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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
Best Bowling Fig
Muttiah Muralitharan
7
Jayantha Silva
3
Paul Strang
3
Andy Whittall
3
Heath Streak
2
Best Economy
Marvan Atapattu
1.000000
Muttiah Muralitharan
1.636363
Murray Goodwin
1.750000
Jayantha Silva
2.039473
Aravinda de Silva
2.055555
Most Runs Conceed
Paul Strang
123
Muttiah Muralitharan
117
Chaminda Vaas
101
Heath Streak
100
Most 50s
Aravinda de Silva
2
Andy Flower
2
Gavin Rennie
2
Murray Goodwin
2
Best Strike Rate
Muttiah Muralitharan
0.894736
Romesh Kaluwitharana
0.659090
Aravinda de Silva
0.652892
Bryan Strang
0.531250
Grant Flower
0.525000
Best Averages
Marvan Atapattu
229.000000
Aravinda de Silva
79.000000
Hashan Tillakaratne
44.000000
Gavin Rennie
38.500000
Andy Flower
37.500000
Highest Score
Marvan Atapattu
223
Aravinda de Silva
75
Murray Goodwin
70
Andy Flower
67
Gavin Rennie
53
Most Runs
Marvan Atapattu
229
Aravinda de Silva
79
Gavin Rennie
77
Andy Flower
75
Murray Goodwin
72
Most Fours
Marvan Atapattu
30
Aravinda de Silva
10
Paul Strang
8
Alistair Campbell
5
Grant Flower
5
Hashan Tillakaratne
5
Romesh Kaluwitharana
5
Most Wickets
Muttiah Muralitharan
12
Heath Streak
4
Paul Strang
3
Andy Whittall
3
Jayantha Silva
3
Best Average
Muttiah Muralitharan
9.750000
Jayantha Silva
20.666666
Andy Whittall
24.333333
Heath Streak
25.000000
Aravinda de Silva
37.000000
Most Wickets
Ravindra Pushpakumara
2
Chaminda Vaas
2
Aravinda de Silva
1
Adam Huckle
1
Best Bowling Fig
Ravindra Pushpakumara
1
Chaminda Vaas
1
Aravinda de Silva
1
Adam Huckle
1
Most Not Outs
Aravinda de Silva
2
Marvan Atapattu
2
Bryan Strang
2
Andy Whittall
2
Ravindra Pushpakumara
1
Most Runs Conceed
Ravindra Pushpakumara
98
Adam Huckle
88
Bryan Strang
84
Best Economy
Sanath Jayasuriya
2.235294
Andy Whittall
2.433333
Best Strike Rate
Muttiah Muralitharan
35.75
Heath Streak
52.5
Andy Whittall
60
Most Runs
Paul Strang
68
Alistair Campbell
47
Most Ducks
Roshan Mahanama
2
Sanath Jayasuriya
2
Craig Wishart
2
Best Strike Rate
Jayantha Silva
60.8
Paul Strang
70.6
Ravindra Pushpakumara
99
Aravinda de Silva
108
Best Averages
Murray Goodwin
36.000000
Paul Strang
34.000000
Most 100s
Marvan Atapattu
2
Worst Bowling Fig
Paul Strang
123
Heath Streak
96
Muttiah Muralitharan
94
Adam Huckle
88
Bryan Strang
78
Andy Whittall
73
Chaminda Vaas
65
Best Strike Rate
Marvan Atapattu
0.505518
Arjuna Ranatunga
0.473684
Most Ducks
Adam Huckle
2
Highest Score
Hashan Tillakaratne
44
Alistair Campbell
40
Most sixes
Marvan Atapattu
1
Arjuna Ranatunga
1
Aravinda de Silva
1
Most Fours
Muttiah Muralitharan
3
Arjuna Ranatunga
2
Heath Streak
2
Andy Flower
2
Most Balls Faced
Marvan Atapattu
453
Gavin Rennie
292
Andy Flower
248
Alistair Campbell
174
Paul Strang
173
Murray Goodwin
154
Hashan Tillakaratne
137
Best Average
Paul Strang
41.000000
Ravindra Pushpakumara
49.000000