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New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
16 January 1988
Toss: New Zealand (field)
Umpires: RC Bailhache, CD Timmins
Match Result: New Zealand won by 4 wickets
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Roshan Mahanama | c Tony Blain b Ewen Chatfield | 12 | 55 | 63 | - | - |
| 2. Brendon Kuruppu | c Dipak Patel b Danny Morrison | 47 | 71 | 116 | 5 | - |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | run out | 0 | 10 | 10 | - | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | run out | 25 | 25 | 29 | 4 | - |
| 5. Arjuna Ranatunga | run out | 25 | 27 | 49 | 2 | - |
| *6. Ranjan Madugalle | c Tony Blain b Danny Morrison | 5 | 10 | 9 | - | - |
| 7. Athula Samarasekera | c Martin Snedden b Ewen Chatfield | 8 | 18 | 23 | - | - |
| 8. Ravi Ratnayeke | not out | 15 | 18 | 25 | 2 | - |
| +9. Guy de Alwis | c Ken Rutherford b Ewen Chatfield | 2 | 4 | 6 | - | - |
| 10. Graeme Labrooy | not out | 2 | 11 | 14 | - | - |
| 11. Champaka Ramanayake |
| FOW | 1-52 (Roshan Mahanama), 2-54 (Asanka Gurusinha), 3-97 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-103 (Brendon Kuruppu), 5-111 (Ranjan Madugalle), 6-139 (Athula Samarasekera), 7-142 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 8-145 (Guy de Alwis). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 12w, 2nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 39 ovs) 164 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 9 | 1 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Danny Morrison | 6 | 0 | 39 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 9 | 2 | 27 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stu Gillespie | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Snedden | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Ken Rutherford | b Graeme Labrooy | 1 | 7 | 7 | - | - |
| *2. John Wright | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Champaka Ramanayake | 22 | 30 | 50 | 3 | - |
| 3. Andrew Jones | c Guy de Alwis b Arjuna Ranatunga | 29 | 61 | 76 | 2 | - |
| 4. Martin Crowe | run out | 43 | 60 | 94 | 4 | - |
| 5. Dipak Patel | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Champaka Ramanayake | 1 | 9 | 12 | - | - |
| +6. Tony Blain | b Arjuna Ranatunga | 17 | 20 | 31 | 2 | - |
| 7. Sir Richard Hadlee | not out | 21 | 30 | 36 | 2 | - |
| 8. Martin Snedden | not out | 15 | 19 | 20 | 2 | - |
| 9. Stu Gillespie | ||||||
| 10. Ewen Chatfield | ||||||
| 11. Danny Morrison |
| FOW | 1-1 (Ken Rutherford), 2-43 (John Wright), 3-78 (Andrew Jones), 4-90 (Dipak Patel), 5-122 (Tony Blain), 6-139 (Martin Crowe). |
| Extras | 2b, 5lb, 10w, 1nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 37.1 ovs) 167 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 7.1 | 0 | 40 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graeme Labrooy | 8 | 1 | 32 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 8 | 2 | 28 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Athula Samarasekera | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 8 | 0 | 35 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Ken Rutherford, John Wright, Andrew Jones, Martin Crowe, Dipak Patel, Tony Blain, Sir Richard Hadlee, Martin Snedden, Stu Gillespie, Ewen Chatfield, Danny Morrison