Sri Lanka v New Zealand
1st Test · AMI Stadium, Christchurch · 7 Dec 2006 – 9 Dec 2006
New Zealand won by 5 wickets
Sri Lanka 1st innings15452.4 overs
New Zealand 1st innings20685.4 overs
Sri Lanka 2nd innings17053.1 overs
New Zealand 2nd innings119/533 overs
Sri Lanka 1st innings 154 (52.4 ov)
Fall of wickets: 11-1 (ST Jayasuriya, 2.5 ov), 17-2 (KC Sangakkara, 4.3 ov), 37-3 (DPMD Jayawardene, 10.1 ov), 87-4 (WU Tharanga, 31.6 ov), 87-5 (LPC Silva, 33.2 ov), 106-6 (CK Kapugedera, 37.3 ov), 110-7 (WPUJC Vaas, 41.1 ov), 121-8 (HAPW Jayawardene, 46.5 ov), 132-9 (MF Maharoof, 49.5 ov), 154-10 (M Muralitharan, 52.4 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 11 | 17 | WU Tharanga 1, ST Jayasuriya 5 |
| 2 | 6 | 10 | WU Tharanga 2, KC Sangakkara 4 |
| 3 | 20 | 34 | WU Tharanga 12, DPMD Jayawardene 8 |
| 4 | 50 | 131 | WU Tharanga 18, CK Kapugedera 24 |
| 5 | 0 | 8 | CK Kapugedera 0, LPC Silva 0 |
| 6 | 19 | 25 | CK Kapugedera 13, HAPW Jayawardene 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 22 | HAPW Jayawardene 0, WPUJC Vaas 4 |
| 8 | 11 | 34 | HAPW Jayawardene 1, MF Maharoof 5 |
| 9 | 11 | 18 | MF Maharoof 10, SL Malinga 0 |
| 10 | 22 | 17 | SL Malinga 7, M Muralitharan 14 |
New Zealand 1st innings 206 (85.4 ov)
Fall of wickets: 3-1 (JM How, 1.3 ov), 73-2 (MS Sinclair, 25.5 ov), 106-3 (CD Cumming, 46.2 ov), 108-4 (NJ Astle, 46.6 ov), 113-5 (JDP Oram, 49.1 ov), 113-6 (BB McCullum, 49.4 ov), 188-7 (SP Fleming, 79.2 ov), 190-8 (JEC Franklin, 80.5 ov), 206-9 (SE Bond, 84.3 ov), 206-10 (DL Vettori, 85.4 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 3 | 9 | CD Cumming 2, JM How 0 |
| 2 | 70 | 146 | CD Cumming 30, MS Sinclair 36 |
| 3 | 33 | 123 | CD Cumming 11, SP Fleming 20 |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | SP Fleming 0, NJ Astle 2 |
| 5 | 5 | 13 | SP Fleming 4, JDP Oram 1 |
| 6 | 0 | 3 | SP Fleming 0, BB McCullum 0 |
| 7 | 75 | 178 | SP Fleming 24, DL Vettori 47 |
| 8 | 2 | 9 | DL Vettori 1, JEC Franklin 0 |
| 9 | 16 | 22 | DL Vettori 15, SE Bond 1 |
| 10 | 0 | 7 | DL Vettori 0, CS Martin 0 |
Sri Lanka 2nd innings 170 (53.1 ov)
Fall of wickets: 18-1 (ST Jayasuriya, 2.6 ov), 44-2 (WU Tharanga, 10.6 ov), 45-3 (DPMD Jayawardene, 13.2 ov), 46-4 (CK Kapugedera, 14.3 ov), 46-5 (LPC Silva, 14.6 ov), 74-6 (HAPW Jayawardene, 26.2 ov), 80-7 (WPUJC Vaas, 27.3 ov), 99-8 (MF Maharoof, 32.5 ov), 143-9 (SL Malinga, 44.6 ov), 170-10 (M Muralitharan, 53.1 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 18 | 18 | WU Tharanga 4, ST Jayasuriya 10 |
| 2 | 26 | 48 | WU Tharanga 20, KC Sangakkara 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 14 | KC Sangakkara 1, DPMD Jayawardene 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 7 | KC Sangakkara 0, CK Kapugedera 1 |
| 5 | 0 | 3 | KC Sangakkara 0, LPC Silva 0 |
| 6 | 28 | 68 | KC Sangakkara 17, HAPW Jayawardene 11 |
| 7 | 6 | 7 | KC Sangakkara 6, WPUJC Vaas 0 |
| 8 | 19 | 32 | KC Sangakkara 11, MF Maharoof 7 |
| 9 | 44 | 73 | KC Sangakkara 42, SL Malinga 0 |
| 10 | 27 | 49 | KC Sangakkara 19, M Muralitharan 8 |
New Zealand 2nd innings 119/5 (33 ov)
Did not bat: CS Martin, SE Bond, JEC Franklin, DL Vettori
Fall of wickets: 58-1 (JM How, 12.5 ov), 66-2 (CD Cumming, 15.4 ov), 66-3 (SP Fleming, 17.1 ov), 68-4 (MS Sinclair, 18.1 ov), 103-5 (NJ Astle, 30.3 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 58 | 77 | CD Cumming 38, JM How 11 |
| 2 | 8 | 17 | CD Cumming 5, MS Sinclair 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 9 | MS Sinclair 0, SP Fleming 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | MS Sinclair 1, NJ Astle 1 |
| 5 | 35 | 74 | NJ Astle 23, JDP Oram 10 |
| Unbroken | 16 | 15 | JDP Oram 2, BB McCullum 14 |
Match details
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to bat
- Season
- 2006/07
- Umpires
- SJA Taufel, BG Jerling
- Match referee
- J Srinath