1st Test: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Mar 4-6, 1983 | Cricket Scorecard

New Zealand won by an innings and 25 runs

Test no. 950 | 1982/83 season
Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch
4,5,6 March 1983 (5-day match)


New Zealand 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
GM Turner	c †de 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

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

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 wickets 1-59 (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 †Lees 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 †Lees b Cairns	4	15	10	0	0	40.00

RS Madugalle	run out	34	52	52	6	0	65.38

DS de Silva*	c †Lees b Hadlee	7	53	46	0	0	15.21

JR Ratnayeke	run out	0	7	2	0	0	0.00

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 wickets 1-49 (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 †Lees 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 †Lees b Snedden	23	77	60	4	0	38.33

DS de Silva*	b Chatfield	52	129	111	4	0	46.84

JR Ratnayeke	lbw b Cairns	7	33	21	1	0	33.33

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 wickets 1-14 (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

Match details

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

Match notes

General

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.