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New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Westpac Stadium, Wellington
6 January 2006
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: DB Hair, AL Hill
Third Umpire: EA Watkin
Match Referee: AG Hurst
Super Sub 1st Innings: New Zealand full substitute: JS Patel (PG Fulton, Sri Lanka innings, 8.0 ov).
Super Sub 2nd Innings: Sri Lanka full substitute: CM Bandara (M Muralitharan, Sri Lanka innings, 41.1 ov).
Match Result: New Zealand won by 21 runs
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Lou Vincent | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Dilhara Fernando | 8 | 14 | 17 | 2 | - |
| 2. Jamie How | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 5 | 5 | 12 | 1 | - |
| *3. Stephen Fleming | b Chaminda Vaas | 37 | 52 | 73 | 7 | - |
| 4. Peter Fulton | c Farveez Maharoof b Dilhara Fernando | 50 | 64 | 101 | 3 | 1 |
| 5. Hamish Marshall | c Chaminda Vaas b Farveez Maharoof | 50 | 71 | 97 | 1 | - |
| 6. Scott Styris | c Farveez Maharoof b Chaminda Vaas | 13 | 20 | 27 | 1 | - |
| 7. Chris Cairns | c & b Chaminda Vaas | 2 | 7 | 9 | - | - |
| +8. Brendon McCullum | c Russel Arnold b Chaminda Vaas | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | - |
| 9. Daniel Vettori | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 7 | 21 | 24 | - | - |
| 10. James Franklin | not out | 29 | 27 | 34 | 3 | 1 |
| 11. Shane Bond | not out | 9 | 19 | 29 | 1 | - |
| %12. Jeetan Patel |
| FOW | 1-14 (Jamie How), 2-14 (Lou Vincent), 3-85 (Stephen Fleming), 4-131 (Peter Fulton), 5-154 (Scott Styris), 6-163 (Chris Cairns), 7-165 (Brendon McCullum), 8-183 (Hamish Marshall), 9-189 (Daniel Vettori). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 4w, 4nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 224 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 1 | 39 | 5 | (1w,3nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 10 | 1 | 51 | 2 | (1w,1nb) |
| Farveez Maharoof | 10 | 0 | 49 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 10 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Upul Tharanga | c Brendon McCullum b James Franklin | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1 | - |
| 2. Jehan Mubarak | c Chris Cairns b Jeetan Patel | 53 | 84 | 135 | 6 | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | b Chris Cairns | 52 | 46 | 49 | 9 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Brendon McCullum b James Franklin | 12 | 15 | 18 | 2 | - |
| *5. Marvan Atapattu | c Lou Vincent b Daniel Vettori | 19 | 29 | 32 | 2 | - |
| 6. Tillakaratne Dilshan | b Shane Bond | 17 | 34 | 43 | - | - |
| 7. Russel Arnold | lbw b Jeetan Patel | 11 | 21 | 48 | - | - |
| 8. Farveez Maharoof | lbw b Shane Bond | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | c Jamie How b Scott Styris | 9 | 9 | 12 | 1 | - |
| %10. Malinga Bandara | c Scott Styris b Shane Bond | 12 | 22 | 27 | - | - |
| 11. Dilhara Fernando | not out | 4 | 8 | 15 | - | - |
| 12. Muttiah Muralitharan |
| FOW | 1-16 (Upul Tharanga), 2-92 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-106 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-136 (Marvan Atapattu), 5-156 (Jehan Mubarak), 6-171 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 7-171 (Farveez Maharoof), 8-184 (Chaminda Vaas), 9-189 (Russel Arnold), 203 (Malinga Bandara). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 5 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 46.4 ovs) 203 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| James Franklin | 7 | 1 | 38 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Shane Bond | 9.4 | 1 | 39 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 6 | 0 | 28 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Scott Styris | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 50 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeetan Patel | 10 | 0 | 23 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Shane Bond, James Franklin, Daniel Vettori, Brendon McCullum, Chris Cairns, Scott Styris, Hamish Marshall, Peter Fulton, Stephen Fleming, Jamie How, Lou Vincent, Jeetan Patel