New Zealand national cricket team in Sri Lanka for the 2003 season

The New Zealand national cricket team tour to Sri Lanka in the 2003 season took place from April 25th to May 7th, 2003. The international cricket tour was part of the 2003 international cricket season and included two tests . The series ended in a 0–0 draw.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2000/01 season in New Zealand .

Stages

Colombo (PSS) Kandy (AS)

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium (PSS)	Colombo	15,000
Asgiriya Stadium	Kandy	10,300

Squad lists

New Zealand named its roster on April 2, 2003. Sri Lanka named its roster on April 22, 2003.

test
Sri Lanka	New Zealand
Hashan Tilla caratne ( K ) Marvan Atapattu Kumar Dharmasena Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Romesh Kaluwitharana ( wk ) Kaushal Lokuarachchi Muttiah Muralitharan Prabath Nissanka Kumar Sangakkara Chaminda Vaas	Stephen Fleming ( K ) Shane Bond Robbie Hart ( wk ) Matt Horne Jacob Oram Mark Richardson Mathew Sinclair Scott Styris Daryl Tuffey Daniel Vettori Paul Wiseman

Tour matches

April 19-20 Scorecard	Colombo (NCC)	Sri Lanka Board President's XI 258 (64.5)	-	New Zealanders 396 (107.5)
		draw

April 21-22 Scorecard	Colombo (NCC)	Sri Lanka A 284 (80.3)	-	New Zealanders 283 (84.5)
		draw

Testing

First test in Colombo

April 25-29 Scorecard	Colombo (PSS)	New Zealand 515-7d (174.5) & 161-5d (78)	-	Sri Lanka 483 (152)
		draw

Second test in Kandy

May 3rd - 7th scorecard	Kandy	New Zealand 305 (111.5) & 183 (97.3)	-	Sri Lanka 298 (97.3) & 72-1 (30)
		draw

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	2	4th	376	188.00	274 *	1	1
Hashan Tilla caratne	Sri Lanka	2	2	237	118.50	144	1	1
Mark Richardson	New Zealand	2	4th	201	67.00	85	0	3
Jacob Oram	New Zealand	2	4th	142	35.50	74	0	1
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	2	3	141	47.00	82	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	2	161.5	13	24.61	5/49	1	0
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	2	73.3	6th	29.83	3/31	0	0
Paul Wiseman	New Zealand	2	82.3	6th	41.83	4/104	0	0
Shane Bond	New Zealand	2	59	5	38.80	3/97	0	0
Jacob Oram	New Zealand	2	50	4th	29.00	3/54	0	0
Prabath Nissanka	Sri Lanka	2	55.5	4th	32.50	2/41	0	0
Kaushal Lokuarachchi	Sri Lanka	2	67	4th	52.00	2/47	0	0
Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka	2	83	4th	56.25	3/132	0	0

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ TelstraClear Black Caps Test and One-Day International squads named for Sri Lanka ( English ) Cricinfo. April 2, 2003. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
2. ^ Charlie Austin: Sri Lanka include four specialist spinners in 15-squad ( English ) Cricinfo. April 22, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
3. ↑ Records / New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
4. ↑ Records / New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 30, 2017.