| Sri Lanka first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| RS Mahanama | c Bradburn b Owens | 109 | 154 | 217 | 14 | - | |
| UC Hathurusingha | c Harris b Owens | 27 | 80 | 117 | 3 | - | |
| AP Gurusinha | st Parore b Bradburn | 22 | 38 | 72 | 2 | - | |
| PA de Silva | c Parore b Pringle | 3 | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| *A Ranatunga | c Parore b Su'a | 76 | 135 | 160 | 10 | - | |
| HP Tillakaratne | c Parore b Bradburn | 93 | 225 | 328 | 10 | - | |
| +AGD Wickremasinghe | c Rutherford b Owens | 2 | 5 | 13 | - | - | |
| DK Liyanage | c Parore b Su'a | 16 | 32 | 42 | - | - | |
| SD Anurasiri | c Su'a b Owens | 24 | 92 | 134 | 1 | - | |
| M Muralitharan | not out | 4 | 5 | 14 | - | - | |
| KPJ Warnaweera | c Crowe b Bradburn | 5 | 7 | 9 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 3 w) | 13 |
| Total | (all out, 556 minutes, 128.3 overs) | 394 |
| Fall of wickets: | |
| 1-102 (Hathurusingha), 2-160 (Gurusinha), 3-167 (de Silva), 4-182 (Mahanama), 5-274 (Ranatunga), 6-287 (Wickremasinghe), 7-316 (Liyanage), 8-385 (Tillakaratne), 9-385 (Anurasiri), 10-394 (Warnaweera) |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| BR Hartland | c Gurusinha b Warnaweera | 21 | 82 | 116 | 1 | - | |
| JG Wright | c Wickremasinghe b Warnaweera | 30 | 70 | 98 | 5 | - | |
| AH Jones | c Tillakaratne b Warnaweera | 20 | 64 | 97 | - | - | |
| *MD Crowe | b Muralitharan | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| KR Rutherford | c Tillakaratne b Warnaweera | 0 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| CZ Harris | run out | 9 | 49 | 56 | - | - | |
| +AC Parore | lbw b Muralitharan | 5 | 13 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| GE Bradburn | c Tillakaratne b Liyanage | 1 | 17 | 18 | - | - | |
| ML Su'a | not out | 2 | 13 | 23 | - | - | |
| C Pringle | b Liyanage | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| MB Owens | c Anurasiri b Muralitharan | 0 | 8 | 12 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 lb, 9 nb, 1 w) | 14 |
| Total | (all out, 231 minutes, 52.1 overs) | 102 |
| Fall of wickets: | |
| 1-57 (Wright), 2-60 (Hartland), 3-63 (Crowe), 4-64 (Rutherford), 5-88 (Harris), 6-97 (Jones), 7-99 (Parore), 8-100 (Bradburn), 9-100 (Pringle), 10-102 (Owens) |
| New Zealand second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| BR Hartland | c Muralitharan b Gurusinha | 21 | 28 | 34 | 3 | - | |
| JG Wright | c Mahanama b Muralitharan | 50 | 168 | 231 | 5 | - | |
| AH Jones | c Tillakaratne b Warnaweera | 5 | 6 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| *MD Crowe | c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan | 107 | 121 | 159 | 10 | 4 | |
| KR Rutherford | c sub (ST Jayasuriya) b Warnaweera | 38 | 43 | 58 | 3 | 1 | |
| CZ Harris | lbw b Anurasiri | 19 | 68 | 90 | 1 | - | |
| +AC Parore | c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan | 60 | 184 | 223 | 6 | - | |
| GE Bradburn | c Wickremasinghe b Anurasiri | 7 | 41 | 46 | - | - | |
| ML Su'a | b Muralitharan | 0 | 10 | 11 | - | - | |
| C Pringle | c Tillakaratne b Liyanage | 23 | 20 | 27 | - | 3 | |
| MB Owens | not out | 8 | 44 | 82 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 8 lb, 13 nb) | 23 |
| Total | (all out, 492 minutes, 119 overs) | 361 |
| Fall of wickets: | |
| 1-23 (Hartland), 2-30 (Jones), 3-189 (Crowe), 4-196 (Wright), 5-240 (Rutherford), 6-261 (Harris), 7-285 (Bradburn), 8-286 (Su'a), 9-317 (Pringle), 10-361 (Parore) |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
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HP Tillakaratne (1) passed his previous highest score of 82 in Test matches
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SD Anurasiri (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Test matches
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MD Crowe (2) passed 4500 runs in Test matches when he reached 16
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KR Rutherford (2) passed 8500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
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AC Parore (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Test matches
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MB Owens achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed
AGD Wickremasinghe in the Sri Lanka first innings (previous best was 2-63)
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GE Bradburn achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed
HP Tillakaratne in the Sri Lanka first innings (previous best was 1-32)
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GE Bradburn reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed
AP Gurusinha, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka first innings
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M Muralitharan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed
MB Owens in the New Zealand first innings (previous best was 2-109)
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KPJ Warnaweera achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed
AH Jones in the New Zealand first innings (previous best was 3-90)
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M Muralitharan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed
AC Parore in the New Zealand second innings (previous best was 3-22)
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