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New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, Benson Hedges World Championship, 23 February, 1985, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

New Zealand

NZ

223/10 (49.0 ov)

SL

172/10 (42.4 ov)

Sri Lanka

New Zealand won by 51 runs

New Zealand

New Zealand Inning

223/10 (49.0 ov)
RR 4.55
Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Geoff Howarth
c Madugalle b John
11 27 1 0 40.74
John Wright
b John
4 9 1 0 44.44
John Reid
c Dias b Karnain
62 108 4 0 57.41
Martin Crowe
run out
22 31 2 0 70.97
Paul McEwan
b John
27 38 3 0 71.05
Jeremy Coney
c De Silva b Karnain
21 31 0 0 67.74
Sir Richard Hadlee
c De Mel b Ranatunga
9 8 0 0 112.50
Ian Smith
b Ratnayake
22 16 2 0 137.50
Lance Cairns
c De Mel b Ratnayake
25 21 2 0 119.05
Martin Snedden
b Ratnayake
7 6 0 0 116.67
Ewen Chatfield
not out
2 8 0 0 25.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 6, w 5, nb 0, p 0) 11
TOTAL (4.55 RUNS PER OVER) 223/10 (49.0 ov)
FALL OF WICKETS: 21-2 (Geoff Howarth, 0 ov), 11-1 (John Wright, 0 ov), 170-7 (John Reid, 0 ov), 64-3 (Martin Crowe, 0 ov), 100-4 (Paul McEwan, 0 ov), 145-5 (Jeremy Coney, 0 ov), 161-6 (Sir Richard Hadlee, 0 ov), 213-8 (Ian Smith, 0 ov), 216-9 (Lance Cairns, 0 ov), 223-10 (Martin Snedden, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W NB WD ECO
Vinothen John 10 1 29 3 0 0 2.90
Ashantha de Mel 10 0 48 0 0 0 4.80
Rumesh Ratnayake 8.5 1 40 3 0 0 4.53
Somachandra De Silva 5 0 25 0 0 0 5.00
Shaul Karnain 9.5 0 50 2 0 0 5.08
Arjuna Ranatunga 6 0 25 1 0 0 4.17
* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

DATE & TIME
Saturday, February 23, 1985 · 07:30 PM
TOSS
Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field
VENUE
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne