Sri Lanka laid low
By A.C. De Silva
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E.J. Chatfield – 4 for 66 in Sri Lanka’s 1st innings score
of 240.
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Ranjan Madugalle – 79 in Sri Lanka’s first innings total of
240. Associated in record stand of 130 runs with acting
skipper D.S. de Silva for fifth wicket.
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Richard Hadlee – 4 for 34 in Sri Lanka’s 2nd innings score
of 93 and before 2 for 47 in Sri Lanka’s first innings score
of 240.
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FLASHBACK... Sri Lanka hit a bad spot on their tour of New Zealand in
February - March 1983 and lost the second Test against New Zealand
played at Wellington on March 12, 13, 14 and 15 in 1983 by six wickets.
So, it was somewhat depressing for the Sri Lanka team that had
Somachandra de Silva as the acting captain.
Not having the services of their stalwarts Duleep Mendis and Roy Dias
in the first Test was bad enough and it looked depressing for the acting
skipper Somachandra de Silva to go into this test once again without
those two fine batsmen.
The first day of this Test was hit by rain and Sri Lanka reached a
respectable score of 240 on the second day largely due to a record
partnership of 130 between acting skipper Somachandra de Silva (61) and
Ranjan Madugalle (79). It was a pathetic sight to see Sri Lankans tumble
to 48 for 4 wickets when Somachandra de Silva and Madugalle stemmed the
rot with their fighting partnership where they had to weather the storm
of New Zealand's fiery pace bowler Richard Hadlee.
The partnership between Somachandra de Silva and Madugalle ended when
Madugalle was run out for 79 and a little later Somachandra de Silva was
out leg before wicket to New Zealand's Ewan Chatfield, who was the home
team's most successful bowler with four scalps.
D.S. De Silva – Acting captain made 61 in Sri Lanka’s first
innings score of 240. Associated in record stand of 130 runs
for fifth wicket with Madugalle. |
Rumesh Ratnayake – had a haul of 4 for 81 in New Zealand’s
first innings score of 201.
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Vinodhan John – Had haul of 5 for 60 in Kiwi first innings
score of 201.
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Came day three and Sri Lanka's fast medium bowlers Rumesh Ratnayake
and Vinodhan John did a fine job in bowling out the Kiwis for 201. The
Lankans had some resistance by New Zealander Lance Cairns who hit up a
quickfire 45 towards the end.
Vinodhan John was the most successful Sri Lankan bowler with 5 for 60
and Rumesh Ratnayake had 4 for 81.
Came the second innings of Sri Lanka and its batting hit its
depressing depths again and the scoreboard read 12 for 3 wickets, losing
the wickets in quick succession on the third evening of the match. Lanka
never really recovered and were all out for the pathetic score of 93.
Richard Hadlee had 4 for 34 and Snedden 3 for 21 and Chatfield 3 for
15 and Sri Lanka were all out for 93 in their second innings. So, Sri
Lanka finally had only 132 runs in their bag at the end of the second
innings.
New Zealand had to make 133 runs for victory. Glen Turner (29) and
Bruce Edgar (47) had somewhat of a good kick-start in their second
innings with the openers putting on 59 runs in their chase for victory
and New Zealand finally reached their winning target losing only four
wickets. They made 134 for 4 wickets.
SCOREBOARD
SRI LANKA – 1ST INNINGS
S. Wettimuny c Cairns b Hadlee 08
M.Wettimuny c Coney b Snedden 06
S. Fernando c Wright b Hadlee 12
Y. Gunasekera c Lees b Cairns 13
R.S. Madugalle run out 79
D.S. De Silva lbw b Chatfield 61
A. de Silva lbw b Chatfield 08
Ravi Ratnayake not out 29
S. Jeganathan c Lees b Chatfield 05
Rumesh Ratnayake b Snedden 12
V.John c Wright b Chatfield 00
Extras 07
Total 240
Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-14, 3-34, 4-48, 5-178
6-191, 7-220, 8-239, 9-240
Bowling: R.J. Hadlee 25-9-47-2
M.A. Snedden 24-5-56-2
E.J. Chatfield 26.5-7-66-4
B.L. Cairns 20-5-53-1
J.V. Coney 5-2-11-0
NEW ZEALAND – 1ST INNINGS
G.M. Turner c Gunasekera b John 10
B.A. Edgar c John b Rumesh Ratnayake 10
J.G. Wright c de Silva b Rumesh Ratnayake 14
G.P. Howarth c Sidath Wettimuny b de Silva 36
J.Crowe c de Silva b Rumesh Ratnayake 36
J.V. Coney c Gunasekera b John 02
R.J. Hadlee c Gunasekera b John 30
W.K. Lees c Gunasekera b John 00
B.L. Cairns c de Silva b John 45
M.O. Sneddenlbw b Rumesh Ratnayake 05
E.J. Chatfield not out 02
Extras 11
Total 201
Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-33, 3-104, 4-107, 5-141
6-141, 7-145, 8-163, 9-169
Bowling: Rumesh Ratnayake 24-5-81-4
Vinodhan 25.2-9-60-5
Ravi Ratnayake 14-3-36-0
D.S. De Silva 9.5-5-13-1
S. Jeganathan 5-2-12-0
SRI LANKA – 2ND INNINGS
S.Wettimuny c Coney b Hadlee 09
M.Wettimuny c Cairns b Snedden 00
S.Fernando c Lees b Snedden 12
Y.Gunasekera c Lees b Chatfield 23
R.S. Madugalle c Lees b Hadlee 13
D.S. De Silva c Lees b Snedden 00
A.de Silva c Crowe b Hadlee 00
Ravi Ratnayake c Sub Chatfield 01
S. Jeganathan c Lees b Chatfield 00
Rumesh Ratnayake b Hadlee 12
V.John not out 08
Extras 15
Total 93
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-12, 3-12, 4-57, 5-61, 6-61
7-78, 8-81, 9-83
Bowling: R.J. Hadlee 17-5-34-4
M.A. Snedden 17-7-21-3
E.J. Chatfield 12-5-15-3
B.L. Cairns 7-2-8-0
NEW ZEALAND – 2ND INNINGS
G.M. Turner b Ravi Ratnayake 29
N.A. Edgar not out 47
H.P. Howarth c de Silva b John 01
J.Crowe b Rumesh Ratnayake 11
J.V. Coney c Gunasekera b de Silva 17
R.J. Hadlee not out 17
Extras 12
Total 9for 4 wkts) 134
Fall of wickets: 1-59, 2-62, 3-81, 4-116.
Bowling: Rumesh Ratnayake 15-0-46-1
Vinodhan John 8-2-38-1
Ravi Ratnayake 8.1-4-20-1
D.S. De Silva 6-1-18-1 |
