Sri Lanka v Pakistan @ R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo
14 July 1997
Toss: Pakistan (field)
Umpires: SK Bansal, S Venkataraghavan
Third Umpire: Mohammad Asghar
Match Referee: JR Reid
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 15 runs
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Rameez Raja b Kabir Khan | 33 | 41 | 55 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | run out (Rameez Raja > Saqlain Mushtaq) | 80 | 113 | 190 | 3 | - | |
| 3. Aravinda de Silva | c Saqlain Mushtaq b Aamer Sohail | 34 | 44 | 47 | 1 | - | |
| *4. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Rameez Raja b Arshad Khan | 28 | 40 | 39 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Roshan Mahanama | lbw b Shahid Afridi | 3 | 5 | 9 | - | - | |
| +6. Romesh Kaluwitharana | lbw b Kabir Khan | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| 7. Ruwan Kalpage | run out (Moin Khan > ) | 15 | 17 | 24 | - | - | |
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | st Moin Khan b Saqlain Mushtaq | 25 | 25 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | run out (Saqlain Mushtaq > ) | 0 | 1 | 6 | - | - | |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | not out | 2 | 6 | 2 | - | - | |
| 11. Sajeewa de Silva | b Aaqib Javed | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-46 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-111 (Aravinda de Silva), 3-160 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 4-168 (Roshan Mahanama), 5-169 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 6-199 (Ruwan Kalpage), 7-209 (Marvan Atapattu), 8-216 (Chaminda Vaas), 9-232 (Kumar Dharmasena), 239 (Sajeewa de Silva). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 7w, 1nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.5 ovs) 239 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Aaqib Javed | 7.5 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Kabir Khan | 8 | 1 | 49 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 10 | 0 | 38 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shahid Afridi | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Arshad Khan | 10 | 0 | 48 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Aamer Sohail | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Pakistan
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Saeed Anwar | b Chaminda Vaas | 27 | 33 | 35 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2. Aamer Sohail | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Sajeewa de Silva | 6 | 22 | 45 | - | - | |
| 3. Shahid Afridi | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Sajeewa de Silva | 16 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 1 | |
| *4. Rameez Raja | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Sanath Jayasuriya | 29 | 39 | 56 | 3 | - | |
| 5. Inzamam-ul-Haq | run out | 48 | 77 | 103 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6. Saleem Malik | b Kumar Dharmasena | 57 | 79 | 94 | 2 | - | |
| +7. Moin Khan | c Ruwan Kalpage b Sanath Jayasuriya | 14 | 22 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Saqlain Mushtaq | c Ruwan Kalpage b Sanath Jayasuriya | 5 | 6 | 11 | - | - | |
| 9. Aaqib Javed | c Ruwan Kalpage b Sanath Jayasuriya | 0 | 3 | 5 | - | - | |
| 10. Arshad Khan | not out | 6 | 6 | 8 | - | - | |
| 11. Kabir Khan | not out | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-32 (Saeed Anwar), 2-36 (Aamer Sohail), 3-51 (Shahid Afridi), 4-102 (Rameez Raja), 5-165 (Inzamam-ul-Haq), 6-205 (Moin Khan), 7-214 (Saleem Malik), 8-216 (Saqlain Mushtaq), 9-216 (Aaqib Javed). |
| Extras | 3b, 2lb, 9w, 1nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 224 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 6 | 1 | 30 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 6 | 0 | 26 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 33 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 49 | 4 | (1w,0nb) |
| Ruwan Kalpage | 8 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Roshan Mahanama, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Ruwan Kalpage, Kumar Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Sajeewa de Silva
Pakistan: Saeed Anwar, Aamer Sohail, Shahid Afridi, Rameez Raja, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Saleem Malik, Moin Khan, Saqlain Mushtaq, Aaqib Javed, Arshad Khan, Kabir Khan
