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109 & 185
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183 & 352
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Overs: 84.4 RR: 2.19 vs spin: 1.78
vs seam: 2.14
Overs: 144.3 RR: 2.44 vs seam: 2.40
Fri 10/03/95 New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, McLean Park, Napier
SRI LANKA WIN Sri Lanka won by 241 runs
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Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 183 (69.0; RR: 2.65)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AP Gurusinha b Walmsley 2 3 0 0 66.67
DP Samaraweera c Young b Walmsley 33 80 4 0 41.25
S Ranatunga c Larsen b Nash 12 23 1 0 52.17
PA de Silva c Parore b Nash 0 2 0 0 0.00
HP Tillakaratne lbw b Morrison 9 32 1 0 28.13
A Ranatunga c Young b Walmsley 55 111 4 0 49.55
CI Dunusinghe c Rutherford b Larsen 11 34 1 0 32.35
WPUJC Vaas not out 33 95 4 0 34.74
GP Wickramasinghe c Fleming b Morrison 13 21 0 0 61.90
M Muralitharan c Nash b Larsen 8 6 1 0 133.33
KR Pushpakumara c Larsen b Morrison 1 10 0 0 10.00
Extras (0b, 6lb, 0w, 0nb) 6  
TOTAL 183 all out (69.0 overs; RR: 2.65)

Fall of wickets

15-1 (AP Gurusinha 0.0 ov), 40-2 (S Ranatunga 0.0 ov), 40-3 (PA de Silva 0.0 ov), 54-4 (HP Tillakaratne 0.0 ov), 64-5 (DP Samaraweera 0.0 ov), 88-6 (CI Dunusinghe 0.0 ov), 137-7 (A Ranatunga 0.0 ov), 166-8 (GP Wickramasinghe 0.0 ov), 178-9 (M Muralitharan 0.0 ov), 183-10 (KR Pushpakumara 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DK Morrison 19.0 5 40 3 2.11 0 0
KP Walmsley 17.0 3 70 3 4.12 0 0
DJ Nash 16.0 4 28 2 1.75 0 0
GR Larsen 17.0 6 39 2 2.29 0 0

New Zealand - 1st Inns 109 (42.5; RR: 2.54)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
BA Young c Dunusinghe b Wickramasinghe 2 6 0 0 33.33
DJ Murray lbw b Vaas 1 5 0 0 20.00
MJ Greatbatch lbw b Wickramasinghe 1 6 0 0 16.67
SP Fleming c Ranatunga b Vaas 35 61 5 0 57.38
KR Rutherford c Tillakaratne b Pushpakumara 32 117 4 0 27.35
SA Thomson c Muralitharan b Vaas 8 13 0 0 61.54
AC Parore c Dunusinghe b Wickramasinghe 7 23 0 0 30.43
GR Larsen c Dunusinghe b Vaas 0 5 0 0 0.00
DJ Nash lbw b Pushpakumara 0 13 0 0 0.00
DK Morrison not out 7 10 1 0 70.00
KP Walmsley b Vaas 4 5 1 0 80.00
Extras (5b, 1lb, 1w, 5nb) 12  
TOTAL 109 all out (42.5 overs; RR: 2.54)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (BA Young 0.0 ov), 4-2 (MJ Greatbatch 0.0 ov), 6-3 (DJ Murray 0.0 ov), 53-4 (SP Fleming 0.0 ov), 65-5 (SA Thomson 0.0 ov), 78-6 (AC Parore 0.0 ov), 79-7 (GR Larsen 0.0 ov), 94-8 (DJ Nash 0.0 ov), 104-9 (KR Rutherford 0.0 ov), 109-10 (KP Walmsley 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GP Wickramasinghe 19.0 7 33 3 1.74 0 1
WPUJC Vaas 18.5 3 47 5 2.61 0 0
KR Pushpakumara 5.0 1 23 2 4.60 1 4

