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Sri Lanka v New Zealand @ R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo
21 June 1998
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: BC Cooray, DN Pathirana
Third Umpire: KT Francis
Match Referee: CW Smith
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bryan Young | c Upul Chandana b Kumar Dharmasena | 55 | 52 | 58 | 7 | - |
| 2. Nathan Astle | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 33 | 60 | 96 | 1 | 1 |
| *3. Stephen Fleming | run out (Muttiah Muralitharan > Upul Chandana) | 47 | 75 | 105 | 2 | - |
| 4. Matt Horne | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Kumar Dharmasena | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 5. Craig McMillan | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Upul Chandana | 26 | 45 | 54 | 1 | - |
| 6. Chris Cairns | c Marvan Atapattu b Upul Chandana | 7 | 17 | 19 | - | - |
| +7. Adam Parore | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Upul Chandana | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | - |
| 8. Chris Harris | b Kumar Dharmasena | 7 | 15 | 28 | - | - |
| 9. Dion Nash | run out (Niroshan Bandaratilleke > Romesh Kaluwitharana) | 1 | 13 | 13 | - | - |
| 10. Daniel Vettori | not out | 4 | 10 | 10 | - | - |
| 11. Shayne O'Connor | not out | 6 | 4 | 4 | - | 1 |
| FOW | 1-71 (Bryan Young), 2-107 (Nathan Astle), 3-112 (Matt Horne), 4-169 (Craig McMillan), 5-171 (Stephen Fleming), 6-176 (Adam Parore), 7-179 (Chris Cairns), 8-186 (Dion Nash), 9-189 (Chris Harris). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 3w, 0nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 200 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Niroshan Bandaratilleke | 10 | 0 | 41 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 40 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 7 | 1 | 24 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Craig McMillan b Daniel Vettori | 57 | 62 | 82 | 6 | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | hit wicket b Shayne O'Connor | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | not out | 83 | 118 | 162 | 9 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | b Nathan Astle | 42 | 46 | 69 | 4 | 1 |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | not out | 6 | 11 | 12 | - | - |
| 6. Upul Chandana | ||||||
| 7. Roshan Mahanama | ||||||
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | ||||||
| 9. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | ||||||
| 10. Niroshan Bandaratilleke | ||||||
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan |
| FOW | 1-3 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-85 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-180 (Aravinda de Silva). |
| Extras | 4b, 3lb, 4w, 0nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 40 ovs) 201 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shayne O'Connor | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | (3w,0nb) |
| Dion Nash | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 0 | 50 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 8 | 0 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McMillan | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Marvan Atapattu, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Upul Chandana, Roshan Mahanama, Kumar Dharmasena, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Niroshan Bandaratilleke, Muttiah Muralitharan