New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ McLean Park, Napier
26 January 1991
Toss: New Zealand (field)
Umpires: GIJ Cowan, SJ Woodward
Match Result: New Zealand won by 5 wickets
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Charith Senanayake | c Ian Smith b Willie Watson | 26 | 44 | 55 | 2 | - | |
| +2. Hashan Tillakaratne | b Gavin Larsen | 26 | 75 | 105 | 2 | - | |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | run out | 28 | 47 | 68 | - | - | |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | b Gavin Larsen | 6 | 9 | 9 | - | - | |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | b Chris Pringle | 29 | 59 | 87 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Roshan Mahanama | b Chris Harris | 8 | 17 | 21 | - | - | |
| 7. Sanath Jayasuriya | run out | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| 8. Asoka de Silva | c Richard Reid b Chris Pringle | 11 | 22 | 18 | - | - | |
| 9. Graeme Labrooy | not out | 22 | 29 | 38 | 1 | - | |
| 10. Rumesh Ratnayake | not out | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| 11. Champaka Ramanayake |
| FOW | 1-41 (Charith Senanayake), 2-87 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 3-96 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-99 (Asanka Gurusinha), 5-114 (Roshan Mahanama), 6-114 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 7-131 (Asoka de Silva), 8-171 (Arjuna Ranatunga). |
| Extras | 1b, 10lb, 7w, 0nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 177 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chris Pringle | 10 | 0 | 44 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Willie Watson | 10 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Danny Morrison | 10 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gavin Larsen | 10 | 3 | 25 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 0 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Richard Reid | c Asanka Gurusinha b Rumesh Ratnayake | 19 | 31 | 53 | 2 | - | |
| 2. John Wright | c Rumesh Ratnayake b Asoka de Silva | 64 | 113 | 131 | 6 | - | |
| *3. Martin Crowe | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Champaka Ramanayake | 3 | 14 | 25 | - | - | |
| 4. Andrew Jones | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Asoka de Silva | 29 | 60 | 83 | 1 | - | |
| +5. Ian Smith | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Rumesh Ratnayake | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| 6. Mark Greatbatch | not out | 29 | 37 | 50 | 2 | - | |
| 7. Chris Harris | not out | 11 | 18 | 21 | - | - | |
| 8. Gavin Larsen | |||||||
| 9. Chris Pringle | |||||||
| 10. Danny Morrison | |||||||
| 11. Willie Watson |
| FOW | 1-46 (Richard Reid), 2-63 (Martin Crowe), 3-126 (John Wright), 4-127 (Ian Smith), 5-153 (Andrew Jones). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 16w, 3nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 42.3 ovs) 178 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Graeme Labrooy | 9 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 8.3 | 1 | 27 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asoka de Silva | 10 | 1 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asanka Gurusinha | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand: Richard Reid, John Wright, Martin Crowe, Andrew Jones, Ian Smith, Mark Greatbatch, Chris Harris, Gavin Larsen, Chris Pringle, Danny Morrison, Willie Watson
Sri Lanka: Charith Senanayake, Hashan Tillakaratne, Asanka Gurusinha, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Roshan Mahanama, Sanath Jayasuriya, Asoka de Silva, Graeme Labrooy, Rumesh Ratnayake, Champaka Ramanayake
