New Zealand v Sri Lanka 1st Test

Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand - 2006 (2006/07) · Jade Stadium, Christchurch · 7 December 2006

New Zealand won by 5 wickets

New Zealand won by 5 wickets. Kumar Sangakkara top-scored with 100* for Sri Lanka. Shane Bond took 4/63.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand - 2006 (2006/07)
Ground: Lancaster Park, Christchurch (then Jade Stadium)
Dates: 7 December 2006 to 9 December 2006
Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to bat
Result: New Zealand won by 5 wickets
Player of the match: Shane Bond
Captains: Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), Stephen Fleming (New Zealand)
Debut: Chamara Silva (Sri Lanka)
Umpires: BG Jerling and SJA Taufel
Match referee: J Srinath

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat. It was Chamara Silva's first Test.

Sri Lanka batted first and made 154 all out. Chamara Kapugedera top-scored with 37 off 86 balls. James Franklin took 3 for 30 for New Zealand.

New Zealand replied with 206 all out. Daniel Vettori top-scored with 63 off 114 balls, and Stephen Fleming made 48. Muthiah Muralidaran took 4 for 65 for Sri Lanka. New Zealand led by 52 on first innings.

Sri Lanka made 170 all out in their second innings. Kumar Sangakkara top-scored with 100 not out off 154 balls. Shane Bond took 4 for 63 for New Zealand. From 18 for 1 they lost 4 wickets for 28 runs, to 46 for 5.

Set 119 to win, New Zealand made 119 for 5. Craig Cumming top-scored with 43 off 57 balls. Muthiah Muralidaran took 3 for 34 for Sri Lanka.

New Zealand won by 5 wickets.

SRI LANKA, FIRST INNINGS: 154 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Upul Tharanga	c Jamie How b James Franklin	33	96
Sanath Jayasuriya	c Stephen Fleming b Shane Bond	5	7
Kumar Sangakkara	c Mathew Sinclair b Shane Bond	4	7
Mahela Jayawardene	c James Franklin b Shane Bond	8	16
Chamara Kapugedera	lbw b James Franklin	37	86
Chamara Silva	b James Franklin	0	2
Prasanna Jayawardene	c Jamie How b Chris Martin	7	39
Chaminda Vaas	c Brendon McCullum b Jacob Oram	4	11
Farveez Maharoof	c Stephen Fleming b Jacob Oram	15	32
Lasith Malinga	not out	7	17
Muthiah Muralidaran	c Nathan Astle b Chris Martin	14	9

Extras 20 · Total 154 all out

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Shane Bond	13	2	43	3
Chris Martin	16.4	2	37	2
James Franklin	12	0	30	3
Jacob Oram	10	5	30	2
Nathan Astle	1	0	1	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-11 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 2.5 ov), 2-17 (Kumar Sangakkara, 4.3 ov), 3-37 (Mahela Jayawardene, 10.1 ov), 4-87 (Upul Tharanga, 31.6 ov), 5-87 (Chamara Silva, 33.2 ov), 6-106 (Chamara Kapugedera, 37.3 ov), 7-110 (Chaminda Vaas, 41.1 ov), 8-121 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 46.5 ov), 9-132 (Farveez Maharoof, 49.5 ov), 10-154 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 52.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Sanath Jayasuriya (5) and Upul Tharanga (1)	11	17
second	Kumar Sangakkara (4) and Upul Tharanga (2)	6	10
third	Mahela Jayawardene (8) and Upul Tharanga (12)	20	34
fourth	Upul Tharanga (18) and Chamara Kapugedera (24)	50	134
fifth	Chamara Silva (0) and Chamara Kapugedera (0)	0	8
sixth	Prasanna Jayawardene (6) and Chamara Kapugedera (13)	19	25
seventh	Chaminda Vaas (4) and Prasanna Jayawardene (0)	4	22
eighth	Prasanna Jayawardene (1) and Farveez Maharoof (5)	11	35
ninth	Farveez Maharoof (10) and Lasith Malinga (0)	11	19
tenth	Muthiah Muralidaran (14) and Lasith Malinga (7)	22	18

NEW ZEALAND, FIRST INNINGS: 206 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Craig Cumming	b Muthiah Muralidaran	43	131
Jamie How	lbw b Lasith Malinga	0	4
Mathew Sinclair	c Prasanna Jayawardene b Chaminda Vaas	36	84
Stephen Fleming	c Chamara Kapugedera b Farveez Maharoof	48	158
Nathan Astle	lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran	2	4
Jacob Oram	c Chamara Silva b Chaminda Vaas	1	3
Brendon McCullum	b Chaminda Vaas	0	3
Daniel Vettori	c Mahela Jayawardene b Lasith Malinga	63	114
James Franklin	lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran	0	9
Shane Bond	lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran	1	8
Chris Martin	not out	0	3

Extras 12 · Total 206 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Chaminda Vaas	18	4	49	3
Lasith Malinga	19.4	2	43	2
Farveez Maharoof	14	3	44	1
Muthiah Muralidaran	34	7	65	4

