Vinothen John and Jayantha Amerasinghe's 60-run partnership is SL's highest for the 10th wicket in Tests, breaking the record of 32 between de Silva and Ajit de Silva

Vinothen John has taken the most five-wicket hauls (2) in Tests for SL, going past de Mel's record

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Scorecard summary

New Zealand • 276/10(100.1 overs)

1st INNINGS

62 (131)

5/86 (29.1)

45 (143)

2/17 (9)

Sri Lanka • 215/10(79.5 overs)

1st INNINGS

34 (43)

4/35 (20.5)

33 (91)

2/36 (15)

New Zealand • 201/8(54.5 overs)

2nd INNINGS

60 (94)

3/59 (21)

31* (26)

3/73 (17.5)

Sri Lanka • 97/10(27.3 overs)

2nd INNINGS

51 (47)

5/28 (9.3)

19 (17)

4/8 (7)

Match details

Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Toss	New Zealand, elected to bat first
Series	New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka
Season	1983/84
Series result	New Zealand led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 980
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Jayantha Amerasinghe Sanath Kaluperuma
Umpires	Herbi Felsinger PW Vidanagamage

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SRI LANKA v NEW ZEALAND 1983-84

At Kandy, March 9, 10, 11, 13, 14

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
S Wettimuny	caught	5	16
ERNS Fernando	lbw	2	12
SMS Kaluperuma	caught	5	21
LRD Mendis	bowled	0	3
RS Madugalle	caught	2	15
A Ranatunga	caught	51	47
DS de Silva	caught	0	4
RG de Alwis	caught	19	17
RJ Ratnayake	lbw	12	25
VB John	caught	0	5
AMJG Amerasinghe	not out	0	1
Extras	(nb 1)
Total	97(10 wkts; 27.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Hadlee	7	4	8	4	1.14
BL Cairns	4	1	6	0	1.5
SL Boock	9.3	4	28	5	2.94
JG Bracewell	7	1	54	1	7.71

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	3	Sidath Wettimuny	Susil Fernando
2nd	9	Sidath Wettimuny	Sanath Kaluperuma
3rd	0	Duleep Mendis	Sanath Kaluperuma
4th	2	Ranjan Madugalle	Sanath Kaluperuma
5th	4	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sanath Kaluperuma
6th	0	Somachandra De Silva	Arjuna Ranatunga
7th	37	Arjuna Ranatunga	Guy de Alwis
8th	42	Arjuna Ranatunga	Rumesh Ratnayake
9th	0	Arjuna Ranatunga	Vinothen John
10th	0	Vinothen John	Jayantha Amerasinghe

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