New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, Benson Hedges World Championship, 4th Match, 23 February, 1985, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Benson Hedges World Championship | February 23, 1985, 07:30 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground

Completed

New Zealand

*223/10 (49.0 ov)

Sri Lanka

*172/10 (42.4 ov)

New Zealand won by 51 runs

Player of the Match

John Reid - New Zealand

Commentary Scorecard Squad Point Table

New Zealand Inning Inning

223/10 (49.0 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Howarth c Madugalle b John	11	27	1	0	40.74
John Wright b John	4	9	1	0	44.44
John Reid c Dias b Karnain	62	108	4	0	57.41
Martin Crowe run out	22	31	2	0	70.97
Paul McEwan b John	27	38	3	0	71.05
Jeremy Coney c De Silva b Karnain	21	31	0	0	67.74
Sir Richard Hadlee c De Mel b Ranatunga	9	8	0	0	112.50
Ian Smith b Ratnayake	22	16	2	0	137.50
Lance Cairns c De Mel b Ratnayake	25	21	2	0	119.05
Martin Snedden b Ratnayake	7	6	0	0	116.67
Ewen Chatfield not out	2	8	0	0	25.00
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 6, w 5, nb 0, p 0)	11
TOTAL (4.55 RUNS PER OVER)	223/10 (49.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

21-2 (Geoff Howarth, 0 ov), 11-1 (John Wright, 0 ov), 170-7 (John Reid, 0 ov), 64-3 (Martin Crowe, 0 ov), 100-4 (Paul McEwan, 0 ov), 145-5 (Jeremy Coney, 0 ov), 161-6 (Sir Richard Hadlee, 0 ov), 213-8 (Ian Smith, 0 ov), 216-9 (Lance Cairns, 0 ov), 223-10 (Martin Snedden, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Vinothen John	10	1	29	3	2.90
Ashantha de Mel	10	0	48	0	4.80
Rumesh Ratnayake	8.5	1	40	3	4.53
Somachandra De Silva	5	0	25	0	5.00
Shaul Karnain	9.5	0	50	2	5.08
Arjuna Ranatunga	6	0	25	1	4.17

Sri Lanka (target 224 runs off 50.0 overs) Inning Inning

172/10 (42.4 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Amal Silva c Crowe b Chatfield	33	55	4	0	60.00
Ravi Ratnayeke run out	8	33	1	0	24.24
Ranjan Madugalle lbw b Coney	8	24	0	0	33.33
Roy Dias c †Smith b Coney	9	15	1	0	60.00
Duleep Mendis c & b Hadlee	7	10	1	0	70.00
Arjuna Ranatunga c Wright b Coney	34	40	0	0	85.00
Shaul Karnain lbw b Hadlee	0	2	0	0	0.00
Ashantha de Mel run out	27	26	0	0	103.85
Rumesh Ratnayake c Hadlee b Coney	1	4	0	0	25.00
Somachandra De Silva not out	24	32	1	0	75.00
Vinothen John c Chatfield b Cairns	11	17	1	0	64.71
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 9, w 0, nb 1, p 0)	10
TOTAL (4.06 RUNS PER OVER)	172/10 (42.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

60-3 (Amal Silva, 0 ov), 26-1 (Ravi Ratnayeke, 0 ov), 48-2 (Ranjan Madugalle, 0 ov), 67-4 (Roy Dias, 0 ov), 75-5 (Duleep Mendis, 0 ov), 143-9 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 0 ov), 75-6 (Shaul Karnain, 0 ov), 118-7 (Ashantha de Mel, 0 ov), 125-8 (Rumesh Ratnayake, 0 ov), 172-10 (Vinothen John, 0 ov)