Thu, 27 Aug - Mon, 31 Aug 1998 - 00:00 – Only Test • Kennington Oval, London
Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
EnglandEngland
445/10 (158.3) & 181/10 (129.2)
Sri LankaSri Lanka
591/10 (156.5) & 37/0 (5)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most 50s 2 Mark Ramprakash 1 Arjuna Ranatunga
Best Average 13.75 Muttiah Muralitharan 38 Angus Fraser 48.5 Pramodya Wickramasinghe 51 Darren Gough 58 Ben Hollioake
Most Runs Conceed 220 Muttiah Muralitharan 131 Dominic Cork 126 Suresh Perera 116 Ben Hollioake 114 Angus Fraser
Best Bowling Fig 9 Muttiah Muralitharan 3 Angus Fraser 2 Darren Gough 2 Dominic Cork 2 Ben Hollioake
Most Wickets 16 Muttiah Muralitharan 3 Angus Fraser 2 Darren Gough 2 Dominic Cork 2 Ben Hollioake
Best Economy 1.45 Mark Butcher 1.55 Aravinda de Silva 1.74 Sanath Jayasuriya 1.8 Kumar Dharmasena 1.94 Muttiah Muralitharan
Highest Score 213 Sanath Jayasuriya 156 John Crawley 152 Aravinda de Silva 107 Graeme Hick 53 Mark Ramprakash
Best Bowling Fig 1 Ian Salisbury 1 Suresh Perera
Most Not Outs 2 Angus Fraser 2 John Crawley 2 Marvan Atapattu 2 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Runs Conceed 97 Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Best Averages 237 Sanath Jayasuriya 170 John Crawley 152 Aravinda de Silva 53.5 Graeme Hick 51 Arjuna Ranatunga
Most Not Outs 1 Suresh Perera
Most Fours 35 Sanath Jayasuriya 21 John Crawley 17 Aravinda de Silva
Most Wickets 1 Ian Salisbury 1 Suresh Perera
Most Fours 14 Graeme Hick 7 Mark Ramprakash 7 Arjuna Ranatunga
Best Strike Rate 0.83 Muttiah Muralitharan 0.8 Sanath Jayasuriya 0.62 Marvan Atapattu 0.56 Suresh Perera 0.55 John Crawley
Most Runs 237 Sanath Jayasuriya 170 John Crawley 152 Aravinda de Silva 107 Graeme Hick 95 Mark Ramprakash
Best Economy 2.5 Mahela Jayawardene
Best Strike Rate 42.56 Muttiah Muralitharan 50 Angus Fraser 81 Ben Hollioake 90 Darren Gough 102 Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Best Averages 32 Angus Fraser
Most 100s 2 Graeme Hick 2 John Crawley
Best Strike Rate 114 Dominic Cork 153 Ian Salisbury
Best Strike Rate 0.52 Aravinda de Silva
Most Runs 51 Arjuna Ranatunga
Most Ducks 2 Graeme Hick 2 Ian Salisbury 2 Ben Hollioake 1 Hashan Tillakaratne 1 Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Best Average 86 Ian Salisbury
Most 100s 2 Sanath Jayasuriya 1 Aravinda de Silva
Worst Bowling Fig 155 Muttiah Muralitharan 128 Dominic Cork 105 Ben Hollioake 104 Suresh Perera 102 Darren Gough
Highest Score 43 Suresh Perera
Most sixes 3 Sanath Jayasuriya 2 Angus Fraser 1 John Crawley 1 Arjuna Ranatunga 1 Suresh Perera
Most Fours 6 Suresh Perera 5 Muttiah Muralitharan
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Darren Gough
Dismissals 8
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 13.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Marvan Atapattu vs Darren Gough
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 13.2
âš  Bowler dominance
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Darren Gough
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 42.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Romesh Kaluwitharana vs Darren Gough
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 12.3
âš  Bowler dominance
Aravinda de Silva vs Darren Gough
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 20.5
Balanced matchup
Alec Stewart vs Suresh Perera
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.5
âš  Bowler dominance
Marvan Atapattu vs Dominic Cork
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 188.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Dharmasena vs Darren Gough
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 94.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Mahela Jayawardene vs Darren Gough
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 10.5
âš  Bowler dominance
Hashan Tillakaratne vs Darren Gough
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 7.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Mahela Jayawardene vs Adam Hollioake
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 38.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Suresh Perera vs Adam Hollioake
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 25.0
Balanced matchup
Mahela Jayawardene vs Angus Fraser
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 40.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Marvan Atapattu vs Adam Hollioake
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 90.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Graeme Hick vs Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 238.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Darren Gough vs Suresh Perera
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 1.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Mark Butcher vs Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 26.0
Balanced matchup
Aravinda de Silva vs Dominic Cork
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 225.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Aravinda de Silva vs Adam Hollioake
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 292.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Adam Hollioake
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 2.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Romesh Kaluwitharana vs Dominic Cork
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 50.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Ian Salisbury
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 36.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Darren Gough
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 8.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Kumar Dharmasena vs Angus Fraser
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 39.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Adam Hollioake
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 278.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Pramodya Wickramasinghe vs Angus Fraser
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 7.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Pramodya Wickramasinghe vs Darren Gough
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 26.0
Balanced matchup
Pramodya Wickramasinghe vs Adam Hollioake
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 10.0
âš  Bowler dominance