Pakistan v Sri Lanka @ Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
5 November 1997
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: RS Dunne, ID Robinson
Third Umpire: Mian Mohammad Aslam
Match Referee: AM Ebrahim
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Pakistan
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Shahid Afridi | b Chaminda Vaas | 39 | 45 | - | 4 | 1 | |
| 2. Saeed Anwar | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Chaminda Vaas | 26 | 27 | - | 2 | 1 | |
| 3. Aamer Sohail | c & b Muttiah Muralitharan | 70 | 82 | - | 5 | - | |
| 4. Ijaz Ahmed | c sub b Sajeewa de Silva | 94 | 110 | - | 5 | 2 | |
| 5. Inzamam-ul-Haq | c Aravinda de Silva b Sanath Jayasuriya | 8 | 4 | - | - | 1 | |
| *6. Wasim Akram | c Lanka de Silva b Muttiah Muralitharan | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | |
| 7. Moin Khan | run out | 10 | 10 | - | 1 | - | |
| 8. Azhar Mahmood | c Lanka de Silva b Sajeewa de Silva | 15 | 10 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| +9. Rashid Latif | c Lanka de Silva b Chaminda Vaas | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 10. Waqar Younis | b Sajeewa de Silva | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 11. Saqlain Mushtaq | not out | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-66 (Saeed Anwar), 2-73 (Shahid Afridi), 3-195 (Aamer Sohail), 4-205 (Inzamam-ul-Haq), 5-214 (Wasim Akram), 6-234 (Moin Khan), 7-269 (Azhar Mahmood), 8-278 (Rashid Latif), 9-278 (Ijaz Ahmed), 280 (Waqar Younis). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 3w, 0nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.4 ovs) 280 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 0 | 59 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 9.4 | 1 | 58 | 3 | (3w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 1 | 41 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 37 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 6 | 0 | 54 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | not out | 134 | 114 | - | 13 | 3 | |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | run out (Ijaz Ahmed > ) | 23 | 34 | - | 3 | - | |
| 3. Roshan Mahanama | c Aamer Sohail b Azhar Mahmood | 0 | 5 | - | - | - | |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | not out | 102 | 90 | - | 12 | - | |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | |||||||
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | |||||||
| +7. Lanka de Silva | |||||||
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | |||||||
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | |||||||
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | |||||||
| 11. Sajeewa de Silva |
| FOW | 1-65 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-68 (Roshan Mahanama). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 13w, 3nb, 0pen) 22 |
| Total | (for 2 wickets, 40 ovs) 281 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Wasim Akram | 8 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (2w,2nb) |
| Waqar Younis | 6 | 0 | 49 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 8 | 0 | 55 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Azhar Mahmood | 8 | 0 | 53 | 1 | (5w,1nb) |
| Aamer Sohail | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shahid Afridi | 5 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
Pakistan: Shahid Afridi, Saeed Anwar, Aamer Sohail, Ijaz Ahmed, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Wasim Akram, Moin Khan, Azhar Mahmood, Rashid Latif, Waqar Younis, Saqlain Mushtaq
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Roshan Mahanama, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Hashan Tillakaratne, Lanka de Silva, Kumar Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Sajeewa de Silva