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Tue, 18 Aug - Sat, 22 Aug 2009 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Galle International Stadium
Sri Lanka won by 202 runs
Sri Lanka
454/10 (20.00) & 259/4 (49)
New Zealand
760/1 (20.00) & 210/10 (71.5)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
Tillakaratne Dilshan
2
Daniel Vettori
2
Tim McIntosh
2
Best Average
Mahela Jayawardene
10.000000
Thilan Thushara
19.666666
Muttiah Muralitharan
23.000000
Chris Martin
25.500000
Nuwan Kulasekara
30.500000
Most Wickets
Muttiah Muralitharan
7
Thilan Thushara
6
Daniel Vettori
5
Chris Martin
4
Ajantha Mendis
3
Best Bowling Fig
Muttiah Muralitharan
4
Thilan Thushara
4
Daniel Vettori
4
Chris Martin
4
Ajantha Mendis
2
Iain O'Brien
2
Jeetan Patel
1
Most Runs Conceed
Jeetan Patel
189
Iain O'Brien
170
Muttiah Muralitharan
161
Daniel Vettori
159
Ajantha Mendis
135
Best Economy
Muttiah Muralitharan
2.333333
Ajantha Mendis
2.347826
Mahela Jayawardene
2.500000
Daniel Vettori
2.819148
Best Strike Rate
Muttiah Muralitharan
1.600000
Tillakaratne Dilshan
1.059113
Prasanna Jayawardene
0.902439
Kumar Sangakkara
0.729729
Most Fours
Thilan Samaraweera
25
Tillakaratne Dilshan
24
Mahela Jayawardene
16
Daniel Vettori
10
Kumar Sangakkara
9
Most Runs
Tillakaratne Dilshan
215
Thilan Samaraweera
179
Mahela Jayawardene
141
Daniel Vettori
109
Tim McIntosh
69
Best Averages
Tillakaratne Dilshan
215.000000
Thilan Samaraweera
89.500000
Mahela Jayawardene
70.500000
Daniel Vettori
54.500000
Highest Score
Thilan Samaraweera
159
Tillakaratne Dilshan
123
Mahela Jayawardene
114
Tim McIntosh
69
Daniel Vettori
67
Most Wickets
Iain O'Brien
3
Nuwan Kulasekara
2
Mahela Jayawardene
1
Jeetan Patel
1
Most Runs Conceed
Thilan Thushara
118
Chris Martin
102
Most Not Outs
Tillakaratne Dilshan
2
Prasanna Jayawardene
2
Chris Martin
2
Ajantha Mendis
1
Best Average
Daniel Vettori
31.800000
Ajantha Mendis
45.000000
Most Dots
Jeetan Patel
4
Iain O'Brien
2
Ajantha Mendis
2
Best Averages
Angelo Mathews
39.000000
Prasanna Jayawardene
37.000000
Tim McIntosh
34.500000
Most 100s
Mahela Jayawardene
2
Tillakaratne Dilshan
2
Best Strike Rate
Angelo Mathews
0.650000
Thilan Samaraweera
0.613013
Jeetan Patel
0.578313
Best Economy
Thilan Thushara
3.189189
Nuwan Kulasekara
3.388888
Chris Martin
3.642857
Best Strike Rate
Mahela Jayawardene
24
Thilan Thushara
37
Chris Martin
42
Nuwan Kulasekara
54
Iain O'Brien
58
Muttiah Muralitharan
59.1429
Daniel Vettori
67.68
Most Runs
Jesse Ryder
66
Kumar Sangakkara
54
Most Ducks
Tharanga Paranavitana
2
Daniel Flynn
2
Tim McIntosh
2
Most Dots
Daniel Vettori
1
Chris Martin
1
Muttiah Muralitharan
1
Most Ducks
Thilan Thushara
1
Most 100s
Thilan Samaraweera
2
Worst Bowling Fig
Iain O'Brien
125
Jeetan Patel
120
Muttiah Muralitharan
88
Ajantha Mendis
85
Daniel Vettori
81
Thilan Thushara
81
Chris Martin
77
Most Fours
Jesse Ryder
8
Martin Guptill
7
Most Balls Faced
Tillakaratne Dilshan
203
Ross Taylor
138
Jesse Ryder
132
Thilan Samaraweera
292
Mahela Jayawardene
268
Tim McIntosh
234
Daniel Vettori
219
Highest Score
Kumar Sangakkara
46
Jesse Ryder
42
Most sixes
Thilan Samaraweera
3
Tillakaratne Dilshan
2
Muttiah Muralitharan
1
Nuwan Kulasekara
1
Angelo Mathews
1
Brendon McCullum
1
Ross Taylor
1