f39191 t1162	New Zealand v Sri Lanka
	Sri Lanka in New Zealand 1990/91 (1st Test)
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 31st January, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th February 1991 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	BL Aldridge, SJ Woodward
Scorer	C Styles
Close of play day 1	Sri Lanka (1) 41/2 (Gurusinha 17*, PA de Silva 0*)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lanka (1) 359/3 (PA de Silva 203*, Ranatunga 52*)
Close of play day 3	New Zealand (2) 91/0 (Franklin 24*, Wright 55*)
Close of play day 4	New Zealand (2) 369/2 (Jones 82*, Crowe 126*)
Player of the Match	MD Crowe

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New Zealand first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TJ Franklin	c sub (ST Jayasuriya) b Labrooy	3	22	28	-	-
JG Wright	c Gurusinha b Labrooy	15	49	83	2	-
AH Jones	c Tillakaratne b Ratnayake	5	15	19	1	-
*MD Crowe	c Tillakaratne b Ramanayake	30	71	104	2	-
MJ Greatbatch	c Gurusinha b Labrooy	13	40	63	1	-
KR Rutherford	c Tillakaratne b Ratnayake	25	43	65	5	-
GE Bradburn	c Tillakaratne b Ramanayake	14	27	39	2	-
+IDS Smith	c Senanayake b Ratnayake	28	28	42	5	-
C Pringle	lbw b Labrooy	0	3	7	-	-
DK Morrison	b Ratnayake	13	40	53	1	-
W Watson	not out	10	23	38	2	-
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 264 minutes, 58.2 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Franklin), 2-18 (Jones), 3-33 (Wright), 4-75 (Greatbatch), 5-78 (Crowe), 6-108 (Bradburn), 7-124 (Rutherford), 8-131 (Pringle), 9-150 (Smith), 10-174 (Morrison, 58.2 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ratnayake	18.2	6	45	4	-	-
Labrooy	23	5	68	4	-	-
Ramanayake	11	3	39	2	-	-
Warnaweera	6	1	14	0	-	-

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CP Senanayake	c Smith b Watson	0	10	8	-	-
+HP Tillakaratne	c Greatbatch b Morrison	21	37	54	2	-
AP Gurusinha	c Crowe b Watson	70	152	206	11	-
PA de Silva	c Bradburn b Morrison	267	380	509	40	-
*A Ranatunga	hit wkt b Morrison	55	155	214	6	-
EAR de Silva	c Smith b Morrison	26	114	123	3	-
GF Labrooy	c Wright b Morrison	0	2	1	-	-
RJ Ratnayake	b Watson	26	27	35	3	2
CPH Ramanayake	not out	14	36	46	2	-
KPJ Warnaweera	b Watson	3	7	18	-	-
RS Mahanama	absent hurt
Extras	(7 lb, 8 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 608 minutes, 151.1 overs)	497
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Senanayake), 2-41 (Tillakaratne), 3-184 (Gurusinha), 4-362 (Ranatunga), 5-449 (EAR de Silva), 6-449 (Labrooy), 7-454 (PA de Silva), 8-487 (Ratnayake), 9-497 (Warnaweera, 151.1 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morrison	44	6	153	5	-	-
Watson	46.1	10	121	4	-	-
Pringle	31	4	116	0	-	-
Bradburn	26	5	83	0	-	-
Rutherford	2	0	11	0	-	-
Jones	2	0	6	0	-	-

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New Zealand second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TJ Franklin	lbw b Ramanayake	39	176	223	3	-
JG Wright	c Tillakaratne b Ramanayake	88	168	240	13	-
AH Jones	c sub (MAWR Madurasinghe) b Ranatunga	186	454	562	15	-
*MD Crowe	c Tillakaratne b Ranatunga	299	523	610	29	3
MJ Greatbatch	not out	14	48	61	2	-
KR Rutherford	did not bat
GE Bradburn	did not bat
+IDS Smith	did not bat
C Pringle	did not bat
DK Morrison	did not bat
W Watson	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 35 nb, 1 w)	45
Total	(4 wickets, 851 minutes, 220.3 overs)	671
Fall of wickets:
1-134 (Franklin), 2-148 (Wright), 3-615 (Jones), 4-671 (Crowe, 220.3 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ratnayake	30	1	101	0	-	-
Labrooy	26	1	88	0	-	-
Ramanayake	40	5	122	2	-	-
Ranatunga	19.3	4	60	2	-	-
EAR de Silva	56	14	141	0	-	-
Warnaweera	34	8	75	0	-	-
PA de Silva	8	0	59	0	-	-
Gurusinha	7	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CP Senanayake made his debut in Test matches
--> MD Crowe (1) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> AP Gurusinha (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 34
--> PA de Silva (1) 100 in 124 balls, 171 minutes with 18 fours
--> PA de Silva (1) passed his previous highest score of 167 in Test matches
--> PA de Silva (1) 200 in 280 balls, 352 minutes with 33 fours
--> PA de Silva (1) passed his previous highest score of 221 in First-Class matches
--> PA de Silva (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 14
--> PA de Silva (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 254
--> CPH Ramanayake (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Test matches
--> JG Wright (2) 50 in 102 balls with 8 fours
--> AH Jones (2) 50 in 144 balls with 1 four
--> AH Jones (2) 100 in 288 balls with 6 fours
--> AH Jones (2) 150 in 389 balls
--> AH Jones (2) passed his previous highest score of 170 in Test matches
--> AH Jones (2) passed his previous highest score of 181 in First-Class matches
--> AH Jones (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 84
--> MD Crowe (2) 50 in 117 balls with 5 fours
--> MD Crowe (2) 100 in 202 balls, 229 minutes with 11 fours
--> MD Crowe (2) 150 in 320 balls
--> MD Crowe (2) passed his previous highest score of 188 in Test matches
--> MD Crowe (2) 200 in 394 balls, 490 minutes with 23 fours and 1 six
--> MD Crowe (2) passed his previous highest score of 242 in First-Class matches
--> MD Crowe (2) 250 in 472 balls with 25 fours and 3 sixes
--> CP Senanayake made his debut for Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> A Ranatunga made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> PA de Silva made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> EAR de Silva made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> AP Gurusinha made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> KPJ Warnaweera made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> KPJ Warnaweera made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> RS Mahanama made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> W Watson made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> GF Labrooy made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> CPH Ramanayake made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> HP Tillakaratne made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> GE Bradburn made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> C Pringle made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches

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