India v New Zealand @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
27 March 1988
Toss: New Zealand (field)
Umpires: Khizer Hayat, Mahboob Shah
Match Result: India won by 73 runs
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Kris Srikkanth | b Willie Watson | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | |
| 2. Navjot Sidhu | c Ken Rutherford b Willie Watson | 88 | 98 | - | 6 | 3 | |
| 3. Woorkeri Raman | c Mark Greatbatch b Sir Richard Hadlee | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | |
| 4. Mohinder Amarnath | not out | 102 | 139 | - | 6 | - | |
| 5. Kapil Dev | c Chris Kuggeleijn b Sir Richard Hadlee | 5 | 8 | - | - | - | |
| 6. Mohammad Azharuddin | run out | 29 | 22 | - | 2 | - | |
| *7. Ravi Shastri | c Ian Smith b Sir Richard Hadlee | 29 | 18 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| +8. Kiran More | not out | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | |
| 9. Chetan Sharma | |||||||
| 10. Arshad Ayub | |||||||
| 11. Narendra Hirwani |
| FOW | 1-1 (Kris Srikkanth), 2-4 (Woorkeri Raman), 3-162 (Navjot Sidhu), 4-167 (Kapil Dev), 5-212 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 6-260 (Ravi Shastri). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 4w, 1nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 267 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 10 | 0 | 54 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Willie Watson | 10 | 2 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Danny Morrison | 10 | 0 | 45 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 10 | 0 | 57 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ken Rutherford | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Kuggeleijn | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. John Wright | c Kiran More b Kapil Dev | 19 | 31 | - | 2 | - | |
| 2. Robert Vance | c Kiran More b Arshad Ayub | 42 | 95 | - | 1 | - | |
| 3. Andrew Jones | c & b Mohammad Azharuddin | 6 | 20 | - | - | - | |
| 4. Mark Greatbatch | c Kiran More b Narendra Hirwani | 45 | 67 | - | 3 | - | |
| 5. Ken Rutherford | c sub b Narendra Hirwani | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | |
| +6. Ian Smith | b Narendra Hirwani | 17 | 14 | - | - | 1 | |
| 7. Chris Kuggeleijn | st Kiran More b Narendra Hirwani | 3 | 7 | - | - | - | |
| 8. Sir Richard Hadlee | not out | 35 | 45 | - | 1 | 2 | |
| 9. Danny Morrison | st Kiran More b Arshad Ayub | 6 | 17 | - | - | - | |
| 10. Willie Watson | not out | 4 | 14 | - | - | - | |
| 11. Ewen Chatfield |
| FOW | 1-32 (John Wright), 2-46 (Andrew Jones), 3-118 (Robert Vance), 4-120 (Mark Greatbatch), 5-124 (Ken Rutherford), 6-139 (Chris Kuggeleijn), 7-144 (Ian Smith), 8-175 (Danny Morrison). |
| Extras | 1b, 6lb, 6w, 1nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 194 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 10 | 2 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chetan Sharma | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Shastri | 8 | 1 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Narendra Hirwani | 10 | 0 | 43 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arshad Ayub | 10 | 1 | 41 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Woorkeri Raman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
India: Kris Srikkanth, Navjot Sidhu, Woorkeri Raman, Mohinder Amarnath, Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ravi Shastri, Kiran More, Chetan Sharma, Arshad Ayub, Narendra Hirwani
New Zealand: John Wright, Robert Vance, Andrew Jones, Mark Greatbatch, Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith, Chris Kuggeleijn, Sir Richard Hadlee, Danny Morrison, Willie Watson, Ewen Chatfield
