Notes
--> New Zealand replacement: CS Martin for JM How (at the start of the Sri Lanka innings)
--> Sri Lanka replacement: CM Bandara for RP Arnold (at the start of the New Zealand innings)
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 55 balls, 42 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 128 balls, 92 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 174 balls, 124 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 200 in 237 balls, 175 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 250 in 288 balls, 200 minutes
--> New Zealand innings: 50 in 59 balls, 48 minutes
--> New Zealand innings: 100 in 102 balls, 84 minutes
--> New Zealand innings: 150 in 173 balls, 127 minutes
--> New Zealand innings: 200 in 230 balls, 170 minutes
--> New Zealand innings: 250 in 289 balls, 221 minutes
--> KC Sangakkara 50 in 64 balls, 98 minutes
--> TM Dilshan passed 3000 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 20
--> MS Atapattu 50 in 56 balls, 89 minutes
--> MS Atapattu passed 10000 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 37
--> DPMD Jayawardene passed 5000 runs in ODIs when he reached 24
--> PG Fulton 50 in 48 balls, 64 minutes
--> PG Fulton passed his previous highest ODIs score of 70
--> PG Fulton 100 in 120 balls, 162 minutes
--> CS Martin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 3-65)
--> WPUJC Vaas reached 400 wickets in ListA Matches when he dismissed DL Vettori, his 2nd wicket in the New Zealand innings
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. Sri Lanka innings: KC Sangakkara/TM Dilshan 50 partnership off 76 balls in 53 minutes MS Atapattu/DPMD Jayawardene 50 partnership off 60 balls in 30 minutes New Zealand innings: NJ Astle/PG Fulton 50 partnership off 62 balls in 47 minutes NJ Astle/PG Fulton 100 partnership off 103 balls in 78 minutes PG Fulton/HJH Marshall 50 partnership off 62 balls in 40 minutes
