Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2000–01
# Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2000–01

The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured New Zealand in the 2000-01 season to play a five-match LOI series. New Zealand were captained by Stephen Fleming and Sri Lanka were captained by Sanath Jayasuriya.

Sri Lanka won the series convincingly by 4-1, New Zealand saving face by managing to win only the final game.

## One Day Internationals (ODIs)

### 1st ODI

* 31 January 2001 (D/N) Scorecard

| Sri Lanka 213/8 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 152 (42.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| RP Arnold 50 (65) DL Vettori 3/21 (10 overs) | | CZ Harris 39* (78) M Muralitharan 5/30 (7.5 overs) |

* Sri Lanka won by 61 runs McLean Park, Napier Umpires: BF Bowden and AL Hill Player of the match: M Muralitharan (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2nd ODI

* 3 February 2001 (D/N) Scorecard

| New Zealand 205/8 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 209/7 (48.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| CZ Harris 56 (87) DNT Zoysa 4/28 (9 overs) | | RP Arnold 78* (90) JDP Oram 2/20 (5 overs) |

* Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets WestpacTrust Stadium, Wellington Umpires: RS Dunne and DM Quested Player of the match: RP Arnold (SL)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sri Lanka innings limited to 49 overs due to their slow over rate.

### 3rd ODI

* 6 February 2001 Scorecard

| New Zealand 181 (45.4 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 182/1 (29.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| CD McMillan 61 (75) HDPK Dharmasena 3/33 (10 overs) | | ST Jayasuriya 103 (83) CZ Harris 1/33 (5.5 overs) |

* Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: DB Cowie and EA Watkin Player of the match: ST Jayasuriya (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced before play started to 47 overs per side.
* L Vincent (NZ) made his ODI debut.

### 4th ODI

* 8 February 2001 Scorecard

| New Zealand 182/9 (35 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 155/5 (31 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| SP Fleming 67 (75) DNT Zoysa 3/27 (5 overs) | | ST Jayasuriya 52 (53) NJ Astle 2/22 (5 overs) |

* Sri Lanka won by 3 runs (D/L method) WestpacTrust Park, Hamilton Umpires: RS Dunne and EA Watkin Player of the match: ST Jayasuriya (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced before play started to 35 overs per side.
* When play was halted Sri Lanka needed to have scored 153 runs to win.

### 5th ODI

* 11 February 2001 Scorecard

| New Zealand 282/6 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 269 (49.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| JDP Oram 59 (57) IS Gallage 2/42 (9 overs) | | MS Atapattu 76 (87) JEC Franklin 3/44 (9 overs) CD McMillan 3/44 (8.2 overs) |

* New Zealand won by 13 runs Jade Stadium, Christchurch Umpires: DB Cowie and DM Quested Player of the match: JDP Oram (NZ)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

## External sources

* CricketArchive series itinerary
