Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2006-07
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| Sri Lankans in New Zealand in 2006–07 | ||
| Teams |
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 |
| Dates | 30 November 2005 – 9 January 2006 | |
| Captains | Mahela Jayawardene | Stephen Fleming |
| Number of Tests | 2 | |
| Tests won | ||
| Most runs (Tests) | ||
| Most wickets (Tests) | ||
| Player of Series (Tests) | - | |
| Number of ODIs | 5 | |
| ODIs won | ||
| Most runs (ODIs) | ||
| Most wickets (ODIs) | ||
| Player of Series (ODIs) | - | |
The Sri Lankan cricket team toured New Zealand for cricket matches during the 2006–07 cricket season. It was the third successive season Sri Lanka visited New Zealand, after the 2005–06 tour was aborted and reschuled for the winter of 2005–06. Originally, the tour had been set to include three Tests and five One-day Internationals, but New Zealand Cricket chief executive Martin Snedden announced in June that one of the Tests would be replaced with two Twenty20 Internationals.[1]
Sri Lanka lost their ODI series 1–4 and the Test series 0–2 the last time they visited New Zealand, but beat New Zealand at the 2006 Champions Trophy. However, that was their only victory in the group stage, as New Zealand progressed from the group. On the ICC Test Championship tables, Sri Lanka were ranked two places ahead of New Zealand, but New Zealand were ranked third on the ODI tables, three places ahead of Sri Lanka.
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[edit] Schedule
The schedule was announced on 22 June.[2]
| No. | Date | Venue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First class cricket | |||||
| Tour v Otago | 30 Nov, 1,2,3 Dec 2006 | University Oval | |||
| 1st Test | 7,8,9,10,11 Dec 2006 | Jade Stadium | |||
| 2nd Test | 15,16,17,18,19 Dec 2006 | Basin Reserve | |||
| Twenty20 International Series | |||||
| 1st T20I | 22 Dec 2006 | Westpac Stadium | |||
| 2nd T20I | 26 Dec 2006 | Eden Park | |||
| One-day International Series | |||||
| 1st ODI | 28 Dec 2006 | McLean Park | |||
| 2nd ODI | 31 Dec 2006 | Queenstown Events Centre | |||
| 3rd ODI | 2 Jan 2007 | Jade Stadium | |||
| 4th ODI | 6 Jan 2007 | Eden Park | |||
| 5th ODI | 9 Jan 2007 | Seddon Park | |||
[edit] Squads
[edit] First class matches
[edit] Tour Match: Otago v Sri Lankans, 30 November–3 December
Match drawn[6]
At Dunedin, Sri Lanka passed 400 twice, with Upul Tharanga making the highest score of the match with 108 in the third innings. For Otago, Jordan Sheed, Craig Cumming and Aaron Redmond all passed 50, and the remaining eight batsmen contributed 86 runs to the total in the first innings. Lasith Malinga took three wickets, with wicket-keeper Gareth Hopkins the highest-batting, and no-balled 11 times.
[edit] First Test: New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 7 December–9 December
 Sri Lanka |
154 (52.4 overs) | & | 170 (53.1 overs) | New Zealand won by 5 wickets[7] |
|
CK Kapugedera 37 (86) |
KC Sangakkara 100* (154) |
Jade Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand |
||
 New Zealand |
206 (85.4 overs) | & | 119/5 (33 overs) | |
|
DL Vettori 63 (114) |
CD Cumming 43 (57) |
Shane Bond took three wickets in his first six overs in his first Test match for a year, and Sri Lanka were bowled out for 154 with only Tharanga and Chamara Kapugedera passing 20. In reply, New Zealand trailed by 41 with six wickets in hand, but Daniel Vettori's half-century helped score 206 against a Muttiah Muralitharan-led bowling attack. Murali took four for 65 from 34 overs, while Chaminda Vaas took two wickets in an over and ended with three for 49. The second time around, Kumar Sangakkara made an unbeaten century from number three, out of a total of 170. After completing an easy single to complete Sangakkara's century Muralitharan walked down the pitch to celebrate while the ball was being returned to the wicketkeeper. McCullum then appealed for a runout and Muralitharan was dismissed, ending Sri Lanka's second innings. After the match Jayawardne expressed the Sri Lankan team's disappointment about the incident, saying it was contrary to the spirit of the game, but Fleming and McCullum were unrepentant.[8] New Zealand managed to reach the modest target of 118 to win the game, despite a mini-collapse.
[edit] References and notes
- ^ Twenty20 'part of future of cricket' - Snedden, from Cricinfo, retrieved 8 December 2006
- ^ NZ focus on World Cup preparation, from Cricinfo, retrieved 8 December 2006
- ^ Silva and Ganegama named in Test squad, from Cricinfo, retrieved 8 December 2006
- ^ Sinclair picked for first Test against Sri Lanka, from Cricinfo, retrieved 8 December 2006
- ^ Mason to miss first Test, from Cricinfo, retrieved 8 December 2006
- ^ Cricinfo - Tour Match: Otago vs Sri Lankans at Dunedin, Nov 30-Dec 3, 2006, from Cricnfo, retrieved 9 December 2006
- ^ Cricinfo - 1st Test: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Dec 7-9, 2006, from Cricinfo, retrieved 9 December 2006
- ^ No regrets on controversial run-out - Fleming from Cricinfo, retrieved 11 December 2006
| International cricket in 2006–07 | |
| Preceding season | International cricket in 2006 |
| September 2006 | DLF Cup – South Africa v Zimbabwe |
| October 2006 | Champions Trophy |
| November 2006 | Pakistan v West Indies – Kenya v Bermuda – South Africa v India – Australia v England – Associates Tri-Series (South Africa) – Bangladesh v Zimbabwe |
| December 2006 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka – Bangladesh v Scotland |
| January 2007 | South Africa v Australia – Triangular Series (Australia) – Kenya v Scotland – World Cricket League Div One – Associates Tri-Series (Kenya) |
| February 2007 | Chappell–Hadlee Trophy – Associates Tri-Series (West Indies) |
| March 2007 | World Cup |
| Following season | International cricket in 2007 |
