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| Venue | P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo on 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th April 2003 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | DJ Harper, SJA Taufel |
| TV umpire | TH Wijewardene |
| Referee | GR Viswanath |
| Close of play day 1 | New Zealand (1) 207/2 (Fleming 112*, Sinclair 4*; 93 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sri Lanka (1) 4/1 (Jayasuriya 2*, Vaas 2*; 1.4 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Sri Lanka (1) 267/4 (Jayawardene 58*, Tillakaratne 71*; 84 overs) |
| Close of play day 4 | Sri Lanka (1) 424/6 (Tillakaratne 126*, Dharmasena 19*; 137 overs) |
| Articles | Statistical Highlights of Sri Lanka v New Zealand 1st Test 2003 |
| Fleming - the sixth Captain to make 300-plus in a Test match |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MH Richardson | b Vaas | 85 | 260 | 329 | 7 | 1 | |
| MJ Horne | c Dharmasena b Nissanka | 4 | 32 | 44 | - | - | |
| *SP Fleming | not out | 274 | 476 | 653 | 28 | 1 | |
| MS Sinclair | c Sangakkara b Dharmasena | 17 | 57 | 82 | 1 | - | |
| SB Styris | c Vaas b Dharmasena | 63 | 140 | 172 | 5 | 2 | |
| JDP Oram | c Lokuarachchi b Muralitharan | 33 | 56 | 74 | 2 | - | |
| +RG Hart | c Jayawardene b Muralitharan | 9 | 14 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| DL Vettori | lbw b Dharmasena | 7 | 8 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | not out | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
| DR Tuffey | did not bat | ||||||
| SE Bond | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 698 minutes, 174.5 overs) | 515 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20 (Horne, 9.5 ov), 2-192 (Richardson, 86.1 ov), 3-235 (Sinclair, 103.3 ov), 4-392 (Styris, 148.5 ov), 5-471 (Oram, 166.6 ov), 6-486 (Hart, 170.3 ov), 7-499 (Vettori, 173.1 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Vaas | 29 | 8 | 73 | 1 | - | - | |
| Nissanka | 23 | 9 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dharmasena | 40 | 7 | 132 | 3 | - | - | |
| Muralitharan | 58.5 | 16 | 140 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lokuarachchi | 18 | 2 | 83 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jayasuriya | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sri Lanka first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MS Atapattu | lbw b Tuffey | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| ST Jayasuriya | b Bond | 50 | 110 | 163 | 8 | - | |
| WPUJC Vaas | c Fleming b Bond | 4 | 15 | 24 | - | - | |
| KC Sangakkara | c Oram b Wiseman | 67 | 98 | 150 | 14 | - | |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c Hart b Oram | 58 | 148 | 207 | 8 | - | |
| *HP Tillakaratne | b Bond | 144 | 314 | 456 | 24 | - | |
| +RS Kaluwitharana | c Sinclair b Wiseman | 76 | 90 | 117 | 14 | - | |
| HDPK Dharmasena | lbw b Vettori | 31 | 102 | 158 | 3 | - | |
| KS Lokuarachchi | not out | 28 | 29 | 40 | 3 | 1 | |
| RAP Nissanka | lbw b Vettori | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| M Muralitharan | lbw b Vettori | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (21 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 654 minutes, 152 overs) | 483 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Atapattu, 0.5 ov), 2-11 (Vaas, 5.6 ov), 3-114 (Jayasuriya, 36.2 ov), 4-134 (Sangakkara, 39.6 ov), 5-267 (Jayawardene, 84.5 ov), 6-374 (Kaluwitharana, 112.2 ov), 7-444 (Tillakaratne, 143.1 ov), 8-483 (Dharmasena, 151.2 ov), 9-483 (Nissanka, 151.3 ov), 10-483 (Muralitharan, 152 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tuffey | 17 | 5 | 54 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Bond | 28 | 6 | 97 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Oram | 30 | 13 | 62 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Vettori | 33 | 8 | 94 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wiseman | 41 | 13 | 127 | 2 | - | - | |
| Styris | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Horne | lbw b Lokuarachchi | 42 | 95 | 121 | 3 | 1 | |
| *SP Fleming | not out | 69 | 234 | 303 | 5 | - | |
| MS Sinclair | c sub (TM Dilshan) b Muralitharan | 1 | 11 | 10 | - | - | |
| SB Styris | lbw b Lokuarachchi | 16 | 49 | 53 | 1 | - | |
| JDP Oram | c Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan | 19 | 33 | 40 | 4 | - | |
| +RG Hart | c Sangakkara b Muralitharan | 0 | 3 | 6 | - | - | |
| MH Richardson | not out | 6 | 44 | 68 | - | - | |
| PJ Wiseman | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Vettori | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Tuffey | did not bat | ||||||
| SE Bond | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 303 minutes, 78 overs) | 161 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-71 (Horne, 29.5 ov), 2-76 (Sinclair, 32.4 ov), 3-108 (Styris, 47.3 ov), 4-133 (Oram, 58.4 ov), 5-133 (Hart, 60.1 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Vaas | 7 | 2 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nissanka | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Muralitharan | 30 | 15 | 41 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Lokuarachchi | 19 | 2 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dharmasena | 16 | 7 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |