England v Sri Lanka @ Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
9 March 1996
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: Mahboob Shah, ID Robinson
Third Umpire: VK Ramaswamy
Match Referee: Nasim-ul-Ghani
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Robin Smith | run out | 25 | 41 | 78 | 3 | - | |
| *2. Mike Atherton | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas | 22 | 27 | 32 | 2 | - | |
| 3. Graeme Hick | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Muttiah Muralitharan | 8 | 21 | 27 | - | - | |
| 4. Graham Thorpe | b Kumar Dharmasena | 14 | 31 | 39 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Phil DeFreitas | lbw b Sanath Jayasuriya | 67 | 64 | 89 | 5 | 2 | |
| 6. Alec Stewart | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 17 | 38 | 50 | - | - | |
| +7. Jack Russell | b Kumar Dharmasena | 9 | 17 | 18 | - | - | |
| 8. Dermot Reeve | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 35 | 34 | 37 | 2 | - | |
| 9. Darren Gough | not out | 26 | 26 | 34 | 5 | - | |
| 10. Peter Martin | not out | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 11. Richard Illingworth |
| FOW | 1-31 (Mike Atherton), 2-58 (Graeme Hick), 3-66 (Robin Smith), 4-94 (Graham Thorpe), 5-145 (Alec Stewart), 6-171 (Jack Russell), 7-173 (Phil DeFreitas), 8-235 (Dermot Reeve). |
| Extras | 0b, 8lb, 4w, 0nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 235 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 7 | 0 | 43 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 1 | 29 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 37 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 30 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 9 | 0 | 46 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | st Jack Russell b Dermot Reeve | 82 | 44 | 67 | 13 | 3 | |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | b Richard Illingworth | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | - | |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | run out | 45 | 63 | 124 | 5 | - | |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Robin Smith b Graeme Hick | 31 | 30 | 38 | 5 | - | |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | lbw b Darren Gough | 25 | 17 | 14 | 5 | - | |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 19 | 50 | 65 | 1 | - | |
| 7. Roshan Mahanama | not out | 22 | 38 | 55 | 2 | - | |
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | |||||||
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | |||||||
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | |||||||
| 11. Pramodya Wickramasinghe |
| FOW | 1-12 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-113 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-165 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-194 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-198 (Asanka Gurusinha). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 2w, 1nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 40.4 ovs) 236 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Peter Martin | 9 | 1 | 41 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Richard Illingworth | 10 | 1 | 72 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Darren Gough | 10 | 1 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil DeFreitas | 3.4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dermot Reeve | 4 | 1 | 14 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Graeme Hick | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
England: Robin Smith, Mike Atherton, Graeme Hick, Graham Thorpe, Phil DeFreitas, Alec Stewart, Jack Russell, Dermot Reeve, Darren Gough, Peter Martin, Richard Illingworth
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Asanka Gurusinha, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Hashan Tillakaratne, Roshan Mahanama, Kumar Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Pramodya Wickramasinghe
