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Sun, 21 Jun 1998 - 00:00 – 2nd • R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (with 60 balls remaining)
Sri Lanka
200/9 (39.30)
New Zealand
201/3 (40.00)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
Marvan Atapattu
1
Sanath Jayasuriya
1
Bryan Young
1
Most Wickets
Kumar Dharmasena
3
Upul Chandana
3
Nathan Astle
1
Daniel Vettori
1
Shayne O'Connor
1
Most Runs Conceed
Chris Harris
50
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
41
Daniel Vettori
41
Kumar Dharmasena
40
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
35
Best Average
Nathan Astle
2.000000
Upul Chandana
8.000000
Kumar Dharmasena
13.333333
Shayne O'Connor
21.000000
Muttiah Muralitharan
24.000000
Best Bowling Fig
Kumar Dharmasena
3
Upul Chandana
3
Nathan Astle
1
Daniel Vettori
1
Shayne O'Connor
1
Most Wickets
Muttiah Muralitharan
1
Best Averages
Sanath Jayasuriya
57.000000
Bryan Young
55.000000
Stephen Fleming
47.000000
Aravinda de Silva
42.000000
Nathan Astle
33.000000
Most Runs Conceed
Craig McMillan
31
Sanath Jayasuriya
27
Dion Nash
25
Most Runs
Marvan Atapattu
83
Sanath Jayasuriya
57
Bryan Young
55
Stephen Fleming
47
Aravinda de Silva
42
Most Fours
Marvan Atapattu
9
Bryan Young
7
Sanath Jayasuriya
6
Aravinda de Silva
4
Stephen Fleming
2
Highest Score
Marvan Atapattu
83
Sanath Jayasuriya
57
Bryan Young
55
Stephen Fleming
47
Aravinda de Silva
42
Best Economy
Nathan Astle
0.666666
Muttiah Muralitharan
2.400000
Upul Chandana
3.428571
Sanath Jayasuriya
3.857142
Kumar Dharmasena
4.000000
Best Bowling Fig
Muttiah Muralitharan
1
Most Not Outs
Arjuna Ranatunga
1
Marvan Atapattu
1
Daniel Vettori
1
Shayne O'Connor
1
Best Strike Rate
Shayne O'Connor
1.500000
Bryan Young
1.057692
Sanath Jayasuriya
0.919354
Aravinda de Silva
0.913043
Marvan Atapattu
0.703389
Most Runs
Nathan Astle
33
Craig McMillan
26
Best Averages
Craig McMillan
26.000000
Chris Harris
7.000000
Chris Cairns
7.000000
Worst Bowling Fig
Chris Harris
50
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
41
Daniel Vettori
41
Kumar Dharmasena
40
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
35
Craig McMillan
31
Sanath Jayasuriya
27
Best Strike Rate
Romesh Kaluwitharana
0.666666
Stephen Fleming
0.626666
Best Economy
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
4.100000
Dion Nash
4.166666
Best Strike Rate
Upul Chandana
14
Nathan Astle
18
Kumar Dharmasena
20
Highest Score
Nathan Astle
33
Craig McMillan
26
Most sixes
Aravinda de Silva
1
Nathan Astle
1
Shayne O'Connor
1
Worst Bowling Fig
Dion Nash
25
Best Average
Daniel Vettori
41.000000
Most Fours
Nathan Astle
1
Craig McMillan
1
Most Balls Faced
Marvan Atapattu
118
Stephen Fleming
75
Sanath Jayasuriya
62
Best Strike Rate
Shayne O'Connor
24
Daniel Vettori
48
Muttiah Muralitharan
60
Most Balls Faced
Nathan Astle
60
Bryan Young
52
Aravinda de Silva
46
Craig McMillan
45