Sri Lanka - 2nd Inns 352 (144.3; RR: 2.44)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AP Gurusinha lbw b Larsen 8 39 0 0 20.51
DP Samaraweera run out 6 14 1 0 42.86
S Ranatunga lbw b Larsen 7 24 1 0 29.17
PA de Silva c Parore b Morrison 62 92 9 0 67.39
HP Tillakaratne c Young b Nash 74 234 8 0 31.62
A Ranatunga b Morrison 28 64 3 0 43.75
CI Dunusinghe b Morrison 91 240 8 0 37.92
WPUJC Vaas b Walmsley 36 124 4 0 29.03
GP Wickramasinghe c b Larsen 16 29 1 0 55.17
M Muralitharan not out 10 10 0 0 100.00
KR Pushpakumara c Parore b Morrison 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (2b, 7lb, 0w, 5nb) 14  
TOTAL 352 all out (144.3 overs; RR: 2.44)

Fall of wickets

14-1 (DP Samaraweera 0.0 ov), 21-2 (AP Gurusinha 0.0 ov), 22-3 (S Ranatunga 0.0 ov), 121-4 (PA de Silva 0.0 ov), 165-5 (A Ranatunga 0.0 ov), 205-6 (HP Tillakaratne 0.0 ov), 294-7 (WPUJC Vaas 0.0 ov), 323-8 (GP Wickramasinghe 0.0 ov), 352-9 (CI Dunusinghe 0.0 ov), 352-10 (KR Pushpakumara 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DJ Nash 36.0 12 87 1 2.42 0 0
KP Walmsley 38.0 7 112 1 2.95 0 0
GR Larsen 39.0 13 73 3 1.87 0 0
SA Thomson 6.0 3 10 0 1.67 0 0
DK Morrison 25.3 5 61 4 2.44 0 5

New Zealand - 2nd Inns 185 (84.4; RR: 2.19)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
BA Young c Samaraweera b Muralitharan 14 64 1 0 21.88
DJ Murray c Dunusinghe b Vaas 36 114 3 0 31.58
MJ Greatbatch c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan 46 82 5 1 56.10
SP Fleming c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan 0 6 0 0 0.00
KR Rutherford c Dunusinghe b Vaas 20 56 2 0 35.71
SA Thomson c Gurusinha b Muralitharan 4 42 0 0 9.52
AC Parore c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan 17 50 1 0 34.00
GR Larsen not out 21 71 3 0 29.58
DJ Nash c Dunusinghe b Vaas 0 23 0 0 0.00
DK Morrison c Gurusinha b Vaas 0 4 0 0 0.00
KP Walmsley c Dunusinghe b Vaas 4 3 1 0 133.33
Extras (6b, 11lb, 0w, 6nb) 23  
TOTAL 185 all out (84.4 overs; RR: 2.19)

Fall of wickets

37-1 (BA Young 0.0 ov), 108-2 (MJ Greatbatch 0.0 ov), 108-3 (DJ Murray 0.0 ov), 112-4 (SP Fleming 0.0 ov), 141-5 (KR Rutherford 0.0 ov), 141-6 (SA Thomson 0.0 ov), 166-7 (AC Parore 0.0 ov), 181-8 (DJ Nash 0.0 ov), 181-9 (DK Morrison 0.0 ov), 185-10 (KP Walmsley 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GP Wickramasinghe 13.0 2 42 0 3.23 0 4
WPUJC Vaas 26.4 10 43 5 1.65 0 3
KR Pushpakumara 9.0 2 19 0 2.11 0 2
M Muralitharan 36.0 15 64 5 1.78 0 0

Match Info

Match

New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Napier, 1st Test

Date

Friday March 10, 1995

Toss

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00pm UTC

Venue

McLean Park, Napier

Umpires

DB Cowie, SG Randell

New Zealand Team

Playing XI

KR Rutherford, DK Morrison, MJ Greatbatch, SA Thomson, AC Parore, DJ Nash, BA Young, SP Fleming, GR Larsen, DJ Murray, KP Walmsley

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

A Ranatunga, PA de Silva, AP Gurusinha, HP Tillakaratne, GP Wickramasinghe, M Muralitharan, DP Samaraweera, KR Pushpakumara, S Ranatunga, WPUJC Vaas, CI Dunusinghe