Played at Carisbrook, Dunedin, on 7,8,9,10 March 1997 (5-day match)

Result New Zealand won by an innings and 36 runs

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field first
Series New Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0

Test debut DNT Zoysa (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match BA Young (New Zealand)

Umpires CE King and ID Robinson (Zimbabwe)
TV umpire RS Dunne
Match referee PJP Burge (Australia)

Close of play
7 Mar day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 343/4 (BA Young 154*, DL Vettori 1*)
8 Mar day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 78/4 (A Ranatunga 13*, HP Tillakaratne 7*)
9 Mar day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 37/0 (ST Jayasuriya 20*, RS Mahanama 15*)
10 Mar day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 328 (86.3 ov) - end of match

• Day 1:
• Lunch: NZ 92/1 (Young 41*, Horne 17*)
• Tea: NZ 203/2 (Young 94*, Fleming 3*)

• BA Young 50 off 105 balls, 6x4. 11th Test 50.
• MJ Horne 50 off 80 balls, 9x4, 1x6. Maiden Test 50 in his 2nd Test.
• BA Young and MJ Horne set a new record 2nd wicket partnership for New Zealand v Sri Lanka of 141 (previous best: 76 by JG Wright and AH Jones at Auckland in 1990/91).
• BA Young 100 off 203 balls, 273 mins, 16x4. 2nd Test 100.
• SP Fleming 50 off 54 balls, 8x4, 12th Test 50.
• Play ended 3.2 overs early due to rain but came back 23 mins after the scheduled close of play to complete them.
• BA Young 150 off 253 balls, 23x4. Test 150. First time a New Zealand batsman has scored 150 since AH Jones v Sri Lanka at Wellington in 1990/91.

• Day 2
• Lunch: NZ 433/5 (Young 187*, Cairns 50*)
• Tea: NZ 586/7 dec. (Young 267*, Patel 30*)

• CL Cairns 50 off 96 balls, 119 mins, 6x4, 1x6. 9th Test 50 and 3rd in consecutive innings.
• BA Young dropped by RS Mahanama at 2nd slip off the bowling of DNT Zoysa with his score on 155 and New Zealand at 349/5.
• BA Young 200 off 355 balls, 519 mins, 29x4. 7th ever double century by a New Zealander in Tests and 6th New Zealand player to achieve it.
• RS Mahanama 4 catches in New Zealand's 1st innings equals the Sri Lankan Test record already held by himself and HP Tillakaratne.
• 9th occasion New Zealand scores over 500 (previous occasion: 671/4 dec. v Sri Lanka at Wellington in 1990-91).
• BA Young 250 off 406 balls, 595 mins, 36x4. 3rd ever New Zealander to achieve this score.
• DN Patel dropped by ST Jayasuriya at gully off the bowling of DNT Zoysa with his score on 22 and New Zealand at 565/7.

• BA Young 267* (off 421 balls, 605 mins, 37x4) is the 2nd highest ever individual score by a New Zealander in Tests (highest: MD Crowe 299 v Sri Lanka at Wellington in 1990-91) and also 2nd highest ever by any player against Sri Lanka (highest: same as above). It is the 28th highest individual innings in Test history and largest score since BC Lara's 375 for West Indies v England at St Johns in 1993-94. It is the highest ever score by a New Zealand opener (previous best: GM Turner 259 v West Indies at Georgetown in 1971-72). It is the highest score by any player made at Carisbrook, Dunedin (previous best: 201 by Mushtaq Mohammad for Pakistan in 1971-72, previous New Zealand best: 143 by GT Dowling v India in 1967-69). Also it is the 2nd best aggregate runs scored in a match by a New Zealander (best: MD Crowe 329 [30 & 299] v Sri Lanka at Wellington in 1990-91).

• New Zealand's 586/7 dec. is their 2nd highest ever total in Tests (highest: 671/4 dec. v Sri Lanka at Wellington in 1990-91). It is also the 2nd ever highest total against Sri Lanka (highest: same as above). It is the highest ever total by any side at Carisbrook, Dunedin (previous best: Pakistan 507/6 dec. in 1972-93; previous New Zealand best: 350 v India in 1967-68).

• Day 3:
• Lunch: SL 150/7 (Tillakaratne 30*, Wickramasinghe 2*)
• Tea: SL 222 (Tillakaratne 55*)

• HP Tillakaratne 50 off 142 balls, 208 mins, 8x4.
• New 8th wicket partnership record for Sri Lanka v New Zealand set by HP Tillekeratne and GP Wickremasinghe of 73 (previous best: 69 by HP Tillekeratne and SD Anurasiri at SSCG, Colombo in 1992-93).
• GP Wickramasinghe 43 is his highest score in Tests (previous best: 28 v Australia at Perth, 1995-96).
• SB Doull's 5-58 is his 5th 5-wicket bag and 3rd this season. It is the 3rd best innings haul by a New Zealander against Sri Lanka.
• New Zealand captain SP Fleming enforced Sri Lanka to follow-on It is only the 8th time in 251 Tests played by New Zealand that they have had the opportunity to enforce the follow-on (7th occasion that they did so). 364 runs represents the 2nd largest 1st innings lead by New Zealand in Tests (highest: 374 v Australia at Brisbane in 1985-86).
• Tea taken early at the conclusion of the Sri Lankan 1st innings thus extending the final session by 30 minutes.
• Rain ended play for the day after 9.4 overs of the 39 minimum to be bowled.

• Day 4:
• Lunch: SL 102/4 (Ranatunga 4*, Tillakaratne 1*)
• Tea: SL 221/6 (Kaluwitharana 71*, Vaas 28*)
• RS Kaluwitharana dropped by SB Doull (caught and bowled) with his score on 2 and Sri Lanka at 120/5.
• RS Kaluwitharana 50 off 46 balls, 68 mins, 8x4, 1x6. 4th Test 50.
• RS Kaluwitharana 100 off 98 balls, 130 mins, 15x4, 2x6. 2nd Test 100.
• WPUJC Vaas 50 off 94 balls, 128 mins, 6x4, 1x6.
• Record 7th wicket partnership for Sri Lanka v New Zealand set by RS Kaluwitharana and WPUCJ Vaas of 138 (previous best: 89 by CI Dunusinghe and WPUCJ Vaas at Napier in 1994-95).
• M Muralitharan 26 is his highest Test score (previous best: 20* v Pakistan at PSS, Colombo in 1994-95).

• BA Young was on the field for every ball of the match.
• New Zealand's 1st win at home since 1993-94 v Pakistan at Christchurch (NZ won by 5 wickets, BA Young also scoring 120).
• New Zealand's 35th Test win and 5th against Sri Lanka in 14 Tests between the 2 countries (NZ's best record against any country on winning percentage of Tests played). It is the 7th innings victory in Tests by New Zealand and 3rd against Sri Lanka.