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Test no. 1820

Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series - 1st Test
New Zealand v Sri Lanka

2006/07 season

Played at Jade Stadium, Christchurch, on 7,8,9 December 2006 (5-day match)

Result New Zealand won by 5 wickets


Sri Lanka 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	WU Tharanga	c How b Franklin	33	138	96	3	1	34.37
	ST Jayasuriya	c Fleming b Bond	5	12	7	1	0	71.42
	KC Sangakkara	c Sinclair b Bond	4	8	7	1	0	57.14
	DPMD Jayawardene	c Franklin b Bond	8	24	16	2	0	50.00
	CK Kapugedera	lbw b Franklin	37	115	86	7	0	43.02
	LPC Silva	b Franklin	0	5	2	0	0	0.00
	HAPW Jayawardene	c How b Martin	7	61	39	1	0	17.94
	WPUJC Vaas	c McCullum b Oram	4	19	11	0	0	36.36
	MF Maharoof	c Fleming b Oram	15	38	32	2	1	46.87
	SL Malinga	not out	7	30	17	1	0	41.17
	M Muralitharan	c Astle b Martin	14	15	9	2	0	155.55
	Extras	(lb 13, w 1, nb 6)	20

	Total	(all out; 52.4 overs; 237 mins)	154	(2.92 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-11 (Jayasuriya, 2.5 ov), 2-17 (Sangakkara, 4.3 ov), 3-37 (DPMD Jayawardene, 10.1 ov), 4-87 (Tharanga, 31.6 ov), 5-87 (Silva, 33.2 ov), 6-106 (Kapugedera, 37.3 ov), 7-110 (Vaas, 41.1 ov), 8-121 (HAPW Jayawardene, 46.5 ov), 9-132 (Maharoof, 49.5 ov), 10-154 (Muralitharan, 52.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SE Bond	13	2	43	3	3.30	(1nb)
CS Martin	16.4	2	37	2	2.22	(3nb, 1w)
JEC Franklin	12	0	30	3	2.50	(2nb)
JDP Oram	10	5	30	2	3.00
NJ Astle	1	0	1	0	1.00


New Zealand 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	CD Cumming	b Muralitharan	43	186	131	5	0	32.82
	JM How	lbw b Malinga	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
	MS Sinclair	c HAPW Jayawardene b Vaas	36	100	84	5	0	42.85
	SP Fleming	c Kapugedera b Maharoof	48	210	158	6	0	30.37
	NJ Astle	lbw b Muralitharan	2	2	4	0	0	50.00
	JDP Oram	c Silva b Vaas	1	11	3	0	0	33.33
	BB McCullum	b Vaas	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
	DL Vettori	c DPMD Jayawardene b Malinga	63	142	114	8	0	55.26
	JEC Franklin	lbw b Muralitharan	0	6	9	0	0	0.00
	SE Bond	lbw b Muralitharan	1	16	8	0	0	12.50
	CS Martin	not out	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 5, nb 7)	12

	Total	(all out; 85.4 overs; 348 mins)	206	(2.40 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-3 (How, 1.3 ov), 2-73 (Sinclair, 25.5 ov), 3-106 (Cumming, 46.2 ov), 4-108 (Astle, 46.6 ov), 5-113 (Oram, 49.1 ov), 6-113 (McCullum, 49.4 ov), 7-188 (Fleming, 79.2 ov), 8-190 (Franklin, 80.5 ov), 9-206 (Bond, 84.3 ov), 10-206 (Vettori, 85.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	18	4	49	3	2.72	(1nb)
SL Malinga	19.4	2	43	2	2.18	(3nb)
MF Maharoof	14	3	44	1	3.14	(3nb)
M Muralitharan	34	7	65	4	1.91


Sri Lanka 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	WU Tharanga	c Fleming b Bond	24	47	40	3	0	60.00
	ST Jayasuriya	run out (Bond)	10	13	11	0	1	90.90
	KC Sangakkara	not out	100	173	154	12	1	64.93
	DPMD Jayawardene	c Fleming b Franklin	0	9	6	0	0	0.00
	CK Kapugedera	c Oram b Bond	1	5	6	0	0	16.66
	LPC Silva	c Vettori b Bond	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
	HAPW Jayawardene	run out (Bond)	11	49	35	2	0	31.42
	WPUJC Vaas	c McCullum b Oram	0	6	3	0	0	0.00
	MF Maharoof	c McCullum b Bond	7	23	18	0	0	38.88
	SL Malinga	c McCullum b Franklin	0	50	28	0	0	0.00
	M Muralitharan	run out (Martin/McCullum)	8	37	19	2	0	42.10
	Extras	(lb 5, nb 4)	9

	Total	(all out; 53.1 overs; 207 mins)	170	(3.19 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-18 (Jayasuriya, 2.6 ov), 2-44 (Tharanga, 10.6 ov), 3-45 (DPMD Jayawardene, 13.2 ov), 4-46 (Kapugedera, 14.3 ov), 5-46 (Silva, 14.6 ov), 6-74 (HAPW Jayawardene, 26.2 ov), 7-80 (Vaas, 27.3 ov), 8-99 (Maharoof, 32.5 ov), 9-143 (Malinga, 44.6 ov), 10-170 (Muralitharan, 53.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SE Bond	19.1	5	63	4	3.28	(3nb)
CS Martin	11	2	38	0	3.45
JEC Franklin	13	1	34	2	2.61	(1nb)
JDP Oram	7	1	19	1	2.71
DL Vettori	2	0	10	0	5.00
NJ Astle	1	0	1	0	1.00


