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Thu, 22 Jan 1998 - 00:00 – 1st ODI • Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 28 balls remaining)
Sri Lanka
207/10 (46.00)
Zimbabwe
210/5 (45.20)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most Runs Conceed
Muttiah Muralitharan
55
Grant Flower
51
Andy Whittall
40
Paul Strang
36
Heath Streak
35
Most Wickets
Upul Chandana
4
Grant Flower
2
Kumar Dharmasena
2
Ravindra Pushpakumara
2
Paul Strang
2
Best Bowling Fig
Upul Chandana
4
Grant Flower
2
Kumar Dharmasena
2
Ravindra Pushpakumara
2
Paul Strang
2
Best Average
Upul Chandana
7.750000
Kumar Dharmasena
14.500000
Ravindra Pushpakumara
15.000000
Paul Strang
18.000000
John Rennie
25.000000
Best Economy
Kumar Dharmasena
2.900000
Chaminda Vaas
3.000000
John Rennie
3.571428
Paul Strang
3.600000
Upul Chandana
4.189189
Best Strike Rate
Upul Chandana
2.000000
Gavin Rennie
1.125000
Craig Wishart
1.051282
Romesh Kaluwitharana
0.882352
Aravinda de Silva
0.833333
Highest Score
Arjuna Ranatunga
58
Guy Whittall
52
Sanath Jayasuriya
47
Craig Wishart
41
Grant Flower
40
Best Averages
Guy Whittall
52.000000
Sanath Jayasuriya
47.000000
Craig Wishart
41.000000
Grant Flower
40.000000
Roshan Mahanama
39.000000
Most Runs
Arjuna Ranatunga
58
Guy Whittall
52
Sanath Jayasuriya
47
Craig Wishart
41
Grant Flower
40
Most Fours
Guy Whittall
7
Grant Flower
6
Sanath Jayasuriya
6
Arjuna Ranatunga
4
Roshan Mahanama
4
Marvan Atapattu
4
Craig Wishart
3
Most 50s
Arjuna Ranatunga
1
Guy Whittall
1
Most Wickets
Sanath Jayasuriya
1
Muttiah Muralitharan
1
John Rennie
1
Most Runs Conceed
Sanath Jayasuriya
35
Upul Chandana
31
Ravindra Pushpakumara
30
Best Bowling Fig
Sanath Jayasuriya
1
Muttiah Muralitharan
1
John Rennie
1
Most Not Outs
Arjuna Ranatunga
1
Upul Chandana
1
Best Strike Rate
Sanath Jayasuriya
0.810344
Guy Whittall
0.742857
Most Not Outs
Heath Streak
1
Best Economy
Murray Goodwin
4.200000
Ravindra Pushpakumara
4.285714
Best Strike Rate
Upul Chandana
11.1
Ravindra Pushpakumara
21
Grant Flower
21.6
Paul Strang
30
Kumar Dharmasena
30
Sanath Jayasuriya
42
John Rennie
42
Most Runs
Roshan Mahanama
39
Alistair Campbell
36
Best Averages
Alistair Campbell
36.000000
Marvan Atapattu
26.000000
Worst Bowling Fig
Muttiah Muralitharan
55
Grant Flower
51
Andy Whittall
40
Paul Strang
36
Heath Streak
35
Sanath Jayasuriya
35
Upul Chandana
31
Best Average
Grant Flower
25.500000
Sanath Jayasuriya
35.000000
Most Fours
Alistair Campbell
1
Aravinda de Silva
1
Most Balls Faced
Arjuna Ranatunga
79
Guy Whittall
70
Roshan Mahanama
66
Grant Flower
61
Sanath Jayasuriya
58
Alistair Campbell
58
Craig Wishart
39
Highest Score
Roshan Mahanama
39
Alistair Campbell
36
Most sixes
Arjuna Ranatunga
2
Alistair Campbell
1