1986 John Player Triangular Tournament1st Match · ODI
New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the 1st Match - Match Info
R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, . New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl.
Sri Lanka137/943 ov
New Zealand140/436.2 ov
New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 40 balls remaining)
Match details
- Match
- 1st Match, ODI · 1986 John Player Triangular Tournament
- Date
- (Sat 5 Apr, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Toss
- New Zealand, chose to bowl
- Result
- New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 40 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Martin Snedden
Head to head (ODI)
Played 107 · SL won 44 · NZ won 54 · Tied 1 · No result 8
Last 5 meetings
- 4th Match · World Championship of Cricket · NZ 223 v SL 172New Zealand won by 51 runs
- 2nd ODI · New Zealand tour of Pakistan and Sri Lanka · SL 114/9 v NZ 118/3New Zealand won by 7 wickets (with 56 balls remaining)
- 1st ODI · New Zealand tour of Pakistan and Sri Lanka · SL 174/6 v NZ 171/6Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (with 32 balls remaining)
- 3rd ODI · New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka · SL 115 v NZ 201/8New Zealand won by 86 runs
- 2nd ODI · New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka · SL 157/8 v NZ 116Sri Lanka won by 41 runs
Recent results (ODI)
- W vs BAN · SL 132/3 v BAN 131/8Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (with 81 balls remaining)
- L vs PAK · SL 116 v PAK 197Pakistan won by 81 runs
- L vs PAK · SL 160/8 v PAK 103/2Pakistan won by 8 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) (revised target)
- N vs PAK · SL v PAK 125/8No result
- L vs PAK · SL 124/6 v PAK 125/2Pakistan won by 8 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
- L vs AUS · NZ 187/9 v AUS 231Australia won by 44 runs
- L vs AUS · NZ 229/9 v AUS 232/7Australia won by 3 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
- W vs AUS · NZ 258/7 v AUS 205New Zealand won by 53 runs
- W vs AUS · NZ 186/6 v AUS 156New Zealand won by 30 runs
- L vs IND · IND 202/9 v NZ 168/9India won by 22 runs (revised target)
Top players in this fixture
SL v NZ ODIs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Crowe NZ | 10 | 261 | 68 | 37.29 | 74.15 |
| John Wright NZ | 12 | 254 | 45 | 21.17 | 61.80 |
| Geoff Howarth NZ | 7 | 221 | 76 | 36.83 | 74.16 |
| Jeff Crowe NZ | 9 | 208 | 57 | 52.00 | 70.99 |
| John Reid NZ | 5 | 206 | 80 | 41.20 | 60.77 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hadlee NZ | 10 | 19 | 2.34 |
| Ewen Chatfield NZ | 11 | 15 | 2.80 |
| Lance Cairns NZ | 11 | 14 | 3.00 |
| Vinothen John SL | 9 | 14 | 3.81 |
| Ashantha de Mel SL | 9 | 13 | 4.35 |