New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka 3Rd Match

Benson & Hedges World Series Cup Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka in Australia - 1988 (1987/88) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 5 January 1988

New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)

New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining). Martin Crowe top-scored with 52 for New Zealand. Ewen Chatfield took 4/32.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: Benson & Hedges World Series Cup Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka in Australia - 1988 (1987/88)
Ground: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Date: 5 January 1988
Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to bat
Result: New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
Player of the match: Ewen Chatfield
Captains: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka), Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Umpires: RA French and AR Crafter

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.

Sri Lanka batted first and made 174 all out. Ravi Ratnayeke top-scored with 41 off 41 balls, and Arjuna Ranatunga made 35. Ewen Chatfield took 4 for 32 for New Zealand.

Chasing 175, New Zealand made 178 for 4. Martin Crowe top-scored with 52 off 68 balls, and John Wright made 41. The innings was built on a 85-run stand for the third wicket between Martin Crowe and Dipak Patel, 48% of the total.

New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining).

SRI LANKA: 174 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Asanka Gurusinha	run out	23	50
Roshan Mahanama	bowled	0	4
Aravinda de Silva	c Tony Blain	5	35
Arjuna Ranatunga	c Tony Blain	35	51
Ranjan Madugalle	c Martin Crowe	13	39
Hashan Tillakaratne	lbw	0	3
Guy de Alwis	c Dipak Patel	32	37
Ravi Ratnayeke	c John Wright	41	41
Graeme Labrooy	c Dipak Patel	3	5
Asoka de Silva	bowled	6	13
Champaka Ramanayake	not out	11	14

Extras 5 · Total 174 all out

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Danny Morrison	10	2	43	2
Richard Hadlee	9	4	12	0
Ewen Chatfield	9.2	1	32	4
John Bracewell	10	0	41	1
Martin Snedden	10	1	43	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Roshan Mahanama), 2-14 (Aravinda de Silva), 3-40 (Asanka Gurusinha), 4-76 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-76 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 6-82 (Ranjan Madugalle), 7-134 (Guy de Alwis), 8-147 (Graeme Labrooy), 9-159 (Ravi Ratnayeke), 10-174 (Asoka de Silva)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	Asanka Gurusinha and Roshan Mahanama	0
second	Aravinda de Silva and Asanka Gurusinha	14
third	Arjuna Ranatunga and Asanka Gurusinha	26
fourth	Ranjan Madugalle and Arjuna Ranatunga	36
fifth	Ranjan Madugalle and Hashan Tillakaratne	0
sixth	Ranjan Madugalle and Guy de Alwis	6
seventh	Ravi Ratnayeke and Guy de Alwis	52
eighth	Ravi Ratnayeke and Graeme Labrooy	13
ninth	Ravi Ratnayeke and Asoka de Silva	12
tenth	Asoka de Silva and Champaka Ramanayake	15

NEW ZEALAND: 178 FOR 4

Batter	How out	R	B
John Wright	c Roshan Mahanama	41	75
Andrew Jones	c Champaka Ramanayake	34	82
Martin Crowe	c Aravinda de Silva	52	68
Dipak Patel	c Guy de Alwis	29	55
Tony Blain	not out	5	10
Jeff Crowe	not out	6	7

Did not bat: Richard Hadlee, John Bracewell, Martin Snedden, Danny Morrison, Ewen Chatfield

Extras 11 · Total 178 for 4

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Ravi Ratnayeke	9.4	0	40	1
Graeme Labrooy	10	1	37	1
Champaka Ramanayake	10	2	28	2
Asoka de Silva	10	1	17	0
Arjuna Ranatunga	5	0	27	0
Aravinda de Silva	4	0	22	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-80 (Andrew Jones), 2-82 (John Wright), 3-167 (Martin Crowe), 4-167 (Dipak Patel)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	John Wright and Andrew Jones	80
second	John Wright and Martin Crowe	2
third	Martin Crowe and Dipak Patel	85
fourth	Tony Blain and Dipak Patel	0
fifth	Jeff Crowe and Tony Blain	11

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