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Fri, 07 Mar - Mon, 10 Mar 1997 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Carisbrook, Dunedin
New Zealand won by an innings and 36 runs
New Zealand
586/10 (31.10)
Sri Lanka
628/1 (20.00) & 328/10 (86.3)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
Hashan Tillakaratne
2
Sanath Jayasuriya
2
Chaminda Vaas
2
Chris Cairns
1
Stephen Fleming
1
Best Average
Simon Doull
17.500000
Heath Davis
28.250000
Arjuna Ranatunga
29.000000
Nathan Astle
31.000000
Dipak Patel
34.333333
Best Bowling Fig
Simon Doull
5
Chaminda Vaas
4
Heath Davis
3
Nathan Astle
2
Daniel Vettori
2
Most Runs Conceed
Chaminda Vaas
144
Simon Doull
140
Muttiah Muralitharan
136
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
117
Most Wickets
Simon Doull
8
Heath Davis
4
Chaminda Vaas
4
Dipak Patel
3
Nathan Astle
2
Best Economy
Matt Horne
2.200000
Heath Davis
2.756097
Nuwan Zoysa
2.800000
Daniel Vettori
3.137931
Dipak Patel
3.218750
Best Strike Rate
Muttiah Muralitharan
1.083333
Romesh Kaluwitharana
0.954248
Stephen Fleming
0.864406
Dipak Patel
0.714285
Nuwan Zoysa
0.695652
Most 50s
Matt Horne
1
Highest Score
Bryan Young
267
Romesh Kaluwitharana
103
Chris Cairns
70
Matt Horne
66
Chaminda Vaas
57
Best Averages
Romesh Kaluwitharana
73.000000
Chris Cairns
70.000000
Matt Horne
66.000000
Hashan Tillakaratne
63.000000
Stephen Fleming
51.000000
Most Runs
Bryan Young
267
Romesh Kaluwitharana
146
Chris Cairns
70
Matt Horne
66
Hashan Tillakaratne
63
Most Fours
Bryan Young
37
Romesh Kaluwitharana
18
Chris Cairns
9
Stephen Fleming
8
Hashan Tillakaratne
8
Matt Horne
8
Chaminda Vaas
7
Most Wickets
Daniel Vettori
2
Arjuna Ranatunga
1
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
1
Nuwan Zoysa
1
Most Runs Conceed
Heath Davis
113
Nuwan Zoysa
112
Dipak Patel
103
Best Bowling Fig
Dipak Patel
2
Nuwan Zoysa
1
Arjuna Ranatunga
1
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
1
Most Not Outs
Hashan Tillakaratne
2
Best Averages
Chaminda Vaas
29.500000
Nathan Astle
27.000000
Most 100s
Romesh Kaluwitharana
2
Bryan Young
1
Worst Bowling Fig
Chaminda Vaas
144
Best Strike Rate
Adam Parore
0.678571
Sanath Jayasuriya
0.666666
Worst Bowling Fig
Muttiah Muralitharan
136
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
117
Nuwan Zoysa
112
Simon Doull
82
Heath Davis
79
Best Economy
Simon Doull
3.373493
Nathan Astle
3.444444
Best Strike Rate
Arjuna Ranatunga
30
Simon Doull
31.125
Chaminda Vaas
52.5
Most Not Outs
Nuwan Zoysa
2
Dipak Patel
1
Bryan Young
1
Best Average
Chaminda Vaas
36.000000
Daniel Vettori
45.500000
Most Fours
Nathan Astle
5
Roshan Mahanama
5
Most Balls Faced
Bryan Young
422
Hashan Tillakaratne
215
Romesh Kaluwitharana
153
Marvan Atapattu
123
Chris Cairns
123
Roshan Mahanama
121
Chaminda Vaas
114
Best Strike Rate
Nathan Astle
54
Heath Davis
61.5
Dipak Patel
64
Daniel Vettori
87
Worst Bowling Fig
Dipak Patel
67
Highest Score
Hashan Tillakaratne
55
Stephen Fleming
51
Most sixes
Romesh Kaluwitharana
2
Muttiah Muralitharan
1
Chaminda Vaas
1
Most Runs
Chaminda Vaas
59
Stephen Fleming
51
Most Ducks
Aravinda de Silva
2
Sanath Jayasuriya
2
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
2
Muttiah Muralitharan
2
Nuwan Zoysa
2
Most sixes
Dipak Patel
1
Chris Cairns
1
Matt Horne
1