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Wed, 27 May - Sun, 31 May 1998 - 00:00 – 1st Test • R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
New Zealand won by 167 runs
Sri Lanka
599/3 (20.00) & 297/10 (131.5)
New Zealand
633/2 (20.00) & 444/6 (123)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
New Zealand innigs
633/2 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Bryan Young
c †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran
30
117
136
4
0
25.64
In 1998
Career
Matt Horne
b Bandaratilleke
15
47
32
3
0
31.91
In 1998
Career
Stephen Fleming (c)
c Jayasuriya b Kalpage
78
180
209
12
0
43.33
In 1998
Career
Nathan Astle
c Jayawardene b Kalpage
30
48
49
4
0
62.50
In 1998
Career
Craig McMillan
lbw b Muralidaran
0
4
2
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Adam Parore (WK)
c Jayasuriya b Wickramasinghe
67
113
189
8
0
59.29
In 1998
Career
Chris Cairns
c Bandara b Muralidaran
20
44
50
1
1
45.45
In 1998
Career
Chris Harris
lbw b Wickramasinghe
19
37
41
3
0
51.35
In 1998
Career
Daniel Vettori
c Kalpage b Muralidaran
20
48
80
4
0
41.66
In 1998
Career
Paul Wiseman
c Jayawardene b Muralidaran
6
22
24
1
0
27.27
In 1998
Career
Simon Doull
not out
1
5
10
0
0
20.00
In 1998
Career
Extras
(lb 9, nb 9, w 1)
19
Total
305 105.2 Ov (RR: 2.89)
5795
12635
0
760
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
14.00
2
55
2
3.92
0
1
0
In 1998
Career
Mahela Jayawardene
3.00
0
10
0
3.33
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
22.00
6
51
1
2.31
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
38.20
9
90
5
2.34
0
0
8
In 1998
Career
Malinga Bandara
13.00
3
41
0
3.15
0
0
1
In 1998
Career
Ruwan Kalpage
15.00
2
49
2
3.26
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
599/3 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sanath Jayasuriya
c †Parore b Cairns
10
20
30
2
0
50.00
In 1998
Career
Marvan Atapattu
c †Parore b Cairns
0
5
8
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Mahela Jayawardene
c Vettori b Wiseman
52
108
128
10
0
48.14
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
c Doull b McMillan
37
85
96
4
0
43.52
In 1998
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
b Cairns
49
74
122
6
1
66.21
In 1998
Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
b Vettori
72
136
166
13
0
52.94
In 1998
Career
Ruwan Kalpage
b Wiseman
6
10
26
1
0
60.00
In 1998
Career
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
lbw b Vettori
27
51
76
2
0
52.94
In 1998
Career
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
run out (Wiseman)
20
51
61
2
0
39.21
In 1998
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
b Vettori
0
5
2
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Malinga Bandara
not out
0
0
1
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Extras
(lb 8, nb 4)
12
Total
285 90.2 Ov (RR: 3.15)
5415
10355
0
760
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Simon Doull
12.20
2
43
0
3.48
0
0
1
In 1998
Career
Chris Cairns
15.00
0
59
3
3.93
0
0
2
In 1998
Career
Chris Harris
7.00
1
27
0
3.85
0
0
1
In 1998
Career
Daniel Vettori
24.00
8
56
3
2.33
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Paul Wiseman
20.00
4
61
2
3.05
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Craig McMillan
12.00
4
31
1
2.58
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
New Zealand innigs
297/10 (131.5)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Bryan Young
lbw b Bandaratilleke
11
13
12
2
0
84.61
In 1998
Career
Matt Horne
c Ranatunga b Muralidaran
35
69
96
5
0
50.72
In 1998
Career
Stephen Fleming (c)
not out
174
333
475
16
1
52.25
In 1998
Career
Nathan Astle
c †Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya
34
104
117
2
1
32.69
In 1998
Career
Craig McMillan
c Kalpage b Muralidaran
142
179
238
13
6
79.32
In 1998
Career
Adam Parore (WK)
c Kalpage b Muralidaran
1
6
6
0
0
16.66
In 1998
Career
Chris Cairns
c Jayawardene b Muralidaran
6
21
15
1
0
28.57
In 1998
Career
Chris Harris
not out
14
28
23
1
0
50.00
In 1998
Career
Extras
(b 5, lb 10, nb 12)
27
Total
444/6d 123 Ov (RR: 3.60)
8436
14307
0
760
152
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
7.00
0
21
0
3.00
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
39.00
8
105
1
2.69
0
0
1
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
2.00
0
14
0
7.00
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
36.00
5
137
4
3.80
0
0
8
In 1998
Career
Malinga Bandara
8.00
0
38
0
4.75
0
0
4
In 1998
Career
Ruwan Kalpage
15.00
4
51
0
3.40
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
16.00
0
63
1
3.93
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
444/6 (123)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sanath Jayasuriya
c Young b Wiseman
59
91
113
8
0
64.83
In 1998
Career
Marvan Atapattu
c Horne b Wiseman
16
33
57
2
0
48.48
In 1998
Career
Mahela Jayawardene
c Horne b Wiseman
54
255
270
5
0
21.17
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
lbw b Vettori
71
155
175
8
1
45.80
In 1998
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
c & b Vettori
9
29
32
2
0
31.03
In 1998
Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
c †Parore b McMillan
39
58
73
8
0
67.24
In 1998
Career
Ruwan Kalpage
c Young b Vettori
16
29
27
3
0
55.17
In 1998
Career
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
c Horne b Wiseman
16
91
87
1
0
17.58
In 1998
Career
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
c Young b Cairns
0
1
4
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
not out
9
45
47
2
0
20.00
In 1998
Career
Malinga Bandara
lbw b Wiseman
0
8
6
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 4, nb 3)
8
Total
297 131.5 Ov (RR: 2.25)
5643
15105
0
741
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Simon Doull
3.00
0
15
0
5.00
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Chris Cairns
19.00
6
64
1
3.36
0
0
3
In 1998
Career
Paul Wiseman
46.50
17
82
5
1.75
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Daniel Vettori
51.00
23
101
3
1.98
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Craig McMillan
6.00
4
12
1
2.00
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Chris Harris
4.00
1
16
0
4.00
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Nathan Astle
2.00
0
2
0
1.00
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
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