NEW ZEALAND IN SRI LANKA TEST SERIES

Batting Stats

N1998
New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series
27 May 1998 – 10 Jun 1998
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SERIES WINNERSri Lanka2-1 (3)

Batting Stats

Most Runs · Most Sixes · Best Strike Rate
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Batting in New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series

Every board for the series.

Most runs

Test
Mahela Jayawardene3 mat · avg 60.00
300#2 · runs
MOST RUNSStephen Fleming3 mat · avg 71.40
357#1 · runs
Romesh Kaluwitharana3 mat · avg 46.00
230#3 · runs
  1. 4Arjuna Ranatunga3 mat · avg 32.40162
  2. 5Nathan Astle3 mat · avg 27.00162
  3. 6Craig McMillan3 mat · avg 26.50159
  4. 7Adam Parore3 mat · avg 30.20151
  5. 8Aravinda de Silva3 mat · avg 25.00125
  6. 9Bryan Young3 mat · avg 20.67124
  7. 10Sanath Jayasuriya3 mat · avg 22.20111
  8. 11Marvan Atapattu3 mat · avg 20.80104
  9. 12Matt Horne3 mat · avg 16.83101
  10. 13Hashan Tillakaratne2 mat · avg 31.0093
  11. 14Chris Cairns3 mat · avg 12.3374
  12. 15Pramodya Wickramasinghe3 mat · avg 15.7563

Highest score

Test
Mahela Jayawardene3 mat · avg 60.00
167#2
HIGHESTStephen Fleming3 mat · avg 71.40
174#1
Craig McMillan3 mat · avg 26.50
142#3
  1. 4Romesh Kaluwitharana3 mat · avg 46.0088
  2. 5Aravinda de Silva3 mat · avg 25.0071
  3. 6Adam Parore3 mat · avg 30.2067
  4. 7Arjuna Ranatunga3 mat · avg 32.4064
  5. 8Sanath Jayasuriya3 mat · avg 22.2059
  6. 9Nathan Astle3 mat · avg 27.0053
  7. 10Marvan Atapattu3 mat · avg 20.8048
  8. 11Bryan Young3 mat · avg 20.6746
  9. 12Hashan Tillakaratne2 mat · avg 31.0043
  10. 13Matt Horne3 mat · avg 16.8335
  11. 14Pramodya Wickramasinghe3 mat · avg 15.7527
  12. 15Chris Cairns3 mat · avg 12.3326

Most sixes

Test
Chris Cairns3 mat · avg 12.33
4#2 · sixes
MOST SIXESCraig McMillan3 mat · avg 26.50
6#1 · sixes
Arjuna Ranatunga3 mat · avg 32.40
2#3 · sixes
  1. 4Nathan Astle3 mat · avg 27.002
  2. 5Aravinda de Silva3 mat · avg 25.002
  3. 6Stephen Fleming3 mat · avg 71.401

Most fours

Test
Mahela Jayawardene3 mat · avg 60.00
36#2 · fours
MOST FOURSStephen Fleming3 mat · avg 71.40
39#1 · fours
Romesh Kaluwitharana3 mat · avg 46.00
33#3 · fours
  1. 4Arjuna Ranatunga3 mat · avg 32.4018
  2. 5Nathan Astle3 mat · avg 27.0018
  3. 6Bryan Young3 mat · avg 20.6717
  4. 7Sanath Jayasuriya3 mat · avg 22.2016
  5. 8Adam Parore3 mat · avg 30.2015
  6. 9Craig McMillan3 mat · avg 26.5014
  7. 10Aravinda de Silva3 mat · avg 25.0013
  8. 11Matt Horne3 mat · avg 16.8312
  9. 12Marvan Atapattu3 mat · avg 20.8012
  10. 13Hashan Tillakaratne2 mat · avg 31.0011
  11. 14Pramodya Wickramasinghe3 mat · avg 15.756
  12. 15Muttiah Muralitharan3 mat · avg 19.006

