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
Tour venues |
The following stages were designated as venues for the tour and announced on June 22, 2006.
Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
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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 | |||
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Tour match
November 30th - December 3rd scorecard |
Christchurch |
![]() 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 |
![]() 154 (52.4) & 170 (53.1) |
- |
![]() 206 (85.4) & 119-5 (33) |
New Zealand wins with 5 wickets |
Second test in Wellington
December 15-19 scorecard |
Wellington (BR) |
![]() 268 (65) & 365 (109.3) |
- |
![]() 130 (39.1) & 286 (85.1) |
Sri Lanka wins with 217 runs |
Twenty20 Internationals
First Twenty20 in Wellington
December 22nd scorecard |
Wellington (WS) |
![]() 162-8 (20) |
- |
![]() 62-1 (5.5 / 5.5) |
Sri Lanka wins with 18 runs ( D / L method ) |
Second Twenty20 in Auckland
December 26th scorecard |
Auckland |
![]() 115 (18.2) |
- |
![]() 116-5 (18.3) |
New Zealand wins with 5 wickets |
One-day internationals
First ODI in Napier
December 28th scorecard |
Napier |
![]() 285-8 (50) |
- |
![]() 289-3 (40) |
Sri Lanka wins with 7 wickets |
Second ODI in Queenstown
December 31 scorecard |
Queenstown |
![]() 224-7 (50) |
- |
![]() 228-9 (50) |
New Zealand wins with 1 wicket |
Third ODI in Christchurch
January 2nd scorecard |
Christchurch |
![]() 112 (35.2 / 46) |
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![]() 110-6 (24.3 / 46) |
New Zealand wins with 4 wickets ( D / L method ) |
Fourth ODI in Auckland
January 6th scorecard |
Auckland |
![]() 262-6 (50) |
- |
![]() 73 (26.3) |
Sri Lanka wins with 189 runs |
Fifth ODI in Hamilton
January 9 scorecard |
Hamilton |
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Game canceled |
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
Testing | ||||||||
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
Kumar Sangakkara |
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2 | 4th | 268 | 134.00 | 156 * | 2 | 0 |
Chamara Silva |
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2 | 4th | 213 | 71.00 | 152 * | 1 | 1 |
Craig Cumming |
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2 | 4th | 119 | 29.75 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
Daniel Vettori |
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2 | 3 | 114 | 38.00 | 63 | 0 | 2 |
Upul Tharanga |
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2 | 4th | 84 | 21.00 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Muttiah Muralitharan |
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2 | 94.2 | 17th | 12.76 | 6/87 | 1 | 1 |
Daniel Vettori |
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2 | 58.3 | 10 | 19.30 | 7/130 | 1 | 1 |
Shane Bond |
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2 | 67.1 | 10 | 25.80 | 4/63 | 0 | 0 |
Lasith Malinga |
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2 | 57.4 | 9 | 23.11 | 5/68 | 1 | 0 |
Chris Martin |
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2 | 63.4 | 7th | 31.85 | 3/50 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | ||||||||
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
Kumar Sangakkara |
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5 | 4th | 219 | 54.75 | 89 | 0 | 2 |
Sanath Jayasuriya |
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5 | 4th | 182 | 45.50 | 111 | 1 | 1 |
Ross Taylor |
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5 | 4th | 143 | 47.66 | 128 * | 1 | 0 |
Upul Tharanga |
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5 | 4th | 124 | 31.00 | 68 | 0 | 1 |
Marvan Atapattu |
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5 | 4th | 94 | 31.33 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Muttiah Muralitharan |
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5 | 31.3 | 7th | 14.85 | 3/31 | 0 | 0 |
Chaminda Vaas |
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4th | 28 | 7th | 15.14 | 3/10 | 0 | 0 |
Lasith Malinga |
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4th | 28 | 6th | 22.16 | 3/14 | 0 | 0 |
Michael Mason |
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5 | 35 | 6th | 32.66 | 4/24 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Gillespie |
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5 | 35 | 5 | 32.20 | 3/39 | 0 | 0 |
Twenty20s | ||||||||
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
Brendon McCullum |
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2 | 2 | 67 | 33.50 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
Nathan Astle |
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2 | 2 | 59 | 59.00 | 40 * | 0 | 0 |
Stephen Fleming |
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2 | 2 | 55 | 27.50 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
Sanath Jayasuriya |
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1 | 1 | 51 | 51 * | 0 | 1 | |
Lasith Malinga |
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1 | 1 | 27 | 27.00 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Sanath Jayasuriya |
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1 | 4th | 3 | 7.00 | 3/21 | 0 | 0 |
James Franklin |
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2 | 6th | 3 | 14.00 | 3/23 | 0 | 0 |
Dilhara Fernando |
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2 | 7th | 3 | 18.33 | 3/19 | 0 | 0 |
Muttiah Muralitharan |
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1 | 4th | 2 | 13.50 | 2/27 | 0 | 0 |
Andre Adams |
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2 | 4.5 | 2 | 19.00 | 2/20 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ NZ focus on World Cup preparation ( English ) Cricinfo. June 22, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ↑ Silva and Ganegama named in Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. November 15, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ Sinclair picked for first test against Sri Lanka ( English ) Cricinfo. December 2, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ↑ Vettori rested for Twenty20 matches ( English ) Cricinfo. December 17, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ↑ Fleming rested for first two ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. December 23, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2006/07 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2006/07 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2006/07 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2006/07 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand T20I Series, 2006/07 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in New Zealand T20I Series, 2006/07 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 31, 2016.