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Thu, 19 Mar - Mon, 23 Mar 1998 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Newlands, Cape Town
South Africa won by 70 runs
South Africa
599/3 (20.00) & 264/10 (103)
Sri Lanka
580/2 (20.00) & 306/10 (95.3)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
Aravinda de Silva
2
Marvan Atapattu
2
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
2
Hansie Cronje
2
Daryll Cullinan
2
Gary Kirsten
2
Shaun Pollock
2
Best Average
Sanath Jayasuriya
20.500000
Allan Donald
21.666666
Shaun Pollock
26.666666
Chaminda Vaas
29.000000
Muttiah Muralitharan
30.375000
Best Bowling Fig
Sanath Jayasuriya
4
Muttiah Muralitharan
4
Shaun Pollock
4
Allan Donald
3
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
3
Chaminda Vaas
2
Paul Adams
2
Most Runs Conceed
Muttiah Muralitharan
243
Shaun Pollock
160
Paul Adams
152
Allan Donald
130
Chaminda Vaas
116
Most Wickets
Muttiah Muralitharan
8
Allan Donald
6
Shaun Pollock
6
Paul Adams
4
Chaminda Vaas
4
Most Runs Conceed
Ravindra Pushpakumara
105
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
99
Best Economy
Hansie Cronje
1.000000
Sanath Jayasuriya
2.102564
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
2.719780
Muttiah Muralitharan
2.825581
Aravinda de Silva
3.000000
Most Wickets
Sanath Jayasuriya
4
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
3
Makhaya Ntini
2
Jacques Kallis
1
Best Strike Rate
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
0.968750
Sanath Jayasuriya
0.772727
Aravinda de Silva
0.712500
Muttiah Muralitharan
0.694444
Daryll Cullinan
0.641843
Best Averages
Daryll Cullinan
90.500000
Marvan Atapattu
65.500000
Hansie Cronje
61.500000
Aravinda de Silva
57.000000
Shaun Pollock
49.000000
Most Not Outs
Muttiah Muralitharan
2
Ravindra Pushpakumara
2
Makhaya Ntini
2
Highest Score
Daryll Cullinan
113
Shaun Pollock
92
Aravinda de Silva
77
Hansie Cronje
74
Marvan Atapattu
71
Most Fours
Daryll Cullinan
20
Aravinda de Silva
19
Marvan Atapattu
16
Gary Kirsten
11
Hansie Cronje
10
Most Runs
Daryll Cullinan
181
Marvan Atapattu
131
Hansie Cronje
123
Aravinda de Silva
114
Shaun Pollock
98
Best Economy
Jacques Kallis
3.090909
Allan Donald
3.147699
Best Strike Rate
Allan Donald
41.3
Makhaya Ntini
45.9
Chaminda Vaas
48
Best Average
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
33.000000
Makhaya Ntini
37.000000
Best Strike Rate
Shaun Pollock
49
Sanath Jayasuriya
58.5
Muttiah Muralitharan
64.5
Paul Adams
70.5
Best Strike Rate
Romesh Kaluwitharana
0.568627
Shaun Pollock
0.556818
Most Runs
Gary Kirsten
77
Arjuna Ranatunga
63
Most Ducks
Sanath Jayasuriya
2
Chaminda Vaas
2
Adam Bacher
2
Highest Score
Gary Kirsten
62
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
51
Most sixes
Hansie Cronje
4
Daryll Cullinan
2
Shaun Pollock
1
Best Averages
Gary Kirsten
38.500000
Arjuna Ranatunga
31.500000
Most 100s
Daryll Cullinan
2
Worst Bowling Fig
Muttiah Muralitharan
135
Paul Adams
90
Shaun Pollock
83
Ravindra Pushpakumara
81
Chaminda Vaas
75
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
75
Allan Donald
66
Most sixes
Jacques Kallis
1
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
1
Most Fours
Romesh Kaluwitharana
10
Arjuna Ranatunga
9
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
8
Shaun Pollock
8
Most Balls Faced
Marvan Atapattu
329
Daryll Cullinan
282
Hansie Cronje
237
Shaun Pollock
176
Gary Kirsten
164
Aravinda de Silva
160
Worst Bowling Fig
Makhaya Ntini
57
Most Balls Faced
Jacques Kallis
153