Match drawn

Published April 21, 2003

COLOMBO, April 20: The two-day tour match between a Sri Lanka Board President’s XI and New Zealand ended in a draw on Sunday:

Scoreboard

bSRI LANKA BOARD PRESIDENT’S XI (1st Innings) 258 (D.P.M. Jayawardene 108, R.S. Kaluwitharana 55; D.R. Tuffey 5-54).

NEW ZEALAND (1st Innings, overnight 74-0):

M.H. Richardson retired 106

M.J. Horne lbw b Wijeratne 48

S.P. Fleming c Silva b Maharoof 69

M.S. Sinclair c and b Arnold 29

R.A. Jones st K’rana b J’wardene 14

S.B. Styris c P’kumara b Maharoof 64

J.D.P. Oram b D. Fernando 14

R.G. Hart b Wijeratne 2

D.L. Vettori lbw b D. Fernando 6

P.J. Wiseman lbw b D. Fernando 5

S.E. Bond not out 21

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-6, NB-10) 18

TOTAL (all out, 107.5 overs) 396

FALL OF WKTS: 1-88, 2-187, 3-249, 4-275, 5-291, 7-345, 8-352, 9-362.

DID NOT BAT: D.R. Tuffey.

BOWLING: Wijeratne 20-3-57-2; C.R.D. Fernando 20-3-66-3 (9nb); Maharoof 13.5-4-56-2; H. Fernando 12-1-68-0 (1nb); Nayanakantha 20-4-84-0; Arnold 12-2-33-1; Dilshan 3-0-13-0; Silva 1-0-2-0; Jayawardene 6-2-9-1.

RESULT: Match drawn.—Reuters

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