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New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
26 October 1998
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: DR Shepherd, P Willey
Third Umpire: S Venkataraghavan
Match Referee: R Subba Row
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Matthew Bell | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 16 | 48 | 68 | 2 | - |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Nuwan Zoysa | 10 | 9 | 16 | 2 | - |
| *3. Stephen Fleming | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 23 | 26 | 42 | 3 | - |
| 4. Craig McMillan | run out (Upul Chandana > ) | 26 | 45 | 60 | 2 | - |
| +5. Adam Parore | c Upul Chandana b Kumar Dharmasena | 54 | 87 | 100 | 3 | - |
| 6. Chris Harris | lbw b Sanath Jayasuriya | 8 | 23 | 21 | - | - |
| 7. Alex Tait | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 7 | 11 | 16 | - | - |
| 8. Daniel Vettori | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 9 | 20 | 25 | - | - |
| 9. Simon Doull | run out (Aravinda de Silva > ) | 6 | 12 | 19 | - | - |
| 10. Paul Wiseman | not out | 7 | 12 | 16 | - | - |
| 11. Geoff Allott | run out (Roshan Mahanama > ) | 3 | 7 | 7 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-15 (Nathan Astle), 2-56 (Stephen Fleming), 3-58 (Matthew Bell), 4-118 (Craig McMillan), 5-134 (Chris Harris), 6-150 (Alex Tait), 7-160 (Adam Parore), 8-169 (Daniel Vettori), 9-176 (Simon Doull), 188 (Geoff Allott). |
| Extras | 0b, 12lb, 6w, 1nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.5 ovs) 188 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 7 | 0 | 27 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 6 | 0 | 24 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 31 | 3 | (1w,1nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 9.5 | 0 | 30 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Adam Parore b Simon Doull | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | run out (Nathan Astle > ) | 48 | 76 | 134 | 5 | - |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | c Adam Parore b Simon Doull | 3 | 11 | 9 | - | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Nathan Astle b Geoff Allott | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | not out | 90 | 116 | 161 | 8 | - |
| 6. Roshan Mahanama | c Geoff Allott b Paul Wiseman | 7 | 20 | 24 | - | - |
| 7. Upul Chandana | not out | 22 | 23 | 30 | 4 | - |
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | ||||||
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | ||||||
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 11. Nuwan Zoysa |
| FOW | 1-0 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-4 (Marvan Atapattu), 3-5 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-132 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 5-150 (Roshan Mahanama). |
| Extras | 8b, 6lb, 5w, 2nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 41.3 ovs) 191 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Simon Doull | 5 | 1 | 17 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
| Geoff Allott | 9 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 1 | 44 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alex Tait | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 6.3 | 1 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Wiseman | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Craig McMillan | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Matthew Bell, Nathan Astle, Stephen Fleming, Craig McMillan, Adam Parore, Chris Harris, Alex Tait, Daniel Vettori, Simon Doull, Paul Wiseman, Geoff Allott