MC Snedden 10 1 30 0 3.00
 BL Cairns 15 6 49 4 3.26
 EJ Chatfield 15 4 20 0 1.33

Sri Lanka 2nd innings (following on) R M B 4s 6s SR
MD Wettimuny c wicketkeeperLees b Snedden 5 29 30 0 0 16.66
S Wettimuny lbw b Cairns 7 71 54 0 0 12.96
ERNS Fernando b Cairns 46 153 149 6 0 30.87
Y Goonasekera c Turner b Cairns 8 23 20 0 0 40.00
RS Madugalle c wicketkeeperLees b Snedden 23 77 60 4 0 38.33
captain DS de Silva b Chatfield 52 129 111 4 0 46.84
JR Ratnayeke lbw b Cairns 7 33 21 1 0 33.33
wicketkeeper RG de Alwis c Hadlee b Snedden 3 22 16 0 0 18.75
S Jeganathan b Chatfield 8 36 20 1 0 40.00
RJ Ratnayake c Howarth b Chatfield 0 9 7 0 0 0.00
VB John not out 3 7 7 0 0 42.85
    Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 5, nb 1) 13
    Total (all out; 81.5 overs) 175 (2.13 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-14 (MD Wettimuny), 2-26 (S Wettimuny), 3-46 (Goonasekera), 4-95 (Madugalle), 5-108 (Fernando), 6-124 (Ratnayeke), 7-133 (de Alwis), 8-168 (Jeganathan), 9-170 (Ratnayake), 10-175 (de Silva)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 RJ Hadlee 22 12 27 0 1.22
 MC Snedden 23 6 48 3 2.08
 BL Cairns 20 7 47 4 2.35
 EJ Chatfield 16.5 3 40 3 2.37

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field first
Series New Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0

Test debuts JJ Crowe (New Zealand); RG de Alwis, ERNS Fernando, Y Goonasekera, S Jeganathan, VB John, RJ Ratnayake and MD Wettimuny (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match WK Lees (New Zealand)

Umpires FR Goodall and DA Kinsella

Close of play
4 Mar day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 217/7 (JV Coney 69*, WK Lees 20*)
5 Mar day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 141/8 (S Wettimuny 62*)
6 Mar day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 175 (81.5 ov) - end of match

Match notes

  • Sl 1st innings
  • This is the 3rd pair of brothers to have opened in a test, after EM & WG Grace, and Hanif & Sadiq Mohammed.
  • Sidath Wettimuny was the 1st Sri Lankan to carry his bat in a test innings.

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