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190-1
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189
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Overs: 47.4 RR: 3.99 vs spin: 3.86
vs seam: 3.71
Overs: 56.5 RR: 3.33 vs seam: 3.03
Sat 09/06/79 New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Prudential World Cup, Group B, Trent Bridge, Nottingham
NEW ZEALAND WIN New Zealand won by 9 wickets
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Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 189 (56.5; RR: 3.33)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
B Warnapura c & b McKechnie 20 58 2 0 34.48
SRD Wettimuny b Cairns 16 20 1 0 80.00
APB Tennekoon b Stott 59 96 6 0 61.46
RL Dias c & b Stott 25 46 2 0 54.35
LRD Mendis c Turner b Troup 14 27 2 0 51.85
DS de Silva c Burgess b Stott 6 24 0 0 25.00
SA Jayasinghe run out 1 3 0 0 33.33
SP Pasqual b Hadlee 1 2 0 0 50.00
ARM Opatha b McKechnie 18 27 2 0 66.67
DLS de Silva c Wright b McKechnie 10 35 0 0 28.57
GRA de Silva not out 2 11 0 0 18.18
Extras (0b, 13lb, 2w, 2nb) 17  
TOTAL 189 all out (56.5 overs; RR: 3.33)

Fall of wickets

26-1 (SRD Wettimuny 0.0 ov), 57-2 (B Warnapura 0.0 ov), 107-3 (RL Dias 0.0 ov), 137-4 (LRD Mendis 0.0 ov), 149-5 (DS de Silva 0.0 ov), 150-6 (SA Jayasinghe 0.0 ov), 150-7 (APB Tennekoon 0.0 ov), 154-8 (SP Pasqual 0.0 ov), 178-9 (DLS de Silva 0.0 ov), 189-10 (ARM Opatha 56.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RJ Hadlee 12.0 3 24 1 2.00 0 0
GB Troup 10.0 0 30 1 3.00 0 0
BL Cairns 12.0 1 45 1 3.75 0 0
BJ McKechnie 10.5 2 25 3 2.50 0 0
LW Stott 12.0 1 48 3 4.00 0 0

New Zealand - 1st Inns 190-1 (47.4; RR: 3.99)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GM Turner not out 83 143 4 0 58.04
JG Wright c Tennekoon b Silva 34 69 6 0 49.28
GP Howarth not out 63 75 8 1 84.00
JV Coney  
MG Burgess  
WK Lees  
BJ McKechnie  
BL Cairns  
RJ Hadlee  
LW Stott  
GB Troup  
Extras (0b, 7lb, 2w, 1nb) 10  
TOTAL 190-1 (47.4 overs; RR: 3.99)

Fall of wickets

64-1 (JG Wright 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
ARM Opatha 7.0 1 31 0 4.43 0 0
DLS de Silva 8.0 2 18 0 2.25 0 0
B Warnapura 7.0 0 30 0 4.29 0 0
DS de Silva 9.0 0 42 0 4.67 0 0
GRA de Silva 12.0 1 39 1 3.25 0 0
SP Pasqual 4.4 0 20 0 5.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, Prudential World Cup, Group B

Date

Saturday June 9, 1979

Toss

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Umpires

KE Palmer, WL Budd

New Zealand Team

Playing XI

MG Burgess, GM Turner, RJ Hadlee, JV Coney, BL Cairns, GP Howarth, BJ McKechnie, WK Lees, GB Troup, JG Wright, LW Stott

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

APB Tennekoon, ARM Opatha, SRD Wettimuny, SA Jayasinghe, SP Pasqual, DLS de Silva, DS de Silva, GRA de Silva, RL Dias, LRD Mendis, B Warnapura