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Result of 1998
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Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series
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2nd Test-Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series 1998
2nd Test-Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series 1998
RESULT
TEST
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Wed, 14 Jan - Sun, 18 Jan 1998 - 09:30
SL
Sri Lanka
552/3 (20.00) & 326/5 (113.5)
VS
Zimbabwe
325/2 (20.00) & 299/10 (125.5)
ZIM
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
PREVIEW
SUMMARY
SCORECARD
MATCH STATS
PERFORMANCE
ZIM
Zimbabwe innings
325/2 (20.00)
BATTING
Batsman
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
In Season
R
4s
6s
Career
R
4s
6s
Gavin Rennie
c (wk)Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran
50
103
137
6
0
48.54
In 1998
Career
Grant Flower
b Pushpakumara
41
56
77
8
0
73.21
In 1998
Career
Murray Goodwin
b Anurasiri
73
128
202
9
0
57.03
In 1998
Career
Guy Whittall
run out (Muralidaran)
11
32
38
1
0
34.37
In 1998
Career
Andy Flower (WK)
c & b Anurasiri
8
37
48
0
0
21.62
In 1998
Career
Alistair Campbell (c)
c (wk)Kaluwitharana b Vaas
44
109
129
7
0
40.36
In 1998
Career
Craig Wishart
lbw b Muralidaran
2
14
16
0
0
14.28
In 1998
Career
Paul Strang
c Pushpakumara b Anurasiri
5
18
20
0
0
27.77
In 1998
Career
Heath Streak
b Vaas
3
33
38
0
0
9.09
In 1998
Career
Andy Whittall
not out
1
16
16
0
0
6.25
In 1998
Career
Pommie Mbangwa
lbw b Pushpakumara
0
9
12
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Extras
(lb 3, nb 9, w 1)
13
Total
251 90.2 Ov (RR: 2.77)
251
555
31
0
BOWLING
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
In Season
W
0s
Best
Career
W
0s
Best
Chaminda Vaas
12.00
1
35
2
2.91
0
0
4
In 1998
Career
Ravindra Pushpakumara
12.20
2
43
2
3.48
0
1
1
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
7.00
1
33
0
4.71
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
32.00
10
72
2
2.25
0
0
4
In 1998
Career
Don Anurasiri
27.00
7
65
3
2.40
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
SL
Sri Lanka innings
552/3 (20.00)
BATTING
Batsman
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
In Season
R
4s
6s
Career
R
4s
6s
Sanath Jayasuriya
c GJ Whittall b Streak
5
20
29
0
0
25.00
In 1998
Career
Marvan Atapattu
c (wk)A Flower b Strang
48
79
134
9
0
60.75
In 1998
Career
Roshan Mahanama
b Mbangwa
8
30
43
1
0
26.66
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
c & b Streak
27
28
38
4
1
96.42
In 1998
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
c Streak b Strang
52
143
202
6
0
36.36
In 1998
Career
Hashan Tillakaratne
c Rennie b AR Whittall
7
54
81
0
0
12.96
In 1998
Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
c (wk)A Flower b Strang
51
47
71
12
0
108.51
In 1998
Career
Don Anurasiri
not out
3
25
42
0
0
12.00
In 1998
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
c (wk)A Flower b Mbangwa
11
7
6
1
1
157.14
In 1998
Career
Ravindra Pushpakumara
b Strang
1
6
4
0
0
16.66
In 1998
Career
Chaminda Vaas
absent ill
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Extras
(lb 11, w 1)
12
Total
225 73.5 Ov (RR: 3.04)
225
439
33
2
BOWLING
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
In Season
W
0s
Best
Career
W
0s
Best
Heath Streak
15.00
5
28
2
1.86
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Pommie Mbangwa
16.00
4
61
2
3.81
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Guy Whittall
3.00
0
18
0
6.00
0
1
0
In 1998
Career
Paul Strang
19.50
2
77
4
3.88
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Andy Whittall
20.00
6
30
1
1.50
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
ZIM
Zimbabwe innings
326/5 (113.5)
BATTING
Batsman
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
In Season
R
4s
6s
Career
R
4s
6s
Gavin Rennie
c (wk)Kaluwitharana b de Silva
12
20
25
3
0
60.00
In 1998
Career
Grant Flower
b Jayasuriya
52
127
173
4
0
40.94
In 1998
Career
Andy Whittall
c Tillakaratne b de Silva
2
17
31
0
0
11.76
In 1998
Career
Murray Goodwin
b Jayasuriya
39
88
96
5
0
44.31
In 1998
Career
Guy Whittall
c sub (DPMD Jayawardene) b Muralidaran
17
31
42
2
0
54.83
In 1998
Career
Andy Flower (WK)
not out
105
238
337
10
1
44.11
In 1998
Career
Alistair Campbell (c)
c (wk)Kaluwitharana b Anurasiri
37
104
152
5
0
35.57
In 1998
Career
Craig Wishart
c (wk)Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara
18
94
125
1
0
19.14
In 1998
Career
Paul Strang
b Muralidaran
3
18
23
0
0
16.66
In 1998
Career
Heath Streak
run out ((wk)Kaluwitharana)
1
6
3
0
0
16.66
In 1998
Career
Pommie Mbangwa
c de Silva b Muralidaran
4
17
20
1
0
23.52
In 1998
Career
Extras
(lb 6, nb 2, w 1)
9
Total
299 125.5 Ov (RR: 2.37)
299
760
31
1
BOWLING
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
In Season
W
0s
Best
Career
W
0s
Best
Ravindra Pushpakumara
17.00
2
54
1
3.17
0
1
1
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
23.00
4
61
2
2.65
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
37.50
9
73
3
1.92
0
0
2
In 1998
Career
Don Anurasiri
19.00
7
41
1
2.15
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
29.00
9
64
2
2.20
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
SL
Sri Lanka innings
299/10 (125.5)
BATTING
Batsman
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
In Season
R
4s
6s
Career
R
4s
6s
Sanath Jayasuriya
c (wk)A Flower b Streak
68
111
168
8
2
61.26
In 1998
Career
Marvan Atapattu
c (wk)A Flower b Streak
0
7
12
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Roshan Mahanama
lbw b Mbangwa
0
9
17
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
not out
143
310
460
16
2
46.12
In 1998
Career
Hashan Tillakaratne
lbw b Streak
0
2
2
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
c Campbell b Streak
4
11
27
1
0
36.36
In 1998
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
not out
87
232
303
12
0
37.50
In 1998
Career
Extras
(b 11, lb 13)
24
Total
326/5 113.5 Ov (RR: 2.86)
326
682
37
4
BOWLING
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
In Season
W
0s
Best
Career
W
0s
Best
Heath Streak
25.00
6
84
4
3.36
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Pommie Mbangwa
14.00
5
34
1
2.42
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Guy Whittall
7.00
1
12
0
1.71
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Paul Strang
24.00
4
75
0
3.12
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Andy Whittall
43.00
10
93
0
2.16
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Murray Goodwin
0.50
0
4
0
4.80
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
MILESTONES
Muttiah Muralitharan
reached 150 Test wickets
SL
REACHED
Now on 152.
Chaminda Vaas
played their 25th Test
SL
REACHED
Now on 25.
Arjuna Ranatunga
registered their 30th Test fifty
SL
REACHED
Now on 30.
Marvan Atapattu
reached 100 Test fours
SL
REACHED
Now on 103.
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