Best performances - Batsmen
KC Sangakkara
100(154) 12x4 - 1x6
Control %87%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 20 runs
- 0x4 - 0x6
DL Vettori
63(114) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %69%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 17 runs
- 1x4 - 0x6
06/12Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, Dec 7-9 2006
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
154 & 170 -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
206 & 119/5 (33 ov)
Player of the Match
06/12Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, Dec 7-9 2006
-
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
154 & 170 -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
206 & 119/5 (33 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
Partnerships
- SL - 1st
- NZ - 1st
- SL - 2nd
- NZ - 2nd
Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings
New Zealand - 1st - Innings
Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings
New Zealand - 2nd - Innings
Match Coverage
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New Zealand clinch five-wicket victory
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New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Christchurch
Match home for the first Test between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Christchurch between November 7 and 11, 2006
Vettori steers NZ to 52-run lead
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