Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2005-06
| Sri Lankans in New Zealand in 2005-06 | |||
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| Sri Lanka | New Zealand | ||
| Dates | 31 December 2005 – 8 January 2006 | ||
| Captains | Marvan Atapattu | Stephen Fleming | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | New Zealand won the 4-match series 3–1 | ||
| Most runs | Marvan Atapattu (175) | Peter Fulton (264) | |
| Most wickets | Chaminda Vaas (11) | Shane Bond (9) | |
| Player of the series | - | ||
The Sri Lankan cricket team toured New Zealand for cricket matches during the 2005–06 season. Sri Lanka were scheduled to play five one-day international games and three Test matches in the 2004–05 season, beginning their tour on 26 December 2004, but due to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake which hit the island of Sri Lanka hard, the Sri Lankan team travelled home after the first of the One Day Internationals. The Test matches were rescheduled to April, and the remaining four ODIs were played between 31 December 2005 and 8 January 2006.
TM Dilshan 48 (79)
CL Cairns 4/33 [8]
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and PD Parker (Aus)
Man of the Match: SP Fleming (NZ)
SP Fleming 77* (92)
UDU Chandana 1/29 [7]
New Zealand won the first match of the series by seven wickets and with 17 overs to spare. After this match however, due to the difference between New Zealand and Sri Lankan time zone the tsunami hit South East Asian countries, including Sri Lanka; spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan missed being hit by the tsunami by twenty minutes . Concerns for relatives led the Sri Lankan team to head home . The Test match series was postponed until April.
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