New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, Champions Trophy, 1st Match, 7 November, 1996, Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Singer Champions Trophy | November 7, 1996, 07:30 PM | Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Completed

New Zealand

*206/8 (50.0 ov)

Sri Lanka

*177/10 (49.1 ov)

New Zealand won by 29 runs

Player of the Match

Chris Cairns - New Zealand

Commentary Scorecard Squad Point Table

New Zealand Inning Inning

206/8 (50.0 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Craig Spearman c Chandana b KSC de Silva	39	52	3	0	75.00
Nathan Astle c & b KSC de Silva	0	7	0	0	0.00
Adam Parore lbw b Vaas	0	2	0	0	0.00
Stephen Fleming c Tillakaratne b Vaas	1	7	0	0	14.29
Chris Cairns c †Kaluwitharana b Chandana	71	91	1	4	78.02
Mark John Greatbatch c & b Muralitharan	23	55	1	0	41.82
Chris Harris not out	34	62	0	0	54.84
Lee Germon c KSC de Silva b Vaas	20	24	0	0	83.33
Dipak Patel b Vaas	0	1	0	0	0.00
Simon Doull not out	1	3	0	0	33.33
EXTRAS ( b 1, lb 6, w 6, nb 4, p 0)	17
TOTAL (4.12 RUNS PER OVER)	206/8 (50.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

48-4 (Craig Spearman, 0 ov), 7-1 (Nathan Astle, 0 ov), 7-2 (Adam Parore, 0 ov), 25-3 (Stephen Fleming, 0 ov), 165-6 (Chris Cairns, 0 ov), 92-5 (Mark John Greatbatch, 0 ov), 205-7 (Lee Germon, 0 ov), 205-8 (Dipak Patel, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT

Danny Morrison

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Chaminda Vaas	9	1	22	4	2.44
Sajeewa de Silva	8	1	37	2	4.63
Kumar Dharmasena	7	0	31	0	4.43
Muttiah Muralitharan	10	0	37	1	3.70
Sanath Jayasuriya	7	0	39	0	5.57
Upul Chandana	9	0	33	1	3.67

Sri Lanka (target 207 runs off 50.0 overs) Inning Inning

177/10 (49.1 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya c Astle b Doull	15	13	3	0	115.38
Romesh Kaluwitharana lbw b Doull	16	27	2	0	59.26
Asanka Gurusinha c Doull b Patel	27	63	2	0	42.86
Aravinda de Silva c Harris b Morrison	47	74	3	0	63.51
Arjuna Ranatunga b Harris	3	7	0	0	42.86
Hashan Tillakaratne c Doull b Morrison	41	77	1	1	53.25
Upul Chandana c Cairns b Harris	4	10	0	0	40.00
Kumar Dharmasena b Astle	7	14	0	0	50.00
Chaminda Vaas c Harris b Cairns	1	2	0	0	50.00
Muttiah Muralitharan b Cairns	3	8	0	0	37.50
Sajeewa de Silva not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 7, w 6, nb 0, p 0)	13
TOTAL (3.60 RUNS PER OVER)	177/10 (49.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

23-1 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 0 ov), 40-2 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 0 ov), 83-3 (Asanka Gurusinha, 0 ov), 131-5 (Aravinda de Silva, 0 ov), 88-4 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 0 ov), 174-9 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 0 ov), 142-6 (Upul Chandana, 0 ov), 158-7 (Kumar Dharmasena, 0 ov), 162-8 (Chaminda Vaas, 0 ov), 177-10 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 0 ov)