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Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, on 25 March 1997 - day/night (50-over match)

Result Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets (with 85 balls remaining)


New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	BA Young	b Zoysa	21	46	31	2	0	67.74
	NJ Astle	c Mahanama b Zoysa	23	34	36	3	0	63.88
	MJ Horne	b Muralitharan	13	29	14	0	0	92.85
	SP Fleming	run out	31	60	42	4	0	73.80
	CL Cairns	c Dharmasena b Jayasuriya	27	69	59	0	0	45.76
	AC Parore	c & b Jayasuriya	19	37	33	1	0	57.57
	CZ Harris	not out	38	65	37	3	1	102.70
	GR Larsen	c de Silva b Muralitharan	13	18	21	2	0	61.90
	SB Doull	c & b Jayasuriya	1	9	6	0	0	16.66
	DL Vettori	lbw b de Silva	4	7	12	0	0	33.33
	HT Davis	not out	4	17	9	0	0	44.44
	Extras	(lb 1, w 2, nb 4)	7

	Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs)	201	(4.02 runs per over)


Sri Lanka innings (target: 202 runs from 50 overs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ST Jayasuriya	c Larsen b Harris	79	96	62	8	4	127.41
	RS Kaluwitharana	c Cairns b Harris	15	40	19	3	0	78.94
	RS Mahanama	c Cairns b Larsen	4	7	7	1	0	57.14
	PA de Silva	b Astle	66	98	69	6	3	95.65
	A Ranatunga	not out	19	75	30	1	0	63.33
	HP Tillakaratne	not out	13	24	28	2	0	46.42
	Extras	(b 1, w 3, nb 2)	6

	Total	(4 wickets; 35.5 overs)	202	(5.63 runs per over)

Did not bat HDPK Dharmasena, UDU Chandana, WPUJC Vaas, DNT Zoysa, M Muralitharan

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field first
Series Sri Lanka led the 3-match series 1-0 (1 abandoned)

ODI debuts MJ Horne and DL Vettori (New Zealand); DNT Zoysa (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match ST Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)

Umpires CE King and DM Quested
Match referee PJP Burge (Australia)

Match notes