New Zealand v Sri Lanka (494)

a5529 o494	New Zealand v Sri Lanka
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1987/88
Venue	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane on 16th January 1988 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealand won the toss and decided to field
Result	New Zealand won by 4 wickets
Points	New Zealand 2; Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	RC Bailhache, CD Timmins
Man of the Match	MD Crowe

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Sri Lanka innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s RS Mahanama c Blain b Chatfield 12 55 63 - - DSBP Kuruppu c Patel b Morrison 47 71 116 5 - AP Gurusinha run out 0 10 10 - - PA de Silva run out 25 25 29 4 - A Ranatunga run out 25 27 49 2 - *RS Madugalle c Blain b Morrison 5 10 9 - - MAR Samarasekera c Snedden b Chatfield 8 18 23 - - JR Ratnayeke not out 15 18 25 2 - +RG de Alwis c Rutherford b Chatfield 2 4 6 - - GF Labrooy not out 2 11 14 - - CPH Ramanayake did not bat Extras (9 lb, 2 nb, 12 w) 23 Total (8 wickets, innings closed, 39 overs) 164 Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Mahanama), 2-54 (Gurusinha), 3-97 (de Silva), 4-103 (Kuruppu), 5-111 (Madugalle), 6-139 (Samarasekera), 7-142 (Ranatunga), 8-145 (de Alwis) New Zealand bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Hadlee 9 1 25 0 - - Morrison 6 0 39 2 - - Chatfield 9 2 27 3 - - Gillespie 8 0 39 0 - - Snedden 7 0 25 0 - - New Zealand innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s KR Rutherford b Labrooy 1 7 7 - - *JG Wright c Ranatunga b Ramanayake 22 30 50 3 - AH Jones c de Alwis b Ranatunga 29 61 76 2 - MD Crowe run out 43 60 94 4 - DN Patel c Ranatunga b Ramanayake 1 9 12 - - +TE Blain b Ranatunga 17 20 31 2 - RJ Hadlee not out 21 30 36 2 - MC Snedden not out 15 19 20 2 - SR Gillespie did not bat EJ Chatfield did not bat DK Morrison did not bat Extras (2 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 10 w) 18 Total (6 wickets, 37.1 overs) 167 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Rutherford), 2-43 (Wright), 3-78 (Jones), 4-90 (Patel), 5-122 (Blain), 6-139 (Crowe) Sri Lanka bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Ratnayeke 7.1 0 40 0 - - Labrooy 8 1 32 1 - - Ramanayake 8 2 28 2 - - Samarasekera 3 0 18 0 - - Ranatunga 8 0 35 2 - - de Silva 3 1 7 0 - -

Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 43 overs per side
--> The match was reduced to 39 overs per side
--> A Ranatunga passed 1500 runs in ODIs when he reached 15
--> JG Wright passed 2500 runs in ODIs when he reached 18
--> JG Wright passed 8000 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 7