• It was the 1738th ODI in cricket history.

• It was New Zealand's 382nd and Sri Lanka's 358th match – 49th between these two sides. The record now reads : Sri Lanka 20, New Zealand 26, abandoned 2 and tied one.

• Umpires EAR de Silva and LV Jayasundra were officiating in their ninth and sixth match respectively.

• New Zealand's total (236-8) was its highest against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. This obliterated the previous highest of 234 for six (in 42 overs) at Colombo SSC on March 3,1984.

• During his unbeaten knock of 37 (off 25 balls) Adam Parore became the highest run scorer for New Zealand against Sri Lanka. His aggregate,at the end of this match,stands as 622 runs from 24 games against Sri Lanka which puts him ahead of John Wright's run aggregate of 588 from 24 matches.

• The catch of Gunawerdene was 11th for Chris Harris in his 27th match against Sri Lanka which makes him the fielder with most catches against Sri Lanka for New Zealand. He was previously at level with John Wright and Stephen Fleming with 10 catches.

• Romesh Kaluwitharana was getting out without scoring for the 21st time in his 163rd match. He is now inching towards Wasim Akram's dubious record of aggregating most ducks in a career. Wasim has 25 ducks from 319 matches to his (dis)credit. However it was Kaluwitharana's only second duck on Sri Lankan soil.

• The fifth wicket partnership of 110 runs between Marvan Atapattu and Russel Arnold was Sri Lanka's best for this wicket against New Zealand in all matches. This obliterated the previous highest of 88 between Asanka Gurusinha and Upul Chandana at Sharjah on April 18,1994. Incidentally Sri Lanka's previous highest record partnership for sixth wicket against New Zealand was of only 28 runs between Arjuna Ranatunga and Sanath Jayasuriya at Colombo SSC on December 13,1992.

• The above partnership was also the third highest by any side for fifth wicket against New Zealand after the 115 run-partnership between Bruce Laird and Allan Border for Australia at Dunedin on February 17,1982 and 113 run-partnership between David Gower and Derek Randall for England at Brisbane on January 15,1983.

• The sixth wicket unbroken partnership of 103 runs between Russel Arnold and Suresh Perera was also Sri Lanka's best for this wicket against New Zealand expunging the previous highest of 91 (unbeaten) between Hassan Tillakaratne and Ruwan Kalpage at East London on December 18,1994. The previous highest for Sri Lanka against New Zealand in Sri Lanka was 65 between Roy Dias and Aravinda de Silva at Colombo PSS on November 3,1984.

• Russel Arnold's 91* was the 22nd score in the nineties by a Sri Lankan. He also became the eight Sri Lankan to do so. The table is headed by Aravinda de Silva who has eight scores from 90 to 99 to his name,followed by Marvan Atapattu,Roshan Mahanama and Arjuna Ranatunga (thrice each),Romesh Kaluwitharana (twice) and Asanka Gurusinha and Sanath Jayasuriya (once each).

• Arnold's innings was the highest for a Sri Lankan while batting at number six. The previous highest was Arjuna Ranatunga's unbeaten 83 against West Indies at Sharjah on October 28,1993.Incidentally India's Kapil Dev holds the ODI record of highest score at number six with his swashbuckling innings of 175* against Zimbabwe on Tunbridge Wells on June 18,1983.

• Suresh Perera (56*) made his maiden fifty in his 14th match. His previous highest was 28 against India in the third league match of this series.

• Russel Arnold was winning his fourth Man of the Match award in 58th match.

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