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New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
9 April 2002
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: RB Tiffin, S Venkataraghavan
Third Umpire: DR Shepherd
Match Referee: GR Viswanath
Match Result: New Zealand won by 11 runs
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Chris Nevin | c sub b Muttiah Muralitharan | 45 | 58 | 95 | 5 | - |
| 2. Nathan Astle | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Nuwan Zoysa | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| 3. Craig McMillan | c Chaminda Vaas b Nuwan Zoysa | 6 | 7 | 21 | 1 | - |
| *4. Stephen Fleming | c Russel Arnold b Muttiah Muralitharan | 34 | 46 | 48 | 4 | - |
| 5. Scott Styris | c Chaminda Vaas b Muttiah Muralitharan | 2 | 8 | 6 | - | - |
| 6. Chris Harris | c Russel Arnold b Muttiah Muralitharan | 33 | 65 | 69 | 1 | - |
| 7. Mathew Sinclair | c Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 28 | 54 | 49 | - | - |
| 8. Jacob Oram | not out | 46 | 33 | 50 | 5 | 2 |
| 9. James Franklin | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Charitha Buddhika | 9 | 19 | 25 | 1 | - |
| 10. Daryl Tuffey | not out | 1 | 8 | 20 | - | - |
| 11. Ian Butler |
| FOW | 1-6 (Nathan Astle), 2-31 (Craig McMillan), 3-86 (Stephen Fleming), 4-92 (Scott Styris), 5-99 (Chris Nevin), 6-155 (Mathew Sinclair), 7-159 (Chris Harris), 8-197 (James Franklin). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 4w, 2nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 218 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 6 | 0 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 7 | 0 | 37 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 7 | 0 | 40 | 0 | (3w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 3 | 9 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 10 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 7 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Charitha Buddhika | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Stephen Fleming b Daryl Tuffey | 1 | 9 | 8 | - | - |
| 2. Kumar Sangakkara | c Daryl Tuffey b Ian Butler | 23 | 41 | 59 | 4 | - |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | c Ian Butler b Chris Harris | 61 | 102 | 140 | 7 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Daryl Tuffey b Scott Styris | 38 | 51 | 74 | 4 | - |
| 5. Russel Arnold | c Chris Nevin b Nathan Astle | 26 | 44 | 56 | 2 | - |
| +6. Romesh Kaluwitharana | lbw b Nathan Astle | 10 | 18 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 7. Upul Chandana | c Daryl Tuffey b Scott Styris | 7 | 11 | 12 | 1 | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | c Craig McMillan b Scott Styris | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 9. Nuwan Zoysa | not out | 19 | 13 | 21 | 2 | - |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | c James Franklin b Jacob Oram | 8 | 5 | 14 | 1 | - |
| 11. Charitha Buddhika | run out (Jacob Oram > ) | 2 | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-7 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-56 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-125 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-134 (Marvan Atapattu), 5-159 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 6-173 (Upul Chandana), 7-174 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-181 (Russel Arnold), 9-199 (Muttiah Muralitharan), 207 (Charitha Buddhika). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 3w, 4nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.1 ovs) 207 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Daryl Tuffey | 8 | 3 | 28 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| James Franklin | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Jacob Oram | 7.1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Butler | 7 | 0 | 32 | 1 | (0w,3nb) |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Scott Styris | 10 | 0 | 42 | 3 | (1w,1nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 3 | 0 | 16 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Chris Nevin, Nathan Astle, Craig McMillan, Stephen Fleming, Scott Styris, Chris Harris, Mathew Sinclair, Jacob Oram, James Franklin, Daryl Tuffey, Ian Butler