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New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
23 February 1985
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: PJ McConnell, BE Martin
Match Result: New Zealand won by 51 runs
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Geoff Howarth | c Ranjan Madugalle b Vinothen John | 11 | 27 | 27 | 1 | - |
| 2. John Wright | b Vinothen John | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | - |
| 3. John Reid | c Roy Dias b Shaul Karnain | 62 | 108 | 149 | 4 | - |
| 4. Martin Crowe | run out | 22 | 31 | 49 | 2 | - |
| 5. Paul McEwan | b Vinothen John | 27 | 38 | 30 | 3 | - |
| 6. Jeremy Coney | c Somachandra de Silva b Shaul Karnain | 21 | 31 | 37 | - | - |
| 7. Sir Richard Hadlee | c Ashantha de Mel b Arjuna Ranatunga | 9 | 8 | 9 | - | - |
| +8. Ian Smith | b Rumesh Ratnayake | 22 | 16 | 33 | 2 | - |
| 9. Lance Cairns | c Ashantha de Mel b Rumesh Ratnayake | 25 | 21 | 30 | 2 | - |
| 10. Martin Snedden | b Rumesh Ratnayake | 7 | 6 | 12 | - | - |
| 11. Ewen Chatfield | not out | 2 | 8 | 9 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-11 (John Wright), 2-21 (Geoff Howarth), 3-64 (Martin Crowe), 4-100 (Paul McEwan), 5-145 (Jeremy Coney), 6-161 (Sir Richard Hadlee), 7-170 (John Reid), 8-213 (Ian Smith), 9-216 (Lance Cairns), 223 (Martin Snedden). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 5w, 0nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.4 ovs) 223 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Vinothen John | 10 | 1 | 29 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ashantha de Mel | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 8.5 | 1 | 40 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Somachandra de Silva | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shaul Karnain | 9.5 | 0 | 50 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 6 | 0 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Amal Silva | c Martin Crowe b Ewen Chatfield | 33 | 55 | 65 | 4 | - |
| 2. Ravi Ratnayeke | run out | 8 | 33 | 39 | 1 | - |
| 3. Ranjan Madugalle | lbw b Jeremy Coney | 8 | 24 | 38 | - | - |
| 4. Roy Dias | c Ian Smith b Jeremy Coney | 9 | 15 | 21 | 1 | - |
| *5. Duleep Mendis | c & b Sir Richard Hadlee | 7 | 10 | 13 | 1 | - |
| 6. Arjuna Ranatunga | c John Wright b Jeremy Coney | 34 | 40 | 64 | - | - |
| 7. Shaul Karnain | lbw b Sir Richard Hadlee | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 8. Ashantha de Mel | run out | 27 | 26 | 33 | - | - |
| 9. Rumesh Ratnayake | c Sir Richard Hadlee b Jeremy Coney | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | - |
| 10. Somachandra de Silva | not out | 24 | 32 | 39 | 1 | - |
| 11. Vinothen John | c Ewen Chatfield b Lance Cairns | 11 | 17 | 23 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-26 (Ravi Ratnayeke), 2-48 (Amal Silva), 3-60 (Ranjan Madugalle), 4-67 (Roy Dias), 5-75 (Duleep Mendis), 6-75 (Shaul Karnain), 7-118 (Ashantha de Mel), 8-125 (Rumesh Ratnayake), 9-143 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 172 (Vinothen John). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 42.4 ovs) 172 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Lance Cairns | 8.4 | 1 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 6 | 1 | 23 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 10 | 3 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Snedden | 8 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeremy Coney | 10 | 0 | 46 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Geoff Howarth, John Wright, John Reid, Martin Crowe, Paul McEwan, Jeremy Coney, Sir Richard Hadlee, Ian Smith, Lance Cairns, Martin Snedden, Ewen Chatfield