Fri, 07 Mar - Mon, 10 Mar 1997 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Carisbrook, Dunedin
New Zealand won by an innings and 36 runs
New ZealandNew Zealand
586/10 (31.10)
Sri LankaSri Lanka
628/1 (20.00) & 328/10 (86.3)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most 50s 2 Hashan Tillakaratne 2 Sanath Jayasuriya 2 Chaminda Vaas
Most Wickets 4 Chaminda Vaas 1 Arjuna Ranatunga 1 Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Best Bowling Fig 4 Chaminda Vaas 1 Nuwan Zoysa 1 Arjuna Ranatunga
Most Runs Conceed 144 Chaminda Vaas 136 Muttiah Muralitharan
Best Averages 73 Romesh Kaluwitharana 63 Hashan Tillakaratne 29.5 Chaminda Vaas
Highest Score 103 Romesh Kaluwitharana 57 Chaminda Vaas
Most Fours 18 Romesh Kaluwitharana 8 Hashan Tillakaratne 7 Chaminda Vaas 6 Sanath Jayasuriya 6 Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Most Runs 146 Romesh Kaluwitharana 63 Hashan Tillakaratne 59 Chaminda Vaas
Best Strike Rate 1.08 Muttiah Muralitharan 0.95 Romesh Kaluwitharana
Most Wickets 1 Nuwan Zoysa
Best Bowling Fig 1 Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Most Not Outs 2 Hashan Tillakaratne 2 Nuwan Zoysa
Best Economy 2.8 Nuwan Zoysa
Best Strike Rate 30 Arjuna Ranatunga 52.5 Chaminda Vaas
Most Runs Conceed 117 Pramodya Wickramasinghe 112 Nuwan Zoysa
Most Ducks 2 Aravinda de Silva 2 Sanath Jayasuriya 2 Pramodya Wickramasinghe 2 Muttiah Muralitharan 2 Nuwan Zoysa
Best Strike Rate 0.7 Nuwan Zoysa 0.67 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Fours 5 Marvan Atapattu 5 Roshan Mahanama
Most Balls Faced 215 Hashan Tillakaratne 153 Romesh Kaluwitharana 123 Marvan Atapattu 121 Roshan Mahanama
Most 100s 2 Romesh Kaluwitharana
Worst Bowling Fig 144 Chaminda Vaas 136 Muttiah Muralitharan 117 Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Highest Score 55 Hashan Tillakaratne
Most sixes 2 Romesh Kaluwitharana 1 Muttiah Muralitharan
Best Average 29 Arjuna Ranatunga 36 Chaminda Vaas
Worst Bowling Fig 112 Nuwan Zoysa
Most Balls Faced 114 Chaminda Vaas
Most sixes 1 Chaminda Vaas
Most 50s 1 Chris Cairns 1 Stephen Fleming 1 Matt Horne
Most Wickets 8 Simon Doull 4 Heath Davis 3 Dipak Patel
Best Bowling Fig 5 Simon Doull 3 Heath Davis 2 Nathan Astle
Best Economy 2.2 Matt Horne 2.76 Heath Davis 3.14 Daniel Vettori 3.22 Dipak Patel 3.37 Simon Doull
Most Runs Conceed 140 Simon Doull 113 Heath Davis 103 Dipak Patel
Best Averages 70 Chris Cairns 66 Matt Horne 51 Stephen Fleming
Highest Score 267 Bryan Young 70 Chris Cairns 66 Matt Horne
Most Fours 37 Bryan Young 9 Chris Cairns 8 Stephen Fleming
Most Runs 267 Bryan Young 70 Chris Cairns 66 Matt Horne
Best Strike Rate 0.86 Stephen Fleming 0.71 Dipak Patel 0.68 Adam Parore
Best Average 17.5 Simon Doull 28.25 Heath Davis 31 Nathan Astle
Most Wickets 2 Nathan Astle 2 Daniel Vettori
Best Bowling Fig 2 Daniel Vettori 2 Dipak Patel
Most Not Outs 1 Dipak Patel
Best Strike Rate 31.12 Simon Doull 54 Nathan Astle 61.5 Heath Davis
Most Not Outs 1 Bryan Young
Most Runs 51 Stephen Fleming
Best Strike Rate 64 Dipak Patel 87 Daniel Vettori
Most Fours 8 Matt Horne 5 Nathan Astle
Most Balls Faced 422 Bryan Young
Best Averages 27 Nathan Astle
Most 100s 1 Bryan Young
Worst Bowling Fig 82 Simon Doull
Highest Score 51 Stephen Fleming
Most sixes 1 Dipak Patel 1 Chris Cairns
Best Average 34.33 Dipak Patel 45.5 Daniel Vettori
Worst Bowling Fig 79 Heath Davis 67 Dipak Patel
Most Balls Faced 123 Chris Cairns 108 Matt Horne
Stephen Fleming vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 14
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 30.1
✔ Batsman advantage
Nathan Astle vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 9
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 65.9
✔ Batsman advantage
Marvan Atapattu vs Daniel Vettori
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 36.6
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Daniel Vettori
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 51.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Nathan Astle vs Nuwan Zoysa
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 17.5
Balanced matchup
Aravinda de Silva vs Daniel Vettori
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 44.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Adam Parore vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 26.4
Balanced matchup
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Jasubhai Patel
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 34.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Daniel Vettori
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 7.8
⚠ Bowler dominance
Chaminda Vaas vs Daniel Vettori
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 54.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Simon Doull
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 22.3
Balanced matchup
Chris Cairns vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 37.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Roshan Mahanama vs Simon Doull
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 82.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Aravinda de Silva vs Nathan Astle
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 35.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Daniel Vettori
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 49.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Aravinda de Silva vs Jasubhai Patel
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 21.0
Balanced matchup
Aravinda de Silva vs Ian Davis
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 32.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Daniel Vettori vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 10.3
⚠ Bowler dominance
Stephen Fleming vs Nuwan Zoysa
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 10.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Bryan Young vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 98.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Pramodya Wickramasinghe vs Daniel Vettori
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 28.0
