1993-94 Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup6th Match · ODI
New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 2 runs in the 6th Match - Match Info
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, . Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl.
Match details
- Match
- 6th Match, ODI · 1993-94 Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup
- Date
- (Mon 18 Apr, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to bowl
- Result
- New Zealand won by 2 runs
- Player of the match
- Asanka Gurusinha
Head to head (ODI)
Played 107 · NZ won 54 · SL won 44 · Tied 1 · No result 8
Last 5 meetings
- 3rd ODI · New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka · SL 262/6 v NZ 231Sri Lanka won by 31 runs
- 2nd ODI · New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka · SL 192/2 v NZ 190/7Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 74 balls remaining)
- 1st ODI · New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka · SL 41/2 v NZ 166/9No result
- 5th Match · 1992 Cricket World Cup · NZ 210/4 v SL 206/9New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
- 3rd ODI · Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand · NZ 272/6 v SL 165New Zealand won by 107 runs
Recent results (ODI)
- L vs AUS · AUS 208/3 v NZ 207/9Australia won by 7 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
- W vs IND · NZ 223/4 v IND 222/6New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
- L vs IND · NZ 243/9 v IND 255/5India won by 12 runs
- L vs IND · NZ 142 v IND 143/3India won by 7 wickets (with 160 balls remaining)
- W vs IND · NZ 240/5 v IND 212/9New Zealand won by 28 runs
- L vs AUS · AUS 158/1 v SL 154Australia won by 9 wickets (with 79 balls remaining)
- W vs IND · IND 213/9 v SL 141/6Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining) (revised target)
- L vs IND · IND 227/3 v SL 226/7India won by 7 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
- L vs IND · IND 246/5 v SL 238/8India won by 8 runs
- L vs WI · SL 103/5 v WI 107/4West Indies won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
Top players in this fixture
NZ v SL ODIs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Wright NZ | 24 | 588 | 64 | 24.50 | 60.87 |
| Martin Crowe NZ | 20 | 528 | 68 | 31.06 | 69.57 |
| Andrew Jones NZ | 12 | 514 | 85 | 46.73 | 61.48 |
| Roshan Mahanama SL | 12 | 476 | 107 | 47.60 | 60.71 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga SL | 20 | 435 | 50 | 22.89 | 72.26 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arjuna Ranatunga SL | 20 | 19 | 4.48 |
| Willie Watson NZ | 7 | 16 | 3.52 |
| Rumesh Ratnayake SL | 9 | 14 | 3.90 |
| Champaka Ramanayake SL | 9 | 11 | 4.53 |
| Ruwan Kalpage SL | 4 | 10 | 3.55 |