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Test no. 1074

New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series - 1st Test
Sri Lanka v New Zealand

1986/87 season

Played at Colombo Cricket Club Ground on 16,18,19,20,21 April 1987 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


Sri Lanka 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	RS Mahanama	c Smith b Chatfield	16	58	42	2	0	38.09
	DSBP Kuruppu	not out	201	777	548	24	0	36.67
	AP Gurusinha	lbw b Hadlee	22	73	50	2	0	44.00
	RL Dias	c Bracewell b Hadlee	25	87	46	3	0	54.34
	A Ranatunga	c Smith b Bracewell	15	83	58	0	0	25.86
	LRD Mendis	c Bracewell b Hadlee	12	71	45	1	0	26.66
	RS Madugalle	c Hadlee b Gray	60	236	157	6	1	38.21
	JR Ratnayeke	c MD Crowe b Bracewell	12	51	47	2	0	25.53
	RJ Ratnayake	c Bracewell b Hadlee	17	54	38	1	1	44.73
	SD Anurasiri	c Smith b Chatfield	1	7	4	0	0	25.00
	AK Kuruppuarachchi	not out	0	35	20	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 4, w 1, nb 11)	16

	Total	(9 wickets dec; 173.5 overs)	397	(2.28 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-29 (Mahanama), 2-70 (Gurusinha), 3-129 (Dias), 4-166 (Ranatunga), 5-210 (Mendis), 6-319 (Madugalle), 7-342 (Ratnayeke), 8-382 (Ratnayake), 9-383 (Anurasiri)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Hadlee	38.5	10	102	4	2.62
EJ Chatfield	38	11	104	2	2.73
MD Crowe	7	4	13	0	1.85
MC Snedden	16	4	41	0	2.56
JG Bracewell	47	14	98	2	2.08
EJ Gray	27	12	35	1	1.29


New Zealand 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	KR Rutherford	c Madugalle b Ratnayake	11	56	22	1	0	50.00
	PA Horne	c Kuruppu b Anurasiri	16	131	92	1	0	17.39
	AH Jones	lbw b Ratnayeke	38	142	88	4	0	43.18
	MD Crowe	c Mendis b Ratnayeke	27	48	30	5	0	90.00
	JJ Crowe	not out	120	609	398	13	0	30.15
	EJ Gray	c Ranatunga b Kuruppuarachchi	31	170	105	2	0	29.52
	RJ Hadlee	not out	151	406	240	14	2	62.91
	Extras	(lb 2, w 4, nb 6)	12

	Total	(5 wickets; 163 overs)	406	(2.49 runs per over)

Did not bat JG Bracewell,

IDS Smith, MC Snedden, EJ Chatfield

Fall of wickets1-20 (Rutherford), 2-51 (Horne), 3-90 (MD Crowe), 4-99 (Jones), 5-160 (Gray)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Ratnayake	32	7	79	1	2.46
AK Kuruppuarachchi	20	3	64	1	3.20
A Ranatunga	23	10	43	0	1.86
JR Ratnayeke	37	6	111	2	3.00
SD Anurasiri	36	13	67	1	1.86
AP Gurusinha	9	1	17	0	1.88
RS Madugalle	2	0	6	0	3.00
RL Dias	4	0	17	0	4.25

Toss New Zealand, who chose to field first
Series 3-match series level 0-0

Test debuts AH Jones (New Zealand); DSBP Kuruppu (Sri Lanka)

Umpires PW Vidanagamage and WAU Wickramasinghe

Close of play
16 Apr day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 141/3 (DSBP Kuruppu 66*, A Ranatunga 3*)
17 Apr rest day
18 Apr day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 317/5 (DSBP Kuruppu 153*, RS Madugalle 59*)
19 Apr day 3 - New Zealand 1st innings 51/2 (AH Jones 19*, MD Crowe 0*)
20 Apr day 4 - New Zealand 1st innings 214/5 (JJ Crowe 42*, RJ Hadlee 40*)
21 Apr day 5 - New Zealand 1st innings 406/5 (163 ov) - end of match

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