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Sat, 19 Apr - Wed, 23 Apr 1997 - 00:00 – 1st Test • R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Match drawn
Sri Lanka
586/10 (31.10) & 423/8 (155.1)
Pakistan
515/1 (20.00)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
Arjuna Ranatunga
2
Hashan Tillakaratne
2
Sanath Jayasuriya
2
Romesh Kaluwitharana
2
Saleem Malik
1
Ramiz Raja
1
Saqlain Mushtaq
1
Best Average
Muttiah Muralitharan
16.333333
Saqlain Mushtaq
25.111111
Mushtaq Ahmed
36.166666
Chaminda Vaas
75.000000
Asif Mujtaba
89.000000
Most Wickets
Saqlain Mushtaq
9
Muttiah Muralitharan
6
Mushtaq Ahmed
6
Asif Mujtaba
1
Kumar Dharmasena
1
Best Bowling Fig
Muttiah Muralitharan
6
Saqlain Mushtaq
5
Mushtaq Ahmed
3
Asif Mujtaba
1
Shahid Nazir
1
Most Runs Conceed
Saqlain Mushtaq
226
Mushtaq Ahmed
217
Mohammad Zahid
104
Shahid Nazir
98
Muttiah Muralitharan
98
Most Wickets
Chaminda Vaas
1
Shahid Nazir
1
Mohammad Zahid
1
Best Economy
Russel Arnold
1.500000
Arjuna Ranatunga
1.666666
Kumar Dharmasena
1.771428
Muttiah Muralitharan
1.849056
Saqlain Mushtaq
2.108208
Most Runs Conceed
Kumar Dharmasena
93
Asif Mujtaba
89
Chaminda Vaas
75
Most Runs
Aravinda de Silva
191
Hashan Tillakaratne
157
Ijaz Ahmed
113
Arjuna Ranatunga
107
Sanath Jayasuriya
93
Best Strike Rate
Muttiah Muralitharan
1.600000
Sanath Jayasuriya
0.624161
Ramiz Raja
0.588235
Romesh Kaluwitharana
0.517482
Saleem Malik
0.504347
Best Bowling Fig
Mohammad Zahid
1
Kumar Dharmasena
1
Chaminda Vaas
1
Most Not Outs
Kumar Dharmasena
2
Mohammad Zahid
1
Muttiah Muralitharan
1
Highest Score
Aravinda de Silva
168
Ijaz Ahmed
113
Hashan Tillakaratne
103
Sanath Jayasuriya
62
Arjuna Ranatunga
58
Best Strike Rate
Hashan Tillakaratne
0.486068
Mushtaq Ahmed
0.481481
Best Average
Kumar Dharmasena
93.000000
Shahid Nazir
98.000000
Most Runs
Romesh Kaluwitharana
74
Saleem Malik
58
Saqlain Mushtaq
58
Most Ducks
Marvan Atapattu
2
Nuwan Zoysa
1
Best Averages
Ijaz Ahmed
113.000000
Aravinda de Silva
95.500000
Hashan Tillakaratne
78.500000
Saleem Malik
58.000000
Saqlain Mushtaq
58.000000
Most Ducks
Moin Khan
1
Saleem Elahi
1
Best Averages
Arjuna Ranatunga
53.500000
Ramiz Raja
50.000000
Sanath Jayasuriya
46.500000
Most 100s
Aravinda de Silva
2
Hashan Tillakaratne
2
Best Economy
Asif Mujtaba
2.282051
Chaminda Vaas
2.343750
Best Strike Rate
Muttiah Muralitharan
53
Saqlain Mushtaq
71.4667
Mushtaq Ahmed
73.1
Most Fours
Aravinda de Silva
18
Hashan Tillakaratne
15
Sanath Jayasuriya
11
Ijaz Ahmed
11
Arjuna Ranatunga
10
Romesh Kaluwitharana
8
Saqlain Mushtaq
5
Best Strike Rate
Mohammad Zahid
168
Shahid Nazir
180
Chaminda Vaas
192
Asif Mujtaba
234
Most 100s
Ijaz Ahmed
1
Worst Bowling Fig
Saqlain Mushtaq
137
Mushtaq Ahmed
123
Muttiah Muralitharan
98
Kumar Dharmasena
93
Chaminda Vaas
75
Asif Mujtaba
64
Shahid Nazir
61
Highest Score
Saleem Malik
58
Saqlain Mushtaq
58
Romesh Kaluwitharana
57
Ramiz Raja
50
Most sixes
Sanath Jayasuriya
1
Aravinda de Silva
1
Russel Arnold
1
Most Balls Faced
Sanath Jayasuriya
149
Romesh Kaluwitharana
143
Aravinda de Silva
414
Hashan Tillakaratne
323
Arjuna Ranatunga
296
Saqlain Mushtaq
248
Ijaz Ahmed
245