| f39174 | |
| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th January 1991 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sri Lankans won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | GIJ Cowan, SJ Woodward |
| Close of play day 1 | Wellington (1) 59/1 (McSweeney 29*, Crowe 19*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sri Lankans (1) 30/1 (Mahanama 9*, EAR de Silva 0*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Wellington (2) 46/0 (Burnett 22*, Wells 16*) |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *+EB McSweeney | c Mahanama b Ramanayake | 36 | 99 | 134 | 3 | - | |
| GP Burnett | lbw b Ramanayake | 2 | 6 | 18 | - | - | |
| MD Crowe | c Wijegunawardene b EAR de Silva | 101 | 174 | 256 | 14 | - | |
| AH Jones | c Tillakaratne b Gurusinha | 17 | 36 | 54 | 3 | - | |
| RH Vance | b Ramanayake | 14 | 36 | 55 | 2 | - | |
| GR Larsen | c PA de Silva b Ramanayake | 57 | 117 | 185 | 7 | - | |
| JD Wells | b Labrooy | 5 | 47 | 55 | - | - | |
| BR Williams | c Ramanayake b Wijegunawardene | 29 | 61 | 83 | 2 | - | |
| LJ Doull | c Senanayake b Ramanayake | 2 | 12 | 26 | - | - | |
| GJ Mackenzie | lbw b Ramanayake | 2 | 13 | 13 | - | - | |
| PW O'Rourke | not out | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 13 lb, 12 nb, 1 w) | 29 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 96.5 overs) | 295 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-86, 3-126, 4-176, 5-196, 6-207, 7-277, 8-289, 9-294, 10-295 (96.5 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lankans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Labrooy | 20 | 10 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ramanayake | 24.5 | 5 | 79 | 6 | - | - | |
| Wijegunawardene | 17 | 1 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ranatunga | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gurusinha | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| EAR de Silva | 21 | 8 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jayasuriya | 5 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sri Lankans first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RS Mahanama | b O'Rourke | 22 | 49 | 71 | 3 | - | |
| CP Senanayake | b O'Rourke | 20 | 20 | 27 | 3 | - | |
| EAR de Silva | c McSweeney b O'Rourke | 10 | 41 | 67 | 1 | - | |
| AP Gurusinha | run out | 20 | 51 | 78 | 2 | - | |
| PA de Silva | c Vance b Mackenzie | 14 | 21 | 30 | 2 | 1 | |
| *A Ranatunga | c Jones b Mackenzie | 12 | 14 | 17 | 2 | - | |
| +HP Tillakaratne | c Jones b Larsen | 48 | 139 | 190 | 6 | - | |
| ST Jayasuriya | b Mackenzie | 9 | 19 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| GF Labrooy | c and b Doull | 52 | 88 | 115 | 8 | - | |
| CPH Ramanayake | not out | 19 | 38 | 51 | 3 | - | |
| KIW Wijegunawardene | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (9 lb, 5 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 79 overs) | 240 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29, 2-48, 3-61, 4-84, 5-100, 6-104, 7-116, 8-197, 9-240 | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| O'Rourke | 21 | 6 | 59 | 3 | - | - | |
| Mackenzie | 25 | 6 | 80 | 3 | - | - | |
| Doull | 10 | 2 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Larsen | 9 | 3 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Williams | 13 | 3 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wellington second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GP Burnett | not out | 22 | 46 | 71 | 4 | - | |
| JD Wells | not out | 16 | 42 | 71 | 1 | - | |
| *+EB McSweeney | did not bat | ||||||
| MD Crowe | did not bat | ||||||
| AH Jones | did not bat | ||||||
| RH Vance | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Larsen | did not bat | ||||||
| BR Williams | did not bat | ||||||
| LJ Doull | did not bat | ||||||
| GJ Mackenzie | did not bat | ||||||
| PW O'Rourke | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 3 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 71 minutes, 14 overs) | 46 | |||||
| Sri Lankans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Labrooy | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ramanayake | 7 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wijegunawardene | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |