f36948 t1074	Sri Lanka v New Zealand
	New Zealand in Sri Lanka 1986/87 (1st Test)
Venue	Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo on 16th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st April 1987 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealand won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	PW Vidanagamage, WAU Wickremasinghe
Close of play day 1	Sri Lanka (1) 141/3 (Kuruppu 66*, Ranatunga 3*)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lanka (1) 317/5 (Kuruppu 153*, Madugalle 59*)
Close of play day 3	New Zealand (1) 51/2 (Jones 19*, MD Crowe 0*)
Close of play day 4	New Zealand (1) 214/5 (JJ Crowe 42*, Hadlee 40*)

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Mahanama	c Smith b Chatfield	16	42	58	2	-
+DSBP Kuruppu	not out	201	548	777	24	-
AP Gurusinha	lbw b Hadlee	22	50	73	2	-
RL Dias	c Bracewell b Hadlee	25	46	87	3	-
A Ranatunga	c Smith b Bracewell	15	58	83	-	-
*LRD Mendis	c Bracewell b Hadlee	12	45	71	1	-
RS Madugalle	c Hadlee b Gray	60	157	236	6	1
JR Ratnayeke	c MD Crowe b Bracewell	12	47	51	2	-
RJ Ratnayake	c Bracewell b Hadlee	17	38	54	1	1
SD Anurasiri	c Smith b Chatfield	1	4	7	-	-
AK Kuruppuarachchi	not out	0	20	35	-	-
Extras	(4 lb, 11 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 777 minutes, 173.5 overs)	397
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (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)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hadlee	38.5	10	102	4	-	-
Chatfield	38	11	104	2	-	-
MD Crowe	7	4	13	0	-	-
Snedden	16	4	41	0	-	-
Bracewell	47	14	98	2	-	-
Gray	27	12	35	1	-	-

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New Zealand first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KR Rutherford	c Madugalle b Ratnayake	11	22	56	1	-
PA Horne	c Kuruppu b Anurasiri	16	92	131	1	-
AH Jones	lbw b Ratnayeke	38	88	142	4	-
MD Crowe	c Mendis b Ratnayeke	27	30	48	5	-
*JJ Crowe	not out	120	398	609	13	-
EJ Gray	c Ranatunga b Kuruppuarachchi	31	105	170	2	-
RJ Hadlee	not out	151	240	406	14	2
JG Bracewell	did not bat
+IDS Smith	did not bat
MC Snedden	did not bat
EJ Chatfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 6 nb, 4 w)	12
Total	(5 wickets, 790 minutes, 163 overs)	406
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Rutherford), 2-51 (Horne), 3-90 (MD Crowe), 4-99 (Jones), 5-160 (Gray)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ratnayake	32	7	79	1	-	-
Kuruppuarachchi	20	3	64	1	-	-
Ranatunga	23	10	43	0	-	-
Ratnayeke	37	6	111	2	-	-
Anurasiri	36	13	67	1	-	-
Gurusinha	9	1	17	0	-	-
Madugalle	2	0	6	0	-	-
Dias	4	0	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DSBP Kuruppu made his debut in Test matches
--> AH Jones made his debut in Test matches
--> RL Dias made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AK Kuruppuarachchi made his last appearance in Test matches
--> DSBP Kuruppu (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> DSBP Kuruppu (1) 50 in 144 balls, 200 minutes with 7 fours
--> DSBP Kuruppu (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in First-Class matches
--> DSBP Kuruppu (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> DSBP Kuruppu (1) 100 in 253 balls, 361 minutes with 15 fours
--> DSBP Kuruppu (1) 150 in 421 balls with 18 fours
--> DSBP Kuruppu (1) 200 in 548 balls, 776 minutes with 24 fours
--> DSBP Kuruppu (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 197
--> RS Madugalle (1) 50 in 119 balls, 177 minutes
--> JJ Crowe did not score for 60 minutes in the New Zealand first innings
--> JJ Crowe (1) 50 in 234 balls, 312 minutes
--> JJ Crowe (1) 100 in 331 balls, 516 minutes with 12 fours
--> JJ Crowe (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> RJ Hadlee (1) 50 in 90 balls, 167 minutes
--> RJ Hadlee (1) 100 in 178 balls, 301 minutes with 12 fours
--> RJ Hadlee (1) passed his previous highest score of 103 in Test matches
--> RJ Hadlee (1) 150 in 248 balls with 14 fours and 2 sixes
--> RJ Hadlee (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 29
--> MC Snedden made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> EJ Gray made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> KR Rutherford made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> PA Horne made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> EJ Chatfield reached 100 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed SD Anurasiri, his 2nd wicket in the Sri Lanka first innings
--> EJ Gray reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed RS Madugalle, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka first innings
--> JG Bracewell reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JR Ratnayeke, his 2nd wicket in the Sri Lanka first innings
--> JR Ratnayeke reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AH Jones, his 2nd wicket in the New Zealand first innings

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