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New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Lancaster Park, Christchurch
25 March 1997
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: CE King, DM Quested
Third Umpire: TV Umpire:
Match Referee: PJP Burge
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bryan Young | b Nuwan Zoysa | 21 | 31 | 46 | 2 | - |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c Roshan Mahanama b Nuwan Zoysa | 23 | 36 | 34 | 3 | - |
| 3. Matt Horne | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 13 | 14 | 29 | - | - |
| *4. Stephen Fleming | run out | 31 | 42 | 60 | 4 | - |
| 5. Chris Cairns | c Kumar Dharmasena b Sanath Jayasuriya | 27 | 59 | 69 | - | - |
| +6. Adam Parore | c & b Sanath Jayasuriya | 19 | 33 | 37 | 1 | - |
| 7. Chris Harris | not out | 38 | 37 | 65 | 3 | 1 |
| 8. Gavin Larsen | c Aravinda de Silva b Muttiah Muralitharan | 13 | 21 | 18 | 2 | - |
| 9. Simon Doull | c & b Sanath Jayasuriya | 1 | 6 | 9 | - | - |
| 10. Daniel Vettori | lbw b Aravinda de Silva | 4 | 12 | 7 | - | - |
| 11. Heath Davis | not out | 4 | 9 | 17 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-39 (Nathan Astle), 2-49 (Bryan Young), 3-68 (Matt Horne), 4-104 (Stephen Fleming), 5-134 (Chris Cairns), 6-142 (Adam Parore), 7-157 (Gavin Larsen), 8-164 (Simon Doull), 9-170 (Daniel Vettori). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 2w, 4nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 201 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 7 | 0 | 45 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 7 | 1 | 29 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 42 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 26 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | (0w,4nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Gavin Larsen b Chris Harris | 79 | 62 | 96 | 8 | 4 |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Chris Cairns b Chris Harris | 15 | 19 | 40 | 3 | - |
| 3. Roshan Mahanama | c Chris Cairns b Gavin Larsen | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | b Nathan Astle | 66 | 69 | 98 | 6 | 3 |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | not out | 19 | 30 | 75 | 1 | - |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 13 | 28 | 24 | 2 | - |
| 7. Kumar Dharmasena | ||||||
| 8. Upul Chandana | ||||||
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | ||||||
| 10. Nuwan Zoysa | ||||||
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan |
| FOW | 1-68 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-73 (Roshan Mahanama), 3-137 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 4-183 (Aravinda de Silva). |
| Extras | 1b, 0lb, 3w, 2nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 35.5 ovs) 202 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Simon Doull | 5.5 | 1 | 38 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Heath Davis | 8 | 0 | 58 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 0 | 38 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
| Gavin Larsen | 5 | 0 | 23 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 5 | 0 | 23 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Bryan Young, Nathan Astle, Matt Horne, Stephen Fleming, Chris Cairns, Adam Parore, Chris Harris, Gavin Larsen, Simon Doull, Daniel Vettori, Heath Davis