Hyderabad, India: New Zealand and Sri Lanka played the first bilateral series in 1982/83 in which New Zealand blanked Sri Lanka. Later till 2010 they have played 32 ODIs in 9 series. New Zealand has won 5 series, SL has won 2 and 2 series ended in draw. In 32 ODIs of bilateral series, New Zealand has won 18 matches, SL has won 12 and 2 were abandoned, till August 2010.
1982/83 Series in New Zealand
NZ won 3-0
-
1st NZ won by 65 runs
2nd NZ won by 7 wkts
3rd NZ won by 116 runs
1983/84 Series in Sri Lanka
NZ won 2-1
-
1st NZ won by 104 runs
2nd SL won by 41 runs
3rd NZ won by 86 runs
1984/85 in Sri Lanka
1-1 Draw
-
1st SL won by 4 wkts
2nd NZ won by 7 wkts
1990/91 in New Zealand
NZ won 3-0
-
1st NZ won by 5 wkts
2nd NZ won by 41 runs
3rd NZ won by 107 runs
1992/93 in Sri Lanka
SL won 2-0
-
1st No Result
2nd SL won by 8 wkts
3rd SL won by 31 runs
1994/95 in New Zealand
NZ won 2-1
-
1st NZ won by 33 runs
2nd NZ won by 57 runs
3rd SL won by 51 runs
1996/97 in New Zealand
1-1 Draw
-
1st Abandoned
2nd SL won by 6 wkts
3rd NZ won by 69 runs
2000/01 in New Zealand
SL won 4-1
-
1st SL won by 61 runs
2nd SL won by 3 wkts
3rd SL won by 9 wkts
4th SL won by 3 runs
5th NZ won by 13 runs
2004/05 in New Zealand
NZ won 1-0
-
1st NZ won by 7 wkts
(Remaining 4 matches were cancelled due to Tsunami disaster)
2005/06 in New Zealand (Resumed Series of 2004/05)
NZ won the series 4-1 (1 match they won in 2004/05)
-
2nd NZ won by 7 wkts
3rd NZ won by 5 wkts
4th NZ won by 21 runs
5th SL won by 20 runs
2006/07 in New Zealand
2-2 Draw
-
1st SL won by 7 wkts
2nd NZ won by 1 wkt
3rd NZ won by 4 wkts
4th SL won by 189 runs
5th Abandoned
Leave a Reply