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| Venue | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah on 11th November 1996 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match tied |
| Points | New Zealand 1; Sri Lanka 1 |
| Umpires | ID Robinson, G Sharp |
| TV umpire | SK Bansal |
| Referee | MJK Smith |
| Player of the Match | DK Morrison |
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| CM Spearman | c Mahanama b KSC de Silva | 2 | 24 | 24 | - | - | 8.33 |
| NJ Astle | c Mahanama b Muralitharan | 66 | 130 | 165 | 3 | 1 | 50.77 |
| AC Parore | c Kaluwitharana b KSC de Silva | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| SP Fleming | b KSC de Silva | 13 | 22 | 35 | 1 | - | 59.09 |
| CL Cairns | run out (Mahanama) | 11 | 22 | 32 | - | - | 50.00 |
| MJ Greatbatch | c Vaas b PA de Silva | 35 | 58 | 80 | - | - | 60.34 |
| CZ Harris | st Kaluwitharana b PA de Silva | 13 | 24 | 25 | - | - | 54.17 |
| *+LK Germon | not out | 11 | 14 | 24 | - | - | 78.57 |
| DN Patel | run out (Mahanama) | 3 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 100.00 |
| SB Doull | not out | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 0.00 |
| DK Morrison | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 4 lb, 8 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 169 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Spearman), 2-8 (Parore), 3-29 (Fleming), 4-61 (Cairns), 5-136 (Astle), 6-144 (Greatbatch), 7-160 (Harris), 8-167 (Patel) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Vaas | 10 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 2.50 |
| KSC de Silva | 8 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 2 | - | 16.00 | 2.25 |
| Muralitharan | 10 | 2 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.20 |
| Ranatunga | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | - | - | 10.00 |
| Chandana | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 4.25 |
| Jayasuriya | 9 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.56 |
| PA de Silva | 7 | 0 | 28 | 2 | - | - | 21.00 | 4.00 |
| Sri Lanka innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| ST Jayasuriya | run out (Astle) | 53 | 64 | 100 | 5 | - | 82.81 |
| +RS Kaluwitharana | c Germon b Morrison | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 0.00 |
| MS Atapattu | c and b Morrison | 16 | 20 | 26 | 1 | - | 80.00 |
| PA de Silva | b Doull | 1 | 10 | 16 | - | - | 10.00 |
| HP Tillakaratne | c Germon b Cairns | 22 | 52 | 74 | - | - | 42.31 |
| *A Ranatunga | c Germon b Morrison | 34 | 70 | 94 | 2 | - | 48.57 |
| RS Mahanama | lbw b Cairns | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 0.00 |
| UDU Chandana | c Germon b Astle | 14 | 28 | 48 | 1 | - | 50.00 |
| WPUJC Vaas | not out | 17 | 18 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 94.44 |
| KSC de Silva | b Morrison | 0 | 9 | 11 | - | - | 0.00 |
| M Muralitharan | c Fleming b Morrison | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (1 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 4 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 48 overs) | 169 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Kaluwitharana), 2-31 (Atapattu), 3-39 (PA de Silva), 4-82 (Jayasuriya), 5-98 (Tillakaratne), 6-98 (Mahanama), 7-140 (Chandana), 8-159 (Ranatunga), 9-169 (KSC de Silva), 10-169 (Muralitharan) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Morrison | 10 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 2 | - | 12.00 | 3.40 |
| Doull | 9 | 2 | 37 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 4.11 |
| Cairns | 10 | 1 | 44 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.40 |
| Harris | 10 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.40 |
| Patel | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.67 |
| Astle | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 18.00 | 2.67 |