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Thu, 20 Aug 1998 - 00:00 – Final • Lord's, London
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
England
256/8 (48.00)
Sri Lanka
260/5 (47.10)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
Mike Atherton
1
Nick Knight
1
Romesh Kaluwitharana
1
Best Average
Muttiah Muralitharan
6.800000
Suresh Perera
22.000000
Darren Gough
25.000000
Robert Croft
27.000000
Upul Chandana
38.000000
Most Wickets
Muttiah Muralitharan
5
Darren Gough
2
Robert Croft
2
Suresh Perera
2
Upul Chandana
1
Most Runs Conceed
Peter Martin
60
Robert Croft
54
Darren Gough
50
Ian Austin
48
Kumar Dharmasena
47
Best Bowling Fig
Muttiah Muralitharan
5
Darren Gough
2
Robert Croft
2
Suresh Perera
2
Upul Chandana
1
Best Economy
Muttiah Muralitharan
3.400000
Alan Mullally
3.700000
Ian Austin
4.800000
Suresh Perera
4.888888
Aravinda de Silva
5.000000
Best Strike Rate
Hashan Tillakaratne
1.666666
Peter Martin
1.000000
Robert Croft
1.000000
Ali Brown
1.000000
Aravinda de Silva
0.918918
Most Wickets
Peter Martin
1
Best Averages
Nick Knight
94.000000
Romesh Kaluwitharana
68.000000
Mike Atherton
64.000000
Aravinda de Silva
34.000000
Alec Stewart
18.000000
Most Fours
Marvan Atapattu
14
Mike Atherton
7
Romesh Kaluwitharana
6
Aravinda de Silva
4
Nick Knight
4
Hashan Tillakaratne
2
Ali Brown
2
Most Runs
Marvan Atapattu
132
Nick Knight
94
Romesh Kaluwitharana
68
Mike Atherton
64
Aravinda de Silva
34
Most Runs Conceed
Sanath Jayasuriya
45
Suresh Perera
44
Highest Score
Marvan Atapattu
132
Nick Knight
94
Romesh Kaluwitharana
68
Mike Atherton
64
Aravinda de Silva
34
Best Bowling Fig
Peter Martin
1
Most Not Outs
Peter Martin
1
Ian Austin
1
Hashan Tillakaratne
1
Marvan Atapattu
1
Best Economy
Darren Gough
5.000000
Kumar Dharmasena
5.222222
Upul Chandana
5.428571
Best Strike Rate
Muttiah Muralitharan
12
Robert Croft
21
Best Strike Rate
Ian Austin
0.916666
Romesh Kaluwitharana
0.883116
Mike Atherton
0.876712
Graeme Hick
0.875000
Best Strike Rate
Suresh Perera
27
Darren Gough
30
Upul Chandana
42
Peter Martin
60
Most Runs
Alec Stewart
18
Ali Brown
18
Robert Croft
17
Most Ducks
Nasser Hussain
1
Darren Gough
1
Sanath Jayasuriya
1
Best Averages
Ali Brown
18.000000
Robert Croft
17.000000
Graeme Hick
14.000000
Most 100s
Marvan Atapattu
1
Worst Bowling Fig
Peter Martin
60
Robert Croft
54
Darren Gough
50
Ian Austin
48
Kumar Dharmasena
47
Sanath Jayasuriya
45
Best Average
Peter Martin
60.000000
Most Fours
Graeme Hick
1
Most Balls Faced
Marvan Atapattu
151
Nick Knight
136
Romesh Kaluwitharana
77
Mike Atherton
73
Worst Bowling Fig
Suresh Perera
44
Most Balls Faced
Aravinda de Silva
37
Alec Stewart
24
Ali Brown
18
Highest Score
Alec Stewart
18
Ali Brown
18
Robert Croft
17