Sri Lanka v New Zealand @ Khettarama Stadium, Colombo
5 April 1986
Toss: New Zealand (field)
Umpires: HD Bird, Mahboob Shah
Match Result: New Zealand won by 6 wickets
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Brendon Kuruppu | c Ervin McSweeney b Martin Snedden | 23 | 58 | 84 | 3 | - | |
| 2. Roshan Mahanama | lbw b Martin Snedden | 12 | 53 | 75 | - | - | |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | c Jeff Crowe b Willie Watson | 14 | 47 | 86 | - | - | |
| 4. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Ervin McSweeney b Martin Snedden | 23 | 37 | 60 | 2 | - | |
| *5. Duleep Mendis | c Evan Gray b John Bracewell | 24 | 31 | 55 | - | - | |
| 6. Aravinda de Silva | c Jeff Crowe b Willie Watson | 4 | 4 | 9 | - | - | |
| 7. Keerthi Ranasinghe | c Evan Gray b Willie Watson | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 8. Ravi Ratnayeke | not out | 22 | 30 | 35 | - | - | |
| 9. Champaka Ramanayake | run out | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - | |
| 10. Don Anurasiri | run out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| 11. Kaushik Amalean |
| FOW | 1-39 (Roshan Mahanama), 2-40 (Brendon Kuruppu), 3-79 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 4-88 (Asanka Gurusinha), 5-96 (Aravinda de Silva), 6-96 (Keerthi Ranasinghe), 7-130 (Duleep Mendis), 8-136 (Champaka Ramanayake), 9-137 (Don Anurasiri). |
| Extras | 8b, 5lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 43 ovs) 137 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Gary Robertson | 8 | 2 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Willie Watson | 9 | 2 | 15 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Evan Gray | 9 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Snedden | 9 | 1 | 26 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Bracewell | 8 | 0 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. John Wright | c & b Arjuna Ranatunga | 24 | 50 | 98 | 4 | - | |
| 2. Ken Rutherford | c Roshan Mahanama b Ravi Ratnayeke | 34 | 50 | 80 | 4 | - | |
| 3. Martin Crowe | c Roshan Mahanama b Arjuna Ranatunga | 4 | 19 | 20 | - | - | |
| 4. Jeff Crowe | run out | 20 | 49 | 55 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Tony Blain | not out | 26 | 42 | 70 | 2 | - | |
| 6. John Bracewell | not out | 16 | 15 | 16 | 3 | - | |
| 7. Evan Gray | |||||||
| 8. Gary Robertson | |||||||
| +9. Ervin McSweeney | |||||||
| 10. Martin Snedden | |||||||
| 11. Willie Watson |
| FOW | 1-62 (Ken Rutherford), 2-71 (John Wright), 3-72 (Martin Crowe), 4-110 (Jeff Crowe). |
| Extras | 4b, 8lb, 3w, 1nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 36.2 ovs) 140 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kaushik Amalean | 7 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 7 | 1 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Don Anurasiri | 9 | 1 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 6 | 0 | 17 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Keerthi Ranasinghe | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 2.2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Sri Lanka: Brendon Kuruppu, Roshan Mahanama, Asanka Gurusinha, Arjuna Ranatunga, Duleep Mendis, Aravinda de Silva, Keerthi Ranasinghe, Ravi Ratnayeke, Champaka Ramanayake, Don Anurasiri, Kaushik Amalean
New Zealand: John Wright, Ken Rutherford, Martin Crowe, Jeff Crowe, Tony Blain, John Bracewell, Evan Gray, Gary Robertson, Ervin McSweeney, Martin Snedden, Willie Watson
