30/12Result

1st ODI, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Queenstown, Dec 31 2005

New Zealand won by 7 wkts (76b rem)

Player of the Match

Peter FultonNew Zealand

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

PG Fulton

70(79) 7x4 - 1x6

Control %76%

Productive Shot
off side drive on front foot
14 runs
2x4 - 0x6

JM How

58(95) 8x4 - 1x6

Control %84%

Productive Shot
leg glance
26 runs
4x4 - 0x6

Best performances - Bowlers

SE Bond

O8.2

R29

Eco3.48

RHB
OFFLEG

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF

KD Mills

O10

R31

Eco3.10

RHB
OFFLEG

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

John Davies Oval, Queenstown

Series

Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand

Toss

New Zealand , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Peter Fulton

Series result

New Zealand led the 5-match series 2-0

Match number

ODI no. 2309

Season

2005/06

Match days

31 December 2005 (50-over match)

ODI debut

Jamie How

New Zealand replacement

NJ Astle for SE Bond (New Zealand innings, 6.3 ov)

Sri Lanka replacement

MF Maharoof for CRD Fernando (Sri Lanka innings, 40.4 ov)

Scorecard Summary

SRI LANKA 164(47.2 OVERS)

Marvan Atapattu35 (56)
Tillakaratne Dilshan42 (54)

Shane Bond3/29 (8.2)
Kyle Mills3/31 (10)

NEW ZEALAND 166/3(37.2 OVERS)

Peter Fulton*70 (79)
Jamie How58 (95)

Sanath Jayasuriya1/36 (8.2)
Muthiah Muralidaran1/29 (10)

37.2

Jayasuriya to Marshall, FOUR,

37.1

Jayasuriya to Marshall, FOUR,

END OF OVER:
37 | 5 Runs | NZ: 158/3 (7 runs required from 13 overs, RR: 4.27, RRR: 0.53)

Peter Fulton70 (79b)
Hamish Marshall8 (14b)

Farveez Maharoof4-0-18-0
Sanath Jayasuriya8-2-28-1

36.6

Maharoof to Fulton, 2 runs, Maharoof to Fulton, good length but down leg, Fulton leaves it alone, 2 runs, fielded by Vaas

36.5

Maharoof to Marshall, 1 run, Maharoof to Marshall, length ball, Marshall defends it away, 1 run, fielded by Muralitharan

36.4

Maharoof to Fulton, 1 run, Maharoof to Fulton, good line and length, Fulton gets an edge, 1 run, fielded by Malinga

36.3

Maharoof to Marshall, 1 run, Maharoof to Marshall, wide outside the off stump, Marshall cuts it, 1 run, fielded by Malinga

Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand 2005-06 News

Sri Lanka will avoid verbal jousts, says Moody
Tom Moody, the Sri Lankan coach, says his side will not get involved in any verbal jousting with Australia and South Africa in the upcoming VB Series
Sri Lanka sneak a thriller after silken Fulton ton
Sri Lanka held their nerve and despite a silken innings from Peter Fulton won the final ODI against New Zealand by 21 runs
Jayasuriya out of VB Series
Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka's veteran allrounder, will miss the VB Series in Australia as he recovers from a shoulder injury
New Zealand pull off unlikely victory
Sri Lanka squandered a great chance beat New Zealand, and despite restricting them to 224 for 9, lost by 21 runs
Vettori's captaincy not a threat, says Fleming
Stephen Fleming admits that it is healthy for him to be aware of Daniel Vettori, New Zealand's recent stand-in captain, and his obvious capabilities at the helm of affairs

Best performances - Batsmen

Best performances - Bowlers

John Davies Oval, Queenstown

Series

Toss

Player Of The Match

Series result

Match number

Season

Match days

ODI debut

New Zealand replacement

Sri Lanka replacement

Umpires

TV Umpires

Match Referee

SRI LANKA 164(47.2 OVERS)

NEW ZEALAND 166/3(37.2 OVERS)

END OF OVER:37 | 5 Runs | NZ: 158/3 (7 runs required from 13 overs, RR: 4.27, RRR: 0.53)

Sri Lanka will avoid verbal jousts, says Moody

Sri Lanka sneak a thriller after silken Fulton ton

Jayasuriya out of VB Series

New Zealand pull off unlikely victory

Vettori's captaincy not a threat, says Fleming

END OF OVER:
37 | 5 Runs | NZ: 158/3 (7 runs required from 13 overs, RR: 4.27, RRR: 0.53)