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Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
26 January 1998
Toss: Zimbabwe (bat)
Umpires: PT Manuel, TM Samarasinghe
Third Umpire: DN Pathirana
Match Referee: R Subba Row
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
1st Innings
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Grant Flower | c Ruwan Kalpage b Upul Chandana | 112 | 138 | 194 | 9 | - |
| 2. Craig Wishart | c Avishka Gunawardene b Ruwan Kalpage | 45 | 54 | 63 | 8 | - |
| 3. Murray Goodwin | c Upul Chandana b Sanath Jayasuriya | 18 | 24 | 30 | 1 | - |
| +4. Andy Flower | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Kumar Dharmasena | 68 | 70 | 90 | 5 | - |
| 5. Guy Whittall | c Sajeewa de Silva b Kumar Dharmasena | 3 | 3 | 13 | - | - |
| *6. Alistair Campbell | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Kumar Dharmasena | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - |
| 7. Paul Strang | not out | 6 | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| 8. Heath Streak | not out | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Andrew Whittall | ||||||
| 10. Adam Huckle | ||||||
| 11. John Rennie |
| FOW | 1-82 (Craig Wishart), 2-114 (Murray Goodwin), 3-258 (Andy Flower), 4-264 (Grant Flower), 5-273 (Alistair Campbell), 6-274 (Guy Whittall). |
| Extras | 2b, 8lb, 7w, 1nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 281 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 6 | 0 | 39 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 47 | 3 | (2w,0nb) |
| Ruwan Kalpage | 10 | 1 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 66 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 8 | 0 | 51 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sanath Jayasuriya | st Andy Flower b Guy Whittall | 102 | 100 | 127 | 13 | 1 |
| 2. Avishka Gunawardene | b Andrew Whittall | 12 | 11 | 23 | 3 | - |
| 3. Naveed Nawaz | c Murray Goodwin b Paul Strang | 5 | 23 | 35 | - | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Adam Huckle b Grant Flower | 74 | 78 | 131 | 4 | - |
| 5. Ruwan Kalpage | run out (Heath Streak > ) | 37 | 47 | 53 | 1 | - |
| +6. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Adam Huckle b Grant Flower | 13 | 13 | 23 | 1 | - |
| 7. Kumar Dharmasena | not out | 9 | 9 | 8 | - | - |
| 8. Upul Chandana | not out | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 9. Russel Arnold | ||||||
| 10. Sajeewa de Silva | ||||||
| 11. Ravindra Pushpakumara |
| FOW | 1-46 (Avishka Gunawardene), 2-87 (Naveed Nawaz), 3-160 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 4-233 (Ruwan Kalpage), 5-255 (Mahela Jayawardene), 6-266 (Romesh Kaluwitharana). |
| Extras | 1b, 4lb, 13w, 2nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 49 ovs) 286 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Heath Streak | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| John Rennie | 5 | 0 | 43 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Andrew Whittall | 10 | 0 | 46 | 1 | (8w,0nb) |
| Paul Strang | 10 | 0 | 54 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Grant Flower | 7 | 0 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Adam Huckle | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Guy Whittall | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Alistair Campbell | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Sanath Jayasuriya, Avishka Gunawardene, Naveed Nawaz, Mahela Jayawardene, Ruwan Kalpage, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Kumar Dharmasena, Upul Chandana, Russel Arnold, Sajeewa de Silva, Ravindra Pushpakumara