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| Venue | P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo on 3rd November 1984 (45-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets |
| Umpires | DP Buultjens, HC Felsinger |
| Player of the Match | PA de Silva |
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| JG Wright | c SAR Silva b John | 11 | 25 | 38 | 2 | - | 44.00 |
| BA Edgar | c SAR Silva b Ratnayeke | 6 | 50 | 62 | - | - | 12.00 |
| MD Crowe | b Ranatunga | 23 | 44 | 41 | 1 | - | 52.27 |
| JF Reid | c Ratnayeke b de Mel | 21 | 46 | 61 | - | - | 45.65 |
| JJ Crowe | not out | 57 | 66 | 84 | 5 | 1 | 86.36 |
| *JV Coney | c PA de Silva b John | 24 | 24 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| BL Cairns | c PA de Silva b John | 4 | 7 | 9 | - | - | 57.14 |
| +IDS Smith | not out | 5 | 5 | 14 | - | - | 100.00 |
| MC Snedden | did not bat | ||||||
| SL Boock | did not bat | ||||||
| EJ Chatfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 14 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs) | 171 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20 (Wright), 2-36 (Edgar), 3-58 (MD Crowe), 4-84 (Reid), 5-124 (Coney), 6-133 (Cairns) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| de Mel | 9 | 3 | 29 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 3.22 |
| John | 9 | 2 | 39 | 3 | - | - | 18.00 | 4.33 |
| Ratnayeke | 9 | 0 | 40 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 4.44 |
| Ranatunga | 9 | 0 | 23 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 2.56 |
| DS de Silva | 9 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.78 |
| Sri Lanka innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| S Wettimuny | c Edgar b Cairns | 1 | 27 | 20 | - | - | 3.70 |
| +SAR Silva | c Boock b Chatfield | 21 | 34 | 50 | 4 | - | 61.76 |
| RS Madugalle | c Wright b Chatfield | 31 | 38 | 49 | 5 | - | 81.58 |
| A Ranatunga | c Reid b Coney | 9 | 15 | 23 | - | - | 60.00 |
| RL Dias | c Wright b Boock | 34 | 48 | 66 | 1 | - | 70.83 |
| *LRD Mendis | c JJ Crowe b Coney | 3 | 6 | 7 | - | - | 50.00 |
| PA de Silva | not out | 50 | 54 | 74 | 4 | - | 92.59 |
| ALF de Mel | not out | 15 | 23 | 27 | 1 | - | 65.22 |
| DS de Silva | did not bat | ||||||
| JR Ratnayeke | did not bat | ||||||
| VB John | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 5 lb, 2 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 39.4 overs) | 174 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13 (Wettimuny), 2-43 (SAR Silva), 3-62 (Madugalle), 4-75 (Ranatunga), 5-79 (Mendis), 6-144 (Dias) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Snedden | 6 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.00 |
| Cairns | 6.4 | 2 | 37 | 1 | - | - | 40.00 | 5.55 |
| Chatfield | 9 | 0 | 36 | 2 | - | - | 27.00 | 4.00 |
| Boock | 9 | 0 | 29 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 3.22 |
| Coney | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 | - | - | 12.00 | 4.00 |
| MD Crowe | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.60 |