India v New Zealand @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
2 August 2001
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: LV Jayasundara, TH Wijewardene
Third Umpire: DN Pathirana
Match Referee: CW Smith
Match Result: India won by 7 wickets
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Mathew Sinclair | c Hemang Badani b Zaheer Khan | 3 | 21 | 39 | - | - | |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c Virender Sehwag b Ashish Nehra | 108 | 143 | 198 | 9 | - | |
| *3. Stephen Fleming | st Sameer Dighe b Yuvraj Singh | 66 | 91 | 114 | 7 | - | |
| 4. Craig McMillan | c Reetinder Sodhi b Yuvraj Singh | 4 | 4 | 10 | - | - | |
| 5. Lou Vincent | b Ashish Nehra | 45 | 37 | 44 | 3 | 2 | |
| 6. Dion Nash | c Ashish Nehra b Zaheer Khan | 0 | 1 | 6 | - | - | |
| 7. Chris Harris | not out | 1 | 2 | 9 | - | - | |
| +8. Adam Parore | lbw b Ashish Nehra | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 9. Daniel Vettori | not out | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| 10. Kyle Mills | |||||||
| 11. Daryl Tuffey |
| FOW | 1-28 (Mathew Sinclair), 2-166 (Stephen Fleming), 3-182 (Craig McMillan), 4-247 (Nathan Astle), 5-259 (Dion Nash), 6-262 (Lou Vincent), 7-262 (Adam Parore). |
| Extras | 0b, 16lb, 18w, 1nb, 0pen) 35 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs, 215 mins) 264 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Zaheer Khan | 9 | 0 | 59 | 2 | (3w,0nb) |
| Ashish Nehra | 9 | 1 | 30 | 3 | (4w,1nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 1 | 46 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Virender Sehwag | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | (3w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Reetinder Sodhi | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Yuvraj Singh | 9 | 0 | 37 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Sourav Ganguly | c Stephen Fleming b Chris Harris | 64 | 103 | 134 | 7 | - | |
| 2. Virender Sehwag | b Craig McMillan | 100 | 70 | 97 | 19 | 1 | |
| 3. VVS Laxman | b Craig McMillan | 0 | 9 | 11 | - | - | |
| 4. Rahul Dravid | not out | 57 | 56 | 76 | 6 | - | |
| 5. Hemang Badani | not out | 35 | 38 | 51 | 3 | 2 | |
| 6. Yuvraj Singh | |||||||
| 7. Reetinder Sodhi | |||||||
| +8. Sameer Dighe | |||||||
| 9. Harbhajan Singh | |||||||
| 10. Zaheer Khan | |||||||
| 11. Ashish Nehra |
| FOW | 1-143 (Virender Sehwag), 2-146 (VVS Laxman), 3-179 (Sourav Ganguly). |
| Extras | 4b, 1lb, 4w, 2nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 45.4 ovs, 186 mins) 267 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Daryl Tuffey | 6 | 1 | 37 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Kyle Mills | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dion Nash | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 56 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Chris Harris | 8 | 0 | 39 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McMillan | 8.4 | 1 | 49 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
India: Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid, Hemang Badani, Yuvraj Singh, Reetinder Sodhi, Sameer Dighe, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra
New Zealand: Mathew Sinclair, Nathan Astle, Stephen Fleming, Craig McMillan, Lou Vincent, Dion Nash, Chris Harris, Adam Parore, Daniel Vettori, Kyle Mills, Daryl Tuffey
