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Sri Lanka v New Zealand @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
16, 17, 18, 20, 21 March 1984 (five-day match)
Toss: New Zealand (field)
Umpires: DP Buultjens, HC Felsinger
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sidath Wettimuny | c Jeremy Coney b Ewen Chatfield | 26 | 0 | 163 | 2 | - |
| 2. Susil Fernando | b Martin Crowe | 8 | 74 | 88 | 1 | - |
| 3. Sanath Kaluperuma | b Stephen Boock | 23 | 65 | 91 | 3 | - |
| 4. Roy Dias | run out ( > > ) | 16 | 0 | 86 | 1 | - |
| *5. Duleep Mendis | b Sir Richard Hadlee | 1 | 0 | 4 | - | - |
| 6. Ranjan Madugalle | not out | 44 | 0 | 199 | 5 | - |
| 7. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Ian Smith b Lance Cairns | 6 | 21 | 24 | 1 | - |
| 8. Ravi Ratnayeke | lbw b Sir Richard Hadlee | 22 | 53 | 68 | 3 | - |
| 9. Somachandra de Silva | c Jeremy Coney b Lance Cairns | 0 | 0 | 5 | - | - |
| +10. Guy de Alwis | c Ian Smith b Lance Cairns | 2 | 0 | 21 | - | - |
| 11. Vinothen John | c Ian Smith b Lance Cairns | 0 | 8 | 12 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-25 (Susil Fernando), 2-66 (Sidath Wettimuny), 3-68 (Sanath Kaluperuma), 4-69 (Duleep Mendis), 5-99 (Roy Dias), 6-111 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 7-152 (Ravi Ratnayeke), 8-153 (Somachandra de Silva), 9-165 (Guy de Alwis), 174 (Vinothen John). |
| Extras | 5b, 7lb, 8w, 6nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 90.5 ovs) 174 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 22 | 12 | 27 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Cairns | 24.5 | 6 | 47 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 20 | 7 | 35 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Crowe | 13 | 5 | 21 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stephen Boock | 11 | 2 | 18 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Geoff Howarth | b Vinothen John | 24 | 51 | 82 | 3 | - |
| 2. John Wright | c Roy Dias b Vinothen John | 20 | 33 | 63 | 1 | - |
| 3. John Reid | c Guy de Alwis b Vinothen John | 7 | 22 | 31 | 1 | - |
| 4. Jeff Crowe | b Ravi Ratnayeke | 50 | 114 | 162 | 8 | - |
| 5. Jeremy Coney | c Vinothen John b Somachandra de Silva | 30 | 55 | 100 | 3 | - |
| 6. Sir Richard Hadlee | b Ravi Ratnayeke | 19 | 33 | 72 | 2 | - |
| 7. Stephen Boock | c Ranjan Madugalle b Ravi Ratnayeke | 4 | 30 | 43 | - | - |
| 8. Martin Crowe | c Sanath Kaluperuma b Ravi Ratnayeke | 0 | 10 | 13 | - | - |
| +9. Ian Smith | c Sanath Kaluperuma b Ravi Ratnayeke | 7 | 18 | 31 | 1 | - |
| 10. Lance Cairns | lbw b Somachandra de Silva | 14 | 16 | 40 | 2 | - |
| 11. Ewen Chatfield | not out | 9 | 8 | 20 | 2 | - |
| FOW | 1-38 (John Wright), 2-53 (Geoff Howarth), 3-66 (John Reid), 4-127 (Jeremy Coney), 5-151 (Jeff Crowe), 6-166 (Sir Richard Hadlee), 7-166 (Martin Crowe), 8-171 (Stephen Boock), 9-178 (Ian Smith), 198 (Lance Cairns). |
| Extras | 4b, 6lb, 1w, 3nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 64.3 ovs) 198 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Vinothen John | 24 | 1 | 89 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 21 | 8 | 42 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Kaluperuma | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Somachandra de Silva | 14.3 | 6 | 39 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sidath Wettimuny | c Sir Richard Hadlee b Ewen Chatfield | 65 | 0 | 319 | 5 | - |
| 2. Susil Fernando | c Jeff Crowe b Sir Richard Hadlee | 0 | 7 | 10 | - | - |
| 3. Sanath Kaluperuma | c Lance Cairns b Sir Richard Hadlee | 2 | 34 | 41 | - | - |
| 4. Roy Dias | b Lance Cairns | 108 | 0 | 272 | 18 | - |
| 5. Ravi Ratnayeke | c & b Sir Richard Hadlee | 12 | 31 | 65 | 1 | - |
| *6. Duleep Mendis | b Ewen Chatfield | 36 | 0 | 119 | 6 | - |
| 7. Ranjan Madugalle | c Jeff Crowe b Ewen Chatfield | 36 | 0 | 132 | 5 | - |
| 8. Arjuna Ranatunga | run out ( > > ) | 7 | 7 | 29 | 1 | - |
| 9. Somachandra de Silva | not out | 13 | 0 | 79 | 1 | - |
| +10. Guy de Alwis | b Ewen Chatfield | 2 | 0 | 9 | - | - |
| 11. Vinothen John | not out | 3 | 8 | 14 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-3 (Susil Fernando), 2-13 (Sanath Kaluperuma), 3-176 (Roy Dias), 4-209 (Ravi Ratnayeke), 5-234 (Duleep Mendis), 6-244 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 7-245 (Sidath Wettimuny), 8-278 (Ranjan Madugalle), 9-282 (Guy de Alwis). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 5 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 127 ovs) 289 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 30 | 14 | 58 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Cairns | 22 | 3 | 79 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 29 | 9 | 78 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stephen Boock | 42 | 16 | 65 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeremy Coney | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Geoff Howarth | c Sanath Kaluperuma b Vinothen John | 10 | 43 | 57 | 1 | - |
| 2. John Wright | c Somachandra de Silva b Arjuna Ranatunga | 48 | 209 | 280 | 3 | - |
| 3. John Reid | lbw b Vinothen John | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 4. Jeff Crowe | c Guy de Alwis b Arjuna Ranatunga | 16 | 47 | 70 | 3 | - |
| 5. Martin Crowe | not out | 19 | 157 | 217 | 3 | - |
| 6. Jeremy Coney | not out | 20 | 59 | 69 | 2 | - |
| 7. Sir Richard Hadlee | ||||||
| 8. Stephen Boock | ||||||
| +9. Ian Smith | ||||||
| 10. Lance Cairns | ||||||
| 11. Ewen Chatfield |
| FOW | 1-10 (Geoff Howarth), 2-10 (John Reid), 3-48 (Jeff Crowe), 4-89 (John Wright). |
| Extras | 4b, 4lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 86 ovs) 123 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Vinothen John | 21 | 11 | 26 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 21 | 11 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Kaluperuma | 6 | 3 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 18 | 7 | 29 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Somachandra de Silva | 19 | 10 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ranjan Madugalle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Sidath Wettimuny, Susil Fernando, Sanath Kaluperuma, Roy Dias, Ravi Ratnayeke, Duleep Mendis, Ranjan Madugalle, Arjuna Ranatunga, Somachandra de Silva, Guy de Alwis, Vinothen John