New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test at Dunedin, Mar 07 1997 - Match Result

RESULT

1st Test, Dunedin, March 07 - 10, 1997, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand

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586/7d

(fo) 222 & 328

New Zealand won by an innings and 36 runs

Player Of The Match

, NZ

267*

Bryan Young has broken the record for most runs in boundaries (148) in an innings in Tests for NZ, going past Dowling's 134

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Scorecard summary

New Zealand • 586/7(146 overs)

1st INNINGS

267* (422)

4/144 (35)

70 (123)

1/112 (40)

Sri Lanka • 222/10(85.2 overs)

1st INNINGS

Hashan Tillakaratne

55* (160)

5/58 (21.2)

Romesh Kaluwitharana

43 (50)

3/34 (19)

Sri Lanka • 328/10(86.3 overs)

2nd INNINGS

Romesh Kaluwitharana

103 (103)

3/82 (20.3)

57 (97)

2/51 (15)

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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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NEW ZEALAND v SRI LANKA

Toss: Sri Lanka

NEW ZEALAND v SRI LANKA

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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)

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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