Men's Test · Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand · Match 2

Sri Lanka v New Zealand

15 Dec 2006 to 18 Dec 2006 · Basin Reserve, Wellington

Data: Cricsheet (CC BY 4.0), matches up to 2 Nov 2026.

Result

Sri Lanka won by 217 runs

Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
Player of the match: LPC Silva

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
Sri Lanka (1)	268	65.0
New Zealand (2)	130	39.1
Sri Lanka (3)	365	109.3
New Zealand (4)	286	85.1

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

New Zealand286 all out (85.1 ov)

New Zealand batting, innings 4
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
CD Cummingcaught b M Muralitharan	caught b M Muralitharan	20	55	3	0	36.4
JM Howlbw b SL Malinga	lbw b SL Malinga	33	41	6	0	80.5
MS Sinclaircaught b M Muralitharan	caught b M Muralitharan	37	87	3	0	42.5
SP Flemingcaught b SL Malinga	caught b SL Malinga	27	63	4	0	42.9
NJ Astlelbw b M Muralitharan	lbw b M Muralitharan	9	33	0	0	27.3
BB McCullumb M Muralitharan	b M Muralitharan	17	36	3	0	47.2
JDP Oramlbw b WPUJC Vaas	lbw b WPUJC Vaas	4	15	1	0	26.7
DL Vettorilbw b M Muralitharan	lbw b M Muralitharan	51	68	7	0	75.0
JEC Franklincaught b M Muralitharan	caught b M Muralitharan	44	95	4	1	46.3
SE Bondcaught b MF Maharoof	caught b MF Maharoof	6	18	1	0	33.3
CS Martin*not out	not out	4	7	1	0	57.1
Extras	34 (b 9, lb 7, w 11, nb 7)
Total	286 all out (85.1 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-56 (JM How, 14.3 ov), 2-60 (CD Cumming, 15.5 ov), 3-115 (SP Fleming, 34.2 ov), 4-139 (MS Sinclair, 44.3 ov), 5-156 (NJ Astle, 48.5 ov), 6-161 (JDP Oram, 53.5 ov), 7-163 (BB McCullum, 54.5 ov), 8-259 (DL Vettori, 77.1 ov), 9-278 (SE Bond, 82.5 ov), 10-286 (JEC Franklin, 85.1 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling, innings 4
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
WPUJC Vaas	18	2	64	1	3.56	1	0
SL Malinga	16	1	62	2	3.88	2	2
MF Maharoof	11	1	47	1	4.27	0	5
M Muralitharan	34.1	9	87	6	2.55	0	0
ST Jayasuriya	6	3	10	0	1.67	0	0

Replays carry no fielders, so catches name only the bowler.

Win probability

Win probability is modelled only for ODIs and T20Is. Tests can be drawn, so a two-outcome model does not fit them.