Sri Lanka v New Zealand 1st Test
New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka - 1987 (1987) · Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo · 16 April 1987 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl
Match drawn
Match drawn. Brendon Kuruppu top-scored with 201* for Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka, 381 (9 wkts)
| Roshan Mahanama | caught (Ian Smith) | 16 | 42 |
| Brendon Kuruppu | not out | 201 | 548 |
| Asanka Gurusinha | lbw | 22 | 50 |
| Roy Dias | caught (John Bracewell) | 25 | 46 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | caught (Ian Smith) | 15 | 58 |
| Duleep Mendis | caught (John Bracewell) | 12 | 45 |
| Ranjan Madugalle | caught (Richard Hadlee) | 60 | 157 |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | caught (Martin Crowe) | 12 | 47 |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | caught (John Bracewell) | 17 | 38 |
| Don Anurasiri | caught (Ian Smith) | 1 | 4 |
| Kosala Kuruppuarachchi | not out | 0 | 20 |
Richard Hadlee 38.50-10-102-4Ewen Chatfield 38.00-11-104-2Martin Crowe 7.00-4-13-0Martin Snedden 16.00-4-41-0John Bracewell 47.00-14-98-2Evan Gray 27.00-12-35-1
New Zealand, 394 (5 wkts)
| Ken Rutherford | caught (Ranjan Madugalle) | 11 | 22 |
| Phil Horne | caught (Brendon Kuruppu) | 16 | 92 |
| Andrew Jones | lbw | 38 | 88 |
| Martin Crowe | caught (Duleep Mendis) | 27 | 30 |
| Jeff Crowe | not out | 120 | 398 |
| Evan Gray | caught (Arjuna Ranatunga) | 31 | 105 |
| Richard Hadlee | not out | 151 | 240 |
| John Bracewell | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Smith | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Snedden | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Ewen Chatfield | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Rumesh Ratnayake 32.00-7-79-1Kosala Kuruppuarachchi 20.00-3-64-1Arjuna Ranatunga 23.00-10-43-0Ravi Ratnayeke 37.00-6-111-2Don Anurasiri 36.00-13-67-1Asanka Gurusinha 9.00-1-17-0Ranjan Madugalle 2.00-0-6-0Roy Dias 4.00-0-17-0
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