Sri Lanka in New Zealand, 2004-05

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NZ-SL Summary

Past NZ-SL tours: 1997-98 |  2000-01 |  2002-03

Date Match Venue Result & Card
Dec 21 v Central Districts New Plymouth No Result
Dec 23 v Northern Districts Hamilton Match Abandoned
Dec 26 1st ODI v New Zealand Auckland New Zealand by 7 wickets: SL 141 (42), NZ 144/3 (33)
Mar 28-30 v Major Associations XI Christchurch VG Match Drawn
Apr 4-8 1st TEST v New Zealand Napier Match Drawn
NZ 561 & 238, SL 498 & 7/0
Apr 11-15 2nd TEST v New Zealand Wellington New Zealand by an Innings & 38 runs
SL 211 & 273, NZ 522/9d
Note: Tour delayed due to SE Asian tsunami disaster.

New Zealand
Age TEST ODI
33 NJ Astle Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
29 CD Cumming Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
32 SP Fleming Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
24 JEC Franklin Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
26 HJH Marshall Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
26 JAH Marshall Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
30 CS Martin Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
23 BB McCullum Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
26 KD Mills Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
26 L Vincent Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
34 PJ Wiseman Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
Sri Lanka
Age TEST ODI
32 MS Atapattu Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
32 UDU Chandana Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
28 TM Dilshan Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
27 HMRKB Herath Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
35 ST Jayasuriya Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
27 DPMD Jayawardene Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
27 S Kalavitigoda Bat Bowl   
22 KMDN Kulasekara Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
20 MF Maharoof Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
21 SL Malinga Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
28 TT Samaraweera Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
27 KC Sangakkara Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
31 WPUJC Vaas Bat Bowl Bat Bowl

ODI Series Averages


                    M  I *    R   Avg  50    HS   SR   4/6  Ct/    B   R  W   Avg    BB  Eco
                                        100                   St
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New Zealand 

NJ Astle            1  1 -    6   6.00  - -   6 120.0   1    -
CL Cairns           1  0 -    0    -    - -   -   -     -    -    48  33  4   8.25 4/33 4.12
SP Fleming          1  1 1   77    -    1 -  77* 83.7   8/2  2
HJH Marshall        1  1 1   14    -    - -  14* 50.0   1    1
BB McCullum         1  0 -    0    -    - -   -   -     -    2
KD Mills            1  0 -    0    -    - -   -   -     -    -    48  24  1  24.00 1/24 3.00
JDP Oram            1  0 -    0    -    - -   -   -     -    -    42  23  1  23.00 1/23 3.29
MS Sinclair         1  1 -   31  31.00  - -  31  58.5   4    1
SB Styris           1  1 -   12  12.00  - -  12  57.1   -/1  -    30  18  0             3.60
DR Tuffey           1  0 -    0    -    - -   -   -     -    -    48  17  2   8.50 2/17 2.12
DL Vettori          1  0 -    0    -    - -   -   -     -    -    36  22  0             3.67

Sri Lanka 

MS Atapattu         1  1 -    4   4.00  - -   4  36.4   1    -
UDU Chandana        1  1 -   20  20.00  - -  20  55.6   1    1    42  29  1  29.00 1/29 4.14
TM Dilshan          1  1 -   48  48.00  - -  48  60.8   3/1  -
CRD Fernando        1  1 -    3   3.00  - -   3  75.0   -    -    30  22  0             4.40
WS Jayantha         1  1 -    0   0.00  - -   0   0.0   -    -
ST Jayasuriya       1  1 -   43  43.00  - -  43  71.7   5/1  -    12  15  0             7.50
DPMD Jayawardene    1  1 -    2   2.00  - -   2   8.0   -    -
KMDN Kulasekara     1  1 1    4    -    - -   4* 25.0   -    -    48  13  0             1.62
MF Maharoof         1  1 -    2   2.00  - -   2  25.0   -    -    18  31  0             10.3
KC Sangakkara       1  1 -    1   1.00  - -   1  20.0   -    -
WPUJC Vaas          1  1 -    0   0.00  - -   0   0.0   -    -    48  31  1  31.00 1/31 3.88

