New Zealand v Sri Lanka @ Westpac Stadium, Wellington
22 December 2006
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: AL Hill, EA Watkin
Third Umpire: GA Baxter
Match Referee: J Srinath
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 18 runs (D/L method)
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Brendon McCullum | c Upul Tharanga b Muttiah Muralitharan | 39 | 22 | 33 | 2 | 4 | |
| *2. Stephen Fleming | b Farveez Maharoof | 38 | 24 | 29 | 6 | - | |
| 3. James Franklin | lbw b Sanath Jayasuriya | 18 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 1 | |
| 4. Ross Taylor | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 21 | 21 | 25 | 2 | - | |
| 5. Nathan Astle | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 19 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6. James Marshall | c Chamara Silva b Sanath Jayasuriya | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| +7. Peter McGlashan | st Kumar Sangakkara b Chamara Silva | 5 | 12 | 11 | - | - | |
| 8. Andre Adams | not out | 6 | 5 | 9 | - | - | |
| 9. Shane Bond | b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| 10. Mark Gillespie | not out | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| 11. Jeetan Patel |
| FOW | 1-80 (Stephen Fleming), 2-82 (Brendon McCullum), 3-107 (James Franklin), 4-131 (Ross Taylor), 5-135 (James Marshall), 6-150 (Nathan Astle), 7-156 (Peter McGlashan), 8-159 (Shane Bond). |
| Extras | 0b, 8lb, 4w, 0nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 20 ovs, 79 mins) 162 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Farveez Maharoof | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 0 | 21 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chamara Silva | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Upul Tharanga | c Stephen Fleming b Shane Bond | 6 | 10 | 15 | - | - | |
| 2. Sanath Jayasuriya | not out | 51 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 1 | |
| *3. Mahela Jayawardene | not out | 2 | 2 | 7 | - | - | |
| +4. Kumar Sangakkara | |||||||
| 5. Marvan Atapattu | |||||||
| 6. Chamara Silva | |||||||
| 7. Chamara Kapugedera | |||||||
| 8. Farveez Maharoof | |||||||
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | |||||||
| 10. Dilhara Fernando | |||||||
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan |
| FOW | 1-36 (Upul Tharanga). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 2w, 0nb, 0pen) 3 |
| Total | (for 1 wickets, 5.5 ovs, 23 mins) 62 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shane Bond | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| James Franklin | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Andre Adams | 0.5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum, Stephen Fleming, James Franklin, Ross Taylor, Nathan Astle, James Marshall, Peter McGlashan, Andre Adams, Shane Bond, Mark Gillespie, Jeetan Patel
Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Marvan Atapattu, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Farveez Maharoof, Chaminda Vaas, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan
