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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
Most 50s
Arjuna Ranatunga
2
Romesh Kaluwitharana
2
Stephen Fleming
2
Best Average
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
6.000000
Muttiah Muralitharan
12.857142
Aravinda de Silva
14.666666
Daniel Vettori
16.571428
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
20.000000
Most Wickets
Muttiah Muralitharan
7
Daniel Vettori
7
Chris Cairns
6
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
5
Craig McMillan
3
Aravinda de Silva
3
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
2
Best Bowling Fig
Daniel Vettori
6
Chris Cairns
5
Muttiah Muralitharan
5
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
4
Aravinda de Silva
3
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
2
Mark Priest
2
Most Runs Conceed
Chris Cairns
137
Daniel Vettori
116
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
100
Muttiah Muralitharan
90
Best Economy
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
0.975609
Kumar Dharmasena
1.750000
Daniel Vettori
2.000000
Aravinda de Silva
2.046511
Mark Priest
2.169014
Best Strike Rate
Chris Cairns
0.603773
Sanath Jayasuriya
0.600000
Muttiah Muralitharan
0.574468
Arjuna Ranatunga
0.561983
Romesh Kaluwitharana
0.517857
Most Runs
Romesh Kaluwitharana
116
Hashan Tillakaratne
83
Stephen Fleming
81
Arjuna Ranatunga
68
Marvan Atapattu
53
Best Averages
Romesh Kaluwitharana
58.000000
Hashan Tillakaratne
41.500000
Stephen Fleming
40.500000
Arjuna Ranatunga
34.000000
Muttiah Muralitharan
27.000000
Most Fours
Romesh Kaluwitharana
12
Hashan Tillakaratne
10
Arjuna Ranatunga
9
Stephen Fleming
8
Nathan Astle
7
Highest Score
Romesh Kaluwitharana
88
Stephen Fleming
78
Arjuna Ranatunga
64
Marvan Atapattu
48
Hashan Tillakaratne
43
Most Fours
Marvan Atapattu
7
Sanath Jayasuriya
4
Muttiah Muralitharan
4
Matt Horne
4
Bryan Young
3
Most Runs Conceed
Mark Priest
77
Craig McMillan
73
Paul Wiseman
50
Best Economy
Muttiah Muralitharan
2.173913
Nathan Astle
2.666666
Best Strike Rate
Chris Cairns
34.4
Muttiah Muralitharan
35.4857
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
36.9
Aravinda de Silva
43
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
44.4
Daniel Vettori
49.7143
Craig McMillan
52
Best Bowling Fig
Kumar Dharmasena
1
Most Not Outs
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
2
Muttiah Muralitharan
2
Paul Wiseman
2
Most Runs
Matt Horne
47
Nathan Astle
32
Chris Cairns
32
Most Ducks
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
2
Daniel Vettori
2
Best Average
Chris Cairns
22.833333
Craig McMillan
24.333333
Best Strike Rate
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
0.500000
Matt Horne
0.494736
Best Averages
Marvan Atapattu
26.500000
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
24.000000
Worst Bowling Fig
Chris Cairns
75
Daniel Vettori
64
Muttiah Muralitharan
60
Most Fours
Craig Spearman
3
Mahela Jayawardene
3
Most Balls Faced
Stephen Fleming
252
Romesh Kaluwitharana
224
Hashan Tillakaratne
207
Worst Bowling Fig
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
52
Craig McMillan
46
Mark Priest
42
Kumar Dharmasena
35
Highest Score
Matt Horne
35
Muttiah Muralitharan
26
Chris Cairns
26
Most sixes
Chris Cairns
2
Most Balls Faced
Marvan Atapattu
148
Arjuna Ranatunga
121
Nathan Astle
100
Kumar Dharmasena
96