NEW ZEALAND vs SRI LANKA, 1st Test
NEW ZEALAND vs SRI LANKA, 1st Test: match overview
NEW ZEALAND and SRI LANKA met in the 1st Test of Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 1997 at Carisbrook, Dunedin on Friday, March 7, 1997. Result: New Zealand won by an innings and 36 runs.
A Test match is played over up to five days with two innings a side, so the scorecard here tracks both innings for each team, the follow-on and declarations, and the session-by-session state of play.
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Match facts
- Match
- 1st Test, Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 1997
- Teams
- NEW ZEALAND vs SRI LANKA
- Format
- Test match
- Venue
- Carisbrook, Dunedin
- Date
- Friday, March 7, 1997
- Start time
- 05:30 AM local (00:00 GMT)
- Status
- New Zealand won by an innings and 36 runs