Sun, 21 Jun 1998 - 00:00 – 2nd • R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (with 60 balls remaining)
Sri LankaSri Lanka
200/9 (39.30)
New ZealandNew Zealand
201/3 (40.00)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most 50s 1 Marvan Atapattu 1 Sanath Jayasuriya 1 Bryan Young
Best Average 2 Nathan Astle 8 Upul Chandana 13.33 Kumar Dharmasena 21 Shayne O'Connor 24 Muttiah Muralitharan
Best Bowling Fig 3 Kumar Dharmasena 3 Upul Chandana 1 Nathan Astle 1 Daniel Vettori 1 Shayne O'Connor
Most Wickets 3 Kumar Dharmasena 3 Upul Chandana 1 Nathan Astle 1 Daniel Vettori 1 Shayne O'Connor
Most Runs Conceed 50 Chris Harris 41 Niroshan Bandaratilleke 41 Daniel Vettori 40 Kumar Dharmasena 35 Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Highest Score 83 Marvan Atapattu 57 Sanath Jayasuriya 55 Bryan Young 47 Stephen Fleming 42 Aravinda de Silva
Best Strike Rate 1.5 Shayne O'Connor 1.06 Bryan Young 0.92 Sanath Jayasuriya
Best Averages 57 Sanath Jayasuriya 55 Bryan Young 47 Stephen Fleming
Best Strike Rate 0.91 Aravinda de Silva 0.7 Marvan Atapattu 0.67 Romesh Kaluwitharana
Best Averages 42 Aravinda de Silva 33 Nathan Astle 26 Craig McMillan
Most Fours 9 Marvan Atapattu 7 Bryan Young 6 Sanath Jayasuriya 4 Aravinda de Silva 2 Stephen Fleming
Most Runs 83 Marvan Atapattu 57 Sanath Jayasuriya 55 Bryan Young 47 Stephen Fleming 42 Aravinda de Silva
Best Economy 0.67 Nathan Astle 2.4 Muttiah Muralitharan 3.43 Upul Chandana 3.86 Sanath Jayasuriya 4 Kumar Dharmasena
Most Not Outs 1 Arjuna Ranatunga 1 Marvan Atapattu 1 Daniel Vettori 1 Shayne O'Connor
Most Runs Conceed 27 Sanath Jayasuriya 25 Dion Nash
Best Averages 7 Chris Harris 7 Chris Cairns
Worst Bowling Fig 50 Chris Harris 41 Niroshan Bandaratilleke 41 Daniel Vettori 40 Kumar Dharmasena 35 Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Best Economy 4.17 Dion Nash
Best Strike Rate 14 Upul Chandana 18 Nathan Astle 20 Kumar Dharmasena 24 Shayne O'Connor 48 Daniel Vettori
Highest Score 26 Craig McMillan
Most sixes 1 Aravinda de Silva 1 Nathan Astle
Most Runs 26 Craig McMillan
Best Strike Rate 0.63 Stephen Fleming
Best Strike Rate 60 Muttiah Muralitharan
Worst Bowling Fig 25 Dion Nash
Most Fours 1 Craig McMillan
Most Balls Faced 118 Marvan Atapattu 75 Stephen Fleming 62 Sanath Jayasuriya 60 Nathan Astle 52 Bryan Young
Most sixes 1 Shayne O'Connor
Marvan Atapattu vs Daniel Vettori
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 36.6
✔ Batsman advantage
Aravinda de Silva vs Daniel Vettori
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 44.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Daniel Vettori
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 51.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Daniel Vettori
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 49.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Aravinda de Silva vs Nathan Astle
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 35.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Adam Parore vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 47.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Stephen Fleming vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 52.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Chris Harris vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 18.0
Balanced matchup
Romesh Kaluwitharana vs Nathan Astle
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 28.3
Balanced matchup
Romesh Kaluwitharana vs Daniel Vettori
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 119.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Craig McMillan vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 59.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Bryan Young vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 89.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Nathan Astle vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 113.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Chris Cairns vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 28.5
Balanced matchup
Chris Cairns vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 54.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Daniel Vettori vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.5
⚠ Bowler dominance
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Nathan Astle
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 89.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Marvan Atapattu vs Nathan Astle
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 244.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Matt Horne vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Craig McMillan vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 75.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Adam Parore vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Nathan Astle vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 76.0
✔ Batsman advantage