Sat, 19 Apr - Wed, 23 Apr 1997 - 00:00 – 1st Test • R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Match drawn
Sri LankaSri Lanka
586/10 (31.10) & 423/8 (155.1)
PakistanPakistan
515/1 (20.00)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most 50s 2 Arjuna Ranatunga 2 Hashan Tillakaratne 2 Sanath Jayasuriya 2 Romesh Kaluwitharana 1 Saleem Malik
Best Bowling Fig 6 Muttiah Muralitharan 5 Saqlain Mushtaq 3 Mushtaq Ahmed 1 Asif Mujtaba 1 Shahid Nazir
Best Economy 1.5 Russel Arnold 1.67 Arjuna Ranatunga 1.77 Kumar Dharmasena 1.85 Muttiah Muralitharan 2.11 Saqlain Mushtaq
Most Runs Conceed 226 Saqlain Mushtaq 217 Mushtaq Ahmed 104 Mohammad Zahid 98 Shahid Nazir 98 Muttiah Muralitharan
Most Wickets 9 Saqlain Mushtaq 6 Muttiah Muralitharan 6 Mushtaq Ahmed 1 Asif Mujtaba 1 Kumar Dharmasena
Best Strike Rate 1.6 Muttiah Muralitharan 0.62 Sanath Jayasuriya 0.59 Ramiz Raja 0.52 Romesh Kaluwitharana 0.5 Saleem Malik
Best Average 16.33 Muttiah Muralitharan 25.11 Saqlain Mushtaq 36.17 Mushtaq Ahmed 75 Chaminda Vaas 89 Asif Mujtaba
Highest Score 168 Aravinda de Silva 113 Ijaz Ahmed 103 Hashan Tillakaratne 62 Sanath Jayasuriya 58 Arjuna Ranatunga
Best Averages 113 Ijaz Ahmed 95.5 Aravinda de Silva 78.5 Hashan Tillakaratne 58 Saleem Malik 58 Saqlain Mushtaq
Most Fours 18 Aravinda de Silva 15 Hashan Tillakaratne 11 Sanath Jayasuriya 11 Ijaz Ahmed 10 Arjuna Ranatunga
Most Runs 191 Aravinda de Silva 157 Hashan Tillakaratne 113 Ijaz Ahmed 107 Arjuna Ranatunga 93 Sanath Jayasuriya
Best Economy 2.34 Chaminda Vaas
Best Strike Rate 53 Muttiah Muralitharan 71.47 Saqlain Mushtaq 73.1 Mushtaq Ahmed 168 Mohammad Zahid 180 Shahid Nazir
Best Bowling Fig 1 Kumar Dharmasena 1 Chaminda Vaas
Most Not Outs 2 Kumar Dharmasena
Most Runs Conceed 89 Asif Mujtaba 75 Chaminda Vaas
Most Not Outs 1 Mohammad Zahid 1 Muttiah Muralitharan
Best Averages 50 Ramiz Raja 46.5 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most 100s 2 Aravinda de Silva
Most sixes 1 Sanath Jayasuriya 1 Aravinda de Silva 1 Russel Arnold
Most Wickets 1 Shahid Nazir 1 Mohammad Zahid
Best Strike Rate 0.48 Mushtaq Ahmed
Best Strike Rate 192 Chaminda Vaas 234 Asif Mujtaba
Most 100s 2 Hashan Tillakaratne 1 Ijaz Ahmed
Worst Bowling Fig 137 Saqlain Mushtaq 123 Mushtaq Ahmed 98 Muttiah Muralitharan 93 Kumar Dharmasena 75 Chaminda Vaas
Most Fours 3 Marvan Atapattu
Most Balls Faced 149 Sanath Jayasuriya 143 Romesh Kaluwitharana 414 Aravinda de Silva 323 Hashan Tillakaratne 296 Arjuna Ranatunga
Most Runs 58 Saleem Malik 58 Saqlain Mushtaq
Most Ducks 2 Marvan Atapattu 1 Nuwan Zoysa 1 Moin Khan 1 Saleem Elahi
Most Balls Faced 248 Saqlain Mushtaq 245 Ijaz Ahmed
Inzamam-ul-Haq vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 12
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 94.1
✔ Batsman advantage
Saqlain Mushtaq vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 16.4
Balanced matchup
Moin Khan vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 49.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Ramiz Raja vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 61.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Ijaz Ahmed vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 16.3
Balanced matchup
Saleem Malik vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 38.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Inzamam-ul-Haq vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 79.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Ijaz Ahmed vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 42.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Moin Khan vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 37.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Saleem Elahi vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 11.3
âš  Bowler dominance
Saleem Elahi vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 33.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Ramiz Raja vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 94.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Asif Mujtaba vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 107.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Asif Mujtaba vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 233.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Saleem Malik vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 52.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Mushtaq Ahmed vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 3.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Saqlain Mushtaq vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 52.0
✔ Batsman advantage