Balanced matchup
Marvan Atapattu vs Jasubhai Patel
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 47.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Hashan Tillakaratne vs Jasubhai Patel
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 142.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Romesh Kaluwitharana vs Nathan Astle
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 28.3
Balanced matchup
Romesh Kaluwitharana vs Daniel Vettori
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 119.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Jasubhai Patel
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 11.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Ian Davis
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.5
⚠ Bowler dominance
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Simon Doull
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 12.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Romesh Kaluwitharana vs Ian Davis
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 25.0
Balanced matchup
Romesh Kaluwitharana vs Simon Doull
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 19.5
Balanced matchup
Nuwan Zoysa vs Daniel Vettori
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 23.0
Balanced matchup
Hashan Tillakaratne vs Nathan Astle
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 42.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Hashan Tillakaratne vs Daniel Vettori
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 49.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Marvan Atapattu vs Simon Doull
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 38.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Ian Davis
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 19.5
Balanced matchup
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Nathan Astle
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 89.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Adam Parore vs Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 68.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Bryan Young vs Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 31.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Daniel Vettori vs Nuwan Zoysa
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 23.0
Balanced matchup
Stephen Fleming vs Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 146.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Aravinda de Silva vs Simon Doull
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 13.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Matt Horne vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 2.5
⚠ Bowler dominance
Matt Horne vs Nuwan Zoysa
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 82.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Jasubhai Patel
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Ian Davis
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 23.0
Balanced matchup
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Simon Doull
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 40.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Matt Horne vs Arjuna Ranatunga
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 108.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Roshan Mahanama vs Daniel Vettori
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 84.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Roshan Mahanama vs Jasubhai Patel
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 71.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Bryan Young vs Nuwan Zoysa
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 31.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Daniel Vettori vs Jasubhai Patel
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 164.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Chris Cairns vs Nuwan Zoysa
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 123.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Dipak Patel vs Ian Davis
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 26.0
Balanced matchup
Dipak Patel vs Arjuna Ranatunga
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 2.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Dipak Patel vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 1.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Adam Parore vs Nuwan Zoysa
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 15.0
Balanced matchup
Blair Pocock vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 64.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Blair Pocock vs Nuwan Zoysa
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 11.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Romesh Kaluwitharana vs Jasubhai Patel
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 50.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Pramodya Wickramasinghe vs Jasubhai Patel
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 25.0
Balanced matchup
Pramodya Wickramasinghe vs Ian Davis
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 76.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Pramodya Wickramasinghe vs Nathan Astle
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 8.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Marvan Atapattu vs Nathan Astle
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 244.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Hashan Tillakaratne vs Simon Doull
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 28.0
Balanced matchup
Nuwan Zoysa vs Ian Davis
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 7.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Chaminda Vaas vs Jasubhai Patel
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 17.0
Balanced matchup
Chaminda Vaas vs Ian Davis
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 97.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Chaminda Vaas vs Nathan Astle
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 7.0
⚠ Bowler dominance