Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 1994–95
Appearance
The Sri Lankan national cricket team toured New Zealand February to April 1995 and played a two-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. Sri Lanka won the series 1–0. New Zealand were captained by Ken Rutherford and Sri Lanka by Arjuna Ranatunga. In addition, the teams went on to play a three-match series of Limited Overs Internationals (LOI) which New Zealand won 2–1.[1] This was the first time that Sri Lanka won a test as well as a test series in New Zealand.[2]
Test series summary
[edit]- 1st Test at McLean Park, Napier – Sri Lanka won by 241 runs[2][3][4][5]
- 2nd Test at Carisbrook, Dunedin – match drawn[6]
First Test
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- KP Walmsley (NZ) and CI Dunusinghe (SL) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
One Day Internationals (ODIs)
[edit]New Zealand won the series 2-1.
1st ODI
[edit] 26 March 1995
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- KJ Silva (SL) made his ODI debut.
2nd ODI
[edit] 29 March 1995
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- When play was halted Sri Lanka needed to have scored 174 runs to win.
- JC Gamage (SL) made his ODI debut.
3rd ODI
[edit] 1 April 1995
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- MC Mendis (SL) made his ODI debut.
References
[edit]- ^ "Sri Lanka in New Zealand 1995". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Sri Lanka's greatest Test victories". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "New Zealand v Sri Lanka, First Test 1995". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "1st Test: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Napier, Mar 11-15, 1995 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "NEW ZEALAND v SRI LANKA 1994-95". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Second Test 1995". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
External links
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