Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> BA Young (1) 50 in 105 balls with 6 fours
--> BA Young (1) 100 in 203 balls, 273 minutes with 16 fours
--> BA Young (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 120
--> BA Young (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 138
--> BA Young (1) 150 in 253 balls with 23 fours
--> BA Young (1) 200 in 355 balls, 519 minutes with 29 fours
--> BA Young (1) 250 in 406 balls, 595 minutes with 36 fours
--> BA Young (1) passed 1500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 133
--> BA Young (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 193
--> MJ Horne (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 42
--> MJ Horne (1) 50 in 80 balls with 9 fours and 1 six
--> SP Fleming (1) 50 in 54 balls with 8 fours
--> CL Cairns (1) 50 in 96 balls, 119 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> HP Tillakaratne (1) 50 in 142 balls, 208 minutes with 8 fours
--> GP Wickramasinghe (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 28
--> DNT Zoysa made his debut in Test Matches
--> RS Kaluwitharana (2) 50 in 46 balls, 68 minutes with 8 fours and 1 six
--> RS Kaluwitharana (2) 100 in 98 balls, 130 minutes with 15 fours and 2 sixes
--> RS Kaluwitharana (2) passed 500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 9
--> WPUJC Vaas (2) 50 in 94 balls, 128 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> WPUJC Vaas (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 51
--> M Muralitharan (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 20
--> HT Davis achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed GP Wickramasinghe in the Sri Lanka first innings (previous best was 1-50)
Lunch: NZ 92/1 (Young 41*, Horne 17*) Tea: NZ 203/2 (Young 94*, Fleming 3*) Play ended 3.2 overs early due to rain but came back 23 mins after the scheduled close of play to complete them. Lunch: NZ 433/5 (Young 187*, Cairns 50*) Tea: NZ 586/7 dec. (Young 267*, Patel 30*) DN Patel dropped by ST Jayasuriya at gully off the bowling of DNT Zoysa with his score on 22 and New Zealand at 565/7. Lunch: SL 150/7 (Tillakaratne 30*, Wickramasinghe 2*) Tea: SL 222 (Tillakaratne 55*) Tea taken early at the conclusion of the Sri Lankan 1st innings thus extending the final session by 30 minutes. Rain ended play for the day after 9.4 overs of the 39 minimum to be bowled. Lunch: SL 102/4 (Ranatunga 4*, Tillakaratne 1*) Tea: SL 221/6 (Kaluwitharana 71*, Vaas 28*) RS Kaluwitharana dropped by SB Doull (caught and bowled) with his score on 2 and Sri Lanka at 120/5.
