New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Carisbrook, Dunedin
6 February 1991
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: RS Dunne, RL McHarg
Match Result: New Zealand won by 107 runs
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Martin Crowe | lbw b Kapila Wijegunawardene | 31 | 50 | 63 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2. Richard Reid | c Kapila Wijegunawardene b Arjuna Ranatunga | 53 | 68 | 96 | 6 | - | |
| 3. Andrew Jones | c Rumesh Ratnayake b Arjuna Ranatunga | 35 | 41 | 41 | 1 | - | |
| 4. Ken Rutherford | b Champaka Ramanayake | 65 | 78 | 89 | 5 | - | |
| 5. Mark Greatbatch | c Charith Senanayake b Asanka Gurusinha | 26 | 39 | 50 | 2 | - | |
| +6. Ian Smith | not out | 42 | 21 | 31 | 5 | 1 | |
| 7. Chris Harris | c Asanka Gurusinha b Champaka Ramanayake | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Chris Pringle | not out | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| 9. Gavin Larsen | |||||||
| 10. Danny Morrison | |||||||
| 11. Willie Watson |
| FOW | 1-78 (Martin Crowe), 2-110 (Richard Reid), 3-133 (Andrew Jones), 4-203 (Mark Greatbatch), 5-243 (Ken Rutherford), 6-260 (Chris Harris). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 4w, 0nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 272 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 10 | 0 | 52 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 9 | 0 | 60 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kapila Wijegunawardene | 5 | 0 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asoka de Silva | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 10 | 0 | 39 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asanka Gurusinha | 6 | 0 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Charith Senanayake | c Martin Crowe b Willie Watson | 12 | 14 | 13 | 2 | - | |
| 2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Richard Reid b Chris Pringle | 14 | 19 | 27 | 2 | - | |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | b Willie Watson | 15 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Ken Rutherford b Willie Watson | 21 | 22 | 27 | 3 | - | |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | run out | 50 | 59 | 91 | 4 | - | |
| +6. Hashan Tillakaratne | c Martin Crowe b Chris Harris | 8 | 17 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| 7. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Ian Smith b Gavin Larsen | 1 | 8 | 5 | - | - | |
| 8. Asoka de Silva | c sub b Martin Crowe | 16 | 24 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Rumesh Ratnayake | c sub b Richard Reid | 19 | 23 | 20 | 2 | - | |
| 10. Champaka Ramanayake | b Ken Rutherford | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| 11. Kapila Wijegunawardene | not out | 0 | 3 | 6 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-15 (Charith Senanayake), 2-41 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 3-43 (Asanka Gurusinha), 4-74 (Aravinda de Silva), 5-102 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 6-105 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 7-139 (Asoka de Silva), 8-151 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 9-151 (Champaka Ramanayake), 165 (Rumesh Ratnayake). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 7w, 1nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 33.1 ovs) 165 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chris Pringle | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Willie Watson | 7 | 0 | 39 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gavin Larsen | 10 | 0 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 5 | 0 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Crowe | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ken Rutherford | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richard Reid | 1.1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand: Martin Crowe, Richard Reid, Andrew Jones, Ken Rutherford, Mark Greatbatch, Ian Smith, Chris Harris, Chris Pringle, Gavin Larsen, Danny Morrison, Willie Watson
Sri Lanka: Charith Senanayake, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Asanka Gurusinha, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Hashan Tillakaratne, Sanath Jayasuriya, Asoka de Silva, Rumesh Ratnayake, Champaka Ramanayake, Kapila Wijegunawardene