New Zealand 2nd innings (target: 119 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	CD Cumming	c HAPW Jayawardene b Vaas	43	66	57	4	2	75.43
	JM How	lbw b Muralitharan	11	54	31	0	0	35.48
	MS Sinclair	c Sangakkara b Muralitharan	4	22	18	0	0	22.22
	SP Fleming	lbw b Vaas	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
	NJ Astle	lbw b Muralitharan	24	50	39	3	0	61.53
	JDP Oram	not out	12	55	46	1	0	26.08
	BB McCullum	not out	14	9	8	2	1	175.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 1, w 5, nb 4)	11

	Total	(5 wickets; 33 overs; 133 mins)	119	(3.60 runs per over)

Did not bat DL Vettori, JEC Franklin, SE Bond, CS Martin

Fall of wickets1-58 (How, 12.5 ov), 2-66 (Cumming, 15.4 ov), 3-66 (Fleming, 17.1 ov), 4-68 (Sinclair, 18.1 ov), 5-103 (Astle, 30.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	12	3	33	2	2.75	(3nb)
SL Malinga	4	1	35	0	8.75	(1w)
M Muralitharan	14	5	34	3	2.42
MF Maharoof	3	0	15	0	5.00	(1nb)

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first
Series New Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0

Test debut LPC Silva (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match SE Bond (New Zealand)

Umpires BG Jerling (South Africa) and SJA Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire GAV Baxter
Match referee J Srinath (India)
Reserve umpire DM Quested

Close of play
7 Dec day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 85/2 (CD Cumming 37*, SP Fleming 7*, 33 ov)
8 Dec day 2 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 125/8 (KC Sangakkara 63*, SL Malinga 0*, 37 ov)
9 Dec day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 119/5 (33 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1
Sri Lanka 1st innings
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 11.6 overs (73 balls), Extras 6
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 55/3 in 13.0 overs (WU Tharanga 16, CK Kapugedera 16)
Lunch: Sri Lanka - 77/3 in 28.0 overs (WU Tharanga 27, CK Kapugedera 23)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 134 balls (WU Tharanga 18, CK Kapugedera 24, Ex 8)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 35.5 overs (219 balls), Extras 13
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 110/6 in 41.0 overs (HAPW Jayawardene 6, WPUJC Vaas 4)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 52.1 overs (320 balls), Extras 20
New Zealand 1st innings
Tea: New Zealand - 0/0
Drinks: New Zealand - 33/1 in 15.0 overs (CD Cumming 16, MS Sinclair 15)
New Zealand: 50 runs in 20.4 overs (126 balls), Extras 2
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 116 balls (CD Cumming 25, MS Sinclair 24, Ex 1)
End Of Day: New Zealand - 85/2 in 33.0 overs (CD Cumming 37, SP Fleming 7)
New Zealand 2nd innings
Test Commentators: George Binoy, Binoy George and Saajan Nair
Test Scorer: Gautham

Day 2
New Zealand 1st innings
New Zealand: 100 runs in 42.2 overs (259 balls), Extras 6
Drinks: New Zealand - 108/4 in 47.0 overs (SP Fleming 20)
New Zealand: 150 runs in 61.5 overs (377 balls), Extras 8
Lunch: New Zealand - 155/6 in 63.0 overs (SP Fleming 42, DL Vettori 23)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 97 balls (SP Fleming 21, DL Vettori 30, Ex 1)
Drinks: New Zealand - 188/6 in 79.0 overs (SP Fleming 48, DL Vettori 47)
DL Vettori: 50 off 99 balls (6 x 4)
New Zealand: 200 runs in 83.4 overs (509 balls), Extras 12
Sri Lanka 2nd innings
Tea: Sri Lanka - 0/0
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 46/5 in 15.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 5)
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 15.1 overs (93 balls), Extras 6
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 33.4 overs (204 balls), Extras 7
KC Sangakkara: 50 off 89 balls (6 x 4)
End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 125/8 in 37.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 63, SL Malinga 0)

Day 3
Rain: Sri Lanka - 136/8 in 42.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 74, SL Malinga 0)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 47.1 overs (287 balls), Extras 9
KC Sangakkara: 100 off 154 balls (12 x 4, 1 x 6)
New Zealand 2nd innings
Lunch: New Zealand - 0/0
Rain: New Zealand - 0/0 in 0.4 overs (CD Cumming 0, JM How 0)
New Zealand: 50 runs in 11.3 overs (74 balls), Extras 9
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 74 balls (CD Cumming 32, JM How 11, Ex 9)
Drinks: New Zealand - 58/1 in 12.5 overs (CD Cumming 38)
New Zealand: 100 runs in 29.1 overs (180 balls), Extras 10
Tea: New Zealand - 102/4 in 30.0 overs (NJ Astle 24, JDP Oram 9)

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