f34540 t950	New Zealand v Sri Lanka
	Sri Lanka in Australia and New Zealand 1982/83 (1st Test)
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 4th, 5th, 6th March 1983 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
Result	New Zealand won by an innings and 25 runs
Umpires	FR Goodall, DA Kinsella
Close of play day 1	New Zealand (1) 217/7 (Coney 69*, Lees 20*)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lanka (1) 141/8 (S Wettimuny 62*)
Man of the Match	WK Lees

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New Zealand first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c de Alwis b John	32	36	48	6	-
BA Edgar	c MD Wettimuny b Ratnayeke	39	66	90	5	-
JG Wright	b Ratnayake	13	31	47	1	-
*GP Howarth	c Goonasekera b Ratnayeke	0	6	9	-	-
JJ Crowe	run out	12	57	63	1	-
JV Coney	run out	84	158	206	8	-
RJ Hadlee	b John	12	10	20	1	-
BL Cairns	c MD Wettimuny b Ratnayake	3	25	31	-	-
+WK Lees	b de Silva	89	180	198	8	1
MC Snedden	c sub (SAR Silva) b Ratnayeke	22	35	51	4	-
EJ Chatfield	not out	10	29	45	-	-
Extras	(14 lb, 12 nb, 2 w)	28
Total	(all out, 412 minutes, 101.5 overs)	344
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, 101.5 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ratnayake	31	8	125	2	-	-
John	12	2	45	2	-	-
Ratnayeke	31	9	93	3	-	-
de Silva	22.5	10	41	1	-	-
Jeganathan	5	2	12	0	-	-

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MD Wettimuny	c Lees b Cairns	17	60	61	1	-
S Wettimuny	not out	63	139	210	6	-
ERNS Fernando	b Cairns	0	1	1	-	-
Y Goonasekera	c Lees b Cairns	4	10	15	-	-
RS Madugalle	run out	34	52	52	6	-
*DS de Silva	c Lees b Hadlee	7	46	53	-	-
JR Ratnayeke	run out	0	2	7	-	-
+RG de Alwis	c Turner b Hadlee	0	3	2	-	-
S Jeganathan	lbw b Cairns	6	6	4	1	-
RJ Ratnayake	c Coney b Hadlee	1	4	9	-	-
VB John	lbw b Hadlee	0	2	3	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 210 minutes, 53.3 overs)	144
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, 53.3 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hadlee	13.3	1	33	4	-	-
Snedden	10	1	30	0	-	-
Cairns	15	6	49	4	-	-
Chatfield	15	4	20	0	-	-

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Sri Lanka second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MD Wettimuny	c Lees b Snedden	5	30	29	-	-
S Wettimuny	lbw b Cairns	7	54	71	-	-
ERNS Fernando	b Cairns	46	149	153	6	-
Y Goonasekera	c Turner b Cairns	8	20	23	-	-
RS Madugalle	c Lees b Snedden	23	60	77	4	-
*DS de Silva	b Chatfield	52	111	129	4	-
JR Ratnayeke	lbw b Cairns	7	21	33	1	-
+RG de Alwis	c Hadlee b Snedden	3	16	22	-	-
S Jeganathan	b Chatfield	8	20	36	1	-
RJ Ratnayake	c Howarth b Chatfield	0	7	9	-	-
VB John	not out	3	7	7	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	13
Total	(all out, 300 minutes, 81.5 overs)	175
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, 81.5 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hadlee	22	12	27	0	-	-
Snedden	23	6	48	3	-	-
Chatfield	16.5	3	40	3	-	-
Cairns	20	7	47	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
--> JJ Crowe made his debut in Test matches
--> MD Wettimuny made his debut in Test matches
--> ERNS Fernando made his debut in Test matches
--> Y Goonasekera made his debut in Test matches
--> RG de Alwis made his debut in Test matches
--> S Jeganathan made his debut in Test matches
--> RJ Ratnayake made his debut in Test matches
--> VB John made his debut in Test matches
--> JV Coney (1) passed his previous highest score of 82 in Test matches
--> DS de Silva (2) passed his previous highest score of 49 in Test matches
--> DS de Silva (2) 50 in 104 balls, 120 minutes with 4 fours
--> DS de Silva (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> JJ Crowe made his debut for New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> ERNS Fernando made his debut for Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> Y Goonasekera made his debut for Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> DS de Silva made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> RS Madugalle made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> S Wettimuny made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> JR Ratnayeke made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> JR Ratnayeke achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the New Zealand first innings (previous best was 3-121)
--> MC Snedden achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed RG de Alwis in the Sri Lanka second innings (previous best was 2-39)

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