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SRI flag SRIWon toss. Elected to bat
256 & 142-9
Series badge NZL
459
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Overs: 57.0 RR: 2.49 vs spin: 2.48
vs seam: 2.30
Overs: 175.0 RR: 2.62 vs spin: 2.35
vs seam: 2.63
Sat 24/03/84 Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (CCC), 3rd Test, Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
NEW ZEALAND WIN New Zealand won by an innings and 61 runs
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Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 256 (82.0; RR: 3.12)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
S Wettimuny b Hadlee 4 6 1 0 66.67
SMS Kaluperuma b Hadlee 16 30 3 0 53.33
JR Ratnayeke lbw b Hadlee 0 5 0 0 0.00
RL Dias c Smith b Chatfield 10 19 1 0 52.63
LRD Mendis c Crowe b Chatfield 19 24 4 0 79.17
RS Madugalle not out 89 188 14 0 47.34
A Ranatunga c b Chatfield 37 109 6 0 33.94
DS de Silva c Smith b Hadlee 17 52 2 0 32.69
RG de Alwis c Boock b Hadlee 28 30 4 0 93.33
AMJG Amerasinghe c Wright b Chatfield 15 26 2 0 57.69
VB John c & b Chatfield 12 26 1 0 46.15
Extras (0b, 4lb, 0w, 5nb) 9  
TOTAL 256 all out (82.0 overs; RR: 3.12)

Fall of wickets

4-1 (S Wettimuny 0.0 ov), 4-2 (JR Ratnayeke 0.0 ov), 22-3 (RL Dias 0.0 ov), 32-4 (SMS Kaluperuma 0.0 ov), 63-5 (LRD Mendis 0.0 ov), 182-6 (A Ranatunga 0.0 ov), 222-7 (RG de Alwis 0.0 ov), 227-8 (DS de Silva 0.0 ov), 249-9 (AMJG Amerasinghe 0.0 ov), 256-10 (VB John 82.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RJ Hadlee 22.0 4 73 5 3.32 0 0
EJ Chatfield 22.0 5 63 5 2.86 0 0
MD Crowe 6.0 2 22 0 3.67 0 0
SL Boock 20.0 9 51 0 2.55 0 0
JG Bracewell 9.0 2 31 0 3.44 0 0
JV Coney 3.0 0 7 0 2.33 0 0

New Zealand - 1st Inns 459 (175.0; RR: 2.62)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GP Howarth lbw b Ratnayeke 7 19 0 0 36.84
JG Wright c Alwis b Ratnayeke 18 33 2 0 54.55
JF Reid c & b Amerasinghe 180 445 16 0 40.45
MD Crowe c Alwis b Ratnayeke 45 143 7 0 31.47
SL Boock b John 35 86 2 0 40.70
JJ Crowe lbw b John 18 39 3 0 46.15
JV Coney c Alwis b Amerasinghe 92 229 8 0 40.17
RJ Hadlee c Kaluperuma b Silva 0 8 0 0 0.00
IDS Smith b John 42 53 5 0 79.25
JG Bracewell c Kaluperuma b Silva 0 1 0 0 0.00
EJ Chatfield not out 1 23 0 0 4.35
Extras (5b, 8lb, 2w, 6nb) 21  
TOTAL 459 all out (175.0 overs; RR: 2.62)

Fall of wickets

13-1 (GP Howarth 0.0 ov), 32-2 (JG Wright 0.0 ov), 132-3 (MD Crowe 0.0 ov), 214-4 (SL Boock 0.0 ov), 253-5 (JJ Crowe 0.0 ov), 386-6 (JF Reid 0.0 ov), 391-7 (RJ Hadlee 0.0 ov), 429-8 (JV Coney 0.0 ov), 436-9 (JG Bracewell 0.0 ov), 459-10 (IDS Smith 175.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
VB John 37.0 8 99 3 2.68 0 0
JR Ratnayeke 40.0 9 128 3 3.20 0 0
A Ranatunga 16.0 5 18 0 1.13 0 0
DS de Silva 42.0 4 95 2 2.26 0 0
AMJG Amerasinghe 30.0 4 73 2 2.43 0 0
SMS Kaluperuma 10.0 2 25 0 2.50 0 0

Sri Lanka - 2nd Inns 142-9 (57.0; RR: 2.49)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
S Wettimuny c Coney b Hadlee 2 7 0 0 28.57
SMS Kaluperuma c Coney b Hadlee 18 74 2 0 24.32
RS Madugalle c Wright b Bracewell 38 66 4 0 57.58
A Ranatunga c Wright b Boock 50 92 7 1 54.35
DS de Silva c Smith b Hadlee 1 26 0 0 3.85
LRD Mendis b Boock 10 22 2 0 45.45
JR Ratnayeke b Boock 2 8 0 0 25.00
RG de Alwis c Bracewell b Hadlee 10 36 1 0 27.78
AMJG Amerasinghe b Hadlee 5 14 1 0 35.71
VB John not out 0 3 0 0 0.00
RL Dias  
Extras (0b, 0lb, 1w, 5nb) 6  
TOTAL 142-9 (57.0 overs; RR: 2.49)

Fall of wickets

6-1 (S Wettimuny 0.0 ov), 63-2 (RS Madugalle 0.0 ov), 63-3 (SMS Kaluperuma 0.0 ov), 79-4 (DS de Silva 0.0 ov), 101-5 (LRD Mendis 0.0 ov), 105-6 (JR Ratnayeke 0.0 ov), 136-7 (RG de Alwis 0.0 ov), 138-8 (A Ranatunga 0.0 ov), 142-9 (AMJG Amerasinghe 57.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RJ Hadlee 16.0 7 29 5 1.81 0 0
EJ Chatfield 9.0 2 27 0 3.00 0 0
MD Crowe 5.0 2 13 0 2.60 0 0
JG Bracewell 11.0 4 35 1 3.18 0 0
SL Boock 16.0 2 32 3 2.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (CCC), 3rd Test

Date

Saturday March 24, 1984

Toss

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:30am UTC

Venue

Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo

Umpires

KT Francis, PW Vidanagamage

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

DS de Silva, RL Dias, RS Madugalle, LRD Mendis, A Ranatunga, S Wettimuny, JR Ratnayeke, RG de Alwis, VB John, AMJG Amerasinghe, SMS Kaluperuma

New Zealand Team

Playing XI

RJ Hadlee, JV Coney, EJ Chatfield, GP Howarth, SL Boock, JG Wright, JF Reid, JG Bracewell, IDS Smith, MD Crowe, JJ Crowe