Hadlee and Jeff Crowe's 246-run partnership is NZ's highest for the 6th wicket in Tests, breaking the record of 220 between Glenn Turner and Ken Wadsworth

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Scorecard summary

Sri Lanka • 397/9(173.5 overs)

1st INNINGS

201* (548)

4/102 (38.5)

60 (157)

2/98 (47)

New Zealand • 406/5(163 overs)

1st INNINGS

151* (240)

2/111 (37)

120* (398)

1/67 (36)

Match details

Colombo Cricket Club Ground
Toss	New Zealand, elected to field first
Series	New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka
Season	1987
Series result	3-match series level 0-0
Match number	Test no. 1074
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Andrew Jones Brendon Kuruppu
Umpires	PW Vidanagamage Udaya Wickramasinghe

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SRI LANKA v NEW ZEALAND 1986-87

Long, slow innings by Kuruppu, Sri Lanka's 25-year-old wicket-keeping opener, and Jeff Crowe, in his first Test as New Zealand's captain, sentenced this match to tedium and a draw

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New Zealand Innings

Player Name		R	B
KR Rutherford	caught	11	22
PA Horne	caught	16	92
AH Jones	lbw	38	88
MD Crowe	caught	27	30
JJ Crowe	not out	120	398
EJ Gray	caught	31	105
RJ Hadlee	not out	151	240
Extras	(lb 2, nb 6, w 4)
Total	406(5 wkts; 163 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Ratnayake	32	7	79	1	2.46
AK Kuruppuarachchi	20	3	64	1	3.2
A Ranatunga	23	10	43	0	1.86
JR Ratnayeke	37	6	111	2	3
SD Anurasiri	36	13	67	1	1.86
AP Gurusinha	9	1	17	0	1.88
RS Madugalle	2	0	6	0	3
RL Dias	4	0	17	0	4.25

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	20	Ken Rutherford	Phil Horne
2nd	31	Phil Horne	Andrew Jones
3rd	39	Martin Crowe	Andrew Jones
4th	9	Jeff Crowe	Andrew Jones
5th	61	Jeff Crowe	Evan Gray
6th	246	Richard Hadlee	Jeff Crowe

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