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New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ McLean Park, Napier
31 January 2001
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: BF Bowden, AL Hill
Third Umpire: DB Cowie
Match Referee: PJP Burge
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 61 runs
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Adam Parore b Chris Martin | 4 | 12 | 14 | - | - |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | c Adam Parore b Daniel Vettori | 29 | 61 | 92 | 2 | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Nathan Astle b James Franklin | 12 | 13 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | lbw b Daniel Vettori | 32 | 45 | 63 | 2 | - |
| 5. Aravinda de Silva | lbw b Daniel Vettori | 17 | 31 | 36 | 1 | - |
| 6. Russel Arnold | run out (Chris Martin > Adam Parore) | 50 | 65 | 107 | 1 | 1 |
| 7. Kumar Dharmasena | c Chris Harris b Nathan Astle | 32 | 58 | 56 | 2 | - |
| 8. Eric Upashantha | c Adam Parore b Chris Martin | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | - |
| 9. Nuwan Zoysa | not out | 11 | 12 | 17 | - | - |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | not out | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 11. Dilhara Fernando |
| FOW | 1-9 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-43 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-90 (Marvan Atapattu), 4-95 (Mahela Jayawardene), 5-116 (Aravinda de Silva), 6-177 (Kumar Dharmasena), 7-180 (Eric Upashantha), 8-212 (Russel Arnold). |
| Extras | 1b, 5lb, 16w, 2nb, 0pen) 24 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs, 207 mins) 213 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chris Martin | 10 | 1 | 56 | 2 | (2w,2nb) |
| Andrew Penn | 4 | 1 | 29 | 0 | (8w,0nb) |
| James Franklin | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 21 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McMillan | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Mathew Sinclair | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Eric Upashantha | 25 | 36 | 56 | 4 | - |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c Kumar Sangakkara b Eric Upashantha | 1 | 7 | 15 | - | - |
| *3. Stephen Fleming | lbw b Eric Upashantha | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| 4. Roger Twose | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 23 | 40 | 82 | 3 | 1 |
| 5. Craig McMillan | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Eric Upashantha | 0 | 9 | 13 | - | - |
| 6. Chris Harris | not out | 39 | 78 | 125 | 2 | - |
| +7. Adam Parore | c Dilhara Fernando b Muttiah Muralitharan | 2 | 6 | 12 | - | - |
| 8. Daniel Vettori | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 11 | 21 | 16 | 2 | - |
| 9. James Franklin | run out (Dilhara Fernando > Kumar Sangakkara) | 13 | 36 | 42 | 1 | - |
| 10. Andrew Penn | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 15 | 23 | 21 | - | - |
| 11. Chris Martin | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-16 (Nathan Astle), 2-16 (Stephen Fleming), 3-35 (Mathew Sinclair), 4-40 (Craig McMillan), 5-66 (Roger Twose), 6-72 (Adam Parore), 7-93 (Daniel Vettori), 8-122 (James Franklin), 9-147 (Andrew Penn), 152 (Chris Martin). |
| Extras | 2b, 7lb, 12w, 2nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 42.5 ovs, 194 mins) 152 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Eric Upashantha | 8 | 2 | 37 | 4 | (5w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 8 | 1 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 7.5 | 0 | 30 | 5 | (1w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Mathew Sinclair, Nathan Astle, Stephen Fleming, Roger Twose, Craig McMillan, Chris Harris, Adam Parore, Daniel Vettori, James Franklin, Andrew Penn, Chris Martin