Sri Lankan national cricket team in New Zealand in 2004/05

The tour of the Sri Lankan national cricket team to New Zealand in the 2004/05 season took place from December 26, 2004 to April 14, 2005 with a break. The international cricket tour was part of the 2004/05 international cricket season and included two tests and an ODI . New Zealand won both series 1–0.

prehistory

New Zealand previously played a tour in Australia , Sri Lanka in Pakistan . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2003 season in Sri Lanka .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (JS) Napier Queenstown Wellington (BR) Wellington (WS)

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and the test stadiums were announced on February 2, 2005.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	1. ODI
Jade Stadium	Christchurch	38,628	4. ODI
McLean Park	Napier	22,500	1st test; 2. ODI
Queenstown Events Center	Queenstown	19,000	3. ODI
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	2nd test
Westpac Stadium	Wellington	34,500	5. ODI

Squad lists

Sri Lanka named its ODI roster on December 3, 2004 and its test roster on January 25, 2005. New Zealand named its roster on December 16, 2004 and its test roster on March 31, 2005.

test		ODI
Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	New Zealand
Marvan Atapattu ( K ) Upul Chandana Tillakaratne Dilshan Rangana Herath Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Shantha Kalavitigoda Nuwan Kulasekara Farveez Maharoof Lasith Malinga Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Chaminda Vaas	Stephen Fleming ( K ) Nathan Astle Craig Cumming James Franklin James Marshall Hamish Marshall Chris Martin Brendon McCullum ( wk ) Kyle Mills Lou Vincent Paul Wiseman	Marvan Atapattu ( K ) Russell Arnold Upul Chandana Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilhara Fernando Rangana Herath Saman Jayantha Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Nuwan Kulasekara Farveez Maharoof Lasith Malinga Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa	Stephen Fleming ( K ) Nathan Astle Ian Butler Chris Cairns Hamish Marshall Brendon McCullum ( wk ) Kyle Mills Jacob Oram Mathew Sinclair Scott Styris Daryl Tuffey Daniel Vettori

Tour matches

December 21 scorecard	Auckland	Central Districts 220-7 (49/49)	-	Sri Lankans 20-2 (5/49)
		No result

December 23 Scorecard	Hamilton	Northern Districts	-	Sri Lankans
		Called off

March 28-30 scorecard	Christchurch	Major Associations XI 321 (87.1)	-	Sri Lankans
		draw

One-day internationals

First ODI in Auckland

December 26 Scorecard	Auckland	Sri Lanka 141 (42)	-	New Zealand 144-3 (33)
		New Zealand wins with 7 wickets

After the tsunami as a result of the Sumatra-Andaman quake , it was initially planned to continue the tour, but ultimately canceled at Sri Lanka's request. The test series was postponed to April.

Second ODI in Napier

December 29th	Napier	New Zealand	-	Sri Lanka
		Called off

Third ODI in Queenstown

January 2nd	Queenstown	New Zealand	-	Sri Lanka
		Called off

Fourth ODI in Christchurch

January 4th	Christchurch (JS)	New Zealand	-	Sri Lanka
		Called off

Fifth ODI in Wellington

January 8th	Wellington (WS)	New Zealand	-	Sri Lanka
		Called off

Testing

First test in Napier

April 4-8 Scorecard	Napier	New Zealand 561 (159.1) & 238 (92.4)	-	Sri Lanka 498 (148.1) & 7 (1.3)
		draw

Second test in Wellington

April 11-14 Scorecard	Wellington (BS)	Sri Lanka 211 (65.1) & 273 (92.5)	-	New Zealand 522-9d (146)
		New Zealand wins with one innings and 38 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Lou Vincent	New Zealand	2	3	276	92.00	224	1	1
Thilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	2	3	178	59.33	88	0	2
Hamish Marshall	New Zealand	2	3	172	57.33	160	1	0
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	2	3	155	51.66	141	1	0
Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	2	3	145	48.33	88	0	1
Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka	2	4th	145	48.33	127	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Chris Martin	New Zealand	2	76	11	21.54	6/54	1	0
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	2	92.4	11	30.36	5/80	1	0
James Franklin	New Zealand	2	67.3	9	28.22	4/71	0	0
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	2	90	8th	33.87	6/108	1	0
Nathan Astle	New Zealand	2	43.1	7th	15.42	3/27	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	1	1	77		77 *	0	1
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	1	1	48	48.00	48	0	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	1	1	43	43.00	43	0	0
Mathew Sinclair	New Zealand	1	1	31	31.00	31	0	0
Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka	1	1	20th	20.00	20th	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Chris Cairns	New Zealand	1	8th	4th	8.25	4/33	0	0
Daryl Tuffey	New Zealand	1	8th	2	8.50	2/17	0	0
Jacob Oram	New Zealand	1	7th	1	23.00	1/23	0	0
Kyle Mills	New Zealand	1	8th	1	24.00	1/24	0	0
Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka	1	7th	1	29.00	1/29	0	0
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	1	8th	1	31.00	1/31	0	0

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Stephen Fleming
1st test	Lasith Malinga
2nd test	Lou Vincent

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New Zealand announces Sri Lanka Test venues ( English ) Cricinfo. February 2, 2005. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
2. ^ Charlie Austin: Arnold and Dilshan win recalls ( English ) Cricinfo. December 3, 2004. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
3. ↑ Sri Lanka name 24-man training pool for NZ ( English ) Cricinfo. January 25, 2005. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
4. ↑ Lynn McConnell: Tuffey gets going after injury ( English ) Cricinfo. December 16, 2004. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
5. ↑ Vettori rested for first test ( English ) Cricinfo. March 31, 2005. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
6. ↑ Sri Lanka's tour goes ahead ( English ) Cricinfo. December 27, 2004. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
7. ↑ Sri Lankan players want to go home ( English ) Cricinfo. December 28, 2004. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
8. ↑ Martin Williamson: ICC will not block tour being scrapped ( English ) Cricinfo. December 28, 2004. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
9. ↑ New Zealand reschedule Sri Lanka series for April ( English ) Cricinfo. January 11, 2005. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2004/05 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
11. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2004/05 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
12. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2004/05 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
13. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2004/05 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 14, 2017.