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New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Basin Reserve, Wellington
11, 12, 13, 14 April 2005 (five-day match)
Toss: New Zealand (field)
Umpires: SA Bucknor, DB Hair
Third Umpire: AL Hill
Match Referee: MJ Procter
Match Result: New Zealand won by an innings and 38 runs
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Marvan Atapattu | c Lou Vincent b Chris Martin | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| 2. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Nathan Astle b Chris Martin | 22 | 22 | 43 | 3 | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c James Marshall b Chris Martin | 16 | 23 | 26 | 3 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | lbw b Chris Martin | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| 5. Thilan Samaraweera | lbw b Nathan Astle | 73 | 163 | 250 | 8 | - |
| 6. Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Brendon McCullum b Chris Martin | 9 | 33 | 50 | 2 | - |
| 7. Shantha Kalavitigoda | c Lou Vincent b Chris Martin | 7 | 36 | 45 | 1 | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | b James Franklin | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | - |
| 9. Upul Chandana | lbw b Nathan Astle | 41 | 82 | 97 | 6 | - |
| 10. Farveez Maharoof | c sub b Nathan Astle | 12 | 25 | 27 | 2 | - |
| 11. Lasith Malinga | not out | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-34 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-36 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-41 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 5-60 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 6-80 (Shantha Kalavitigoda), 7-86 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-175 (Upul Chandana), 9-200 (Farveez Maharoof), 211 (Thilan Samaraweera). |
| Extras | 4b, 5lb, 1w, 11nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 65.1 ovs) 211 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chris Martin | 20 | 7 | 54 | 6 | (0w,1nb) |
| James Franklin | 11 | 1 | 51 | 1 | (1w,9nb) |
| Kyle Mills | 20 | 6 | 50 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 12.1 | 2 | 35 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Wiseman | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Craig Cumming | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 47 | 157 | 217 | 5 | - |
| 2. James Marshall | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 28 | 45 | 60 | 4 | - |
| 3. Hamish Marshall | c Mahela Jayawardene b Chaminda Vaas | 6 | 6 | 25 | - | - |
| 4. Lou Vincent | run out (Sanath Jayasuriya > > ) | 224 | 348 | 534 | 25 | 4 |
| 5. Nathan Astle | c Shantha Kalavitigoda b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| *6. Stephen Fleming | c Shantha Kalavitigoda b Chaminda Vaas | 88 | 176 | 211 | 11 | 1 |
| +7. Brendon McCullum | c & b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 8. James Franklin | lbw b Lasith Malinga | 15 | 45 | 53 | 2 | - |
| 9. Kyle Mills | c Mahela Jayawardene b Lasith Malinga | 31 | 60 | 90 | 5 | 1 |
| 10. Paul Wiseman | not out | 32 | 40 | 60 | 4 | - |
| 11. Chris Martin | not out | 4 | 9 | 20 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-61 (James Marshall), 2-70 (Hamish Marshall), 3-153 (Craig Cumming), 4-153 (Nathan Astle), 5-294 (Stephen Fleming), 6-294 (Brendon McCullum), 7-342 (James Franklin), 8-440 (Kyle Mills), 9-499 (Lou Vincent). |
| Extras | 11b, 23lb, 1w, 12nb, 0pen) 47 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 146 ovs) 522 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 40 | 12 | 108 | 6 | (0w,9nb) |
| Lasith Malinga | 34 | 2 | 124 | 2 | (1w,2nb) |
| Farveez Maharoof | 28 | 10 | 96 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 6 | 2 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 28 | 4 | 97 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 9 | 2 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Lou Vincent b Chris Martin | 2 | 9 | 10 | - | - |
| *2. Marvan Atapattu | c Stephen Fleming b James Franklin | 16 | 56 | 88 | 1 | - |
| 3. Farveez Maharoof | c Nathan Astle b Kyle Mills | 36 | 115 | 153 | 3 | - |
| +4. Kumar Sangakkara | b James Franklin | 45 | 114 | 147 | 7 | - |
| 5. Mahela Jayawardene | c Brendon McCullum b James Franklin | 13 | 30 | 37 | 1 | - |
| 6. Thilan Samaraweera | c Stephen Fleming b Nathan Astle | 17 | 38 | 57 | 1 | - |
| 7. Tillakaratne Dilshan | b Nathan Astle | 73 | 99 | 121 | 10 | 1 |
| 8. Shantha Kalavitigoda | c Brendon McCullum b Kyle Mills | 1 | 18 | 24 | - | - |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | b James Franklin | 38 | 72 | 94 | 4 | 1 |
| 10. Upul Chandana | b Nathan Astle | 8 | 13 | 16 | 2 | - |
| 11. Lasith Malinga | not out | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-6 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-47 (Marvan Atapattu), 3-95 (Farveez Maharoof), 4-117 (Mahela Jayawardene), 5-137 (Kumar Sangakkara), 6-164 (Thilan Samaraweera), 7-177 (Shantha Kalavitigoda), 8-255 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 9-267 (Upul Chandana), 273 (Chaminda Vaas). |
| Extras | 4b, 10lb, 2w, 8nb, 0pen) 24 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 92.5 ovs) 273 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chris Martin | 18 | 4 | 50 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Kyle Mills | 11 | 4 | 34 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Lou Vincent | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 13 | 4 | 27 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Wiseman | 26 | 7 | 75 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| James Franklin | 23.5 | 4 | 71 | 4 | (0w,5nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Chris Martin, Paul Wiseman, Kyle Mills, James Franklin, Brendon McCullum, Stephen Fleming, Nathan Astle, Lou Vincent, Hamish Marshall, James Marshall, Craig Cumming