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New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Trust Bank Park, Hamilton
14, 15, 16, 17 March 1997 (five-day match)
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: DB Cowie, Mahboob Shah
Third Umpire: BF Bowden
Match Referee: PJP Burge
Match Result: New Zealand won by 120 runs
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Blair Pocock | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Muttiah Muralitharan | 85 | 239 | 288 | 5 | - |
| 2. Bryan Young | run out (Aravinda de Silva > > ) | 4 | 28 | 44 | - | - |
| 3. Matt Horne | b Nuwan Zoysa | 21 | 82 | 102 | 2 | - |
| *4. Stephen Fleming | c Roshan Mahanama b Nuwan Zoysa | 2 | 14 | 15 | - | - |
| 5. Nathan Astle | lbw b Nuwan Zoysa | 0 | 12 | 10 | - | - |
| 6. Chris Cairns | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 53 | 62 | - | - |
| +7. Adam Parore | run out (Roshan Mahanama > > ) | 25 | 35 | 47 | 4 | - |
| 8. Dipak Patel | c Kumar Dharmasena b Muttiah Muralitharan | 13 | 21 | 36 | 2 | - |
| 9. Daniel Vettori | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 | 12 | 17 | 1 | - |
| 10. Simon Doull | c Aravinda de Silva b Chaminda Vaas | 20 | 30 | 47 | 2 | - |
| 11. Heath Davis | not out | 8 | 34 | 31 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-19 (Bryan Young), 2-88 (Matt Horne), 3-96 (Stephen Fleming), 4-100 (Nathan Astle), 5-126 (Chris Cairns), 6-172 (Adam Parore), 7-172 (Blair Pocock), 8-178 (Daniel Vettori), 9-203 (Dipak Patel), 222 (Simon Doull). |
| Extras | 11b, 9lb, 0w, 10nb, 0pen) 30 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 90.4 ovs) 222 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 12.4 | 1 | 32 | 1 | (0w,3nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 18 | 3 | 47 | 3 | (0w,7nb) |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 15 | 4 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 22 | 7 | 39 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 22 | 4 | 43 | 3 | (0w,2nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Nathan Astle b Heath Davis | 20 | 36 | 46 | 2 | - |
| 2. Roshan Mahanama | lbw b Daniel Vettori | 45 | 84 | 136 | 4 | - |
| 3. Hashan Tillakaratne | c Bryan Young b Simon Doull | 2 | 28 | 41 | - | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Adam Parore b Daniel Vettori | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | lbw b Heath Davis | 4 | 23 | 30 | - | - |
| +6. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Adam Parore b Heath Davis | 11 | 24 | 26 | 2 | - |
| 7. Kumar Dharmasena | c Stephen Fleming b Heath Davis | 27 | 86 | 119 | 2 | 1 |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | c Blair Pocock b Daniel Vettori | 28 | 98 | 120 | 4 | - |
| 9. Nuwan Zoysa | c Simon Doull b Daniel Vettori | 14 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 1 |
| 10. Sajeewa de Silva | not out | 0 | 12 | 19 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | c Adam Parore b Heath Davis | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-39 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-57 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 3-58 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-76 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-87 (Roshan Mahanama), 6-93 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 7-144 (Kumar Dharmasena), 8-154 (Chaminda Vaas), 9-165 (Nuwan Zoysa), 170 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 1w, 3nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 68.2 ovs) 170 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Simon Doull | 13 | 4 | 19 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Heath Davis | 20.2 | 3 | 63 | 5 | (1w,1nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 24 | 8 | 46 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dipak Patel | 8 | 2 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bryan Young | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Kumar Dharmasena | 62 | 127 | 167 | 8 | 1 |
| 2. Blair Pocock | c Roshan Mahanama b Nuwan Zoysa | 7 | 11 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 3. Matt Horne | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 16 | 64 | 83 | 1 | - |
| *4. Stephen Fleming | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 59 | 117 | 177 | 8 | 1 |
| 5. Nathan Astle | c Roshan Mahanama b Chaminda Vaas | 52 | 151 | 191 | 5 | 2 |
| 6. Chris Cairns | c sub b Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 | 17 | 21 | 1 | - |
| +7. Adam Parore | run out (Hashan Tillakaratne > > ) | 2 | 6 | 5 | - | - |
| 8. Dipak Patel | c Aravinda de Silva b Kumar Dharmasena | 4 | 15 | 14 | - | - |
| 9. Daniel Vettori | b Nuwan Zoysa | 6 | 36 | 36 | - | - |
| 10. Simon Doull | c Roshan Mahanama b Nuwan Zoysa | 25 | 30 | 41 | 3 | - |
| 11. Heath Davis | not out | 2 | 19 | 36 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-14 (Blair Pocock), 2-64 (Matt Horne), 3-108 (Bryan Young), 4-183 (Stephen Fleming), 5-198 (Chris Cairns), 6-201 (Adam Parore), 7-211 (Dipak Patel), 8-239 (Nathan Astle), 9-243 (Daniel Vettori), 273 (Simon Doull). |
| Extras | 9b, 11lb, 7w, 7nb, 0pen) 34 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 97.4 ovs) 273 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 15 | 3 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 22.4 | 7 | 53 | 3 | (7w,3nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 24 | 5 | 75 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 10 | 2 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 26 | 7 | 62 | 3 | (0w,4nb) |
4th Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | run out (Simon Doull > > ) | 3 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| 2. Roshan Mahanama | lbw b Simon Doull | 65 | 188 | 252 | 6 | - |
| 3. Hashan Tillakaratne | b Daniel Vettori | 10 | 26 | 35 | 1 | - |
| 4. Chaminda Vaas | c Dipak Patel b Daniel Vettori | 8 | 36 | 51 | 1 | - |
| 5. Aravinda de Silva | lbw b Simon Doull | 5 | 16 | 24 | - | - |
| *6. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Simon Doull b Daniel Vettori | 33 | 70 | 99 | 3 | 1 |
| +7. Romesh Kaluwitharana | lbw b Simon Doull | 13 | 12 | 23 | 2 | - |
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | not out | 38 | 57 | 69 | 3 | 1 |
| 9. Nuwan Zoysa | c Adam Parore b Daniel Vettori | 13 | 30 | 31 | 3 | - |
| 10. Sajeewa de Silva | c Bryan Young b Heath Davis | 0 | 8 | 12 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | c Chris Cairns b Daniel Vettori | 7 | 11 | 16 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-5 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-16 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 3-40 (Chaminda Vaas), 4-50 (Aravinda de Silva), 5-129 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 6-147 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 7-152 (Roshan Mahanama), 8-185 (Nuwan Zoysa), 9-186 (Sajeewa de Silva), 205 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 4b, 5lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 76.2 ovs) 205 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Simon Doull | 15 | 4 | 34 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Heath Davis | 17 | 4 | 35 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 29.2 | 8 | 84 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dipak Patel | 12 | 5 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Bryan Young, Blair Pocock, Matt Horne, Stephen Fleming, Nathan Astle, Chris Cairns, Adam Parore, Dipak Patel, Daniel Vettori, Simon Doull, Heath Davis