New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Sydney Cricket Ground
5 January 1988
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: AR Crafter, RA French
Match Result: New Zealand won by 6 wickets
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Roshan Mahanama | b Danny Morrison | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| 2. Asanka Gurusinha | run out | 23 | 50 | 70 | 1 | - | |
| 3. Aravinda de Silva | c Tony Blain b Ewen Chatfield | 5 | 35 | 37 | - | - | |
| 4. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Tony Blain b Martin Snedden | 35 | 51 | 67 | 5 | - | |
| *5. Ranjan Madugalle | c Martin Crowe b Danny Morrison | 13 | 39 | 50 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | lbw b Martin Snedden | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| +7. Guy de Alwis | c Dipak Patel b John Bracewell | 32 | 37 | 52 | 4 | - | |
| 8. Ravi Ratnayeke | c John Wright b Ewen Chatfield | 41 | 41 | 61 | 2 | 1 | |
| 9. Graeme Labrooy | c Dipak Patel b Ewen Chatfield | 3 | 5 | 10 | - | - | |
| 10. Asoka de Silva | b Ewen Chatfield | 6 | 13 | 23 | - | - | |
| 11. Champaka Ramanayake | not out | 11 | 14 | 13 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Roshan Mahanama), 2-14 (Aravinda de Silva), 3-40 (Asanka Gurusinha), 4-76 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-76 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 6-82 (Ranjan Madugalle), 7-134 (Guy de Alwis), 8-147 (Graeme Labrooy), 9-159 (Ravi Ratnayeke), 174 (Asoka de Silva). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 2w, 0nb, 0pen) 5 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 48.2 ovs) 174 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Danny Morrison | 10 | 2 | 43 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 9 | 4 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 9.2 | 1 | 32 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Bracewell | 10 | 0 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Snedden | 10 | 1 | 43 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. John Wright | c Roshan Mahanama b Champaka Ramanayake | 41 | 75 | 99 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2. Andrew Jones | c & b Champaka Ramanayake | 34 | 82 | 82 | 2 | - | |
| 3. Martin Crowe | c Aravinda de Silva b Graeme Labrooy | 52 | 68 | 74 | 5 | - | |
| 4. Dipak Patel | c Guy de Alwis b Ravi Ratnayeke | 29 | 55 | 71 | 1 | - | |
| +5. Tony Blain | not out | 5 | 10 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| *6. Jeff Crowe | not out | 6 | 7 | 11 | - | - | |
| 7. Sir Richard Hadlee | |||||||
| 8. John Bracewell | |||||||
| 9. Martin Snedden | |||||||
| 10. Danny Morrison | |||||||
| 11. Ewen Chatfield |
| FOW | 1-80 (Andrew Jones), 2-82 (John Wright), 3-167 (Martin Crowe), 4-167 (Dipak Patel). |
| Extras | 1b, 6lb, 4w, 0nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 48.4 ovs) 178 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 9.4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graeme Labrooy | 10 | 1 | 37 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 10 | 2 | 28 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asoka de Silva | 10 | 1 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand: John Wright, Andrew Jones, Martin Crowe, Dipak Patel, Tony Blain, Jeff Crowe, Sir Richard Hadlee, John Bracewell, Martin Snedden, Danny Morrison, Ewen Chatfield
Sri Lanka: Roshan Mahanama, Asanka Gurusinha, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Ranjan Madugalle, Hashan Tillakaratne, Guy de Alwis, Ravi Ratnayeke, Graeme Labrooy, Asoka de Silva, Champaka Ramanayake
