| f43707 | |
| Venue | P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo on 18th, 19th, 20th May 1998 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | LV Jayasundara, DN Pathirana |
| Close of play day 1 | Sri Lanka Board President's XI (1) 60/1 (Fernando 32*, DPMD Jayawardene 19*) |
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealanders (2) 77/2 (Astle 16*, McMillan 15*) |
| New Zealanders first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CM Spearman | c Perera b Bandaratilleke | 39 | 53 | 100 | 5 | - | |
| BA Young | c Samaraweera b Perera | 0 | 3 | 6 | - | - | |
| NJ Astle | lbw b Bandaratilleke | 42 | 36 | 70 | 5 | - | |
| CD McMillan | c Bandaratilleke b Perera | 34 | 54 | 51 | 2 | 1 | |
| +AC Parore | b Bandaratilleke | 53 | 92 | 128 | 4 | 1 | |
| *CL Cairns | b Samaraweera | 18 | 31 | 39 | 2 | - | |
| CZ Harris | c Villavarayan b DPMD Jayawardene | 18 | 35 | 52 | 2 | - | |
| DJ Nash | not out | 27 | 72 | 95 | 3 | - | |
| DL Vettori | c HAPW Jayawardene b Samaraweera | 17 | 23 | 35 | 2 | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | c Ranatunga b Bandaratilleke | 8 | 42 | 39 | 1 | - | |
| SB Doull | run out | 8 | 12 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (4 lb, 6 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 74.1 overs) | 274 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Young), 2-69 (Astle), 3-98 (Spearman), 4-122 (McMillan), 5-159 (Cairns), 6-209 (Harris), 7-209 (Parore), 8-233 (Vettori), 9-252 (Wiseman), 10-274 (Doull) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka Board President's XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Villavarayan | 11 | 1 | 36 | 0 | - | 4 |
| Perera | 12 | 0 | 76 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Bandaratilleke | 28.1 | 8 | 80 | 4 | - | - |
| Samaraweera | 18 | 4 | 61 | 2 | - | - |
| DPMD Jayawardene | 5 | 2 | 17 | 1 | - | - |
| Sri Lanka Board President's XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| UA Fernando | b Vettori | 36 | 63 | 74 | 6 | - | |
| RP Hewage | c Parore b Doull | 3 | 5 | 9 | - | - | |
| *DPMD Jayawardene | c Young b Vettori | 38 | 64 | 81 | 5 | - | |
| S Ranatunga | c Parore b Wiseman | 39 | 101 | 109 | 3 | - | |
| MN Nawaz | c Young b Wiseman | 23 | 60 | 74 | 3 | - | |
| BCMS Mendis | c sub (MJ Horne) b Wiseman | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| +HAPW Jayawardene | c Young b Vettori | 16 | 50 | 69 | 2 | - | |
| TT Samaraweera | c McMillan b Harris | 22 | 93 | 97 | - | - | |
| MRCN Bandaratilleke | c Astle b Wiseman | 9 | 31 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| MS Villavarayan | not out | 4 | 6 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| PDRL Perera | c Harris b Wiseman | 1 | 7 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (10 b, 1 lb, 2 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 80.5 overs) | 204 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Hewage), 2-79, 3-84, 4-145, 5-145, 6-152, 7-186, 8-197, 9-203, 10-204 (80.5 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Doull | 7 | 5 | 10 | 1 | - | - |
| Cairns | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | - | 2 |
| Nash | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - |
| Vettori | 29 | 10 | 55 | 3 | - | - |
| Harris | 10 | 4 | 11 | 1 | - | - |
| Wiseman | 24.5 | 6 | 65 | 5 | - | - |
| McMillan | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - |
| New Zealanders second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Young | c HAPW Jayawardene b Bandaratilleke | 14 | 48 | 100 | 1 | - | |
| CM Spearman | b Samaraweera | 27 | 45 | 68 | 4 | - | |
| NJ Astle | c DPMD Jayawardene b Bandaratilleke | 32 | 76 | 98 | 4 | - | |
| CD McMillan | c Villavarayan b Samaraweera | 35 | 41 | 53 | 3 | 2 | |
| +AC Parore | not out | 35 | 77 | 81 | 4 | - | |
| *CL Cairns | c DPMD Jayawardene b Bandaratilleke | 21 | 41 | 48 | 1 | 1 | |
| CZ Harris | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Nash | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Vettori | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Wiseman | did not bat | ||||||
| SB Doull | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 3 lb, 5 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 53.5 overs) | 178 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-43 (Spearman), 2-47 (Young), 3-113, 4-122, 5-178 (53.5 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka Board President's XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Villavarayan | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | 2 |
| Perera | 9 | 3 | 30 | 0 | - | - |
| Samaraweera | 19 | 4 | 57 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Bandaratilleke | 17.5 | 5 | 46 | 3 | - | - |
| DPMD Jayawardene | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - |
| Sri Lanka Board President's XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| UA Fernando | c Young b Cairns | 37 | 51 | 59 | 7 | - | |
| RP Hewage | c and b Doull | 16 | 24 | 32 | 1 | - | |
| *DPMD Jayawardene | c Vettori b Harris | 40 | 101 | 134 | 3 | - | |
| S Ranatunga | c McMillan b Harris | 16 | 59 | 67 | 1 | - | |
| MN Nawaz | c Young b Wiseman | 21 | 51 | 58 | 1 | - | |
| BCMS Mendis | not out | 12 | 17 | 38 | 1 | - | |
| +HAPW Jayawardene | not out | 7 | 23 | 15 | - | - | |
| TT Samaraweera | did not bat | ||||||
| MRCN Bandaratilleke | did not bat | ||||||
| MS Villavarayan | did not bat | ||||||
| PDRL Perera | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 2 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 54 overs) | 157 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33, 2-63, 3-97, 4-130, 5-144 | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Doull | 5 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - | - |
| Vettori | 20 | 2 | 50 | 0 | - | - |
| Cairns | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Wiseman | 14 | 1 | 32 | 1 | - | - |
| McMillan | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - |
| Harris | 9 | 2 | 19 | 2 | - | - |