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| Venue | Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North on 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th March 1995 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sri Lankans won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Sri Lankans won by 242 runs |
| Umpires | BL Aldridge, BF Bowden |
| Close of play day 1 | New Zealand Academy (1) 12/1 (Aiken 5*, Howell 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sri Lankans (2) 94/0 (Gurusinha 54*, Samaraweera 35*) |
| Close of play day 3 | New Zealand Academy (2) 110/4 (Astle 14*, Jones 3*) |
| Sri Lankans first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AP Gurusinha | c Croy b Jonas | 49 | 150 | 175 | 4 | - | |
| DP Samaraweera | c Jones b Jonas | 3 | 21 | 26 | - | - | |
| S Ranatunga | c Croy b Kennedy | 36 | 70 | 92 | 5 | - | |
| PA de Silva | b Kennedy | 30 | 32 | 33 | 4 | 1 | |
| *A Ranatunga | c Parlane b Haslam | 6 | 9 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| MC Mendis | c Croy b Jonas | 75 | 113 | 149 | 13 | - | |
| +CI Dunusinghe | lbw b Kennedy | 12 | 29 | 43 | 2 | - | |
| GP Wickramasinghe | b Jonas | 17 | 44 | 61 | 2 | - | |
| M Muralitharan | c Astle b Haslam | 8 | 9 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| JC Gamage | c Howell b Haslam | 13 | 18 | 29 | 3 | - | |
| KJ Silva | not out | 0 | 0 | 5 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 3 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 81.3 overs) | 257 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-82, 3-121, 4-127, 5-131, 6-162, 7-222, 8-233, 9-253, 10-257 (81.3 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand Academy bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kennedy | 17 | 6 | 40 | 3 | - | - | |
| Jonas | 25 | 7 | 67 | 4 | - | - | |
| Astle | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Haslam | 30.3 | 2 | 110 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wiseman | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand Academy first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ME Parlane | c Dunusinghe b Wickramasinghe | 6 | 29 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| JM Aiken | c Samaraweera b Muralitharan | 20 | 95 | 111 | 2 | - | |
| *LG Howell | st Dunusinghe b KJ Silva | 43 | 103 | 110 | 6 | - | |
| MH Richardson | c Dunusinghe b Muralitharan | 8 | 24 | 34 | 2 | - | |
| NJ Astle | c Gurusinha b KJ Silva | 9 | 57 | 63 | 1 | - | |
| RA Jones | lbw b KJ Silva | 0 | 6 | 5 | - | - | |
| +MG Croy | c A Ranatunga b KJ Silva | 14 | 62 | 75 | 2 | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | b Muralitharan | 4 | 60 | 66 | - | - | |
| MJ Haslam | b KJ Silva | 3 | 64 | 60 | - | - | |
| GR Jonas | c de Silva b Muralitharan | 7 | 12 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| RJ Kennedy | not out | 1 | 10 | 8 | - | - | |
| Extras | (10 b, 3 lb, 5 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 85.5 overs) | 133 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-43, 3-78, 4-88, 5-88, 6-104, 7-112, 8-118, 9-132, 10-133 (85.5 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lankans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wickramasinghe | 18 | 9 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gamage | 8 | 3 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Muralitharan | 34 | 19 | 45 | 4 | - | - | |
| KJ Silva | 25.5 | 12 | 29 | 5 | - | - | |
| Sri Lankans second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AP Gurusinha | c Jones b Jonas | 63 | 186 | 207 | 6 | - | |
| DP Samaraweera | c Jones b Astle | 78 | 194 | 256 | 7 | - | |
| S Ranatunga | st Croy b Astle | 46 | 137 | 183 | 4 | - | |
| PA de Silva | lbw b Wiseman | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - | |
| *A Ranatunga | c Parlane b Wiseman | 107 | 130 | 142 | 14 | 2 | |
| +CI Dunusinghe | not out | 2 | 9 | 16 | - | - | |
| MC Mendis | not out | 0 | 8 | 4 | - | - | |
| GP Wickramasinghe | did not bat | ||||||
| M Muralitharan | did not bat | ||||||
| JC Gamage | did not bat | ||||||
| KJ Silva | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 21 lb, 2 nb) | 27 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 110 overs) | 323 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-128, 2-167, 3-168, 4-318, 5-323 | |||||||
| New Zealand Academy bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kennedy | 17 | 5 | 56 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jonas | 19 | 4 | 61 | 1 | - | - | |
| Astle | 20 | 4 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Haslam | 13 | 5 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wiseman | 36 | 13 | 80 | 2 | - | - | |
| Richardson | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand Academy second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ME Parlane | b KJ Silva | 27 | 25 | 36 | 5 | - | |
| JM Aiken | c sub b Muralitharan | 39 | 79 | 80 | 6 | - | |
| *LG Howell | b Muralitharan | 4 | 15 | 24 | - | - | |
| MH Richardson | b Muralitharan | 18 | 26 | 33 | 3 | - | |
| NJ Astle | c Mendis b KJ Silva | 80 | 232 | 213 | 10 | 2 | |
| RA Jones | c de Silva b KJ Silva | 9 | 46 | 59 | 1 | - | |
| +MG Croy | b KJ Silva | 1 | 29 | 22 | - | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | c Gurusinha b Muralitharan | 1 | 21 | 21 | - | - | |
| MJ Haslam | c Samaraweera b Muralitharan | 2 | 57 | 66 | - | - | |
| GR Jonas | not out | 9 | 17 | 27 | 2 | - | |
| RJ Kennedy | b KJ Silva | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 8 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 88.4 overs) | 205 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-45, 2-70, 3-83, 4-100, 5-126, 6-131, 7-136, 8-177, 9-205, 10-205 (88.4 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lankans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wickramasinghe | 8 | 1 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gamage | 3 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Muralitharan | 39 | 16 | 56 | 5 | - | - | |
| KJ Silva | 34.4 | 14 | 77 | 5 | - | - | |
| S Ranatunga | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mendis | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> MC Mendis (1) 50 in 68 balls
--> MC Mendis (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> JM Aiken (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> A Ranatunga (2) 100 in 116 balls
--> NJ Astle (2) 50 in 162 balls, 156 minutes
--> NJ Astle (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 56
--> GP Wickramasinghe made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> M Muralitharan made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> MC Mendis made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> M Muralitharan reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the New Zealand Academy first innings
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