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Sri Lanka v New Zealand @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
31 July 2001
Toss: New Zealand (field)
Umpires: DN Pathirana, TH Wijewardene
Third Umpire: EAR de Silva
Match Referee: CW Smith
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 106 runs
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Daryl Tuffey b Kyle Mills | 20 | 22 | 24 | 4 | - |
| 2. Avishka Gunawardene | c Mathew Sinclair b Chris Harris | 38 | 51 | 86 | 3 | - |
| +3. Romesh Kaluwitharana | run out (Jacob Oram > Chris Harris) | 25 | 36 | 42 | 2 | - |
| 4. Marvan Atapattu | st Adam Parore b Daniel Vettori | 34 | 39 | 46 | 1 | 1 |
| 5. Mahela Jayawardene | c Dion Nash b Craig McMillan | 58 | 46 | 53 | 4 | 2 |
| 6. Russel Arnold | not out | 22 | 18 | 30 | 2 | - |
| 7. Suresh Perera | b Craig McMillan | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | not out | 4 | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| 9. Kumar Dharmasena | ||||||
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 11. Dilhara Fernando |
| FOW | 1-32 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-89 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 3-109 (Avishka Gunawardene), 4-165 (Marvan Atapattu), 5-208 (Mahela Jayawardene), 6-211 (Suresh Perera). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 7w, 2nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 36 ovs, 150 mins) 221 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Daryl Tuffey | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Kyle Mills | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dion Nash | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Jacob Oram | 6 | 0 | 41 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Chris Harris | 7 | 0 | 39 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 8 | 1 | 38 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Craig McMillan | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Mathew Sinclair | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 1 | 10 | 9 | - | - |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c Avishka Gunawardene b Dilhara Fernando | 4 | 21 | 43 | - | - |
| 3. Jacob Oram | c Russel Arnold b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| *4. Stephen Fleming | c Avishka Gunawardene b Chaminda Vaas | 6 | 15 | 19 | 1 | - |
| 5. Craig McMillan | run out (Mahela Jayawardene > ) | 0 | 1 | 8 | - | - |
| 6. Dion Nash | run out (Marvan Atapattu > ) | 23 | 43 | 54 | 1 | - |
| 7. Chris Harris | lbw b Dilhara Fernando | 18 | 65 | 87 | - | - |
| +8. Adam Parore | c & b Kumar Dharmasena | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Daniel Vettori | lbw b Kumar Dharmasena | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Kyle Mills | not out | 18 | 43 | 49 | 1 | - |
| 11. Daryl Tuffey | not out | 20 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| FOW | 1-3 (Mathew Sinclair), 2-3 (Jacob Oram), 3-16 (Stephen Fleming), 4-18 (Craig McMillan), 5-18 (Nathan Astle), 6-57 (Dion Nash), 7-57 (Adam Parore), 8-57 (Daniel Vettori), 9-83 (Chris Harris). |
| Extras | 6b, 5lb, 13w, 1nb, 0pen) 25 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 36 ovs, 152 mins) 115 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 7 | 1 | 20 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 7 | 2 | 19 | 2 | (5w,0nb) |
| Suresh Perera | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (4w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 8 | 1 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 7 | 1 | 16 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Sanath Jayasuriya, Avishka Gunawardene, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Marvan Atapattu, Mahela Jayawardene, Russel Arnold, Suresh Perera, Chaminda Vaas, Kumar Dharmasena, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dilhara Fernando