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Sun, 05 Jul 1998 - 00:00 – 9th • Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Sri Lanka won by 87 runs
Sri Lanka
293/4 (31.10)
New Zealand
206/10 (39.10)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Best Average
Sanath Jayasuriya
9.333333
Upul Chandana
13.000000
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
17.000000
Chris Harris
22.000000
Muttiah Muralitharan
25.000000
Most 50s
Aravinda de Silva
1
Romesh Kaluwitharana
1
Nathan Astle
1
Best Bowling Fig
Sanath Jayasuriya
3
Muttiah Muralitharan
2
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
2
Upul Chandana
2
Most Runs Conceed
Daniel Vettori
53
Chris Cairns
52
Muttiah Muralitharan
50
Chris Harris
44
Nathan Astle
38
Craig McMillan
38
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
34
Most Wickets
Sanath Jayasuriya
3
Muttiah Muralitharan
2
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
2
Upul Chandana
2
Chris Harris
2
Best Economy
Sanath Jayasuriya
3.500000
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
3.777777
Upul Chandana
4.262295
Chris Harris
4.400000
Muttiah Muralitharan
5.000000
Best Strike Rate
Marvan Atapattu
2.000000
Craig McMillan
1.250000
Upul Chandana
1.080000
Arjuna Ranatunga
1.040816
Nathan Astle
0.973684
Most Runs
Arjuna Ranatunga
102
Nathan Astle
74
Aravinda de Silva
62
Romesh Kaluwitharana
54
Chris Cairns
28
Highest Score
Arjuna Ranatunga
102
Nathan Astle
74
Aravinda de Silva
62
Romesh Kaluwitharana
54
Chris Cairns
28
Best Averages
Arjuna Ranatunga
102.000000
Nathan Astle
74.000000
Aravinda de Silva
62.000000
Romesh Kaluwitharana
54.000000
Chris Cairns
28.000000
Most Fours
Romesh Kaluwitharana
8
Nathan Astle
7
Arjuna Ranatunga
6
Sanath Jayasuriya
3
Stephen Fleming
3
Aravinda de Silva
2
Upul Chandana
2
Most Wickets
Suresh Perera
1
Daniel Vettori
1
Craig McMillan
1
Best Bowling Fig
Chris Harris
2
Suresh Perera
1
Daniel Vettori
1
Craig McMillan
1
Most Not Outs
Marvan Atapattu
1
Upul Chandana
1
Adam Parore
1
Best Economy
Daniel Vettori
5.300000
Paul Wiseman
5.333333
Best Strike Rate
Sanath Jayasuriya
16
Upul Chandana
18.3
Suresh Perera
24
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
27
Muttiah Muralitharan
30
Chris Harris
30
Craig McMillan
42
Best Averages
Sanath Jayasuriya
24.000000
Stephen Fleming
20.000000
Most 100s
Arjuna Ranatunga
1
Worst Bowling Fig
Daniel Vettori
53
Chris Cairns
52
Muttiah Muralitharan
50
Chris Harris
44
Nathan Astle
38
Craig McMillan
38
Most Runs
Adam Parore
28
Upul Chandana
27
Sanath Jayasuriya
24
Most Ducks
Daniel Vettori
1
Most Fours
Paul Wiseman
1
Most Balls Faced
Arjuna Ranatunga
98
Aravinda de Silva
83
Nathan Astle
76
Romesh Kaluwitharana
64
Best Average
Suresh Perera
34.000000
Craig McMillan
38.000000
Best Strike Rate
Chris Cairns
0.848484
Romesh Kaluwitharana
0.843750
Highest Score
Adam Parore
28
Upul Chandana
27
Sanath Jayasuriya
24
Most sixes
Nathan Astle
3
Arjuna Ranatunga
2
Worst Bowling Fig
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
34
Suresh Perera
34
Paul Wiseman
32
Most Balls Faced
Adam Parore
43
Chris Cairns
33
Sanath Jayasuriya
30
Most sixes
Chris Cairns
2
Aravinda de Silva
1
Paul Wiseman
1