Sri Lankan national cricket team in New Zealand for the 2006/07 season

The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour to New Zealand in the 2006/07 season took place from December 7, 2006 to January 9, 2007. The international cricket tour was part of the 2006/07 international cricket season and included two tests , five ODIs and two Twenty20s . All three series ended in a draw, the Test and Twenty20 series 1–1 and the ODI series 2–2.

prehistory

Both teams previously played in the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy , in which Sri Lanka was eliminated in the preliminary round and New Zealand in the semi-finals. However, Sri Lanka was able to win the preliminary round game against New Zealand with 7 wickets. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2005/06 season in New Zealand .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (AMI) Hamilton Napier Queenstown Wellington

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as venues for the tour and announced on June 22, 2006.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	4. ODI; 2. T20
Jade Stadium	Christchurch	38,628	1st test; 3. ODI
Seddon Park	Hamilton	10,000	5. ODI
McLean Park	Napier	22,500	1. ODI
Queenstown Events Center	Queenstown	19,000	2. ODI
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	2nd test
Wellington Regional Stadium	Wellington	34,500	1. T20

Squad lists

Sri Lanka named its squad on November 15, 2006. New Zealand named its test squad on December 2, its Twenty20 squad on December 17, and its ODI roster on December 23, 2006.

test		ODI		Twenty20
New Zealand	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Sri Lanka
Nathan Astle Shane Bond Craig Cumming Stephen Fleming ( K ) James Franklin Jamie How Brendon McCullum ( wk ) Chris Martin Jacob Oram Mathew Sinclair Daniel Vettori	Mahela Jayawardene ( K ) Sanath Jayasuriya Prasanna Jayawardene ( wk ) Charmara Kapugedra Farveez Maharoof Lasith Malinga Muttiah Muralitharan Kumar Sangakkara Chamara Silva Upul Tharanga Chaminda Vaas	Daniel Vettori ( K ) Andre Adams Nathan Astle Shane Bond Stephen Fleming James Franklin Peter Fulton Mark Gillespie Brendon McCullum ( wk ) Craig McMillan Hamish Marshall James Marshall Michael Mason Jeetan Patel Ross Taylor	Mahela Jayawardene ( K ) Marvan Atappattu Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilhara Fernando Sanath Jayasuriya Charmara Kapugedra Farveez Maharoof Lasith Malinga Muttiah Muralitharan Ruchira Perera Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Chamara Silva Upul Tharanga Chaminda Vaas	Stephen Fleming ( K ) Andre Adams Nathan Astle Shane Bond James Franklin Peter Fulton Mark Gillespie Brendon McCullum Peter McGlashan ( wk ) James Marshall Michael Mason Jeetan Patel Ross Taylor	Mahela Jayawardene ( K ) Marvan Atappattu Malinga Bandara Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilhara Fernando Sanath Jayasuriya Charmara Kapugedra Farveez Maharoof Lasith Malinga Muttiah Muralitharan Ruchira Perera Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Chamara Silva Upul Tharanga Chaminda Vaas

Tour match

November 30th - December 3rd scorecard	Christchurch	Sri Lankans 413 (108.3) & 404-4d (87)	-	Otago 276 (67.5) & 46-2 (17.2)
		draw

Testing

First test in Christchurch

December 7th - 9th scorecard	Christchurch	Sri Lanka 154 (52.4) & 170 (53.1)	-	New Zealand 206 (85.4) & 119-5 (33)
		New Zealand wins with 5 wickets

Second test in Wellington

December 15-19 scorecard	Wellington (BR)	Sri Lanka 268 (65) & 365 (109.3)	-	New Zealand 130 (39.1) & 286 (85.1)
		Sri Lanka wins with 217 runs

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Wellington

December 22nd scorecard	Wellington (WS)	New Zealand 162-8 (20)	-	Sri Lanka 62-1 (5.5 / 5.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 18 runs ( D / L method )

Second Twenty20 in Auckland

December 26th scorecard	Auckland	Sri Lanka 115 (18.2)	-	New Zealand 116-5 (18.3)
		New Zealand wins with 5 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Napier

December 28th scorecard	Napier	New Zealand 285-8 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 289-3 (40)
		Sri Lanka wins with 7 wickets

Second ODI in Queenstown

December 31 scorecard	Queenstown	Sri Lanka 224-7 (50)	-	New Zealand 228-9 (50)
		New Zealand wins with 1 wicket

Third ODI in Christchurch

January 2nd scorecard	Christchurch	Sri Lanka 112 (35.2 / 46)	-	New Zealand 110-6 (24.3 / 46)
		New Zealand wins with 4 wickets ( D / L method )

Fourth ODI in Auckland

January 6th scorecard	Auckland	Sri Lanka 262-6 (50)	-	New Zealand 73 (26.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 189 runs

Fifth ODI in Hamilton

January 9 scorecard	Hamilton	Sri Lanka	-	New Zealand
		Game canceled

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2	4th	268	134.00	156 *	2	0
Chamara Silva	Sri Lanka	2	4th	213	71.00	152 *	1	1
Craig Cumming	New Zealand	2	4th	119	29.75	43	0	0
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	2	3	114	38.00	63	0	2
Upul Tharanga	Sri Lanka	2	4th	84	21.00	33	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	2	94.2	17th	12.76	6/87	1	1
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	2	58.3	10	19.30	7/130	1	1
Shane Bond	New Zealand	2	67.1	10	25.80	4/63	0	0
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	2	57.4	9	23.11	5/68	1	0
Chris Martin	New Zealand	2	63.4	7th	31.85	3/50	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	5	4th	219	54.75	89	0	2
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	5	4th	182	45.50	111	1	1
Ross Taylor	New Zealand	5	4th	143	47.66	128 *	1	0
Upul Tharanga	Sri Lanka	5	4th	124	31.00	68	0	1
Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka	5	4th	94	31.33	34	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	5	31.3	7th	14.85	3/31	0	0
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	4th	28	7th	15.14	3/10	0	0
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	4th	28	6th	22.16	3/14	0	0
Michael Mason	New Zealand	5	35	6th	32.66	4/24	0	0
Mark Gillespie	New Zealand	5	35	5	32.20	3/39	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	2	2	67	33.50	39	0	0
Nathan Astle	New Zealand	2	2	59	59.00	40 *	0	0
Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	2	2	55	27.50	38	0	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	1	1	51		51 *	0	1
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	1	1	27	27.00	27	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	1	4th	3	7.00	3/21	0	0
James Franklin	New Zealand	2	6th	3	14.00	3/23	0	0
Dilhara Fernando	Sri Lanka	2	7th	3	18.33	3/19	0	0
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	1	4th	2	13.50	2/27	0	0
Andre Adams	New Zealand	2	4.5	2	19.00	2/20	0	0

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Shane Bond
2nd test	Chamara Silva
1. T20	Sanath Jayasuriya
2. T20	James Franklin
1. ODI	Sanath Jayasuriya
2. ODI	James Franklin
3. ODI	Michael Mason
4. ODI	Sanath Jayasuriya

Web links

Tour on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NZ focus on World Cup preparation ( English ) Cricinfo. June 22, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
2. ↑ Silva and Ganegama named in Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. November 15, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
3. ^ Sinclair picked for first test against Sri Lanka ( English ) Cricinfo. December 2, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
4. ↑ Vettori rested for Twenty20 matches ( English ) Cricinfo. December 17, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
5. ↑ Fleming rested for first two ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. December 23, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2006/07 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2006/07 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2006/07 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2006/07 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand T20I Series, 2006/07 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand T20I Series, 2006/07 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 31, 2016.