Best strike rate

min 60 balls bowled
Test
Sanath Jayasuriya3 mat · avg 22.20
62.71#2 · SR
BEST SRCraig McMillan3 mat · avg 26.50
64.11#1 · SR
Arjuna Ranatunga3 mat · avg 32.40
58.06#3 · SR
  1. 4Romesh Kaluwitharana3 mat · avg 46.0053.36
  2. 5Chris Harris2 mat · avg 15.3350.55
  3. 6Pramodya Wickramasinghe3 mat · avg 15.7548.84
  4. 7Chris Cairns3 mat · avg 12.3346.25
  5. 8Aravinda de Silva3 mat · avg 25.0044.64
  6. 9Matt Horne3 mat · avg 16.8342.80
  7. 10Adam Parore3 mat · avg 30.2042.54
  8. 11Mahela Jayawardene3 mat · avg 60.0042.43
  9. 12Stephen Fleming3 mat · avg 71.4041.66
  10. 13Muttiah Muralitharan3 mat · avg 19.0038.38
  11. 14Hashan Tillakaratne2 mat · avg 31.0038.11
  12. 15Daniel Vettori3 mat · avg 4.6035.94

Best average

min 3 innings
Test
Mahela Jayawardene3 mat · avg 60.00
60.00#2 · avg
BEST AVGStephen Fleming3 mat · avg 71.40
71.40#1 · avg
Romesh Kaluwitharana3 mat · avg 46.00
46.00#3 · avg
  1. 4Arjuna Ranatunga3 mat · avg 32.4032.40
  2. 5Hashan Tillakaratne2 mat · avg 31.0031.00
  3. 6Adam Parore3 mat · avg 30.2030.20
  4. 7Nathan Astle3 mat · avg 27.0027.00
  5. 8Craig McMillan3 mat · avg 26.5026.50
  6. 9Aravinda de Silva3 mat · avg 25.0025.00
  7. 10Sanath Jayasuriya3 mat · avg 22.2022.20
  8. 11Marvan Atapattu3 mat · avg 20.8020.80
  9. 12Bryan Young3 mat · avg 20.6720.67
  10. 13Muttiah Muralitharan3 mat · avg 19.0019.00
  11. 14Matt Horne3 mat · avg 16.8316.83
  12. 15Pramodya Wickramasinghe3 mat · avg 15.7515.75

Most fifties

Test
Mahela Jayawardene3 mat · avg 60.00
2#2 · 50s
MOST 50sStephen Fleming3 mat · avg 71.40
2#1 · 50s
Romesh Kaluwitharana3 mat · avg 46.00
2#3 · 50s
  1. 4Arjuna Ranatunga3 mat · avg 32.401
  2. 5Nathan Astle3 mat · avg 27.001
  3. 6Adam Parore3 mat · avg 30.201
  4. 7Aravinda de Silva3 mat · avg 25.001
  5. 8Sanath Jayasuriya3 mat · avg 22.201
batting battle

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand

The series totalled up, side against side.

Sri LankavsNew Zealand
1334Total runs1270
44.04Strike rate39.39
4Sixes13
163Fours136
7Fifties4

Highest individual scores

1Stephen FlemingNZ · match 1 · Colombo (RPS)174*
2Mahela JayawardeneSL · match 2 · Galle167
3Craig McMillanNZ · match 1 · Colombo (RPS)142
4Romesh KaluwitharanaSL · match 3 · Colombo (SSC)88
5Stephen FlemingNZ · match 1 · Colombo (RPS)78
6Stephen FlemingNZ · match 3 · Colombo (SSC)78
7Romesh KaluwitharanaSL · match 1 · Colombo (RPS)72
8Aravinda de SilvaSL · match 1 · Colombo (RPS)71
9Adam ParoreNZ · match 1 · Colombo (RPS)67
10Arjuna RanatungaSL · match 3 · Colombo (SSC)64