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Wed, 10 Jun - Sat, 13 Jun 1998 - 00:00 – 3rd Test • Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Sri Lanka won by 164 runs
Sri Lanka
17/3 (20.00) & 282/10 (84.5)
New Zealand
325/2 (20.00) & 131/10 (54.3)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Sri Lanka innigs
17/3 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sanath Jayasuriya
c Young b Cairns
13
27
31
2
0
48.14
In 1998
Career
Marvan Atapattu
c Vettori b Wiseman
48
138
175
6
0
34.78
In 1998
Career
Mahela Jayawardene
c †Parore b Cairns
16
26
28
2
0
61.53
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
c Spearman b Cairns
4
6
3
1
0
66.66
In 1998
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
run out (McMillan)
4
25
39
0
0
16.00
In 1998
Career
Hashan Tillakaratne
c Young b McMillan
43
135
157
3
0
31.85
In 1998
Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
b McMillan
28
78
70
4
0
35.89
In 1998
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
c †Parore b Cairns
11
42
60
2
0
26.19
In 1998
Career
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
not out
24
44
68
2
0
54.54
In 1998
Career
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
lbw b Vettori
5
9
9
1
0
55.55
In 1998
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
c Astle b Cairns
1
5
4
0
0
20.00
In 1998
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 8)
9
Total
206 88.4 Ov (RR: 2.32)
3914
10165
0
437
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Chris Cairns
17.40
1
62
5
3.50
0
0
1
In 1998
Career
Daniel Vettori
25.00
7
52
1
2.08
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Mark Priest
24.00
11
35
0
1.45
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Paul Wiseman
10.00
4
21
1
2.10
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Craig McMillan
12.00
5
27
2
2.25
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
New Zealand innigs
325/2 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Bryan Young
c Atapattu b Bandaratilleke
2
20
33
0
0
10.00
In 1998
Career
Craig Spearman
c de Silva b Wickramasinghe
4
10
16
0
0
40.00
In 1998
Career
Stephen Fleming (c)
b Wickramasinghe
78
233
314
8
0
33.47
In 1998
Career
Nathan Astle
c Atapattu b Dharmasena
16
34
42
4
0
47.05
In 1998
Career
Matt Horne
c Tillakaratne b de Silva
35
68
77
3
0
51.47
In 1998
Career
Craig McMillan
st †Kaluwitharana b de Silva
2
3
7
0
0
66.66
In 1998
Career
Adam Parore (WK)
lbw b de Silva
19
48
47
2
0
39.58
In 1998
Career
Chris Cairns
run out (Jayawardene)
6
13
19
0
0
46.15
In 1998
Career
Mark Priest
c sub (ASA Perera) b Muralidaran
12
74
74
2
0
16.21
In 1998
Career
Daniel Vettori
c Jayasuriya b Muralidaran
0
5
2
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Paul Wiseman
not out
1
19
25
0
0
5.26
In 1998
Career
Extras
(b 11, lb 2, nb 5)
18
Total
193 86.3 Ov (RR: 2.23)
3667
10013
0
361
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
6.30
3
7
2
1.07
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
20.00
6
48
1
2.40
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
18.00
4
35
1
1.94
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
18.50
7
30
3
1.59
0
0
4
In 1998
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
23.10
3
60
2
2.58
0
0
3
In 1998
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
282/10 (84.5)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sanath Jayasuriya
c †Parore b Cairns
8
8
8
2
0
100.00
In 1998
Career
Marvan Atapattu
lbw b Vettori
5
10
15
1
0
50.00
In 1998
Career
Mahela Jayawardene
c Horne b Vettori
11
40
55
1
0
27.50
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
c Astle b Vettori
3
15
20
0
0
20.00
In 1998
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
c Cairns b Priest
64
96
114
9
0
66.66
In 1998
Career
Hashan Tillakaratne
b Vettori
40
72
96
7
0
55.55
In 1998
Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
lbw b Priest
88
146
170
8
0
60.27
In 1998
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
b McMillan
11
54
55
0
0
20.37
In 1998
Career
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
c Fleming b Vettori
0
15
20
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
c Fleming b Vettori
7
15
19
1
0
46.66
In 1998
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
not out
26
42
60
4
0
61.90
In 1998
Career
Extras
(b 8, lb 10, nb 1)
19
Total
282 84.5 Ov (RR: 3.32)
5358
9747
0
627
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Chris Cairns
17.00
0
75
1
4.41
0
0
1
In 1998
Career
Daniel Vettori
33.00
10
64
6
1.93
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Nathan Astle
3.00
0
8
0
2.66
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Paul Wiseman
6.00
2
29
0
4.83
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Craig McMillan
14.00
2
46
1
3.28
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Mark Priest
11.50
0
42
2
3.54
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
New Zealand innigs
131/10 (54.3)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Bryan Young
st †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran
24
56
86
3
0
42.85
In 1998
Career
Craig Spearman
c & b Muralidaran
22
78
109
3
0
28.20
In 1998
Career
Stephen Fleming (c)
lbw b Dharmasena
3
19
21
0
0
15.78
In 1998
Career
Nathan Astle
c & b Muralidaran
16
66
95
3
0
24.24
In 1998
Career
Matt Horne
c †Kaluwitharana b Bandaratilleke
12
27
38
1
0
44.44
In 1998
Career
Craig McMillan
c Jayawardene b Muralidaran
1
11
10
0
0
9.09
In 1998
Career
Adam Parore (WK)
b Bandaratilleke
2
15
21
0
0
13.33
In 1998
Career
Chris Cairns
b Bandaratilleke
26
40
37
2
2
65.00
In 1998
Career
Mark Priest
b Bandaratilleke
2
15
28
0
0
13.33
In 1998
Career
Daniel Vettori
b Muralidaran
3
5
5
0
0
60.00
In 1998
Career
Paul Wiseman
not out
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Extras
(b 6, lb 10, nb 4)
20
Total
131 54.3 Ov (RR: 2.40)
2489
6327
0
228
38
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
6.00
2
5
0
0.83
0
0
1
In 1998
Career
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
17.00
3
52
4
3.05
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
3.00
0
14
0
4.66
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
10.00
2
14
1
1.40
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
18.30
8
30
5
1.62
0
0
3
In 1998
Career
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