Result: SL won by 5 wickets
England 1st Innings Batting| Batter | Runs | Dismissal | Min | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Hick | 68 | 140 | 112 | |
| John Emburey | 1* | 46 | 32 | |
| Devon Malcolm | 13 | 11 | 8 | |
| Chris Lewis | 22 | 60 | 36 | |
| Alec Stewart | 63 | 189 | 121 | |
| Phil Tufnell | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| Robin Smith | 128 | 448 | 338 | |
| Michael Atherton | 13 | 68 | 47 | |
| Neil Fairbrother | 18 | 63 | 39 | |
| Mike Gatting | 29 | 70 | 58 | |
| Paul Jarvis | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 380 All Out (130.5 overs @ 2.90 rpo) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 45.0 | 12 | 118 | 4 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 3.0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 12.0 | 1 | 53 | 0 |
| Jayananda Warnaweera | 40.1 | 11 | 90 | 4 |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 17.0 | 2 | 66 | 1 |
| Chandika Hathurusingha | 8.0 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Asanka Gurusinha | 5.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Batter | Runs | Dismissal | Min | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 64 | 167 | 119 | |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 1 | 13 | 13 | |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | 93* | 281 | 208 | |
| AM de Silva | 9 | 46 | 28 | |
| Asanka Gurusinha | 43 | 159 | 124 | |
| Roshan Mahanama | 64 | 102 | 83 | |
| Jayananda Warnaweera | 1 | 14 | 10 | |
| PA de Silva | 80 | 205 | 148 | |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 15 | 8 | |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 19 | 153 | 72 | |
| Chandika Hathurusingha | 59 | 195 | 146 | |
| 469 All Out (156.5 overs @ 2.99 rpo) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Hick | 8.0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Chris Lewis | 31.0 | 5 | 66 | 4 |
| Phil Tufnell | 33.0 | 5 | 108 | 1 |
| John Emburey | 34.0 | 6 | 117 | 2 |
| Devon Malcolm | 25.0 | 7 | 60 | 0 |
| Paul Jarvis | 25.5 | 1 | 76 | 3 |
| Batter | Runs | Dismissal | Min | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon Malcolm | 8* | 64 | 30 | |
| Graeme Hick | 26 | 56 | 28 | |
| Phil Tufnell | 1 | 22 | 15 | |
| Chris Lewis | 45 | 62 | 51 | |
| Paul Jarvis | 3 | 26 | 13 | |
| Alec Stewart | 3 | 16 | 14 | |
| Mike Gatting | 18 | 26 | 17 | |
| Robin Smith | 35 | 96 | 71 | |
| Michael Atherton | 2 | 18 | 11 | |
| John Emburey | 59 | 148 | 151 | |
| Neil Fairbrother | 3 | 39 | 16 | |
| 228 All Out (66.0 overs @ 3.45 rpo) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asanka Gurusinha | 6.0 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 16.0 | 3 | 55 | 1 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 16.0 | 3 | 46 | 2 |
| Jayananda Warnaweera | 25.0 | 4 | 98 | 4 |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 3.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Batter | Runs | Dismissal | Min | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 6* | 1 | 1 | |
| PA de Silva | 7 | 23 | 17 | |
| Asanka Gurusinha | 29 | 74 | 46 | |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | 36* | 81 | 62 | |
| Roshan Mahanama | 6 | 13 | 11 | |
| Chandika Hathurusingha | 14 | 120 | 69 | |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 35 | 87 | 56 | |
| 142 5 wickets (42.4 overs @ 3.33 rpo) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Tufnell | 7.4 | 1 | 34 | 2 |
| John Emburey | 14.0 | 2 | 48 | 2 |
| Devon Malcolm | 3.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Jarvis | 8.0 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Graeme Hick | 2.0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Chris Lewis | 8.0 | 1 | 21 | 1 |