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| Venue | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah on 29th March 1988 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | New Zealand won by 99 runs |
| Points | New Zealand 2; Sri Lanka 0 |
| Umpires | Khizer Hayat, Mahboob Shah |
| Player of the Match | AH Jones |
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| *JG Wright | c Kuruppu b Ratnayeke | 0 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 | |
| RH Vance | run out | 45 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 57.69 | |
| AH Jones | run out | 85 | 98 | 4 | 2 | 86.73 | |
| KR Rutherford | st Kuruppu b EAR de Silva | 65 | 62 | 8 | - | 104.84 | |
| DN Patel | run out | 27 | 31 | 3 | - | 87.10 | |
| MJ Greatbatch | c Kaluperuma b Ratnayeke | 15 | 11 | 2 | - | 136.36 | |
| +TE Blain | run out | 6 | 9 | 1 | - | 66.67 | |
| CM Kuggeleijn | not out | 7 | 7 | 1 | - | 100.00 | |
| DK Morrison | run out | 0 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 | |
| W Watson | not out | 2 | 2 | - | - | 100.00 | |
| EJ Chatfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 2 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 258 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Wright), 2-94 (Vance), 3-197 (Jones), 4-201 (Rutherford), 5-223 (Greatbatch), 6-248 (Blain), 7-248 (Patel), 8-249 (Morrison) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Ratnayeke | 10 | 0 | 33 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.30 |
| Labrooy | 7 | 0 | 41 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.86 |
| Anurasiri | 10 | 0 | 49 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.90 |
| EAR de Silva | 10 | 0 | 42 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 4.20 |
| Ranatunga | 8 | 0 | 44 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.50 |
| PA de Silva | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.75 |
| Amalean | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | - | 14.00 |
| Sri Lanka innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| +DSBP Kuruppu | run out | 46 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 65.71 | |
| AP Gurusinha | c Vance b Watson | 27 | 49 | 2 | - | 55.10 | |
| *RS Madugalle | c Jones b Kuggeleijn | 15 | 30 | - | - | 50.00 | |
| PA de Silva | c Blain b Rutherford | 1 | 3 | - | - | 33.33 | |
| A Ranatunga | b Kuggeleijn | 6 | 12 | - | - | 50.00 | |
| JR Ratnayeke | c Blain b Patel | 25 | 46 | 1 | - | 54.35 | |
| SMS Kaluperuma | lbw b Patel | 7 | 17 | 1 | - | 41.18 | |
| EAR de Silva | c Jones b Patel | 4 | 15 | - | - | 26.67 | |
| GF Labrooy | b Morrison | 5 | 6 | 1 | - | 83.33 | |
| SD Anurasiri | not out | 5 | 11 | - | - | 45.45 | |
| KN Amalean | run out | 6 | 7 | - | - | 85.71 | |
| Extras | (3 lb, 1 nb, 8 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 42.5 overs) | 159 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-50 (Gurusinha), 2-93 (Madugalle), 3-96 (PA de Silva), 4-96 (Kuruppu), 5-111 (Ranatunga), 6-124 (Kaluperuma), 7-140 (EAR de Silva), 8-142 (Ratnayeke), 9-150 (Labrooy), 10-159 (Amalean) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Morrison | 8 | 0 | 36 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 4.50 |
| Chatfield | 8 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.00 |
| Watson | 5 | 0 | 19 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.80 |
| Kuggeleijn | 10 | 2 | 32 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.20 |
| Rutherford | 5 | 0 | 23 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.60 |
| Patel | 6.5 | 0 | 22 | 3 | - | - | 13.67 | 3.22 |