NEW ZEALAND IN SRI LANKA TEST SERIES

Bowling Stats

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

Bowling Stats

Most Wickets · Best Average · Best Economy
category leaders

Bowling in New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series

Every board for the series.

Most wickets

Test
Daniel Vettori3 mat · avg 21.24
17#2 · wkts
MOST WKTSMuttiah Muralitharan3 mat · avg 19.68
19#1 · wkts
Niroshan Bandaratilleke3 mat · avg 21.19
16#3 · wkts
  1. 4Chris Cairns3 mat · avg 28.0010
  2. 5Paul Wiseman3 mat · avg 28.8010
  3. 6Kumar Dharmasena2 mat · avg 17.138
  4. 7Craig McMillan3 mat · avg 29.205
  5. 8Aravinda de Silva3 mat · avg 20.504
  6. 9Pramodya Wickramasinghe3 mat · avg 28.504
  7. 10Mark Priest1 mat · avg 38.502
  8. 11Ruwan Kalpage1 mat · avg 50.002
  9. 12Sanath Jayasuriya2 mat · avg 71.001
  10. 13Chris Harris2 mat · avg 99.001

Best figures

Test
Kumar Dharmasena2 mat · avg 17.13
6/72#2
BEST FIGURESDaniel Vettori3 mat · avg 21.24
6/64#1
Muttiah Muralitharan3 mat · avg 19.68
5/30#3
  1. 4Niroshan Bandaratilleke3 mat · avg 21.195/36
  2. 5Chris Cairns3 mat · avg 28.005/62
  3. 6Paul Wiseman3 mat · avg 28.805/82
  4. 7Aravinda de Silva3 mat · avg 20.503/30
  5. 8Pramodya Wickramasinghe3 mat · avg 28.502/7
  6. 9Craig McMillan3 mat · avg 29.202/27
  7. 10Mark Priest1 mat · avg 38.502/42
  8. 11Ruwan Kalpage1 mat · avg 50.002/49
  9. 12Chris Harris2 mat · avg 99.001/56
  10. 13Sanath Jayasuriya2 mat · avg 71.001/63

Best economy

min 60 balls bowled
Test
Mark Priest1 mat · avg 38.50
2.15#2 · econ
BEST ECONNiroshan Bandaratilleke3 mat · avg 21.19
2.12#1 · econ
Nathan Astle3 mat · avg 0.00
2.20#3 · econ
  1. 4Daniel Vettori3 mat · avg 21.242.27
  2. 5Aravinda de Silva3 mat · avg 20.502.29
  3. 6Kumar Dharmasena2 mat · avg 17.132.36
  4. 7Muttiah Muralitharan3 mat · avg 19.682.41
  5. 8Paul Wiseman3 mat · avg 28.802.55
  6. 9Craig McMillan3 mat · avg 29.202.65
  7. 10Pramodya Wickramasinghe3 mat · avg 28.502.68
  8. 11Chris Harris2 mat · avg 99.002.70
  9. 12Ruwan Kalpage1 mat · avg 50.003.33
  10. 13Sanath Jayasuriya2 mat · avg 71.003.55
  11. 14Malinga Bandara1 mat · avg 0.003.76
  12. 15Simon Doull1 mat · avg 0.003.78

Best average

min 5 wickets
Test
Muttiah Muralitharan3 mat · avg 19.68
19.68#2 · avg
BEST AVGKumar Dharmasena2 mat · avg 17.13
17.13#1 · avg
Niroshan Bandaratilleke3 mat · avg 21.19
21.19#3 · avg
  1. 4Daniel Vettori3 mat · avg 21.2421.24
  2. 5Chris Cairns3 mat · avg 28.0028.00
  3. 6Paul Wiseman3 mat · avg 28.8028.80
  4. 7Craig McMillan3 mat · avg 29.2029.20

Best strike rate

min 5 wickets
Test
Chris Cairns3 mat · avg 28.00
44.20#2 · SR
BEST SRKumar Dharmasena2 mat · avg 17.13
43.63#1 · SR
Muttiah Muralitharan3 mat · avg 19.68
48.95#3 · SR
  1. 4Daniel Vettori3 mat · avg 21.2456.12
  2. 5Niroshan Bandaratilleke3 mat · avg 21.1960.00
  3. 6Craig McMillan3 mat · avg 29.2066.00
  4. 7Paul Wiseman3 mat · avg 28.8067.70

Most maidens

Test
Niroshan Bandaratilleke3 mat · avg 21.19
45#2 · mdns
MOST MDNSDaniel Vettori3 mat · avg 21.24
52#1 · mdns
Muttiah Muralitharan3 mat · avg 19.68
41#3 · mdns
  1. 4Paul Wiseman3 mat · avg 28.8030
  2. 5Craig McMillan3 mat · avg 29.2018
  3. 6Mark Priest1 mat · avg 38.5011
  4. 7Kumar Dharmasena2 mat · avg 17.1310
  5. 8Aravinda de Silva3 mat · avg 20.5010
  6. 9Pramodya Wickramasinghe3 mat · avg 28.508
  7. 10Chris Harris2 mat · avg 99.008
  8. 11Chris Cairns3 mat · avg 28.007
  9. 12Ruwan Kalpage1 mat · avg 50.006
  10. 13Nathan Astle3 mat · avg 0.003
  11. 14Malinga Bandara1 mat · avg 0.003
  12. 15Simon Doull1 mat · avg 0.002

Three-wicket hauls

Test
Daniel Vettori3 mat · avg 21.24
4#2 · 3w
MOST 3wMuttiah Muralitharan3 mat · avg 19.68
4#1 · 3w
Niroshan Bandaratilleke3 mat · avg 21.19
3#3 · 3w
  1. 4Chris Cairns3 mat · avg 28.002
  2. 5Paul Wiseman3 mat · avg 28.801
  3. 6Kumar Dharmasena2 mat · avg 17.131
  4. 7Aravinda de Silva3 mat · avg 20.501
bowling battle

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand

The series totalled up, side against side.

Sri LankavsNew Zealand
54Wickets45
2.49Economy2.68
0Dot balls0
124Maidens131
93-wkt hauls7

Best bowling figures

1Daniel VettoriNZ · match 3 · Colombo (SSC)6/64
2Kumar DharmasenaSL · match 2 · Galle6/72
3Muttiah MuralitharanSL · match 3 · Colombo (SSC)5/30
4Niroshan BandaratillekeSL · match 2 · Galle5/36
5Chris CairnsNZ · match 3 · Colombo (SSC)5/62
6Paul WisemanNZ · match 1 · Colombo (RPS)5/82
7Muttiah MuralitharanSL · match 1 · Colombo (RPS)5/90
8Niroshan BandaratillekeSL · match 2 · Galle4/47
9Niroshan BandaratillekeSL · match 3 · Colombo (SSC)4/52
10Daniel VettoriNZ · match 2 · Galle4/88