a9154 o990	New Zealand v Sri Lanka
	Sri Lanka in New Zealand 1994/95 (1st ODI)
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 26th March 1995 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
Result	New Zealand won by 33 runs
Umpires	BL Aldridge, DM Quested
TV umpire	RS Dunne
Referee	BN Jarman
Player of the Match	KR Rutherford

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New Zealand innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MJ Greatbatch	b Pushpakumara	17	26	37	2	-	65.38
BA Young	run out	3	6	7	-	-	50.00
*KR Rutherford	c Gurusinha b Muralitharan	65	75	99	7	1	86.67
SP Fleming	run out	46	72	118	2	-	63.89
CL Cairns	c S Ranatunga b Pushpakumara	72	72	80	3	3	100.00
+AC Parore	b Vaas	31	36	47	1	-	86.11
DN Patel	not out	23	14	18	3	-	164.29
JTC Vaughan	not out	1	1	2	-	-	100.00
GR Larsen	did not bat
ML Su'a	did not bat
C Pringle	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	13
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Young), 2-28 (Greatbatch), 3-122 (Rutherford), 4-177 (Fleming), 5-235 (Cairns), 6-265 (Parore)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Pushpakumara	10	0	53	2	2	-	30.00	5.30
Vaas	10	1	41	1	-	1	60.00	4.10
Gurusinha	4	0	19	0	3	-	-	4.75
Kalpage	8	0	54	0	-	-	-	6.75
Muralitharan	10	0	42	1	-	1	60.00	4.20
KJ Silva	8	0	55	0	-	-	-	6.88

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AP Gurusinha	c Greatbatch b Vaughan	33	36	61	3	1	91.67
ST Jayasuriya	c Greatbatch b Vaughan	46	35	45	6	1	131.43
S Ranatunga	run out	11	18	21	1	-	61.11
PA de Silva	c and b Vaughan	54	78	104	3	-	69.23
*A Ranatunga	run out	2	10	11	-	-	20.00
+HP Tillakaratne	c Young b Pringle	10	27	36	-	-	37.04
RS Kalpage	c Fleming b Vaughan	35	50	61	1	-	70.00
WPUJC Vaas	run out	27	20	31	1	-	135.00
M Muralitharan	c Parore b Cairns	8	9	12	1	-	88.89
KR Pushpakumara	c Patel b Cairns	3	6	8	-	-	50.00
KJ Silva	not out	1	1	1	-	-	100.00
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	8
Total	(all out, 47.5 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-83 (Jayasuriya), 2-96 (Gurusinha), 3-98 (S Ranatunga), 4-105 (A Ranatunga), 5-132 (Tillakaratne), 6-193 (de Silva), 7-208 (Kalpage), 8-228 (Muralitharan), 9-236 (Vaas), 10-238 (Pushpakumara)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Pringle	9	1	47	1	2	-	54.00	5.22
Su'a	3	0	35	0	1	-	-	11.67
Cairns	7.5	0	49	2	-	1	23.50	6.26
Vaughan	10	1	33	4	-	2	15.00	3.30
Larsen	10	1	38	0	-	-	-	3.80
Patel	8	0	33	0	-	-	-	4.12

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Notes
--> KJ Silva made his debut in ODI matches
--> ML Su'a made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> KJ Silva made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> SP Fleming passed 500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 19
--> CL Cairns passed his previous highest score of 70 in ODI matches
--> CL Cairns passed 500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 43
--> DN Patel passed 5000 runs in List A matches when he reached 6
--> ST Jayasuriya passed 1500 runs in List A matches when he reached 33
--> KJ Silva made his debut for Sri Lanka in List A matches
--> M Muralitharan made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches
--> M Muralitharan made his debut in New Zealand in ODI matches
--> KR Pushpakumara made his debut in New Zealand in ODI matches
--> S Ranatunga made his debut in New Zealand in ODI matches
--> WPUJC Vaas made his debut in New Zealand in ODI matches
--> JTC Vaughan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed RS Kalpage in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 3-37)
--> C Pringle reached 100 wickets in ODI matches when he dismissed HP Tillakaratne, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka innings

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