FALL OF WICKETS

1-3 (Jamie How, 1.3 ov), 2-73 (Mathew Sinclair, 25.5 ov), 3-106 (Craig Cumming, 46.2 ov), 4-108 (Nathan Astle, 46.6 ov), 5-113 (Jacob Oram, 49.1 ov), 6-113 (Brendon McCullum, 49.4 ov), 7-188 (Stephen Fleming, 79.2 ov), 8-190 (James Franklin, 80.5 ov), 9-206 (Shane Bond, 84.3 ov), 10-206 (Daniel Vettori, 85.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Craig Cumming (2) and Jamie How (0)	3	10
second	Mathew Sinclair (36) and Craig Cumming (30)	70	150
third	Stephen Fleming (20) and Craig Cumming (11)	33	124
fourth	Stephen Fleming (0) and Nathan Astle (2)	2	4
fifth	Stephen Fleming (4) and Jacob Oram (1)	5	13
sixth	Stephen Fleming (0) and Brendon McCullum (0)	0	3
seventh	Stephen Fleming (24) and Daniel Vettori (47)	75	178
eighth	Daniel Vettori (1) and James Franklin (0)	2	10
ninth	Daniel Vettori (15) and Shane Bond (1)	16	22
tenth	Daniel Vettori (0) and Chris Martin (0)	0	7

SRI LANKA, SECOND INNINGS: 170 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Upul Tharanga	c Stephen Fleming b Shane Bond	24	40
Sanath Jayasuriya	run out (Shane Bond)	10	11
Kumar Sangakkara	not out	100	154
Mahela Jayawardene	c Stephen Fleming b James Franklin	0	6
Chamara Kapugedera	c Jacob Oram b Shane Bond	1	6
Chamara Silva	c Daniel Vettori b Shane Bond	0	3
Prasanna Jayawardene	run out (Shane Bond)	11	35
Chaminda Vaas	c Brendon McCullum b Jacob Oram	0	3
Farveez Maharoof	c Brendon McCullum b Shane Bond	7	18
Lasith Malinga	c Brendon McCullum b James Franklin	0	28
Muthiah Muralidaran	run out (Chris Martin, Brendon McCullum)	8	19

Extras 9 · Total 170 all out

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Shane Bond	19.1	5	63	4
Chris Martin	11	2	38	0
James Franklin	13	1	34	2
Jacob Oram	7	1	19	1
Daniel Vettori	2	0	10	0
Nathan Astle	1	0	1	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-18 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 2.6 ov), 2-44 (Upul Tharanga, 10.6 ov), 3-45 (Mahela Jayawardene, 13.2 ov), 4-46 (Chamara Kapugedera, 14.3 ov), 5-46 (Chamara Silva, 14.6 ov), 6-74 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 26.2 ov), 7-80 (Chaminda Vaas, 27.3 ov), 8-99 (Farveez Maharoof, 32.5 ov), 9-143 (Lasith Malinga, 44.6 ov), 10-170 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 53.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Sanath Jayasuriya (10) and Upul Tharanga (4)	18	18
second	Kumar Sangakkara (4) and Upul Tharanga (20)	26	50
third	Mahela Jayawardene (0) and Kumar Sangakkara (1)	1	14
fourth	Kumar Sangakkara (0) and Chamara Kapugedera (1)	1	7
fifth	Chamara Silva (0) and Kumar Sangakkara (0)	0	3
sixth	Prasanna Jayawardene (11) and Kumar Sangakkara (17)	28	67
seventh	Chaminda Vaas (0) and Kumar Sangakkara (6)	6	7
eighth	Kumar Sangakkara (11) and Farveez Maharoof (7)	19	32
ninth	Kumar Sangakkara (42) and Lasith Malinga (0)	44	75
tenth	Muthiah Muralidaran (8) and Kumar Sangakkara (19)	27	49

NEW ZEALAND, SECOND INNINGS: 119 FOR 5

Batter	How out	R	B
Craig Cumming	c Prasanna Jayawardene b Chaminda Vaas	43	57
Jamie How	lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran	11	31
Mathew Sinclair	c Kumar Sangakkara b Muthiah Muralidaran	4	18
Stephen Fleming	lbw b Chaminda Vaas	0	3
Nathan Astle	lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran	24	39
Jacob Oram	not out	12	46
Brendon McCullum	not out	14	8

Did not bat: Daniel Vettori, James Franklin, Shane Bond, Chris Martin

Extras 11 · Total 119 for 5

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Chaminda Vaas	12	3	33	2
Lasith Malinga	4	1	35	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	14	5	34	3
Farveez Maharoof	3	0	15	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-58 (Jamie How, 12.5 ov), 2-66 (Craig Cumming, 15.4 ov), 3-66 (Stephen Fleming, 17.1 ov), 4-68 (Mathew Sinclair, 18.1 ov), 5-103 (Nathan Astle, 30.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Craig Cumming (38) and Jamie How (11)	58	81
second	Mathew Sinclair (3) and Craig Cumming (5)	8	17
third	Stephen Fleming (0) and Mathew Sinclair (0)	0	9
fourth	Nathan Astle (1) and Mathew Sinclair (1)	2	6
fifth	Nathan Astle (23) and Jacob Oram (10)	35	74
sixth	Jacob Oram (2) and Brendon McCullum (14)	16	15

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