Sri Lankan national cricket team in New Zealand in the 2000/01 season
The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour to New Zealand in the 2000/01 season took place from January 28 to February 11, 2001. The international cricket tour was part of the 2000/01 international cricket season and included five ODIs . Sri Lanka won the ODI series 4-1.
prehistory
New Zealand previously played a tour against Zimbabwe , Sri Lanka a tour in South Africa . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1998 season in Sri Lanka .
Stages
Tour venues |
The following stages were designated as venues for the tour and announced on September 15, 2000.
| Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Park | Auckland | 50,000 | 3. ODI |
| AMI Stadium | Christchurch | 38,628 | 5. ODI |
| Seddon Park | Hamilton | 10,000 | 4. ODI |
| McLean Park | Napier | 22,500 | 1. ODI |
| Wellington Regional Stadium | Wellington | 34,500 | 2. ODI |
Squad
Sri Lanka announced its roster on January 17, 2001. New Zealand named its roster on January 24, 2001.
| ODI | |
|---|---|
 New Zealand
|
 Sri Lanka
|
Tour match
| January 28th scorecard |
New Plymouth |
North Island Selection XI 276-8 (50) |
- |
Sri Lankans 248 (46.4) |
| North Island Selection XI wins with 28 runs | ||||
One-day internationals
First ODI in Napier
| January 31 scorecard |
Napier |
Sri Lanka 213-8 (50) |
- |
New Zealand 152 (42.5) |
| Sri Lanka wins with 61 runs | ||||
Second ODI in Wellington
| February 3rd scorecard |
Wellington |
New Zealand 205-8 (50) |
- |
Sri Lanka 209-7 (48.3) |
| Sri Lanka wins with 3 wickets | ||||
Third ODI in Auckland
| February 6 scorecard |
Auckland |
New Zealand 181 (45.4) |
- |
Sri Lanka 182-1 (29.5) |
| Sri Lanka wins with 9 wickets | ||||
Fourth ODI in Hamilton
| February 8 scorecard |
Hamilton |
New Zealand 182-9 (35/35) |
- |
Sri Lanka 155-5 (31/31) |
| Sri Lanka wins with 3 runs ( D / L method ) | ||||
Fifth ODI in Christchurch
| February 11th scorecard |
Christchurch |
New Zealand 282-6 (50) |
- |
Sri Lanka 269 (49.2) |
| New Zealand wins with 13 runs | ||||
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
| ODIs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Sanath Jayasuriya |
Sri Lanka
|
5 | 5 | 200 | 40.00 | 103 | 1 | 1 |
| Russell Arnold |
Sri Lanka
|
5 | 4th | 179 | 59.66 | 78 * | 0 | 3 |
| Marvan Atapattu |
Sri Lanka
|
4th | 4th | 169 | 56.33 | 76 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Harris |
New Zealand
|
5 | 5 | 168 | 56.00 | 56 | 0 | 2 |
| Craig McMillan |
New Zealand
|
5 | 5 | 140 | 28.00 | 61 | 0 | 1 |
| bowling | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
| Muttiah Muralitharan |
Sri Lanka
|
5 | 44.5 | 10 | 17.80 | 5/30 | 1 | 0 |
| Nuwan Zoysa |
Sri Lanka
|
5 | 37 | 8th | 16.00 | 4/28 | 0 | 0 |
| Kumar Dharmasena |
Sri Lanka
|
5 | 42 | 5 | 31.20 | 3/33 | 0 | 0 |
| Dilhara Fernando |
Sri Lanka
|
5 | 33.4 | 5 | 39.00 | 2/33 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Upashantha |
Sri Lanka
|
2 | 13 | 4th | 16.75 | 4/37 | 0 | 0 |
| Daryl Tuffey |
New Zealand
|
2 | 17th | 4th | 21.75 | 2/36 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Martin |
New Zealand
|
4th | 30th | 4th | 37.50 | 2/56 | 0 | 0 |
| James Franklin |
New Zealand
|
4th | 31 | 4th | 39.25 | 3/44 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Vettori |
New Zealand
|
5 | 43 | 4th | 46.00 | 3/21 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
| game | Player of the Match |
|---|---|
| 1. ODI |
Muttiah Muralitharan
|
| 2. ODI |
Russell Arnold
|
| 3. ODI |
Sanath Jayasuriya
|
| 4. ODI |
Sanath Jayasuriya
|
| 5. ODI |
 Jacob Oram
|
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lynn McConnell: Tests return to Christchurch, Auckland retained ( English ) Cricinfo. September 15, 2000. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ↑ Lynn McConnell: Sri Lankan's name team for New Zealand tour ( English ) Cricinfo. January 17, 2001. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ↑ Vettori and Penn return to CLEAR Black Caps for first two One-Day Internationals ( English ) Cricinfo. January 24, 2001. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2000/01 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2000/01 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 27, 2016.