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| Venue | McLean Park, Napier on 26th January 1991 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealand won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | New Zealand won by 5 wickets |
| Umpires | GIJ Cowan, SJ Woodward |
| Player of the Match | JG Wright |
| Sri Lanka innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| CP Senanayake | c Smith b Watson | 26 | 44 | 55 | 2 | - | 59.09 |
| +HP Tillakaratne | b Larsen | 26 | 75 | 105 | 2 | - | 34.67 |
| AP Gurusinha | run out | 28 | 47 | 68 | - | - | 59.57 |
| PA de Silva | b Larsen | 6 | 9 | 9 | - | - | 66.67 |
| *A Ranatunga | b Pringle | 29 | 59 | 87 | 1 | - | 49.15 |
| RS Mahanama | b Harris | 8 | 17 | 21 | - | - | 47.06 |
| ST Jayasuriya | run out | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| EAR de Silva | c Reid b Pringle | 11 | 22 | 18 | - | - | 50.00 |
| GF Labrooy | not out | 22 | 29 | 38 | 1 | - | 75.86 |
| RJ Ratnayake | not out | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 100.00 |
| CPH Ramanayake | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 10 lb, 7 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 177 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-41 (Senanayake), 2-87 (Tillakaratne), 3-96 (PA de Silva), 4-99 (Gurusinha), 5-114 (Mahanama), 6-114 (Jayasuriya), 7-131 (EAR de Silva), 8-171 (Ranatunga) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Pringle | 10 | 0 | 44 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.40 |
| Watson | 10 | 0 | 31 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.10 |
| Morrison | 10 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.00 |
| Larsen | 10 | 3 | 25 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.50 |
| Harris | 10 | 0 | 36 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.60 |
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| RB Reid | c Gurusinha b Ratnayake | 19 | 31 | 53 | 2 | - | 61.29 |
| JG Wright | c Ratnayake b EAR de Silva | 64 | 113 | 131 | 6 | - | 56.64 |
| *MD Crowe | c Tillakaratne b Ramanayake | 3 | 14 | 25 | - | - | 21.43 |
| AH Jones | c Tillakaratne b EAR de Silva | 29 | 60 | 83 | 1 | - | 48.33 |
| +IDS Smith | c Tillakaratne b Ratnayake | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| MJ Greatbatch | not out | 29 | 37 | 50 | 2 | - | 78.38 |
| CZ Harris | not out | 11 | 18 | 21 | - | - | 61.11 |
| GR Larsen | did not bat | ||||||
| C Pringle | did not bat | ||||||
| DK Morrison | did not bat | ||||||
| W Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 3 nb, 16 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 42.3 overs) | 178 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-46 (Reid), 2-63 (Crowe), 3-126 (Wright), 4-127 (Smith), 5-153 (Jones) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Labrooy | 9 | 0 | 38 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.22 |
| Ramanayake | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.80 |
| Ratnayake | 8.3 | 1 | 27 | 2 | - | - | 25.50 | 3.18 |
| EAR de Silva | 10 | 1 | 36 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.60 |
| Ranatunga | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.25 |
| Gurusinha | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | - | 14.00 |