Legends At Battle Season X
Round 1, Match 4
at Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand (1960s)
Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl
NEW ZEALAND 1st innings
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Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Brendon McCullum*† b. Vaas 0 8 0 0 0.0%
Glenn Turner c. †Kaluw'rana b. Mural'aran 29 110 5 0 26.4%
Kane Williamson c. Sangakkara b. Mural'aran 18 40 4 0 45.0%
Bert Sutcliffe c. Malinga b. Mural'aran 26 70 5 0 37.1%
Martin Crowe b. Herath 12 25 1 0 48.0%
John Reid c. †Kaluw'rana b. Vaas 40 66 7 1 60.6%
Richard Hadlee b. Mural'aran 0 2 0 0 0.0%
Chris Cairns c. †Kaluw'rana b. Mural'aran 19 35 3 0 54.3%
Daniel Vettori b. Malinga 30 93 5 0 32.3%
Richard Collinge not out 14 54 3 0 25.9%
Jack Cowie b. Mural'aran 0 5 0 0 0.0%
Total: 195/10 Overs: 84.4 Run Rate: 2.30 Extras: 7
Day 1 4:41 PM
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NEW ZEALAND Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
B McCullum G Turner þ 1 (14)
Williamson G Turner þþþþþþþþþþþþ 29 (68)
Sutcliffe G Turner þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 37 (131)
Sutcliffe M Crowe þþþþþþþþþ 22 (39)
Sutcliffe J Reid 0 (1)
R Hadlee J Reid 0 (2)
C Cairns J Reid þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 49 (66)
D Vettori J Reid þþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 32 (69)
D Vettori R Collinge þþþþþþþþþþ 25 (107)
J Cowie R Collinge 0 (11)
Fall of Wickets 1/1 30/2 67/3 89/4 89/5
89/6 138/7 170/8 195/9 195/10
Total: 195/10 Overs: 84.4 Run Rate: 2.30 Extras: 7
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SRI LANKA Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Chaminda Vaas 24.0 7 61 2 2.54 0 2
Lasith Malinga 14.0 7 32 1 2.29 0 1
Rangana Herath 24.0 10 46 1 1.92 0 0
Muttiah Muralitharan 22.4 9 52 6 2.29 0 0
EXTRAS Wides: 0 No Balls: 3 Leg Byes: 4 Byes: 0
Total: 195/10 Overs: 84.4 Run Rate: 2.30 Extras: 7
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Only two New Zealanders could make it past 30 with Muttiah Muralitharan bowling better than ever. John Reid looked the most comfortable of the lot with 40 off 66 balls, standing head and shoulders above his team-mates when the going got tough as he had done so often during his career.
SRI LANKA 1st innings
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Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Tilla'ratne Dilshan c. Reid b. Cowie 0 5 0 0 0.0%
Sanath Jayasuriya c. Vettori b. Hadlee 43 65 9 0 66.2%
Kumar Sangakkara c. †McCullum b. Collinge 27 34 4 1 79.4%
Mahela Jayawardene* c. †McCullum b. Cowie 34 85 6 0 40.0%
Aravinda de Silva b. Vettori 32 111 5 0 28.8%
Arjuna Ranatunga c. †McCullum b. Collinge 43 88 8 0 48.9%
Romesh Kaluw'rana† c. †McCullum b. Hadlee 23 80 3 0 28.8%
Chaminda Vaas b. Cairns 0 8 0 0 0.0%
Rangana Herath b. Hadlee 17 74 3 0 23.0%
Lasith Malinga c. Cairns b. Hadlee 8 33 2 0 24.2%
Muttiah Mural'aran not out 1 5 0 0 20.0%
Total: 234/10 Overs: 97.5 Run Rate: 2.39 Extras: 6
Day 3 10:11 AM
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SRI LANKA Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
T Dilshan Jayasuriya 0 (5)
Sangakkara Jayasuriya þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 65 (88)
Jayaw'dene Jayasuriya þþþþþþþ 18 (21)
Jayaw'dene A Silva þþþþþþþþþþþ 27 (128)
Ranatunga A Silva þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 62 (121)
Ranatunga Kaluw'rana þþþþþþþþþþþþ 28 (58)
C Vaas Kaluw'rana þ 1 (10)
R Herath Kaluw'rana þþþþþþþ 17 (94)
R Herath L Malinga þþþþþþ 15 (47)
Mural'aran L Malinga þ 1 (15)
Fall of Wickets 0/1 65/2 83/3 110/4 172/5
200/6 201/7 218/8 233/9 234/10
Total: 234/10 Overs: 97.5 Run Rate: 2.39 Extras: 6
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NEW ZEALAND Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Jack Cowie 16.0 4 53 2 3.31 0 0
Richard Collinge 22.0 15 32 2 1.45 0 0
Chris Cairns 7.0 3 26 1 3.71 0 2
Richard Hadlee 21.5 4 54 4 2.47 0 0
John Reid 11.0 1 35 0 3.18 0 1
Daniel Vettori 20.0 8 32 1 1.60 1 0
EXTRAS Wides: 1 No Balls: 3 Leg Byes: 2 Byes: 0
Total: 234/10 Overs: 97.5 Run Rate: 2.39 Extras: 6
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A gritty 43 from Arjuna Ranatunga helped Sri Lanka muster a 39-run lead over their hosts. Richard Hadlee emerged the highest wicket-taker for New Zealand in the innings with 4 for 54 despite being demoted to a change bowler.
