New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Trent Bridge, Nottingham
9 June 1979
Toss: New Zealand (field)
Umpires: WL Budd, KE Palmer
Match Result: New Zealand won by 9 wickets
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Bandula Warnapura | c & b Brian McKechnie | 20 | 58 | - | 2 | - | |
| 2. Sunil Wettimuny | b Lance Cairns | 16 | 20 | - | 1 | - | |
| *3. Anura Tennekoon | b Warren Stott | 59 | 96 | - | 6 | - | |
| 4. Roy Dias | c & b Warren Stott | 25 | 46 | - | 2 | - | |
| 5. Duleep Mendis | c Glenn Turner b Gary Troup | 14 | 27 | - | 2 | - | |
| 6. Somachandra de Silva | c Mark Burgess b Warren Stott | 6 | 24 | - | - | - | |
| +7. Sunil Jayasinghe | run out | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | |
| 8. Sudath Pasqual | b Sir Richard Hadlee | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 9. Tony Opatha | b Brian McKechnie | 18 | 27 | - | 2 | - | |
| 10. Stanley de Silva | c John Wright b Brian McKechnie | 10 | 35 | - | - | - | |
| 11. Ajit de Silva | not out | 2 | 11 | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-26 (Sunil Wettimuny), 2-57 (Bandula Warnapura), 3-107 (Roy Dias), 4-137 (Duleep Mendis), 5-149 (Somachandra de Silva), 6-150 (Sunil Jayasinghe), 7-150 (Anura Tennekoon), 8-154 (Sudath Pasqual), 9-178 (Stanley de Silva), 189 (Tony Opatha). |
| Extras | 0b, 13lb, 2w, 2nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 56.5 ovs) 189 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 12 | 3 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gary Troup | 10 | 0 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Cairns | 12 | 1 | 45 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brian McKechnie | 10.5 | 2 | 25 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Warren Stott | 12 | 1 | 48 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Glenn Turner | not out | 83 | 143 | - | 4 | - | |
| 2. John Wright | c Anura Tennekoon b Ajit de Silva | 34 | 69 | - | 6 | - | |
| 3. Geoff Howarth | not out | 63 | 75 | - | 8 | 1 | |
| 4. Jeremy Coney | |||||||
| *5. Mark Burgess | |||||||
| +6. Warren Lees | |||||||
| 7. Brian McKechnie | |||||||
| 8. Lance Cairns | |||||||
| 9. Sir Richard Hadlee | |||||||
| 10. Warren Stott | |||||||
| 11. Gary Troup |
| FOW | 1-64 (John Wright). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 2w, 1nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 1 wickets, 47.4 ovs) 190 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Tony Opatha | 7 | 1 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stanley de Silva | 8 | 2 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bandula Warnapura | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Somachandra de Silva | 9 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ajit de Silva | 12 | 1 | 39 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sudath Pasqual | 4.4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand: Glenn Turner, John Wright, Geoff Howarth, Jeremy Coney, Mark Burgess, Warren Lees, Brian McKechnie, Lance Cairns, Sir Richard Hadlee, Warren Stott, Gary Troup
Sri Lanka: Bandula Warnapura, Sunil Wettimuny, Anura Tennekoon, Roy Dias, Duleep Mendis, Somachandra de Silva, Sunil Jayasinghe, Sudath Pasqual, Tony Opatha, Stanley de Silva, Ajit de Silva
