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New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Eden Park, Auckland
28 January 1991
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: BL Aldridge, RS Dunne
Match Result: New Zealand won by 41 runs
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Richard Reid | run out | 44 | 79 | 99 | 4 | - |
| 2. John Wright | c Asoka de Silva b Graeme Labrooy | 4 | 8 | 25 | 1 | - |
| *3. Martin Crowe | c Asanka Gurusinha b Asoka de Silva | 64 | 93 | 100 | 6 | - |
| 4. Andrew Jones | not out | 64 | 76 | 109 | 4 | - |
| +5. Ian Smith | c Asoka de Silva b Rumesh Ratnayake | 21 | 14 | 23 | 4 | - |
| 6. Mark Greatbatch | c Aravinda de Silva b Champaka Ramanayake | 14 | 18 | 28 | 1 | - |
| 7. Chris Harris | not out | 18 | 21 | 29 | 1 | - |
| 8. Gavin Larsen | ||||||
| 9. Richard Petrie | ||||||
| 10. Chris Pringle | ||||||
| 11. Willie Watson |
| FOW | 1-16 (John Wright), 2-99 (Richard Reid), 3-134 (Martin Crowe), 4-164 (Ian Smith), 5-200 (Mark Greatbatch). |
| Extras | 2b, 4lb, 4w, 3nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 50 ovs) 242 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Graeme Labrooy | 10 | 0 | 57 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 10 | 0 | 49 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 10 | 1 | 45 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asoka de Silva | 10 | 0 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Charith Senanayake | c John Wright b Willie Watson | 12 | 31 | 33 | 1 | - |
| +2. Hashan Tillakaratne | run out | 25 | 58 | 82 | 2 | - |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | c Gavin Larsen b Chris Harris | 81 | 90 | 146 | 6 | 2 |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Ian Smith b Gavin Larsen | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | b Chris Harris | 24 | 34 | 32 | 2 | - |
| 6. Roshan Mahanama | c Richard Reid b Andrew Jones | 10 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 7. Rumesh Ratnayake | c Richard Petrie b Chris Pringle | 22 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 8. Sanath Jayasuriya | b Chris Pringle | 4 | 9 | 12 | - | - |
| 9. Asoka de Silva | not out | 10 | 15 | 19 | - | - |
| 10. Graeme Labrooy | b Willie Watson | 3 | 4 | 8 | - | - |
| 11. Champaka Ramanayake | run out | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-25 (Charith Senanayake), 2-63 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 3-64 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-110 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-123 (Roshan Mahanama), 6-169 (Rumesh Ratnayake), 7-185 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 8-191 (Asanka Gurusinha), 9-201 (Graeme Labrooy), 201 (Champaka Ramanayake). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 4w, 0nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 44.4 ovs) 201 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Willie Watson | 7.4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richard Petrie | 8 | 0 | 41 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Pringle | 9 | 1 | 27 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gavin Larsen | 10 | 1 | 37 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 6 | 0 | 38 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Jones | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Richard Reid, John Wright, Martin Crowe, Andrew Jones, Ian Smith, Mark Greatbatch, Chris Harris, Gavin Larsen, Richard Petrie, Chris Pringle, Willie Watson