New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Adelaide Oval
9 January 1988
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: LJ King, PJ McConnell
Match Result: New Zealand won by 4 wickets
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Roshan Mahanama | c Tony Blain b Martin Snedden | 51 | 84 | 112 | 5 | - | |
| +2. Brendon Kuruppu | c Sir Richard Hadlee b Danny Morrison | 23 | 22 | 26 | - | - | |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | c & b Stu Gillespie | 7 | 32 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Andrew Jones b Ewen Chatfield | 51 | 56 | 72 | 4 | - | |
| 5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Stu Gillespie b Sir Richard Hadlee | 42 | 53 | 75 | 3 | 1 | |
| *6. Ranjan Madugalle | c Martin Crowe b Stu Gillespie | 3 | 8 | 15 | - | - | |
| 7. Athula Samarasekera | b Stu Gillespie | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| 8. Ravi Ratnayeke | c Ken Rutherford b Sir Richard Hadlee | 23 | 25 | 16 | - | - | |
| 9. Graeme Labrooy | b Sir Richard Hadlee | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 10. Asoka de Silva | c Ewen Chatfield b Danny Morrison | 15 | 16 | 20 | - | - | |
| 11. Champaka Ramanayake | not out | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-35 (Brendon Kuruppu), 2-66 (Asanka Gurusinha), 3-121 (Roshan Mahanama), 4-160 (Aravinda de Silva), 5-187 (Ranjan Madugalle), 6-192 (Athula Samarasekera), 7-206 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 8-207 (Graeme Labrooy), 9-234 (Ravi Ratnayeke), 241 (Asoka de Silva). |
| Extras | 0b, 12lb, 2w, 6nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.5 ovs) 241 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Danny Morrison | 5.5 | 1 | 39 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 10 | 1 | 35 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 10 | 1 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stu Gillespie | 10 | 0 | 40 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Snedden | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dipak Patel | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Ken Rutherford | c Brendon Kuruppu b Ravi Ratnayeke | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| *2. John Wright | run out | 61 | 76 | 94 | 3 | - | |
| 3. Andrew Jones | b Champaka Ramanayake | 63 | 116 | 164 | 2 | 1 | |
| 4. Martin Crowe | c Asanka Gurusinha b Champaka Ramanayake | 39 | 42 | 37 | 4 | - | |
| 5. Dipak Patel | st Brendon Kuruppu b Aravinda de Silva | 9 | 12 | 16 | - | - | |
| 6. Sir Richard Hadlee | c Asanka Gurusinha b Ravi Ratnayeke | 25 | 33 | 49 | - | - | |
| +7. Tony Blain | not out | 25 | 22 | 31 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Martin Snedden | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| 9. Stu Gillespie | |||||||
| 10. Danny Morrison | |||||||
| 11. Ewen Chatfield |
| FOW | 1-1 (Ken Rutherford), 2-103 (John Wright), 3-164 (Martin Crowe), 4-180 (Dipak Patel), 5-204 (Andrew Jones), 6-236 (Sir Richard Hadlee). |
| Extras | 2b, 3lb, 8w, 6nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 49.5 ovs) 242 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Graeme Labrooy | 10 | 2 | 39 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 9.5 | 0 | 44 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 7 | 0 | 47 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asoka de Silva | 10 | 2 | 40 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 9 | 0 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Athula Samarasekera | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand: Ken Rutherford, John Wright, Andrew Jones, Martin Crowe, Dipak Patel, Sir Richard Hadlee, Tony Blain, Martin Snedden, Stu Gillespie, Danny Morrison, Ewen Chatfield
Sri Lanka: Roshan Mahanama, Brendon Kuruppu, Asanka Gurusinha, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Ranjan Madugalle, Athula Samarasekera, Ravi Ratnayeke, Graeme Labrooy, Asoka de Silva, Champaka Ramanayake
