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TESTAsgiriya Stadium, KandyWed, 07 Jan - Sun, 11 Jan 1998 - 09:30

SL

Sri Lanka

469/3 (20.00) & 10/2 (1.5)

VS

Zimbabwe

325/2 (20.00) & 338/10 (126.5)

ZIM

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets

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SL vs ZIM — 1st Test

Match No: 1st Test
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998
Teams: Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe
Series: Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series
Ground: Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Toss: Sri Lanka, elected to bat first
Umpires: B.C. CoorayMervyn Kitchen
Result: Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Season: 1997/98
Player of Match: Muthiah Muralidaran

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka innings

469/3 (20.00)

BATTING

Total 469/9d 154.3 Ov (RR: 3.03)	469 (469)
Marvan Atapattu	223 (223)
Aravinda de Silva	75 (75)

BOWLING

Andy Whittall	3/73
Paul Strang	3/123
Heath Streak	2/96

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe innings

325/2 (20.00)

BATTING

Total 140 85.4 Ov (RR: 1.63)	140 (140)
Gavin Rennie	53 (53)
Paul Strang	35 (35)

BOWLING

Muthiah Muralidaran	5/23
Jayantha Silva	3/27
Ravindra Pushpakumara	1/34

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka innings

10/2 (1.5)

BATTING

Total 338 126.5 Ov (RR: 2.66)	338 (338)
Murray Goodwin	70 (70)
Andy Flower (WK)	67 (67)

BOWLING

Muthiah Muralidaran	7/94
Aravinda de Silva	1/25
Ravindra Pushpakumara	1/64

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe innings

338/10 (126.5)

BATTING

Total 10/2 1.5 Ov (RR: 5.45)	10 (10)
Marvan Atapattu	6 (6)
Aravinda de Silva	4 (4)

BOWLING

Heath Streak	2/4
Bryan Strang	0/6

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