New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003

New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003
	Sri Lanka	New Zealand
Dates	25 April – 7 May 2003
Captains	Hashan Tillakaratne	Stephen Fleming
Test series
Result	2-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs	Hashan Tillakaratne (237)	Stephen Fleming (376)
Most wickets	Muthiah Muralidaran (13)	Paul Wiseman (6)
Player of the series	Stephen Fleming (NZ)

The New Zealand national cricket team toured Sri Lanka during the 2003 season, playing two Tests from 25 April to 7 May 2003. New Zealand was led by Stephen Fleming while Sri Lanka was led by Hashan Tillakaratne. Both tests were drawn.^[1]

New Zealand then competed against Sri Lanka and Pakistan in a triangular one-day tournament called the Bank Alfalah Cup. New Zealand won the tournament defeating Pakistan in the final.^[2]

19–20 April 2003 Scorecard

Sri Lanka Board President's XI	v	New Zealanders
258 (64.5 overs) Mahela Jayawardene 108 (137) Daryl Tuffey 54/5 (14.5 overs)		396 (107.5 overs) Mark Richardson 106 (217) Dinusha Fernando 66/3 (20 overs)

Match drawn Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Ciril Rodrigo (SL) and Lalith Jayasundara (SL)

• Sri Lanka Board President's XI and elected to bat first

21–22 April 2003 Scorecard

Sri Lanka A	v	New Zealanders
284 (80.3 overs) Upul Chandana 55 (62) Daniel Vettori 72/3 (19 overs)		283 (84.5 overs) Mark Richardson 93 (171) Upul Chandana 98/5 (33 overs)

Match drawn Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Karunaratne Boteju (SL) and S Amarasinghe (SL)

• Sri Lanka A won the toss and elected to bat first

25–29 April 2003 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Sri Lanka
515/7dec (174.5 overs) SP Fleming 274* (476) HDPK Dharmasena 3/132 (40 overs)		483 (152 overs) HP Tillakaratne 144 (314) DL Vettori 3/94 (33 overs)
161/5dec (78 overs) SP Fleming 69* (234) M Muralitharan 3/41 (30 overs)

Match drawn Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and SJA Taufel (AUS)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• KS Lokuarachchi and RAP Nissanka (both SL) made their Test debuts.

3–7 May 2003 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	Sri Lanka
305 (111.5 overs) JDP Oram 74 (179) M Muralitharan 3/90 (34 overs)		298 (97.3 overs) HP Tillakaratne 93 (232) PJ Wiseman 4/104 (32.3 overs)
183 (97.3 overs) MH Richardson 55 (101) M Muralitharan 5/49 (39 overs)		72/1 (30 overs) DPMD Jayawardene 32* (78) SE Bond 1/19 (6 overs)

Match drawn Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and SJA Taufel (AUS)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• There was no play on the first day.