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Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Benson and Hedges World Championship of Cricket, Group B
NEW ZEALAND
SRI LANKA
Team Flag 5
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VS
223
49.4
172
42.4
New Zealand win by 51 runs
Scorecard
Batting
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Geoff Howarth
C
c RS Madugalle b VB John
11
25
1
0
44
John Wright
b VB John
4
9
1
0
44
John Reid
c RL Dias b SHU Karnain
62
111
4
0
56
Martin Crowe
run out (sub)
22
31
2
0
71
Paul McEwan
b VB John
27
38
3
0
71
Jeremy Coney
c DS de Silva b SHU Karnain
21
30
0
0
70
Sir Richard Hadlee
c ALF de Mel b A Ranatunga
9
8
1
0
113
Ian Smith
WK
b RJ Ratnayake
22
16
3
0
138
Lance Cairns
c ALF de Mel b RJ Ratnayake
25
21
2
0
119
Martin Snedden
b RJ Ratnayake
7
6
0
0
117
Ewen Chatfield
not out
2
8
0
0
25
Extras
b: 0, lb: 6, wd: 5, nb: 0, p: 0
11
Total
49.4 ov, RR: 4.48
223 all out
Fall of wickets
1-11 (JG Wright, 2.6 ov), 2-21 (GP Howarth, 6.2 ov), 3-64 (MD Crowe, 18.1 ov), 4-100 (PE McEwan, 26.4 ov), 5-145 (JV Coney, 37.4 ov), 6-161 (RJ Hadlee, 40.2 ov), 7-170 (JF Reid, 41.5 ov), 8-213 (IDS Smith, 47.1 ov), 9-216 (BL Cairns, 47.3 ov), 10-223 (MC Snedden, 49.4 ov)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
ER
Vinothen John
10.0
1
29
3
2.90
Ashantha de Mel
10.0
0
48
0
4.80
Rumesh Ratnayake
8.5
1
40
3
4.53
Somachandra de Silva
5.0
0
25
0
5.00
Shaul Karnain
9.5
0
50
2
5.08
Arjuna Ranatunga
6.0
0
25
1
4.17
Match Info
Toss
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first.
Umpires
Peter McConnell & Bruce Martin
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