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Thu, 27 Aug - Mon, 31 Aug 1998 - 00:00 – Only Test • Kennington Oval, London
Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
England
445/10 (158.3) & 181/10 (129.2)
Sri Lanka
591/10 (156.5) & 37/0 (5)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Best Average
Muttiah Muralitharan
13.750000
Angus Fraser
38.000000
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
48.500000
Darren Gough
51.000000
Ben Hollioake
58.000000
Most Runs Conceed
Muttiah Muralitharan
220
Dominic Cork
131
Suresh Perera
126
Ben Hollioake
116
Angus Fraser
114
Most 50s
Mark Ramprakash
2
Arjuna Ranatunga
1
Best Bowling Fig
Muttiah Muralitharan
9
Angus Fraser
3
Darren Gough
2
Dominic Cork
2
Ben Hollioake
2
Most Wickets
Muttiah Muralitharan
16
Angus Fraser
3
Darren Gough
2
Dominic Cork
2
Ben Hollioake
2
Best Strike Rate
Muttiah Muralitharan
0.833333
Sanath Jayasuriya
0.803389
Marvan Atapattu
0.615384
Suresh Perera
0.558441
John Crawley
0.551948
Highest Score
Sanath Jayasuriya
213
John Crawley
156
Aravinda de Silva
152
Graeme Hick
107
Mark Ramprakash
53
Best Economy
Mark Butcher
1.454545
Aravinda de Silva
1.553398
Sanath Jayasuriya
1.743589
Kumar Dharmasena
1.796246
Muttiah Muralitharan
1.938325
Most Runs
Sanath Jayasuriya
237
John Crawley
170
Aravinda de Silva
152
Graeme Hick
107
Mark Ramprakash
95
Best Averages
Sanath Jayasuriya
237.000000
John Crawley
170.000000
Aravinda de Silva
152.000000
Graeme Hick
53.500000
Arjuna Ranatunga
51.000000
Most Fours
Sanath Jayasuriya
35
John Crawley
21
Aravinda de Silva
17
Graeme Hick
14
Mark Ramprakash
7
Most Runs Conceed
Darren Gough
102
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
97
Best Bowling Fig
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
2
Ian Salisbury
1
Suresh Perera
1
Most Not Outs
Angus Fraser
2
John Crawley
2
Marvan Atapattu
2
Sanath Jayasuriya
2
Suresh Perera
1
Best Average
Dominic Cork
65.500000
Ian Salisbury
86.000000
Most Wickets
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
2
Ian Salisbury
1
Suresh Perera
1
Best Strike Rate
Angus Fraser
0.551724
Aravinda de Silva
0.520547
Highest Score
Arjuna Ranatunga
51
Suresh Perera
43
Most sixes
Sanath Jayasuriya
3
Angus Fraser
2
John Crawley
1
Best Economy
Suresh Perera
2.470588
Mahela Jayawardene
2.500000
Best Strike Rate
Muttiah Muralitharan
42.5625
Angus Fraser
50
Ben Hollioake
81
Most Runs
Steve James
61
Arjuna Ranatunga
51
Most Ducks
Graeme Hick
2
Ian Salisbury
2
Ben Hollioake
2
Best Averages
Mark Ramprakash
47.500000
Angus Fraser
32.000000
Most 100s
Graeme Hick
2
John Crawley
2
Sanath Jayasuriya
2
Most Ducks
Hashan Tillakaratne
1
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
1
Most 100s
Aravinda de Silva
1
Worst Bowling Fig
Muttiah Muralitharan
155
Dominic Cork
128
Ben Hollioake
105
Suresh Perera
104
Best Strike Rate
Darren Gough
90
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
102
Dominic Cork
114
Ian Salisbury
153
Most Fours
Arjuna Ranatunga
7
Suresh Perera
6
Muttiah Muralitharan
5
Most Balls Faced
Mark Ramprakash
369
John Crawley
308
Sanath Jayasuriya
295
Aravinda de Silva
292
Steve James
261
Graeme Hick
240
Alec Stewart
154
Most sixes
Arjuna Ranatunga
1
Suresh Perera
1
Worst Bowling Fig
Darren Gough
102
Angus Fraser
95
Ian Salisbury
86