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New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, Deccan
20 May 1997
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: SK Bansal, Javed Akhtar
Third Umpire: S Venkataraghavan
Match Referee: Hanumant Singh
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 52 runs
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Chris Cairns b Shayne O'Connor | 4 | 12 | 10 | - | - |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | run out (Nathan Astle > ) | 41 | 57 | 87 | 6 | - |
| 3. Aravinda de Silva | b Shayne O'Connor | 9 | 14 | 13 | 1 | - |
| *4. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Adam Parore b Gavin Larsen | 15 | 30 | 38 | 2 | - |
| 5. Hashan Tillakaratne | b Nathan Astle | 29 | 58 | 59 | 3 | - |
| 6. Roshan Mahanama | c Craig McMillan b Shayne O'Connor | 41 | 69 | 76 | 2 | - |
| +7. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Chris Cairns b Nathan Astle | 44 | 36 | 59 | 5 | - |
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | run out (Matt Horne > ) | 6 | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | b Gavin Larsen | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | not out | 9 | 11 | 12 | - | - |
| 11. Sajeewa de Silva | lbw b Gavin Larsen | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-6 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-23 (Aravinda de Silva), 3-68 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 4-85 (Marvan Atapattu), 5-126 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 6-173 (Roshan Mahanama), 7-188 (Kumar Dharmasena), 8-194 (Chaminda Vaas), 9-210 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 214 (Sajeewa de Silva). |
| Extras | 5b, 6lb, 3w, 2nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 48.3 ovs) 214 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shayne O'Connor | 9 | 0 | 44 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Dipak Patel | 10 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Gavin Larsen | 9.3 | 1 | 43 | 3 | (2w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 8 | 1 | 37 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bryan Young | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Sajeewa de Silva | 22 | 27 | 38 | 3 | - |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas | 9 | 18 | 31 | 1 | - |
| 3. Matt Horne | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Sanath Jayasuriya | 41 | 73 | 97 | 2 | 2 |
| *4. Stephen Fleming | lbw b Aravinda de Silva | 24 | 53 | 80 | 2 | - |
| 5. Chris Cairns | c Aravinda de Silva b Sanath Jayasuriya | 6 | 19 | 31 | - | - |
| 6. Craig McMillan | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Aravinda de Silva | 10 | 24 | 45 | 1 | - |
| 7. Chris Harris | not out | 26 | 26 | 47 | 2 | - |
| +8. Adam Parore | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Kumar Dharmasena | 9 | 13 | 18 | 1 | - |
| 9. Dipak Patel | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Kumar Dharmasena | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | - |
| 10. Gavin Larsen | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 1 | 3 | 7 | - | - |
| 11. Shayne O'Connor | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 7 | 6 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-29 (Nathan Astle), 2-31 (Bryan Young), 3-97 (Stephen Fleming), 4-103 (Matt Horne), 5-120 (Chris Cairns), 6-120 (Craig McMillan), 7-140 (Adam Parore), 8-147 (Dipak Patel), 9-152 (Gavin Larsen), 162 (Shayne O'Connor). |
| Extras | 1b, 5lb, 2w, 1nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 44.5 ovs) 162 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 6 | 2 | 23 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 6 | 2 | 13 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 9.5 | 1 | 49 | 2 | (2w,1nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 6 | 0 | 28 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 10 | 1 | 22 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 7 | 1 | 21 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Bryan Young, Nathan Astle, Matt Horne, Stephen Fleming, Chris Cairns, Craig McMillan, Chris Harris, Adam Parore, Dipak Patel, Gavin Larsen, Shayne O'Connor