Notes
--> New Zealand replacement: JS Patel for PG Fulton (after 8 overs of Sri Lanka innings)
--> Sri Lanka replacement: CM Bandara for M Muralitharan (after 41.1 overs of Sri Lanka innings)
--> New Zealand innings: 50 in 12.4 overs
--> New Zealand innings: 100 in 21.1 overs
--> New Zealand innings: 150 in 32.2 overs
--> New Zealand innings: 200 in 48.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 59 balls, 13 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 102 balls, 43 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 187 balls, 101 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 200 in 276 balls, 167 minutes
--> SP Fleming passed 7000 runs in ODIs when he reached 22
--> PG Fulton 50 in 63 balls with 3 fours and 1 six
--> HJH Marshall 50 in 69 balls with 1 four
--> JEC Franklin passed his previous highest ODIs score of 25
--> J Mubarak passed his previous highest ODIs score of 20
--> J Mubarak 50 in 75 balls, 127 minutes
--> KC Sangakkara 50 in 44 balls, 49 minutes
--> KC Sangakkara passed 4000 runs in ODIs when he reached 38
--> CM Bandara made his debut in ODIs
The original five-match series scheduled for December 2004-January 2005 was postponed after one match because of the Asian tsunami disaster. The series resumed in December 2005 with the second match of the rubber. New Zealand innings Drinks: New Zeland 67/2 (Fleming 25, Fulton 26) Drinks: New Zealand - 154/4 (Marshall 33, Styris 13) Sri Lanka innings J Mubarak/KC Sangakkara 50 partnership off 55 balls in 37 minutes Drinks: Sri Lanka - 102/2 (Mubarak 30, Jayawardene 9)
