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Fri, 04 Mar - Sun, 06 Mar 1983 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Lancaster Park, Christchurch
New Zealand won by an innings and 25 runs
New Zealand
344/10 (20.00)
Sri Lanka
451/3 (20.00) & 175/10 (81.5)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
New Zealand innigs
344/10 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Glenn Turner
c †de Alwis b John
32
36
48
6
0
88.88
In 1983
Career
Bruce Edgar
c MD Wettimuny b Ratnayeke
39
66
90
5
0
59.09
In 1983
Career
John Wright
b Ratnayake
13
31
47
1
0
41.93
In 1983
Career
Geoff Howarth (c)
c Goonasekera b Ratnayeke
0
6
9
0
0
0.00
In 1983
Career
Jeff Crowe
run out
12
57
63
1
0
21.05
In 1983
Career
Jeremy Coney
run out
84
158
206
8
0
53.16
In 1983
Career
Richard Hadlee
b John
12
10
20
1
0
120.00
In 1983
Career
Lance Cairns
c MD Wettimuny b Ratnayake
3
25
31
0
0
12.00
In 1983
Career
Warren Lees (WK)
b de Silva
89
180
198
8
1
49.44
In 1983
Career
Martin Snedden
c sub b Ratnayeke
22
35
51
4
0
62.85
In 1983
Career
Ewen Chatfield
not out
10
29
45
0
0
34.48
In 1983
Career
Extras
(lb 14, nb 12, w 2)
28
Total
344 101.5 Ov (RR: 3.37)
6536
12027
0
646
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Rumesh Ratnayake
31.00
8
125
2
4.03
0
0
0
In 1983
Career
Vinothen John
12.00
2
45
2
3.75
0
0
0
In 1983
Career
Ravi Ratnayeke
31.00
9
93
3
3.00
0
0
0
In 1983
Career
Somachandra De Silva
22.50
10
41
1
1.79
0
0
0
In 1983
Career
Sridharan Jeganathan
5.00
2
12
0
2.40
0
0
0
In 1983
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
451/3 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Mithra Wettimuny
c †Lees b Cairns
17
60
61
1
0
28.33
In 1983
Career
Sidath Wettimuny
not out
63
139
210
6
0
45.32
In 1983
Career
Susil Fernando
b Cairns
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1983
Career
Yohan Goonasekera
c †Lees b Cairns
4
10
15
0
0
40.00
In 1983
Career
Ranjan Madugalle
run out
34
52
52
6
0
65.38
In 1983
Career
Somachandra De Silva (c)
c †Lees b Hadlee
7
46
53
0
0
15.21
In 1983
Career
Ravi Ratnayeke
run out
0
2
7
0
0
0.00
In 1983
Career
Guy de Alwis (WK)
c Turner b Hadlee
0
3
2
0
0
0.00
In 1983
Career
Sridharan Jeganathan
lbw b Cairns
6
6
4
1
0
100.00
In 1983
Career
Rumesh Ratnayake
c Coney b Hadlee
1
4
9
0
0
25.00
In 1983
Career
Vinothen John
lbw b Hadlee
0
2
3
0
0
0.00
In 1983
Career
Extras
(b 2, lb 7, nb 3)
12
Total
144 53.3 Ov (RR: 2.69)
2736
6175
0
266
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Richard Hadlee
13.30
1
33
4
2.44
0
0
0
In 1983
Career
Martin Snedden
10.00
1
30
0
3.00
0
0
0
In 1983
Career
Lance Cairns
15.00
6
49
4
3.26
0
0
0
In 1983
Career
Ewen Chatfield
15.00
4
20
0
1.33
0
0
0
In 1983
Career
New Zealand innigs
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Mithra Wettimuny
c †Lees b Snedden
5
30
29
0
0
16.66
In 1983
Career
Sidath Wettimuny
lbw b Cairns
7
54
71
0
0
12.96
In 1983
Career
Susil Fernando
b Cairns
46
149
153
6
0
30.87
In 1983
Career
Yohan Goonasekera
c Turner b Cairns
8
20
23
0
0
40.00
In 1983
Career
Ranjan Madugalle
c †Lees b Snedden
23
60
77
4
0
38.33
In 1983
Career
Somachandra De Silva (c)
b Chatfield
52
111
129
4
0
46.84
In 1983
Career
Ravi Ratnayeke
lbw b Cairns
7
21
33
1
0
33.33
In 1983
Career
Guy de Alwis (WK)
c Hadlee b Snedden
3
16
22
0
0
18.75
In 1983
Career
Sridharan Jeganathan
b Chatfield
8
20
36
1
0
40.00
In 1983
Career
Rumesh Ratnayake
c Howarth b Chatfield
0
7
9
0
0
0.00
In 1983
Career
Vinothen John
not out
3
7
7
0
0
42.85
In 1983
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 6, nb 1, w 5)
13
Total
175 81.5 Ov (RR: 2.13)
3325
9405
0
304
0
0.00
Sri Lanka innigs
175/10 (81.5)
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