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 |
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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 | |
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Tour match
January 28th scorecard |
New Plymouth |
North Island Selection XI 276-8 (50) |
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![]() 248 (46.4) |
North Island Selection XI wins with 28 runs |
One-day internationals
First ODI in Napier
January 31 scorecard |
Napier |
![]() 213-8 (50) |
- |
![]() 152 (42.5) |
Sri Lanka wins with 61 runs |
Second ODI in Wellington
February 3rd scorecard |
Wellington |
![]() 205-8 (50) |
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![]() 209-7 (48.3) |
Sri Lanka wins with 3 wickets |
Third ODI in Auckland
February 6 scorecard |
Auckland |
![]() 181 (45.4) |
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![]() 182-1 (29.5) |
Sri Lanka wins with 9 wickets |
Fourth ODI in Hamilton
February 8 scorecard |
Hamilton |
![]() 182-9 (35/35) |
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![]() 155-5 (31/31) |
Sri Lanka wins with 3 runs ( D / L method ) |
Fifth ODI in Christchurch
February 11th scorecard |
Christchurch |
![]() 282-6 (50) |
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![]() 269 (49.2) |
New Zealand wins with 13 runs |
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
Sanath Jayasuriya |
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5 | 5 | 200 | 40.00 | 103 | 1 | 1 |
Russell Arnold |
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5 | 4th | 179 | 59.66 | 78 * | 0 | 3 |
Marvan Atapattu |
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4th | 4th | 169 | 56.33 | 76 | 0 | 2 |
Chris Harris |
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5 | 5 | 168 | 56.00 | 56 | 0 | 2 |
Craig McMillan |
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5 | 5 | 140 | 28.00 | 61 | 0 | 1 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Muttiah Muralitharan |
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5 | 44.5 | 10 | 17.80 | 5/30 | 1 | 0 |
Nuwan Zoysa |
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5 | 37 | 8th | 16.00 | 4/28 | 0 | 0 |
Kumar Dharmasena |
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5 | 42 | 5 | 31.20 | 3/33 | 0 | 0 |
Dilhara Fernando |
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5 | 33.4 | 5 | 39.00 | 2/33 | 0 | 0 |
Eric Upashantha |
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2 | 13 | 4th | 16.75 | 4/37 | 0 | 0 |
Daryl Tuffey |
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2 | 17th | 4th | 21.75 | 2/36 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Martin |
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4th | 30th | 4th | 37.50 | 2/56 | 0 | 0 |
James Franklin |
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4th | 31 | 4th | 39.25 | 3/44 | 0 | 0 |
Daniel Vettori |
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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 |
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1. ODI |
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2. ODI |
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3. ODI |
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4. ODI |
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5. ODI |
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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.