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New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Basin Reserve, Wellington
11, 12, 13, 14, 15 March 1983 (five-day match)
Toss: New Zealand (field)
Umpires: IC Higginson, SJ Woodward
Match Result: New Zealand won by 6 wickets
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sidath Wettimuny | c Lance Cairns b Sir Richard Hadlee | 8 | 0 | 19 | 1 | - |
| 2. Mithra Wettimuny | c Jeremy Coney b Martin Snedden | 6 | 12 | 15 | 1 | - |
| 3. Susil Fernando | c John Wright b Sir Richard Hadlee | 12 | 32 | 42 | 1 | - |
| 4. Yohan Goonasekera | c Warren Lees b Lance Cairns | 13 | 49 | 58 | - | - |
| 5. Ranjan Madugalle | run out ( > > ) | 79 | 0 | 213 | 12 | - |
| *6. Somachandra de Silva | lbw b Ewen Chatfield | 61 | 0 | 226 | 5 | - |
| +7. Amal Silva | c Warren Lees b Ewen Chatfield | 8 | 9 | 18 | - | - |
| 8. Ravi Ratnayeke | not out | 29 | 61 | 84 | 2 | - |
| 9. Sridharan Jeganathan | c Warren Lees b Ewen Chatfield | 5 | 22 | 34 | 1 | - |
| 10. Rumesh Ratnayake | b Martin Snedden | 12 | 29 | 30 | 1 | - |
| 11. Vinothen John | c John Wright b Ewen Chatfield | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-14 (Mithra Wettimuny), 2-14 (Sidath Wettimuny), 3-34 (Susil Fernando), 4-48 (Yohan Goonasekera), 5-178 (Ranjan Madugalle), 6-191 (Amal Silva), 7-194 (Somachandra de Silva), 8-220 (Sridharan Jeganathan), 9-239 (Rumesh Ratnayake), 240 (Vinothen John). |
| Extras | 1b, 5lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 100.5 ovs) 240 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 25 | 9 | 47 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Snedden | 24 | 5 | 56 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 26.5 | 7 | 66 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Cairns | 20 | 5 | 53 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeremy Coney | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Glenn Turner | c Yohan Goonasekera b Vinothen John | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1 | - |
| 2. Bruce Edgar | c Vinothen John b Rumesh Ratnayake | 10 | 43 | 44 | 2 | - |
| 3. John Wright | c Somachandra de Silva b Rumesh Ratnayake | 14 | 31 | 47 | 2 | - |
| *4. Geoff Howarth | c Sidath Wettimuny b Somachandra de Silva | 36 | 139 | 195 | 2 | - |
| 5. Jeff Crowe | c Amal Silva b Rumesh Ratnayake | 36 | 101 | 120 | 3 | - |
| 6. Jeremy Coney | c Yohan Goonasekera b Vinothen John | 2 | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| 7. Sir Richard Hadlee | c Yohan Goonasekera b Vinothen John | 30 | 31 | 40 | 5 | - |
| +8. Warren Lees | c Yohan Goonasekera b Vinothen John | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Lance Cairns | c Somachandra de Silva b Vinothen John | 45 | 50 | 77 | 3 | 2 |
| 10. Martin Snedden | lbw b Rumesh Ratnayake | 5 | 16 | 25 | - | - |
| 11. Ewen Chatfield | not out | 2 | 8 | 27 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-12 (Glenn Turner), 2-33 (Bruce Edgar), 3-104 (Jeff Crowe), 4-107 (Jeremy Coney), 5-141 (Sir Richard Hadlee), 6-141 (Warren Lees), 7-145 (Geoff Howarth), 8-163 (Martin Snedden), 9-169 (John Wright), 201 (Lance Cairns). |
| Extras | 4b, 3lb, 3w, 1nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 72.2 ovs) 201 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 24 | 5 | 81 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vinothen John | 25.2 | 9 | 60 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 14 | 3 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Somachandra de Silva | 9 | 5 | 13 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sidath Wettimuny | c Jeremy Coney b Sir Richard Hadlee | 9 | 0 | 18 | 2 | - |
| 2. Mithra Wettimuny | c Lance Cairns b Martin Snedden | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 3. Susil Fernando | c Warren Lees b Martin Snedden | 12 | 93 | 115 | - | - |
| +4. Amal Silva | c Jeff Crowe b Sir Richard Hadlee | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 5. Yohan Goonasekera | c Warren Lees b Ewen Chatfield | 23 | 66 | 83 | 3 | - |
| 6. Ranjan Madugalle | c Warren Lees b Sir Richard Hadlee | 13 | 0 | 64 | 2 | - |
| *7. Somachandra de Silva | c Warren Lees b Martin Snedden | 0 | 0 | 11 | - | - |
| 8. Ravi Ratnayeke | b Sir Richard Hadlee | 12 | 58 | 70 | - | - |
| 9. Sridharan Jeganathan | c Warren Lees b Ewen Chatfield | 0 | 2 | 9 | - | - |
| 10. Rumesh Ratnayake | c sub b Ewen Chatfield | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| 11. Vinothen John | not out | 8 | 12 | 14 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Mithra Wettimuny), 2-12 (Sidath Wettimuny), 3-12 (Amal Silva), 4-57 (Yohan Goonasekera), 5-61 (Susil Fernando), 6-61 (Somachandra de Silva), 7-78 (Ranjan Madugalle), 8-81 (Sridharan Jeganathan), 9-83 (Rumesh Ratnayake), 93 (Ravi Ratnayeke). |
| Extras | 5b, 10lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 53 ovs) 93 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 17 | 5 | 34 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Snedden | 17 | 7 | 21 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 12 | 5 | 15 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Cairns | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Glenn Turner | b Ravi Ratnayeke | 29 | 0 | 77 | 2 | - |
| 2. Bruce Edgar | not out | 47 | 110 | 156 | 6 | - |
| *3. Geoff Howarth | c Amal Silva b Vinothen John | 1 | 18 | 13 | - | - |
| 4. Jeff Crowe | b Rumesh Ratnayake | 11 | 16 | 20 | 2 | - |
| 5. Jeremy Coney | c Yohan Goonasekera b Somachandra de Silva | 17 | 34 | 36 | 2 | - |
| 6. Sir Richard Hadlee | not out | 17 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 7. John Wright | ||||||
| +8. Warren Lees | ||||||
| 9. Lance Cairns | ||||||
| 10. Martin Snedden | ||||||
| 11. Ewen Chatfield |
| FOW | 1-59 (Glenn Turner), 2-62 (Geoff Howarth), 3-81 (Jeff Crowe), 4-116 (Jeremy Coney). |
| Extras | 0b, 11lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 37.1 ovs) 134 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 15 | 0 | 46 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vinothen John | 8 | 2 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 8.1 | 4 | 20 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Somachandra de Silva | 6 | 1 | 18 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Glenn Turner, Bruce Edgar, Geoff Howarth, Jeff Crowe, Jeremy Coney, Sir Richard Hadlee, John Wright, Warren Lees, Lance Cairns, Martin Snedden, Ewen Chatfield