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Wed, 07 Jan - Sun, 11 Jan 1998 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Sri Lanka
469/3 (20.00) & 10/2 (1.5)
Zimbabwe
325/2 (20.00) & 338/10 (126.5)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Sri Lanka innigs
469/3 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sanath Jayasuriya
lbw b Streak
6
15
18
1
0
40.00
In 1998
Career
Marvan Atapattu
c Campbell b PA Strang
223
448
569
29
1
49.77
In 1998
Career
Roshan Mahanama
c Campbell b Streak
7
47
33
0
0
14.89
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
c Whittall b Huckle
75
120
143
9
1
62.50
In 1998
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
b Whittall
27
57
103
2
1
47.36
In 1998
Career
Hashan Tillakaratne
c & b Whittall
44
137
172
5
0
32.11
In 1998
Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
c & b Whittall
29
44
58
5
0
65.90
In 1998
Career
Chaminda Vaas
c Rennie b PA Strang
26
56
81
3
0
46.42
In 1998
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
c BC Strang b PA Strang
17
19
26
3
0
89.47
In 1998
Career
Ravindra Pushpakumara
not out
2
7
6
0
0
28.57
In 1998
Career
Extras
(b 2, lb 2, nb 9)
13
Total
469/9d 154.3 Ov (RR: 3.03)
8911
18050
0
1083
57
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Heath Streak
34.00
11
96
2
2.82
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Bryan Strang
30.00
7
78
0
2.60
0
0
6
In 1998
Career
Paul Strang
35.30
10
123
3
3.46
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Andy Whittall
30.00
4
73
3
2.43
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Adam Huckle
21.00
3
88
1
4.19
0
0
3
In 1998
Career
Murray Goodwin
4.00
2
7
0
1.75
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Zimbabwe innigs
325/2 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Gavin Rennie
c de Silva b Silva
53
219
285
2
0
24.20
In 1998
Career
Grant Flower
b Muralidaran
4
28
47
1
0
14.28
In 1998
Career
Murray Goodwin
lbw b Silva
2
17
18
0
0
11.76
In 1998
Career
Andy Flower (WK)
lbw b Vaas
8
36
31
1
0
22.22
In 1998
Career
Alistair Campbell (c)
c Mahanama b Pushpakumara
7
63
89
1
0
11.11
In 1998
Career
Craig Wishart
c Mahanama b Muralidaran
3
8
11
0
0
37.50
In 1998
Career
Paul Strang
c de Silva b Muralidaran
35
92
91
4
0
38.04
In 1998
Career
Heath Streak
b Muralidaran
5
28
32
1
0
17.85
In 1998
Career
Andy Whittall
not out
6
13
43
0
0
46.15
In 1998
Career
Bryan Strang
b Muralidaran
2
3
2
0
0
66.66
In 1998
Career
Adam Huckle
lbw b Silva
0
8
6
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Extras
(b 6, lb 2, nb 7)
15
Total
140 85.4 Ov (RR: 1.63)
2660
9785
0
190
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Chaminda Vaas
17.00
5
36
1
2.11
0
0
3
In 1998
Career
Ravindra Pushpakumara
14.00
4
34
1
2.42
0
0
3
In 1998
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
29.00
18
23
5
0.79
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Jayantha Silva
19.40
9
27
3
1.37
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
5.00
0
12
0
2.40
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
1.00
1
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
10/2 (1.5)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Gavin Rennie
lbw b Muralidaran
24
73
92
1
0
32.87
In 1998
Career
Grant Flower
b de Silva
38
52
82
4
0
73.07
In 1998
Career
Murray Goodwin
b Muralidaran
70
137
190
4
0
51.09
In 1998
Career
Andy Whittall
b Muralidaran
14
51
62
0
0
27.45
In 1998
Career
Andy Flower (WK)
c Mahanama b Muralidaran
67
212
241
1
0
31.60
In 1998
Career
Alistair Campbell (c)
lbw b Vaas
40
111
160
4
0
36.03
In 1998
Career
Craig Wishart
b Muralidaran
0
2
1
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Paul Strang
c sub (RP Arnold) b Muralidaran
33
81
60
4
0
40.74
In 1998
Career
Heath Streak
c †Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara
13
20
33
1
0
65.00
In 1998
Career
Bryan Strang
not out
15
29
41
0
0
51.72
In 1998
Career
Adam Huckle
lbw b Muralidaran
0
3
2
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Extras
(b 5, lb 11, nb 8)
24
Total
338 126.5 Ov (RR: 2.66)
6422
14649
0
361
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Chaminda Vaas
24.00
3
65
1
2.70
0
0
4
In 1998
Career
Ravindra Pushpakumara
19.00
2
64
1
3.36
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
42.50
13
94
7
2.19
0
0
4
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
13.00
5
25
1
1.92
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Jayantha Silva
11.00
2
35
0
3.18
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
16.00
0
38
0
2.37
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Marvan Atapattu
1.00
0
1
0
1.00
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Zimbabwe innigs
338/10 (126.5)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sanath Jayasuriya
lbw b Streak
0
2
1
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Marvan Atapattu
not out
6
5
10
1
0
120.00
In 1998
Career
Roshan Mahanama
b Streak
0
3
2
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
not out
4
1
3
1
0
400.00
In 1998
Career
Extras
0
Total
10/2 1.5 Ov (RR: 5.45)
190
209
0
38
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Heath Streak
1.00
0
4
2
4.00
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Bryan Strang
0.50
0
6
0
7.20
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
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