Sri Lanka v New Zealand @ R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo
18 July 2001
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: LV Jayasundara, DN Pathirana
Third Umpire: PT Manuel
Match Referee: CW Smith
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 16 runs
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Jacob Oram b Daniel Vettori | 80 | 108 | 160 | 8 | - | |
| 2. Avishka Gunawardene | c Daniel Vettori b Daryl Tuffey | 13 | 22 | 31 | 2 | - | |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | c Chris Harris b Daniel Vettori | 22 | 42 | 65 | 1 | - | |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Craig McMillan b Chris Harris | 14 | 24 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Russel Arnold | lbw b Chris Harris | 9 | 19 | 18 | - | - | |
| +6. Romesh Kaluwitharana | run out (Lou Vincent > ) | 14 | 31 | 38 | - | - | |
| 7. Kumar Dharmasena | run out (Chris Harris > ) | 9 | 16 | 22 | - | - | |
| 8. Suresh Perera | c Mathew Sinclair b Craig McMillan | 19 | 20 | 33 | 3 | - | |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | c Stephen Fleming b Kyle Mills | 4 | 8 | 9 | - | - | |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | c Lou Vincent b Jacob Oram | 6 | 10 | 15 | - | - | |
| 11. Dilhara Fernando | not out | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-39 (Avishka Gunawardene), 2-95 (Marvan Atapattu), 3-124 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-145 (Russel Arnold), 5-170 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 6-187 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 7-187 (Kumar Dharmasena), 8-197 (Chaminda Vaas), 9-217 (Muttiah Muralitharan), 220 (Suresh Perera). |
| Extras | 1b, 7lb, 9w, 12nb, 0pen) 29 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 48.5 ovs, 213 mins) 220 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Daryl Tuffey | 8 | 1 | 40 | 1 | (2w,4nb) |
| Kyle Mills | 10 | 1 | 41 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Jacob Oram | 9 | 0 | 41 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | (1w,4nb) |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McMillan | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Mathew Sinclair | lbw b Suresh Perera | 1 | 3 | 6 | - | - | |
| 2. Nathan Astle | b Chaminda Vaas | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| *3. Stephen Fleming | c Suresh Perera b Dilhara Fernando | 21 | 24 | 35 | 4 | - | |
| 4. Craig McMillan | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Dilhara Fernando | 20 | 26 | 52 | 3 | - | |
| 5. Lou Vincent | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 25 | 47 | 64 | 2 | - | |
| 6. Chris Harris | c Suresh Perera b Sanath Jayasuriya | 48 | 93 | 103 | 6 | - | |
| +7. Adam Parore | not out | 51 | 83 | 94 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8. Jacob Oram | run out (Muttiah Muralitharan > ) | 6 | 7 | 18 | - | - | |
| 9. Daniel Vettori | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| 10. Kyle Mills | b Kumar Dharmasena | 2 | 2 | 6 | - | - | |
| 11. Daryl Tuffey | not out | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-3 (Nathan Astle), 2-3 (Mathew Sinclair), 3-43 (Stephen Fleming), 4-61 (Craig McMillan), 5-100 (Lou Vincent), 6-157 (Chris Harris), 7-170 (Jacob Oram), 8-174 (Daniel Vettori), 9-186 (Kyle Mills). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 6w, 3nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 49 ovs, 199 mins) 204 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 7 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Suresh Perera | 3 | 1 | 18 | 1 | (4w,0nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 6 | 0 | 28 | 2 | (1w,2nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 36 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 1 | 29 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 32 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya, Avishka Gunawardene, Marvan Atapattu, Mahela Jayawardene, Russel Arnold, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Kumar Dharmasena, Suresh Perera, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dilhara Fernando
New Zealand: Mathew Sinclair, Nathan Astle, Stephen Fleming, Craig McMillan, Lou Vincent, Chris Harris, Adam Parore, Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori, Kyle Mills, Daryl Tuffey
