New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka 2Nd Match
Prudential World Cup in England - 1979 (1979) · Trent Bridge, Nottingham · 9 June 1979
New Zealand won by 9 wickets (with 74 balls remaining)
New Zealand won by 9 wickets (with 74 balls remaining). Glenn Turner top-scored with 83* for New Zealand.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Trent Bridge, Nottingham
- Date
- 9 June 1979
- Toss
- New Zealand, chose to field
- Result
- New Zealand won by 9 wickets (with 74 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Geoff Howarth
- Captains
- Anura Tennekoon (Sri Lanka), Mark Burgess (New Zealand)
- Debuts
- Roy Dias (Sri Lanka), Sunil Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka), Sudath Pasqual (Sri Lanka), Stanley De Silva (Sri Lanka), Jeremy Coney (New Zealand), Warren Lees (New Zealand), Warren Stott (New Zealand)
- Umpires
- KE Palmer and WL Budd
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
New Zealand won the toss and chose to field. Roy Dias, Sunil Jayasinghe, Sudath Pasqual, Stanley De Silva, Jeremy Coney, Warren Lees and Warren Stott played their first ODIs.
Sri Lanka batted first and made 189 all out. Anura Tennekoon top-scored with 59 off 96 balls. Brian McKechnie took 3 for 25 for New Zealand. From 137 for 4 they lost 4 wickets for 17 runs, to 154 for 8. That was well below the 1970s average first-innings total at Trent Bridge, 260 across 6 ODIs.
Chasing 190, New Zealand made 190 for 1. Glenn Turner top-scored with 83 not out off 143 balls, and Geoff Howarth made 63. The innings was built on a 126-run stand for the second wicket between Glenn Turner and Geoff Howarth, 66% of the total.
New Zealand won by 9 wickets (with 74 balls remaining).
SRI LANKA: 189 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Wettimuny | bowled | 16 | 20 |
| Bandula Warnapura | c Brian McKechnie | 20 | 58 |
| Anura Tennekoon | bowled | 59 | 96 |
| Roy Dias | c Warren Stott | 25 | 46 |
| Duleep Mendis | c Glenn Turner | 14 | 27 |
| Somachandra De Silva | c Mark Burgess | 6 | 24 |
| Sunil Jayasinghe | run out | 1 | 3 |
| Sudath Pasqual | bowled | 1 | 2 |
| Tony Opatha | bowled | 18 | 27 |
| Stanley De Silva | c John Wright | 10 | 35 |
| Ajit de Silva | not out | 2 | 11 |
Extras 17 · Total 189 all out
| Bowler (New Zealand) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hadlee | 12 | 3 | 24 | 1 |
| Gary Troup | 10 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| Lance Cairns | 12 | 1 | 45 | 1 |
| Brian McKechnie | 10.5 | 2 | 25 | 3 |
| Warren Stott | 12 | 1 | 48 | 3 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-26 (Sunil Wettimuny), 2-57 (Bandula Warnapura), 3-107 (Roy Dias), 4-137 (Duleep Mendis), 5-149 (Somachandra De Silva), 6-150 (Sunil Jayasinghe), 7-150 (Anura Tennekoon), 8-154 (Sudath Pasqual), 9-178 (Stanley De Silva), 10-189 (Tony Opatha)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Sunil Wettimuny and Bandula Warnapura | 26 |
| second | Anura Tennekoon and Bandula Warnapura | 31 |
| third | Anura Tennekoon and Roy Dias | 50 |
| fourth | Anura Tennekoon and Duleep Mendis | 30 |
| fifth | Anura Tennekoon and Somachandra De Silva | 12 |
| sixth | Anura Tennekoon and Sunil Jayasinghe | 1 |
| seventh | Anura Tennekoon and Sudath Pasqual | 0 |
| eighth | Tony Opatha and Sudath Pasqual | 4 |
| ninth | Tony Opatha and Stanley De Silva | 24 |
| tenth | Tony Opatha and Ajit de Silva | 11 |
NEW ZEALAND: 190 FOR 1
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Turner | not out | 83 | 143 |
| John Wright | c Anura Tennekoon | 34 | 69 |
| Geoff Howarth | not out | 63 | 75 |
Did not bat: Jeremy Coney, Mark Burgess, Warren Lees, Brian McKechnie, Lance Cairns, Richard Hadlee, Warren Stott, Gary Troup
Extras 10 · Total 190 for 1
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Opatha | 7 | 1 | 31 | 0 |
| Stanley De Silva | 8 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Bandula Warnapura | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Somachandra De Silva | 9 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| Ajit de Silva | 12 | 1 | 39 | 1 |
| Sudath Pasqual | 4.4 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-64 (John Wright)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Glenn Turner and John Wright | 64 |
| second | Glenn Turner and Geoff Howarth | 126 |
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