Record performances for series

Highest Innings

Rank Name   Opp. Venue Date
1 MD Crowe (NZ) 299 SL Wellington BR 31 Jan 1991
2 SP Fleming (NZ) 274* SL Colombo PSS 25 Apr 2003
3 BA Young (NZ) 267* SL Dunedin 7 Mar 1997
4 PA de Silva (SL) 267 NZ Wellington BR 31 Jan 1991
5 L Vincent (NZ) 224 SL Wellington BR 11 Apr 2005
6 DSBP Kuruppu (SL) 201* NZ Colombo CCC 16 Apr 1987
7 AH Jones (NZ) 186 SL Wellington BR 31 Jan 1991
8 JF Reid (NZ) 180 SL Colombo CCC 24 Mar 1984
9 SP Fleming (NZ) 174* SL Colombo RPS 27 May 1998
10 DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 167 NZ Galle 3 Jun 1998
11 HJH Marshall (NZ) 160 SL Napier 4 Apr 2005
12 RS Mahanama (SL) 153 NZ Moratuwa 27 Nov 1992
13 RJ Hadlee (NZ) 151* SL Colombo CCC 16 Apr 1987
14 HP Tillakaratne (SL) 144 NZ Colombo PSS 25 Apr 2003
15 CD McMillan (NZ) 142 SL Colombo RPS 27 May 1998

Best Bowling - Innings

Rank Name   Opp. Venue Date
1 CS Martin (NZ) 6/ 54 SL Wellington BR 11 Apr 2005
2 DL Vettori (NZ) 6/ 64 SL Colombo SSC 10 Jun 1998
3 HDPK Dharmasena (SL) 6/ 73 NZ Galle 3 Jun 1998
4 WPUJC Vaas (SL) 6/ 87 NZ Dunedin 18 Mar 1995
5 WPUJC Vaas (SL) 6/ 108 NZ Wellington BR 11 Apr 2005
6 SL Boock (NZ) 5/ 28 SL Kandy 9 Mar 1984
7 RJ Hadlee (NZ) 5/ 29 SL Colombo CCC 24 Mar 1984
8 M Muralitharan (SL) 5/ 30 NZ Colombo SSC 10 Jun 1998
9 MLCN Bandaratilleke (SL) 5/ 36 NZ Galle 3 Jun 1998
10 JR Ratnayeke (SL) 5/ 42 NZ Colombo SSC 16 Mar 1984
11 WPUJC Vaas (SL) 5/ 43 NZ Napier 11 Mar 1995
12 WPUJC Vaas (SL) 5/ 47 NZ Napier 11 Mar 1995
13 M Muralitharan (SL) 5/ 49 NZ Kandy 3 May 2003
14 SB Doull (NZ) 5/ 58 SL Dunedin 7 Mar 1997
15 VB John (SL) 5/ 60 NZ Wellington BR 11 Mar 1983

Most Runs for Series

Rank Name M I R Avg. 50 100 HS
1 SP Fleming (NZ) 11 19 1091 68.18 7 2 274*
2 A Ranatunga (SL) 16 27 824 31.69 7 0 90
3 HP Tillakaratne (SL) 13 20 819 43.10 4 2 144
4 PA de Silva (SL) 12 20 785 39.25 4 2 267
5 AP Gurusinha (SL) 8 13 636 53.00 2 3 127

Most Wickets for Series

Rank Name M R W Avg. 5wi 10wm Best
1 M Muralitharan (SL) 10 1232 52 23.69 4 0 5/ 30
2 RJ Hadlee (NZ) 6 473 37 12.78 2 1 5/ 29
3 WPUJC Vaas (SL) 8 837 36 23.25 4 1 6/ 87
4 DL Vettori (NZ) 7 687 31 22.16 2 0 6/ 64
5 VB John (SL) 5 516 24 21.50 2 0 5/ 60