Thu, 09 Sep - Sat, 11 Sep 1999 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
Sri LankaSri Lanka
518/10 (45.00) & 95/4 (26.5)
AustraliaAustralia
403/4 (20.00) & 140/10 (60.2)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most 50s 2 Ricky Ponting 2 Aravinda de Silva
Best Average 9.67 Chaminda Vaas 14 Shane Warne 15.71 Colin Miller 18.29 Muttiah Muralitharan 22 Nuwan Zoysa
Best Bowling Fig 5 Shane Warne 4 Colin Miller 4 Muttiah Muralitharan 3 Chaminda Vaas 3 Nuwan Zoysa
Most Runs Conceed 128 Muttiah Muralitharan 110 Colin Miller 85 Glenn McGrath
Most Wickets 7 Colin Miller 7 Muttiah Muralitharan 6 Chaminda Vaas 5 Shane Warne 3 Nuwan Zoysa
Most Runs Conceed 70 Shane Warne 66 Nuwan Zoysa 58 Chaminda Vaas
Best Economy 1.33 Sanath Jayasuriya 1.67 Aravinda de Silva 1.87 Chaminda Vaas 2.5 Muttiah Muralitharan 2.87 Nuwan Zoysa
Most Runs 147 Ricky Ponting 109 Aravinda de Silva 55 Mahela Jayawardene 41 Jason Gillespie 36 Sanath Jayasuriya
Best Averages 109 Aravinda de Silva 73.5 Ricky Ponting 41 Jason Gillespie 27.5 Mahela Jayawardene 23 Arjuna Ranatunga
Best Strike Rate 2.33 Nuwan Zoysa 0.88 Sanath Jayasuriya 0.7 Arjuna Ranatunga 0.61 Mahela Jayawardene 0.54 Steve Waugh
Highest Score 96 Ricky Ponting 78 Aravinda de Silva 46 Mahela Jayawardene 41 Jason Gillespie 27 Michael Slater
Best Average 48 Upul Chandana
Most Dots 2 Muttiah Muralitharan 1 Upul Chandana
Most Fours 18 Aravinda de Silva 14 Ricky Ponting 8 Mahela Jayawardene
Best Bowling Fig 1 Glenn McGrath
Most Not Outs 2 Glenn McGrath 2 Arjuna Ranatunga
Most Fours 5 Jason Gillespie 5 Sanath Jayasuriya 3 Romesh Kaluwitharana 3 Michael Slater 3 Steve Waugh
Most Wickets 1 Upul Chandana
Most Fours 1 Mark Waugh 1 Shane Warne 1 Nuwan Zoysa
Most Runs Conceed 48 Upul Chandana
Most Not Outs 2 Aravinda de Silva 1 Chaminda Vaas
Best Economy 3.3 Colin Miller
Best Strike Rate 27 Shane Warne 28.54 Colin Miller 31 Chaminda Vaas 43.8 Muttiah Muralitharan 46 Nuwan Zoysa
Most Runs 25 Marvan Atapattu
Most Ducks 2 Mark Waugh 2 Shane Warne 2 Michael Slater 2 Greg Blewett 2 Colin Miller
Best Strike Rate 0.52 Michael Slater
Most Dots 1 Shane Warne
Most Ducks 2 Marvan Atapattu 1 Muttiah Muralitharan
Best Strike Rate 61.2 Upul Chandana 75 Glenn McGrath
Best Averages 19 Steve Waugh 18 Sanath Jayasuriya
Worst Bowling Fig 66 Glenn McGrath 65 Muttiah Muralitharan 62 Colin Miller 52 Shane Warne 43 Chaminda Vaas
Most sixes 2 Ricky Ponting 1 Colin Miller 1 Arjuna Ranatunga
Most Balls Faced 278 Ricky Ponting 216 Aravinda de Silva 124 Jason Gillespie 90 Mahela Jayawardene 89 Greg Blewett
Worst Bowling Fig 38 Nuwan Zoysa
Ricky Ponting vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 12
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 54.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Glenn McGrath
Dismissals 12
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 20.1
Balanced matchup
Chaminda Vaas vs Shane Warne
Dismissals 8
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 24.9
Balanced matchup
Marvan Atapattu vs Glenn McGrath
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 74.9
✔ Batsman advantage
Mark Waugh vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 47.9
✔ Batsman advantage
Shane Warne vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 18.5
Balanced matchup
Michael Slater vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 31.2
✔ Batsman advantage
Upul Chandana vs Shane Warne
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 45.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Romesh Kaluwitharana vs Shane Warne
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 47.2
✔ Batsman advantage
Romesh Kaluwitharana vs Glenn McGrath
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 24.2
Balanced matchup
Mahela Jayawardene vs Shane Warne
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 62.6
✔ Batsman advantage
Aravinda de Silva vs Shane Warne
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 63.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Justin Langer vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 75.2
✔ Batsman advantage
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Glenn McGrath
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 44.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Mahela Jayawardene vs Glenn McGrath
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 36.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Shane Warne
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 43.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Marvan Atapattu vs Shane Warne
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 54.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Shane Warne
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 10.3
âš  Bowler dominance
Chaminda Vaas vs Glenn McGrath
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 25.0
Balanced matchup
Nuwan Zoysa vs Shane Warne
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 7.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Shane Warne
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 24.3
Balanced matchup
Jason Gillespie vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 22.0
Balanced matchup
Justin Langer vs Nuwan Zoysa
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 26.7
Balanced matchup
Ricky Ponting vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 83.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Glenn McGrath vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 2.7
âš  Bowler dominance
Steve Waugh vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 36.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Ian Healy vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 19.5
Balanced matchup
Shane Warne vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Colin Miller vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 18.0
Balanced matchup
Aravinda de Silva vs Glenn McGrath
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 64.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Nuwan Zoysa vs Glenn McGrath
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 18.0
Balanced matchup
Russel Arnold vs Keith Miller
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 88.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Russel Arnold vs Glenn McGrath
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 8.5
âš  Bowler dominance
Romesh Kaluwitharana vs Keith Miller
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 17.5
Balanced matchup
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Glenn McGrath
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 11.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Keith Miller
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 3.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Mahela Jayawardene vs Keith Miller
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 20.0
Balanced matchup
Marvan Atapattu vs Keith Miller
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 58.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Keith Miller
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 23.0
Balanced matchup
Justin Langer vs Shane Warne
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Justin Langer vs Glenn McGrath
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 26.0
Balanced matchup
Jason Gillespie vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 13.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Ricky Ponting vs Nuwan Zoysa
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 109.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Ian Healy vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 19.0
Balanced matchup
Steve Waugh vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 17.0
Balanced matchup
Steve Waugh vs Nuwan Zoysa
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 35.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Shane Warne vs Nuwan Zoysa
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 9.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Mark Waugh vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 94.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Glenn McGrath vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 3.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Greg Blewett vs Glenn McGrath
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 91.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Greg Blewett vs Nuwan Zoysa
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Ricky Ponting vs Keith Miller
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 95.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Ricky Ponting vs Shane Warne
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 63.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Ricky Ponting vs Glenn McGrath
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 28.0
Balanced matchup