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Sat, 05 Apr 1986 - 00:00 – 1st • Khettarama Stadium, Colombo
New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 40 balls remaining)
Sri Lanka
137/9 (43.00)
New Zealand
140/4 (36.20)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Best Average
Willie Watson
5.000000
Arjuna Ranatunga
8.500000
Martin Snedden
8.666666
Ravi Ratnayeke
24.000000
John Bracewell
42.000000
Best Bowling Fig
Willie Watson
3
Martin Snedden
3
Arjuna Ranatunga
2
Ravi Ratnayeke
1
John Bracewell
1
Most Runs Conceed
John Bracewell
42
Kaushik Amalean
29
Martin Snedden
26
Gary Robertson
26
Ravi Ratnayeke
24
Most Wickets
Willie Watson
3
Martin Snedden
3
Arjuna Ranatunga
2
Ravi Ratnayeke
1
John Bracewell
1
Best Strike Rate
John Bracewell
1.066666
Aravinda de Silva
1.000000
Duleep Mendis
0.774193
Ravi Ratnayeke
0.733333
Ken Rutherford
0.680000
Best Economy
Willie Watson
1.666666
Evan Gray
1.666666
Don Anurasiri
2.111111
Arjuna Ranatunga
2.833333
Martin Snedden
2.888888
Most Runs
Ken Rutherford
34
Tony Blain
26
John Wright
24
Duleep Mendis
24
Arjuna Ranatunga
23
Best Averages
Ken Rutherford
34.000000
Duleep Mendis
24.000000
John Wright
24.000000
Brendon Kuruppu
23.000000
Arjuna Ranatunga
23.000000
Jeff Crowe
20.000000
Asanka Gurusinha
14.000000
Most Fours
John Wright
4
Ken Rutherford
4
John Bracewell
3
Brendon Kuruppu
3
Arjuna Ranatunga
2
Highest Score
Ken Rutherford
34
Tony Blain
26
John Wright
24
Duleep Mendis
24
Arjuna Ranatunga
23
Most Runs Conceed
Champaka Ramanayake
20
Don Anurasiri
19
Arjuna Ranatunga
17
Best Strike Rate
Arjuna Ranatunga
0.621621
Tony Blain
0.619047
Worst Bowling Fig
John Bracewell
42
Kaushik Amalean
29
Martin Snedden
26
Gary Robertson
26
Ravi Ratnayeke
24
Most Runs
Brendon Kuruppu
23
Ravi Ratnayeke
22
Jeff Crowe
20
John Bracewell
16
Most Ducks
Don Anurasiri
1
Most Not Outs
Ravi Ratnayeke
1
John Bracewell
1
Tony Blain
1
Most Ducks
Champaka Ramanayake
1
Keerthi Ranasinghe
1
Best Economy
Gary Robertson
3.250000
Ravi Ratnayeke
3.428571
Keerthi Ranasinghe
3.500000
Best Strike Rate
Willie Watson
18
Arjuna Ranatunga
18
Worst Bowling Fig
Champaka Ramanayake
20
Don Anurasiri
19
Arjuna Ranatunga
17
Best Strike Rate
Martin Snedden
18
Ravi Ratnayeke
42
John Bracewell
48
Highest Score
Brendon Kuruppu
23
Ravi Ratnayeke
22
Jeff Crowe
20
John Bracewell
16
Most Fours
Tony Blain
2
Jeff Crowe
1
Most Balls Faced
Brendon Kuruppu
58
Roshan Mahanama
53
John Wright
50
Ken Rutherford
50
Jeff Crowe
49
Asanka Gurusinha
47
Tony Blain
42