Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2004–05

Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2004–05

	Sri Lanka	New Zealand
Dates	26 December 2004 – 14 April 2005
Captains	Marvan Atapattu	Stephen Fleming
Test series
Result	New Zealand won the: 2-match series 1–0
Most runs	Thilan Samaraweera (178)	Lou Vincent (276)
Most wickets	Lasith Malinga (11)	Chris Martin (11)
One Day International series
Results	New Zealand won the——5-match series 1–0
Most runs	Tillakaratne Dilshan (48)	Stephen Fleming (77)
Most wickets	Upul Chandana (1)	Chris Cairns (4)
Player of the series	tour postponed due——to the tsunami disaster

The Sri Lankan national cricket team toured New Zealand in the 2004–05 season. They played 2 Test matches and "5 ODIs." New Zealand won the Test series 1–0.

Squads※

Tests		ODIs
Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	New Zealand
Marvan Atapattu (c) Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Thilan Samaraweera Tillakaratne Dilshan Chaminda Vaas Upul Chandana Rangana Herath Nuwan Kulasekara Lasith Malinga Shantha Kalavitigoda Farveez Maharoof	Stephen Fleming (c) Brendon McCullum (wk) Craig Cumming James Marshall Hamish Marshall Nathan Astle Lou Vincent James Franklin Kyle Mills Paul Wiseman Chris Martin	Marvan Atapattu (c) Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Saman Jayantha Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Tillakaratne Dilshan Upul Chandana Chaminda Vaas Farveez Maharoof Nuwan Kulasekara Dilhara Fernando Russel Arnold Rangana Herath Lasith Malinga Nuwan Zoysa	Stephen Fleming (c) Brendon McCullum (wk) Nathan Astle Mathew Sinclair Scott Styris Hamish Marshall Jacob Oram Chris Cairns Daniel Vettori Kyle Mills Daryl Tuffey Ian Butler

ODI series※

1st ODI※

26 December 2004
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 141 (42 overs)	v	New Zealand 144/3 (33 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 48 (79) Chris Cairns 4/33 (8 overs)		Stephen Fleming 77* (92) Upul Chandana 1/29 (7 overs)

New Zealand won by, 7 wickets (with 102 balls remaining)
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Peter Parker (Aus)
Player of the match: Stephen Fleming (NZ)

New Zealand won the toss and elected——to field.

2nd ODI※

29 December 2004
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Sri Lanka

Match cancelled without a ball bowled
McLean Park, Napier
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Peter Parker (Aus)

No toss
The remainder of the "tour was postponed due to the tsunami disaster."
This match was first rescheduled to 11 January before the tour was called off.

3rd ODI※

2 January 2005
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Sri Lanka

Match cancelled without a ball bowled
Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown
Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Peter Parker (Aus)

No toss
The remainder of the tour was postponed due to the tsunami disaster.

4th ODI※

4 January 2005
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Sri Lanka

Match cancelled without a ball bowled
Jade Stadium, Christchurch
Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Peter Parker (Aus)

No toss
The remainder of the tour was postponed due to the tsunami disaster.

5th ODI※

8 January 2005
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Sri Lanka

Match cancelled without a ball bowled
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Tony Hill (NZ)

No toss
The remainder of the tour was postponed due to the tsunami disaster.

Tour matches※

First-class: Major Associations XI v Sri Lankans※

28 March 2005 (2005-03-28)
Scorecard

Major Associations XI	v	Sri Lankans
321 (87.1 overs) Craig McMillan 121 (164) Lasith Malinga 3/57 (19 overs)

Match drawn
Village Green, Christchurch
Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) and Evan Watkin (NZ)

Major Associations XI won the toss and elected to bat.
No play was possible on day 2.

Test series※

1st Test※

4–8 April 2005
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Sri Lanka
562 (159.1 overs) Hamish Marshall 160 (250) Lasith Malinga 4/130 (34 overs)		498 (148.1 overs) Mahela Jayawardene 141 (243) James Franklin 4/126 (32.1 overs)
238 (92.4 overs) Lou Vincent 52 (112) Lasith Malinga 5/80 (24.4 overs)		7/0 (1.3 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 5* (6)

Match drawn
McLean Park, Napier
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Darrell Hair (Aus)
Player of the match: Lasith Malinga (SL)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
Nuwan Kulasekara (SL) made his Test debut.

2nd Test※

11–15 April 2005
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	New Zealand
211 (65.1 overs) Thilan Samaraweera 73 (163) Chris Martin 6/54 (20 overs)		522/9 wickets dec; 146 overs) Lou Vincent 224 (348) Chaminda Vaas 6/108 (40 overs)
273 (92.5 overs) Tillakaratne Dilshan 73 (99) James Franklin 4/71 (23.5 overs)

New Zealand won by an innings and 38 runs
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Darrell Hair (Aus)
Player of the match: Lou Vincent (NZ)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field
Shantha Kalavitigoda (SL) made his Test debut.

References※

External links※

Cricinfo tour page

v t e International cricket in 2004–05
Preceding season: International cricket in 2004
September 2004	Paktel Cup
October 2004	Australia in India New Zealand in Bangladesh Sri Lanka in Pakistan
November 2004	New Zealand in Australia Chappell–Hadlee Trophy South Africa in India England in Zimbabwe
December 2004	India in Bangladesh Pakistan in Australia England in South Africa Australia women in India
January 2005	VB Series Zimbabwe in Bangladesh
February 2005	Australia in New Zealand Zimbabwe in South Africa
March 2005	South Africa in West Indies Pakistan in India Women's World Cup Final
April 2005	Sri Lanka in New Zealand West Indies women in South Africa
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