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| Venue | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah on 7th November 1996 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | New Zealand won by 29 runs |
| Points | New Zealand 2; Sri Lanka 0 |
| Umpires | ID Robinson, G Sharp |
| TV umpire | SK Bansal |
| Referee | MJK Smith |
| Player of the Match | CL Cairns |
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| CM Spearman | c Chandana b KSC de Silva | 39 | 52 | 59 | 3 | - | 75.00 |
| NJ Astle | c and b KSC de Silva | 0 | 7 | 16 | - | - | 0.00 |
| AC Parore | lbw b Vaas | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 0.00 |
| SP Fleming | c Tillakaratne b Vaas | 1 | 7 | 18 | - | - | 14.29 |
| CL Cairns | c Kaluwitharana b Chandana | 71 | 91 | 129 | 1 | 4 | 78.02 |
| MJ Greatbatch | c and b Muralitharan | 23 | 55 | 52 | 1 | - | 41.82 |
| CZ Harris | not out | 34 | 62 | 85 | - | - | 54.84 |
| *+LK Germon | c KSC de Silva b Vaas | 20 | 24 | 27 | - | - | 83.33 |
| DN Patel | b Vaas | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| SB Doull | not out | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 33.33 |
| DK Morrison | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb, 4 nb, 6 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 206 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Astle), 2-7 (Parore), 3-25 (Fleming), 4-48 (Spearman), 5-92 (Greatbatch), 6-165 (Cairns), 7-205 (Germon), 8-205 (Patel) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Vaas | 9 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 2 | - | 13.50 | 2.44 |
| KSC de Silva | 8 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 3 | - | 24.00 | 4.62 |
| Dharmasena | 7 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 4.43 |
| Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 37 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.70 |
| Jayasuriya | 7 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.57 |
| Chandana | 9 | 0 | 33 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 3.67 |
| Sri Lanka innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| ST Jayasuriya | c Astle b Doull | 15 | 13 | 17 | 3 | - | 115.38 |
| +RS Kaluwitharana | lbw b Doull | 16 | 27 | 43 | 2 | - | 59.26 |
| AP Gurusinha | c Doull b Patel | 27 | 63 | 84 | 2 | - | 42.86 |
| PA de Silva | c Harris b Morrison | 47 | 74 | 107 | 3 | - | 63.51 |
| *A Ranatunga | b Harris | 3 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 42.86 |
| HP Tillakaratne | c Doull b Morrison | 41 | 77 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 53.25 |
| UDU Chandana | c Cairns b Harris | 4 | 10 | 13 | - | - | 40.00 |
| HDPK Dharmasena | b Astle | 7 | 14 | 11 | - | - | 50.00 |
| WPUJC Vaas | c Harris b Cairns | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 50.00 |
| M Muralitharan | b Cairns | 3 | 8 | 17 | - | - | 37.50 |
| KSC de Silva | not out | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (7 lb, 6 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 49.1 overs) | 177 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23 (Jayasuriya), 2-40 (Kaluwitharana), 3-83 (Gurusinha), 4-88 (Ranatunga), 5-131 (PA de Silva), 6-142 (Chandana), 7-158 (Dharmasena), 8-162 (Vaas), 9-175 (Tillakaratne), 10-177 (Muralitharan) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Morrison | 9 | 0 | 28 | 2 | - | - | 27.00 | 3.11 |
| Doull | 7 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 1 | - | 21.00 | 4.14 |
| Cairns | 9.1 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 3 | - | 27.50 | 4.25 |
| Astle | 6 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | - | 36.00 | 3.33 |
| Patel | 10 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 1 | - | 60.00 | 2.60 |
| Harris | 8 | 0 | 28 | 2 | - | - | 24.00 | 3.50 |