It was the 1682nd ODI in cricket history. It was New Zealand's 367th and Sri Lanka's 344th match. It was the 42nd match between these two sides. The record now reads: Sri Lanka 15, New Zealand 24, tied one and abandoned 2. It was New Zealand's 86th and Sri Lanka's 91st floodlit match. It was the 11th floodlit match between these two sides. The record now reads: Sri Lanka 7, New Zealand 2, abandoned 2. Steve Dunne and David Quested officiated in their 94th and 27th match respectively. Dunne is now only two short of England's David Shepherd's record of standing in most matches as umpire. Chris Harris (56) when on 6 completed his 3000 runs in ODIs. He played his 170th match and 142nd innings. He became the seventh New Zealander and 65th batsman overall to do so. Harris became the second slowest to achieve this milestone after Pakistan's Wasim Akram who scored his 3000th run in his 289th match and 229th innings. The previous record of being the slowest for New Zealand was held by Chris Cairns with 130 matches. Soon after Harris' recording this feat, Adam Parore (35) also completed his 3000 runs in his 155th match and 139th innings, thus becoming the eighth New Zealander and 66th Batsman in the world to do so. Parore is now the second slowest for New Zealand to accomplish this feat after Harris. Harris and Parore provided only the second instance in ODI history of two batsmen reaching this landmark in the same match, however it was for the first time two batsmen were doing so for the same side. The other instance took place at Faisalabad on 01-10-1995 when Asanka Gurusinha for Sri Lanka and Aamir Sohail reached their 3000th run. Nuwan Zoysa (4-28) returned his best figures in a ODI. His previous best was 4 for 34 against Pakistan at Galle on 05-07-2000. Incidentally Zoysa's previous best against New Zealand was 2 for 29 at Christchurch on 25-03-1997. Roger Twose played his 50th consecutive match since the match against South Africa at Christchurch on 17-02-1999. He became the fifth New Zealander after Chris Harris (94), Adam Parore (84), Chris Cairns (57) and Nathan Astle (51) to do so. Twose had to retire hurt as he injured his wrist after a mid-pitch collision with partner Craig McMillan while going for a run. He became the fourth New Zealander to suffer this fate. Others are Martin Crowe on 51* (v Australia at Auckland on 10-03-1990), Richard Hadlee on 9* (v England at The Oval on 25-05-1990) and Ken Rutherford on 0* (v England at The Oval on 25-05-1990). Twose also became the sixth player to get retired hurt in a match against Sri Lanka after Australian Graeme Wood (52* at Sydney on 08-01-1985), West Indians Richie Richardson and Lary Gomes (11* and 20* respectively at Melbourne on 27-02-1985), Pakistan's Javed Miandad (25* at Dhaka on 27-10-1988), and Zimbabwean Mark Dekker (23* at Harare on 06-11-1994). The victory margin of three wickets was Sri Lanka's narrowest against New Zealand in terms of wickets. Sri Lanka had also beaten New Zealand by an identical margin at Derby on 18-06-1983. Russel Arnold scored his ninth fifty in his 44th match. His 78* is the third highest by a Sri Lankan at number six after Arjuna Ranatunga's 83* v West Indies at Sharjah on 28-10-1993 and Aravinda de Silva's 81* v Australia at Sydney on 23-01-1985. Arnold's innings is also the second highest by a number six batsman in all matches against New Zealand after India's Mohammad Azharuddin who notched up 108* at Baroda on 17-12-1988. Arnold completed his 1000 runs in away matches during his innings in his 35th match. He became the 12th Sri Lankan and 116th batsman in the world to do so. Arnold won his second Man of the Match award in his 44th match. His other award had come against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 12-12-1999. 