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Sri Lanka v New Zealand @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
5 July 1998
Toss: New Zealand (field)
Umpires: PT Manuel, TM Samarasinghe
Third Umpire: KT Francis
Match Referee: CW Smith
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 87 runs
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Chris Cairns b Daniel Vettori | 24 | 30 | 53 | 3 | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Nathan Astle b Chris Harris | 54 | 64 | 75 | 8 | - |
| 3. Aravinda de Silva | c Stephen Fleming b Chris Harris | 62 | 83 | 107 | 2 | 1 |
| *4. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Stephen Fleming b Craig McMillan | 102 | 98 | 116 | 6 | 2 |
| 5. Upul Chandana | not out | 27 | 25 | 35 | 2 | - |
| 6. Marvan Atapattu | not out | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - |
| 7. Roshan Mahanama | ||||||
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | ||||||
| 9. Niroshan Bandaratilleke | ||||||
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 11. Suresh Perera |
| FOW | 1-69 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-92 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 3-224 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-282 (Arjuna Ranatunga). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 12w, 0nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 50 ovs) 293 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chris Cairns | 7 | 0 | 52 | 0 | (4w,0nb) |
| Dion Nash | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 53 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 1 | 44 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Paul Wiseman | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McMillan | 7 | 0 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bryan Young | c Roshan Mahanama b Suresh Perera | 3 | 9 | 13 | - | - |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c Aravinda de Silva b Upul Chandana | 74 | 76 | 113 | 7 | 3 |
| *3. Stephen Fleming | c Kumar Dharmasena b Niroshan Bandaratilleke | 20 | 25 | 42 | 3 | - |
| 4. Craig McMillan | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Niroshan Bandaratilleke | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - |
| 5. Matt Horne | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | - |
| 6. Chris Cairns | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Sanath Jayasuriya | 28 | 33 | 40 | - | 2 |
| +7. Adam Parore | not out | 28 | 43 | 59 | - | - |
| 8. Chris Harris | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | - |
| 9. Dion Nash | c Upul Chandana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 3 | 12 | 10 | - | - |
| 10. Daniel Vettori | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| 11. Paul Wiseman | c Kumar Dharmasena b Upul Chandana | 16 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| FOW | 1-11 (Bryan Young), 2-78 (Stephen Fleming), 3-86 (Craig McMillan), 4-106 (Matt Horne), 5-152 (Nathan Astle), 6-154 (Chris Cairns), 7-163 (Chris Harris), 8-172 (Dion Nash), 9-176 (Daniel Vettori), 206 (Paul Wiseman). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 12w, 1nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 39.1 ovs) 206 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Suresh Perera | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Niroshan Bandaratilleke | 9 | 0 | 34 | 2 | (3w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 50 | 2 | (2w,1nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 8 | 0 | 28 | 3 | (3w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 6.1 | 0 | 26 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Upul Chandana, Marvan Atapattu, Roshan Mahanama, Kumar Dharmasena, Niroshan Bandaratilleke, Muttiah Muralitharan, Suresh Perera