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New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Jade Stadium, Christchurch
3 January 2006
Toss: New Zealand (field)
Umpires: GA Baxter, DB Hair
Third Umpire: AL Hill
Match Referee: AG Hurst
Super Sub 1st Innings: Sri Lanka full substitute: J Mubarak (DA Gunawardene, New Zealand innings, 0.0 ov).
Super Sub 2nd Innings: New Zealand full substitute: NJ Astle (KD Mills, New Zealand innings, 8.4 ov).
Match Result: New Zealand won by 5 wickets
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Upul Tharanga | c Peter Fulton b Jacob Oram | 103 | 125 | 155 | 14 | - |
| 2. Avishka Gunawardene | c Hamish Marshall b Shane Bond | 3 | 17 | 22 | - | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | run out (Shane Bond > ) | 36 | 57 | 89 | 4 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Brendon McCullum b Kyle Mills | 6 | 14 | 20 | 1 | - |
| *5. Marvan Atapattu | run out (sub > ) | 52 | 46 | 77 | 5 | - |
| 6. Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Jacob Oram b Chris Cairns | 10 | 15 | 16 | - | - |
| 7. Farveez Maharoof | b Kyle Mills | 7 | 12 | 16 | - | - |
| 8. Russel Arnold | not out | 21 | 16 | 22 | 3 | - |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | not out | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 11. Dilhara Fernando | ||||||
| %12. Jehan Mubarak |
| FOW | 1-24 (Avishka Gunawardene), 2-133 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-150 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-169 (Upul Tharanga), 5-198 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 6-217 (Farveez Maharoof), 7-254 (Marvan Atapattu). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 10w, 3nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs) 255 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kyle Mills | 10 | 1 | 44 | 2 | (1w,1nb) |
| Shane Bond | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1 | (3w,1nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 8 | 0 | 50 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Jacob Oram | 10 | 0 | 51 | 1 | (2w,1nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 9 | 0 | 51 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Scott Styris | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Lou Vincent | c Kumar Sangakkara b Farveez Maharoof | 46 | 44 | 55 | 7 | 1 |
| 2. Jamie How | c Jehan Mubarak b Chaminda Vaas | 12 | 23 | 37 | 2 | - |
| %3. Nathan Astle | not out | 90 | 125 | 171 | 7 | 1 |
| 4. Peter Fulton | c Mahela Jayawardene b Tillakaratne Dilshan | 32 | 53 | 67 | - | - |
| 5. Hamish Marshall | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 12 | 11 | 20 | 2 | - |
| 6. Scott Styris | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Farveez Maharoof | 28 | 31 | 41 | - | 1 |
| 7. Chris Cairns | not out | 10 | 9 | 22 | - | 1 |
| +8. Brendon McCullum | ||||||
| *9. Daniel Vettori | ||||||
| 10. Jacob Oram | ||||||
| 11. Shane Bond | ||||||
| 12. Kyle Mills |
| FOW | 1-59 (Jamie How), 2-71 (Lou Vincent), 3-143 (Peter Fulton), 4-170 (Hamish Marshall), 5-219 (Scott Styris). |
| Extras | 1b, 14lb, 3w, 8nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 48 ovs) 256 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 1 | 43 | 1 | (2w,4nb) |
| Farveez Maharoof | 6 | 0 | 41 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 9 | 0 | 61 | 0 | (0w,3nb) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 10 | 0 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 40 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Shane Bond, Jacob Oram, Brendon McCullum, Chris Cairns, Scott Styris, Hamish Marshall, Peter Fulton, Nathan Astle, Jamie How, Lou Vincent, Daniel Vettori, Kyle Mills