New Zealand in Sri Lanka, 2002-03

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Past SL-NZ Tours: 1997-98 | 2002-03

Date Match Venue Result & Card (from CricInfo)

April 19-20
April 21-22
April 25-29
1st TEST
May 3-7
2nd TEST

BCCSL Academy XI
Sri Lanka "A"
Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Colombo NCC
Colombo NCC
Colombo PSS

Kandy

Match Drawn
Match Drawn
Match Drawn
NZ 515/7d & 161/5d, SL 483
Match Drawn
NZ 305 & 183, SL 298 & 72/1

New Zealand

Sri Lanka

Age

TEST

Age

TEST

27

30

28

32

24

31

27

27

24

24

32

SE Bond

SP Fleming

RG Hart

MJ Horne

JDP Oram

MH Richardson

MS Sinclair

SB Styris

DR Tuffey

DL Vettori

PJ Wiseman

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Bowl

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Bowl

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30

32

33

25

33

20

31

22

25

35

29

MS Atapattu

HDPK Dharmasena

ST Jayasuriya

DPMD Jayawardene

RS Kaluwitharana

KS Lokuarachchi

M Muralitharan

RAP Nissanka

K Sangakkara

HP Tillakaratne

WPUJC Vaas

Bat

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Bowl

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Record performances for series

Highest Innings

Rank	Name		Opp.	Venue	Date
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	MD Crowe (NZ) SP Fleming (NZ) BA Young (NZ) PA de Silva (SL) DSBP Kuruppu (SL) AH Jones (NZ) JF Reid (NZ) SP Fleming (NZ) DPMD Jayawardene (SL) RS Mahanama (SL)	299 274* 267* 267 201* 186 180 174* 167 153	SL SL SL NZ NZ SL SL SL NZ NZ	Wellington BR Colombo PSS Dunedin Wellington BR Colombo CCC Wellington BR Colombo CCC Colombo RPS Galle Moratuwa	1990-91 2002-03 1996-97 1990-91 1986-87 1990-91 1983-84 1997-98 1997-98 1992-93

Best Bowling - Innings

Rank	Name		Opp.	Venue	Date
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	DL Vettori (NZ) HDPK Dharmasena (SL) WPUJC Vaas (SL) SL Boock (NZ) RJ Hadlee (NZ) M Muralitharan (SL) MLCN Bandaratilleke (SL) JR Ratnayeke (SL) WPUJC Vaas (SL) WPUJC Vaas (SL)	6/ 64 6/ 73 6/ 87 5/ 28 5/ 29 5/ 30 5/ 36 5/ 42 5/ 43 5/ 47	SL NZ NZ SL SL NZ NZ NZ NZ NZ	Colombo SSC Galle Dunedin Kandy Colombo CCC Colombo SSC Galle Colombo SSC Napier Napier	1997-98 1997-98 1994-95 1983-84 1983-84 1997-98 1997-98 1983-84 1994-95 1994-95

Most Runs for Series

Rank	Name	M	I	R	Avg.	50	100	HS
1 2 3 4 5	SP Fleming (NZ) A Ranatunga (SL) HP Tillakaratne (SL) PA de Silva (SL) AP Gurusinha (SL)	9 16 13 12 8	16 27 20 20 13	946 824 819 785 636	72.76 31.69 43.10 39.25 53.00	6 7 4 4 2	2 0 2 2 3	274* 90 144 267 127

Most Wickets for Series

Rank	Name	M	R	W	Avg.	5WI	10 WM	Best
1 2 3 4 5	M Muralitharan (SL) RJ Hadlee (NZ) DL Vettori (NZ) WPUJC Vaas (SL) VB John (SL)	10 6 7 6 5	1232 473 687 566 516	52 37 31 28 24	23.69 12.78 22.16 20.21 21.50	4 2 2 3 2	0 1 0 1 0	5/ 30 5/ 29 6/ 64 6/ 87 5/ 60

Date	Match	Venue	Result & Card (from CricInfo)
April 19-20 April 21-22 April 25-29 1st TEST May 3-7 2nd TEST	BCCSL Academy XI Sri Lanka "A" Sri Lanka Sri Lanka	Colombo NCC Colombo NCC Colombo PSS Kandy	Match Drawn Match Drawn Match Drawn NZ 515/7d & 161/5d, SL 483 Match Drawn NZ 305 & 183, SL 298 & 72/1

New Zealand				Sri Lanka
Age		TEST		Age		TEST
27 30 28 32 24 31 27 27 24 24 32	SE Bond SP Fleming RG Hart MJ Horne JDP Oram MH Richardson MS Sinclair SB Styris DR Tuffey DL Vettori PJ Wiseman	Bat Bat Bat Bat Bat Bat Bat Bat Bat Bat Bat	Bowl Bowl Bowl Bowl Bowl Bowl Bowl Bowl Bowl Bowl Bowl	30 32 33 25 33 20 31 22 25 35 29	MS Atapattu HDPK Dharmasena ST Jayasuriya DPMD Jayawardene RS Kaluwitharana KS Lokuarachchi M Muralitharan RAP Nissanka K Sangakkara HP Tillakaratne WPUJC Vaas	Bat Bat Bat Bat Bat Bat Bat Bat Bat Bat Bat	Bowl Bowl Bowl Bowl Bowl Bowl Bowl Bowl Bowl Bowl Bowl