NEW ZEALAND 2nd innings
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Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Brendon McCullum*† lbw b. Herath 19 47 2 1 40.4%
Glenn Turner c. †Kaluw'rana b. Mural'aran 112 229 19 2 48.9%
Kane Williamson lbw b. Herath 11 30 1 0 36.7%
Bert Sutcliffe c. Jayaw'dene b. Jayasuriya 115 227 21 1 50.7%
Martin Crowe c. Dilshan b. Mural'aran 10 18 2 0 55.6%
John Reid c. †Kaluw'rana b. Herath 1 6 0 0 16.7%
Richard Hadlee b. Herath 10 34 1 0 29.4%
Chris Cairns lbw b. Vaas 57 89 6 3 64.0%
Daniel Vettori c. †Kaluw'rana b. Mural'aran 0 9 0 0 0.0%
Richard Collinge b. Mural'aran 5 13 0 0 38.5%
Jack Cowie not out 0 8 0 0 0.0%
Total: 348/10 Overs: 117.5 Run Rate: 2.95 Extras: 8
Day 4 12:03 PM
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NEW ZEALAND Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
B McCullum G Turner þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 50 (101)
Williamson G Turner þþþþþþþþ 29 (65)
Sutcliffe G Turner þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 116 (241)
Sutcliffe M Crowe þþþþþþþþþþþþþ 44 (63)
Sutcliffe J Reid þ 1 (6)
Sutcliffe R Hadlee þþþþ 16 (52)
Sutcliffe C Cairns þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 65 (122)
D Vettori C Cairns þþþþþ 17 (20)
R Collinge C Cairns þ 6 (19)
R Collinge J Cowie þ 4 (18)
Fall of Wickets 50/1 79/2 195/3 239/4 240/5
256/6 321/7 338/8 344/9 348/10
Total: 348/10 Overs: 117.5 Run Rate: 2.95 Extras: 8
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SRI LANKA Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Chaminda Vaas 21.0 5 44 1 2.10 1 1
Lasith Malinga 11.0 2 49 0 4.45 0 1
Rangana Herath 36.0 10 103 4 2.86 0 0
Muttiah Muralitharan 34.5 9 104 4 2.99 2 0
Sanath Jayasuriya 13.0 4 37 1 2.85 0 0
Aravinda de Silva 2.0 0 8 0 4.00 0 0
EXTRAS Wides: 3 No Balls: 2 Leg Byes: 2 Byes: 1
Total: 348/10 Overs: 117.5 Run Rate: 2.95 Extras: 8
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New Zealand, who struggled to muster a single fifty plus score in their first innings now had two centurions in an innings in Glenn Turner and Bert Sutcliffe. Chris Cairns' belligerent display towards the end saw them finish with a lead of 309.
SRI LANKA 2nd innings (Target: 310)
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Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Tilla'ratne Dilshan lbw b. Vettori 16 67 3 0 23.9%
Sanath Jayasuriya c. Crowe b. Cowie 0 8 0 0 0.0%
Kumar Sangakkara b. Cowie 15 60 3 0 25.0%
Mahela Jayawardene* c. †McCullum b. Cowie 11 38 2 0 28.9%
Aravinda de Silva c. Williamson b. Vettori 28 54 5 0 51.9%
Arjuna Ranatunga b. Cowie 19 82 4 0 23.2%
Romesh Kaluw'rana† lbw b. Hadlee 94 200 17 1 47.0%
Chaminda Vaas b. Hadlee 1 24 0 0 4.2%
Rangana Herath c. Reid b. Collinge 28 91 4 0 30.8%
Lasith Malinga b. Reid 14 25 3 0 56.0%
Muttiah Muralitharannot out 0 2 0 0 0.0%
Total: 238/10 Overs: 108.1 Run Rate: 2.20 Extras: 12
Day 5 1:46 PM
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SRI LANKA Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
T Dilshan Jayasuriya þ 4 (20)
T Dilshan Sangakkara þþþþþþþþþþþ 27 (112)
T Dilshan Jayaw'dene þ 1 (7)
A Silva Jayaw'dene þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 38 (77)
A Silva Ranatunga þ 4 (17)
Kaluw'rana Ranatunga þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 48 (139)
Kaluw'rana C Vaas þþþ 8 (50)
Kaluw'rana R Herath þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 58 (163)
Kaluw'rana L Malinga þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 50 (61)
Kaluw'rana Mural'aran 0 (3)
Fall of Wickets 4/1 31/2 32/3 70/4 74/5
122/6 130/7 188/8 238/9 238/10
Total: 238/10 Overs: 108.1 Run Rate: 2.20 Extras: 12
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NEW ZEALAND Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Jack Cowie 27.0 9 71 4 2.63 0 0
Richard Collinge 17.0 6 45 1 2.65 0 0
Richard Hadlee 17.1 7 29 2 1.69 0 0
Chris Cairns 6.0 3 15 0 2.50 0 0
Daniel Vettori 28.0 13 38 2 1.36 0 3
John Reid 13.0 3 34 1 2.62 2 1
EXTRAS Wides: 2 No Balls: 4 Leg Byes: 5 Byes: 1
Total: 238/10 Overs: 108.1 Run Rate: 2.20 Extras: 12
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Romesh Kaluwitharana fought on valiantly to the bitter end, finishing with 94 off 200 balls as Sri Lanka's attempt to bat out a draw proved unsuccessful. New Zealand began their Season X campaign with a handsome 71-run victory.
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New Zealand 195 & 348
Sri Lanka 234 & 238
New Zealand won by 71 runs
Man of the match: Bert Sutcliffe (New Zealand)
Points
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New Zealand - 19 (Win - 16, Batting - 0, Bowling - 3)
Sri Lanka - 4 (Loss - 0, Batting, - 1, Bowling - 3)
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