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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th February 1991 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sri Lankans won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | BL Aldridge, DM Quested |
| Close of play day 1 | Canterbury (1) 237/5 (Murray 29*, Priest 28*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sri Lankans (1) 153/2 (Gurusinha 69*, Jayasuriya 16*) |
| Close of play day 3 | No play |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BR Hartland | lbw b de Silva | 57 | 98 | 138 | 7 | - | |
| DJ Boyle | c Hathurusingha b Wijegunawardene | 36 | 119 | 163 | 1 | - | |
| JG Boyle | lbw b Wijegunawardene | 47 | 86 | 118 | 7 | - | |
| RT Latham | c Wijegunawardene b Ranatunga | 8 | 12 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| PG Kennedy | st Tillakaratne b de Silva | 0 | 5 | 9 | - | - | |
| DJ Murray | not out | 50 | 136 | 226 | 4 | - | |
| MW Priest | lbw b Labrooy | 31 | 72 | 76 | 3 | - | |
| *+LK Germon | not out | 34 | 65 | 83 | 4 | - | |
| RM Ford | did not bat | ||||||
| SJ Roberts | did not bat | ||||||
| MF Sharpe | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 10 lb, 15 nb, 1 w) | 34 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 96 overs) | 297 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-105, 2-116, 3-139, 4-142, 5-187, 6-241 | |||||||
| Sri Lankans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Labrooy | 23 | 3 | 83 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wijegunawardene | 22 | 2 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Warnaweera | 17 | 5 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| de Silva | 28 | 9 | 67 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ranatunga | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jayasuriya | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hathurusingha | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sri Lankans first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CP Senanayake | c Germon b Roberts | 21 | 48 | 33 | 5 | - | |
| UC Hathurusingha | c sub b DJ Boyle | 45 | 118 | 162 | 3 | - | |
| AP Gurusinha | c Germon b Roberts | 87 | 142 | 204 | 12 | 1 | |
| ST Jayasuriya | b Priest | 17 | 48 | 49 | 2 | - | |
| *A Ranatunga | c Priest b DJ Boyle | 43 | 80 | 126 | 6 | - | |
| RS Kaluwitharana | b Roberts | 62 | 105 | 138 | 8 | - | |
| EAR de Silva | c Murray b Roberts | 4 | 22 | 31 | - | - | |
| KIW Wijegunawardene | not out | 5 | 13 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| KPJ Warnaweera | c Germon b Sharpe | 1 | 6 | 7 | - | - | |
| +HP Tillakaratne | did not bat | ||||||
| GF Labrooy | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 95.3 overs) | 289 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-31, 2-120, 3-155, 4-180, 5-246, 6-271, 7-288, 8-289 (95.3 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Roberts | 22 | 4 | 83 | 4 | - | - | |
| Ford | 22 | 7 | 54 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sharpe | 15.3 | 3 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Latham | 12 | 6 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Priest | 19 | 2 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| DJ Boyle | 5 | 0 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BR Hartland | not out | 28 | 81 | 96 | 4 | - | |
| DJ Boyle | not out | 20 | 69 | 96 | 1 | - | |
| JG Boyle | did not bat | ||||||
| RT Latham | did not bat | ||||||
| PG Kennedy | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Murray | did not bat | ||||||
| MW Priest | did not bat | ||||||
| *+LK Germon | did not bat | ||||||
| RM Ford | did not bat | ||||||
| SJ Roberts | did not bat | ||||||
| MF Sharpe | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 96 minutes, 24.4 overs) | 51 | |||||
| Sri Lankans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wijegunawardene | 8 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warnaweera | 4.4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jayasuriya | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hathurusingha | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gurusinha | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |