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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 Strike Rate
Muttiah Muralitharan
83.33
Sanath Jayasuriya
80.34
Marvan Atapattu
61.54
Suresh Perera
55.84
John Crawley
55.19
Most Runs
Sanath Jayasuriya
237
John Crawley
170
Aravinda de Silva
152
Graeme Hick
107
Mark Ramprakash
95
Most 50s
Mark Ramprakash
1
Arjuna Ranatunga
1
Most Wickets
Muttiah Muralitharan
16
Angus Fraser
3
Darren Gough
2
Dominic Cork
2
Ben Hollioake
2
Most Runs Conceed
Muttiah Muralitharan
220
Dominic Cork
131
Suresh Perera
126
Ben Hollioake
116
Angus Fraser
114
Highest Score
Sanath Jayasuriya
213
John Crawley
156
Aravinda de Silva
152
Graeme Hick
107
Mark Ramprakash
53
Best Economy
Mark Butcher
1.45
Aravinda de Silva
1.55
Sanath Jayasuriya
1.74
Kumar Dharmasena
1.80
Muttiah Muralitharan
1.94
Most Fours
Sanath Jayasuriya
35
John Crawley
21
Aravinda de Silva
17
Graeme Hick
14
Mark Ramprakash
7
Best Average
Muttiah Muralitharan
13.75
Angus Fraser
38.00
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
48.50
Darren Gough
51.00
Ben Hollioake
58.00
Best Bowling Fig
Muttiah Muralitharan
9/65
Angus Fraser
3/19
Dominic Cork
2/3
Ben Hollioake
2/11
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
2/16
Best Averages
Sanath Jayasuriya
237 / 1
John Crawley
170 / 1
Aravinda de Silva
152 / 1
Graeme Hick
107 / 1
Arjuna Ranatunga
51 / 1
Most Runs Conceed
Darren Gough
102
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
97
Best Economy
Suresh Perera
2.47
Mahela Jayawardene
2.50
Best Strike Rate
Muttiah Muralitharan
42.56
Angus Fraser
50.00
Ben Hollioake
81.00
Best Averages
Mark Ramprakash
95 / 2
Angus Fraser
32 / 1
Most 100s
Graeme Hick
1
John Crawley
1
Aravinda de Silva
1
Best Strike Rate
Angus Fraser
55.17
Aravinda de Silva
52.05
Most 100s
Sanath Jayasuriya
1
Worst Bowling Fig
Muttiah Muralitharan
9/155
Dominic Cork
2/128
Ben Hollioake
2/105
Suresh Perera
1/104
Most Wickets
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
2
Ian Salisbury
1
Suresh Perera
1
Five Wicket haul
Muttiah Muralitharan
2
Most Runs
Steve James
61
Arjuna Ranatunga
51
Most Ducks
Total
2
Total
2
Hashan Tillakaratne
1
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
1
Best Strike Rate
Darren Gough
90.00
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
102.00
Dominic Cork
114.00
Ian Salisbury
153.00
Best Bowling Fig
Darren Gough
2/102
Suresh Perera
1/22
Most Maiden Overs
Muttiah Muralitharan
41
Kumar Dharmasena
16
Sanath Jayasuriya
14
Most Ducks
Graeme Hick
1
Ian Salisbury
1
Ben Hollioake
1
Most Maiden Overs
Suresh Perera
12
Ian Salisbury
7
Darren Gough
5
Dominic Cork
5
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
4
Most Not Outs
Angus Fraser
1
John Crawley
1
Marvan Atapattu
1
Sanath Jayasuriya
1
Suresh Perera
1
Worst Bowling Fig
Darren Gough
2/102
Angus Fraser
3/95
Ian Salisbury
1/86
Best Average
Dominic Cork
65.50
Ian Salisbury
86.00
Highest Score
Arjuna Ranatunga
51
Suresh Perera
43
Most sixes
Sanath Jayasuriya
3
Angus Fraser
2
John Crawley
1
Most Fours
Arjuna Ranatunga
7
Suresh Perera
6
Muttiah Muralitharan
5
Most Balls Faced
Mark Ramprakash
369
John Crawley
308
Most sixes
Arjuna Ranatunga
1
Suresh Perera
1
Most Balls Faced
Sanath Jayasuriya
295
Aravinda de Silva
292
Steve James
261
Graeme Hick
240
Alec Stewart
154