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Test Match #1415 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard       
1997-1998 Sri Lanka v New Zealand - 1st Test
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
27th May, 1998
 
 Sri Lanka 285 & 297
New Zealand 305 & 444/6 dec
 
New Zealand won by 167 runs

New Zealand 1st Innings R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
Bryan Young c †Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 30  118  4  0 25.42  9.84%
Matthew Horne b MRC Bandarathilake 15  23  3  0 65.22  4.92%
Stephen Fleming* c Jayasuriya b Kalpage 78  180  12  0 43.33  25.57%
Nathan Astle c Jayawardene b Kalpage 30  47  4  0 63.83  9.84%
Craig McMillan lbw b Muralitharan 0  4  0  0 0.00
Adam Parore† c Jayasuriya b Wickramasinghe 67  115  8  0 58.26  21.97%
Chris Cairns c CM Bandara b Muralitharan 20  42  1  1 47.62  6.56%
Chris Harris lbw b Wickramasinghe 19  38  3  0 50.00  6.23%
Daniel Vettori c Kalpage b Muralitharan 20  48  4  0 41.67  6.56%
Paul Wiseman c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 6  22  1  0 27.27  1.97%
Simon Doull not out 1  5  0  0 20.00  0.33%
Extras (lb 9, w 1, nb 9) 19  
Total All Out   (105.2 overs @ 2.90 rpo) 305  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-25  Horne   2-97  Young   3-141  Astle   4-141  McMillan   
5-188  Fleming   6-229  Cairns   7-269  Harris   8-282  Parore   
9-296  Wiseman   10-305  Vettori   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Pramodya Wickremasinghe 14.0 2 55 2 3.93  20.00%
Mahela Jayawardene 3.0 0 10 0 3.33
M Bandarathilake 22.0 6 51 1 2.32  10.00%
Muttiah Muralitharan 38.2 8 90 5 2.35  50.00%
C Bandara 13.0 3 41 0 3.15
Ruwan Kalpage 15.0 2 49 2 3.27  20.00%
 
Sri Lanka 1st Innings R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
Sanath Jayasuriya c †Parore b Cairns 10  20  2  0 50.00  3.51%
Marvan Atapattu c †Parore b Cairns 0  5  0  0 0.00
Mahela Jayawardene c Vettori b Wiseman 52  108  10  0 48.15  18.25%
Aravinda de Silva c Doull b McMillan 37  86  4  0 43.02  12.98%
Arjuna Ranatunga* b Cairns 49  73  6  1 67.12  17.19%
Romesh Kaluwitharana† b Vettori 72  137  13  0 52.55  25.26%
Ruwan Kalpage b Wiseman 6  10  1  0 60.00  2.11%
Pramodya Wickremasinghe lbw b Vettori 27  52  2  0 51.92  9.47%
M Bandarathilake run out 20  51  1  0 39.22  7.02%
Muttiah Muralitharan b Vettori 0  5  0  0 0.00
C Bandara not out 0  0  0  0 0.00
Extras (lb 8, nb 4) 12  
Total All Out   (90.2 overs @ 3.15 rpo) 285  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-6  Atapattu   2-21  Jayasuriya   3-101  de Silva   4-105  Jayawardene   
5-206  Ranatunga   6-221  Kalpage   7-237  Kaluwitharana   8-284  Wickramasinghe   
9-284  Muralitharan   10-285  MRC Bandarathilake   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Simon Doull 12.2 2 43 0 3.49
Chris Cairns 15.0 0 59 3 3.93  30.00%
Chris Harris 7.0 1 27 0 3.86
Daniel Vettori 24.0 8 56 3 2.33  30.00%
Paul Wiseman 20.0 4 61 2 3.05  20.00%
Craig McMillan 12.0 4 31 1 2.58  10.00%
 
New Zealand 2nd Innings R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
Bryan Young lbw b MRC Bandarathilake 11  13  2  0 84.62  2.48%
Matthew Horne c Ranatunga b Muralitharan 35  68  5  0 51.47  7.88%
Stephen Fleming* not out 174  332  16  1 52.41  39.19%
Nathan Astle c †Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya 34  103  2  1 33.01  7.66%
Craig McMillan c Kalpage b Muralitharan 142  179  13  6 79.33  31.98%
Adam Parore† c Kalpage b Muralitharan 1  6  0  0 16.67  0.23%
Chris Cairns c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 6  21  1  0 28.57  1.35%
Chris Harris not out 14  29  1  0 48.28  3.15%
Daniel Vettori              
Paul Wiseman              
Simon Doull              
Extras (b 5, lb 10, nb 12) 27  
Total 6 wickets declared   (123.0 overs @ 3.61 rpo) 444  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-11  Young   2-68  Horne   3-160  Astle   4-400  McMillan   
5-404  Parore   6-416  Cairns   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Pramodya Wickremasinghe 7.0 0 21 0 3.00
M Bandarathilake 39.0 8 105 1 2.69  10.00%
Aravinda de Silva 2.0 0 14 0 7.00
Muttiah Muralitharan 36.0 5 137 4 3.81  40.00%
C Bandara 8.0 0 38 0 4.75
Ruwan Kalpage 15.0 4 51 0 3.40
Sanath Jayasuriya 16.0 0 63 1 3.94  10.00%
 
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (target 465) R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
Sanath Jayasuriya c Young b Wiseman 59  91  8  0 64.84  19.87%
Marvan Atapattu c Horne b Wiseman 16  33  2  0 48.48  5.39%
Mahela Jayawardene c Horne b Wiseman 54  255  5  0 21.18  18.18%
Aravinda de Silva lbw b Vettori 71  155  8  1 45.81  23.91%
Arjuna Ranatunga* c & b Vettori 9  29  2  0 31.03  3.03%
Romesh Kaluwitharana† c †Parore b McMillan 39  58  8  0 67.24  13.13%
Ruwan Kalpage c Young b Vettori 16  29  3  0 55.17  5.39%
M Bandarathilake c Horne b Wiseman 16  92  1  0 17.39  5.39%
Pramodya Wickremasinghe c Young b Cairns 0  1  0  0 0.00
Muttiah Muralitharan not out 9  45  2  0 20.00  3.03%
C Bandara lbw b Wiseman 0  8  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 1, lb 4, nb 3) 8  
Total All Out   (131.5 overs @ 2.25 rpo) 297  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-70  Atapattu   2-89  Jayasuriya   3-194  de Silva   4-216  Ranatunga   
5-216  Jayawardene   6-239  Kalpage   7-277  Kaluwitharana   8-279  Wickramasinghe   
9-289  MRC Bandarathilake   10-297  CM Bandara   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Simon Doull 3.0 0 15 0 5.00
Chris Cairns 19.0 6 64 1 3.37  10.00%
Paul Wiseman 46.5 17 82 5 1.75  50.00%
Daniel Vettori 51.0 23 101 3 1.98  30.00%
Craig McMillan 6.0 4 12 1 2.00  10.00%
Chris Harris 4.0 1 16 0 4.00
Nathan Astle 2.0 0 2 0 1.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Toss New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1997-1998 Sri Lanka v New Zealand - 1st Test
Match No. Test #1415
Match Conditions Day Match
Player of Match Stephen Fleming
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 282/7, 96 overs (AC Parore 67*, DL Vettori 9*)
Day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 251/7, 82 overs (GP Wickramasinghe 9*, MRCN Bandaratilleke 8*)
Day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 260/3, 79 overs (SP Fleming 106*, CD McMillan 64*)
Day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 111/2, 48 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 13*, PA de Silva 19*)
Day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd Innings 297, 131.5 overs - end of match

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