a11271 o1343	Sri Lanka v New Zealand
	Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy 1998
Venue	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo on 5th July 1998 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealand won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sri Lanka won by 87 runs
Points	Sri Lanka 2; New Zealand 0
Umpires	PT Manuel, TM Samarasinghe
TV umpire	KT Francis
Referee	CW Smith
Player of the Match	A Ranatunga

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
ST Jayasuriya	c Cairns b Vettori	24	30	53	3	-	80.00
+RS Kaluwitharana	c Astle b Harris	54	64	75	8	-	84.38
PA de Silva	c Fleming b Harris	62	83	107	2	1	74.70
*A Ranatunga	c Fleming b McMillan	102	98	116	6	2	104.08
UDU Chandana	not out	27	25	35	2	-	108.00
MS Atapattu	not out	6	3	4	1	-	200.00
RS Mahanama	did not bat
HDPK Dharmasena	did not bat
MRCN Bandaratilleke	did not bat
M Muralitharan	did not bat
ASA Perera	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 12 w)	18
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-69 (Jayasuriya, 12.2 ov), 2-92 (Kaluwitharana, 17.3 ov), 3-224 (de Silva, 40.4 ov), 4-282 (Ranatunga, 48.5 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Cairns	7	0	52	0	4	-	-	7.43
Nash	5	0	30	0	1	2	-	6.00
Vettori	10	0	53	1	1	-	60.00	5.30
Harris	10	1	44	2	1	-	30.00	4.40
Wiseman	6	0	32	0	-	-	-	5.33
McMillan	7	0	38	1	-	-	42.00	5.43
Astle	5	0	38	0	-	-	-	7.60

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New Zealand innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BA Young	c Mahanama b Perera	3	9	13	-	-	33.33
NJ Astle	c de Silva b Chandana	74	76	113	7	3	97.37
*SP Fleming	c Dharmasena b Bandaratilleke	20	25	42	3	-	80.00
CD McMillan	c Muralitharan b Bandaratilleke	5	4	6	1	-	125.00
MJ Horne	c Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan	4	5	9	1	-	80.00
CL Cairns	c Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya	28	33	40	-	2	84.85
+AC Parore	not out	28	43	59	-	-	65.12
CZ Harris	b Jayasuriya	2	5	4	-	-	40.00
DJ Nash	c Chandana b Muralitharan	3	12	10	-	-	25.00
DL Vettori	b Jayasuriya	0	3	4	-	-	0.00
PJ Wiseman	c Dharmasena b Chandana	16	22	26	1	1	72.73
Extras	(10 lb, 1 nb, 12 w)	23
Total	(all out, 39.1 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Young, 2.5 ov), 2-78 (Fleming, 11.4 ov), 3-86 (McMillan, 13.1 ov), 4-106 (Horne, 16.3 ov), 5-152 (Astle, 24.6 ov), 6-154 (Cairns, 25.4 ov), 7-163 (Harris, 27.4 ov), 8-172 (Nash, 30.4 ov), 9-176 (Vettori, 31.4 ov), 10-206 (Wiseman, 39.1 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Perera	4	0	34	1	2	-	24.00	8.50
Bandaratilleke	9	0	34	2	3	-	27.00	3.78
Dharmasena	2	0	24	0	2	-	-	12.00
Muralitharan	10	0	50	2	2	1	30.00	5.00
Jayasuriya	8	0	28	3	3	-	16.00	3.50
Chandana	6.1	0	26	2	-	1	18.50	4.22

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Notes
--> RS Kaluwitharana passed 1500 runs in List A matches when he reached 43
--> PA de Silva passed 7500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 62
--> UDU Chandana passed his previous highest score of 26 in ODI matches
--> M Muralitharan reached 150 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed DJ Nash, his 2nd wicket in the New Zealand innings

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In order to qualify for the final against India, New Zealand needed to score the 294 required to win in 41.4 overs or less.

 

 

 

 

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