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New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Bellerive Oval, Hobart
12 January 1988
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: MW Johnson, SG Randell
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Ken Rutherford | b Arjuna Ranatunga | 24 | 59 | 91 | 1 | - |
| 2. John Wright | c Ranjan Madugalle b Ravi Ratnayeke | 8 | 39 | 47 | 1 | - |
| *3. Jeff Crowe | run out | 0 | 2 | 7 | - | - |
| 4. Martin Crowe | c Guy de Alwis b Champaka Ramanayake | 25 | 33 | 50 | 3 | - |
| 5. Dipak Patel | c Aravinda de Silva b Arjuna Ranatunga | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 6. Tony Blain | not out | 49 | 96 | 107 | 4 | - |
| 7. Sir Richard Hadlee | c sub b Ravi Ratnayeke | 52 | 68 | 77 | 2 | - |
| +8. Ian Smith | c Roshan Mahanama b Ravi Ratnayeke | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | - |
| 9. Stu Gillespie | not out | 9 | 5 | 10 | - | - |
| 10. Danny Morrison | ||||||
| 11. Ewen Chatfield |
| FOW | 1-28 (John Wright), 2-32 (Jeff Crowe), 3-67 (Ken Rutherford), 4-67 (Dipak Patel), 5-70 (Martin Crowe), 6-165 (Sir Richard Hadlee), 7-179 (Ian Smith). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 11w, 3nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs) 199 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 9 | 1 | 33 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graeme Labrooy | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 10 | 1 | 34 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 10 | 2 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asanka Gurusinha | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asoka de Silva | 5 | 1 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Roshan Mahanama | run out | 58 | 83 | 129 | 4 | 1 |
| 2. Brendon Kuruppu | c Martin Crowe b Danny Morrison | 12 | 25 | 21 | 1 | - |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | c Ian Smith b Sir Richard Hadlee | 5 | 12 | 12 | - | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Ewen Chatfield b Stu Gillespie | 55 | 102 | 146 | 5 | 1 |
| 5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Danny Morrison b Sir Richard Hadlee | 11 | 13 | 17 | 2 | - |
| *6. Ranjan Madugalle | c John Wright b Ken Rutherford | 10 | 25 | 22 | - | - |
| 7. Ravi Ratnayeke | not out | 21 | 25 | 26 | 2 | - |
| +8. Guy de Alwis | not out | 7 | 5 | 15 | - | - |
| 9. Graeme Labrooy | ||||||
| 10. Asoka de Silva | ||||||
| 11. Champaka Ramanayake |
| FOW | 1-24 (Brendon Kuruppu), 2-33 (Asanka Gurusinha), 3-136 (Roshan Mahanama), 4-151 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-167 (Ranjan Madugalle), 6-185 (Aravinda de Silva). |
| Extras | 1b, 10lb, 5w, 5nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 46.3 ovs) 200 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ewen Chatfield | 10 | 1 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 10 | 1 | 22 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Danny Morrison | 8.3 | 1 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stu Gillespie | 10 | 0 | 51 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dipak Patel | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ken Rutherford | 5 | 0 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Ken Rutherford, John Wright, Jeff Crowe, Martin Crowe, Dipak Patel, Tony Blain, Sir Richard Hadlee, Ian Smith, Stu Gillespie, Danny Morrison, Ewen Chatfield