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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 950 (954/1)
New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 1982/83, 1st Test
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
4,5,6 March 1983 (5-day match)

Result: New Zealand won by an innings and 25 runs
New Zealand leads the 2-Test series 1-0

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: FR Goodall and DA Kinsella
Test Debuts: JJ Crowe (NZ); RG de Alwis, ERNS Fernando, Y Goonasekera, S Jeganathan, VB John, RJ Ratnayake, MD Wettimuny (SL).
Man of the Match: WK Lees

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: New Zealand 217/7 (Coney 69*, Lees 20*)
  • Day 2: New Zealand 344, Sri Lanka 141/8 (S Wettimuny 62*)
    New Zealand 1st innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
    GM Turner             c de Alwis         b John                32  48  36  6 0
    BA Edgar              c MD Wettimuny     b Ratnayeke           39  90  66  5 0
    JG Wright                                b Ratnayake           13  47  31  1 0
    *GP Howarth           c Goonasekera      b Ratnayeke            0   9   6  0 0
    JJ Crowe              run out                                  12  63  57  1 0
    JV Coney              run out                                  84 206 158  8 0
    RJ Hadlee                                b John                12  20  10  1 0
    BL Cairns             c MD Wettimuny     b Ratnayake            3  31  25  0 0
    +WK Lees                                 b de Silva            89 198 180  8 1
    MC Snedden            c sub              b Ratnayeke           22  51  35  4 0
    EJ Chatfield          not out                                  10  45  29  0 0
    Extras                (lb 14, w 2, nb 12)                      28
    Total                 (all out, 101.5 overs)                  344
    
    FoW: 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
    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
    
    Sri Lanka 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    MD Wettimuny          c Lees             b Cairns              17  61  60  1 0
    S Wettimuny           not out                                  63 210 139  6 0
    ERNS Fernando                            b Cairns               0   1   1  0 0
    Y Goonasekera         c Lees             b Cairns               4  15  10  0 0
    RS Madugalle          run out                                  34  52  52  6 0
    *DS de Silva          c Lees             b Hadlee               7  53  46  0 0
    JR Ratnayeke          run out                                   0   7   2  0 0
    +RG de Alwis          c Turner           b Hadlee               0   2   3  0 0
    S Jeganathan          lbw                b Cairns               6   4   6  1 0
    RJ Ratnayake          c Coney            b Hadlee               1   9   4  0 0
    VB John               lbw                b Hadlee               0   3   2  0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 7, nb 3)                        12
    Total                 (all out, 53.3 overs)                   144
    
    FoW: 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
    Hadlee                      13.3    1     33      4
    Snedden                     10      1     30      0
    Cairns                      15      6     49      4
    Chatfield                   15      4     20      0
    
    Sri Lanka 2nd innings (following on)                            R   M   B  4 6
    MD Wettimuny          c Lees             b Snedden              5  29  30  0 0
    S Wettimuny           lbw                b Cairns               7  71  54  0 0
    ERNS Fernando                            b Cairns              46 153 149  6 0
    Y Goonasekera         c Turner           b Cairns               8  23  20  0 0
    RS Madugalle          c Lees             b Snedden             23  77  60  4 0
    *DS de Silva                             b Chatfield           52 129 111  4 0
    JR Ratnayeke          lbw                b Cairns               7  33  21  1 0
    +RG de Alwis          c Hadlee           b Snedden              3  22  16  0 0
    S Jeganathan                             b Chatfield            8  36  20  1 0
    RJ Ratnayake          c Howarth          b Chatfield            0   9   7  0 0
    VB John               not out                                   3   7   7  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 6, w 5, nb 1)                   13
    Total                 (all out, 81.5 overs)                   175
    
    FoW: 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
    Hadlee                      22     12     27      0
    Snedden                     23      6     48      3
    Cairns                      20      7     47      4
    Chatfield                   16.5    3     40      3
    

    • 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.




  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: New Zealand, Sri Lanka.

    Ground Page: Lancaster Park, Christchurch

    New Zealand Player Pages: GM Turner, BA Edgar, JG Wright, GP Howarth, JJ Crowe, JV Coney, RJ Hadlee, BL Cairns, WK Lees, MC Snedden, EJ Chatfield.

    Sri Lanka Player Pages: MD Wettimuny, S Wettimuny, ERNS Fernando, Y Goonasekera, RS Madugalle, DS de Silva, JR Ratnayeke, RG de Alwis, S Jeganathan, RJ Ratnayake, VB John.

    Match Officials' Pages: FR Goodall, DA Kinsella.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by GeoffB (srg3lib@dbv2.grace.cri.nz)  
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