Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 3rd Test at Colombo, Jun 10 1998 - Full Scorecard

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	c Young b Cairns	13	27	31	2	0	48.14
Marvan Atapattu	c Vettori b Wiseman	48	138	175	6	0	34.78
Mahela Jayawardene	c †Parore b Cairns	16	26	28	2	0	61.53
Aravinda de Silva	c Spearman b Cairns	4	6	3	1	0	66.66
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	run out (McMillan)	4	25	39	0	0	16.00
Hashan Tillakaratne	c Young b McMillan	43	135	157	3	0	31.85
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	b McMillan	28	78	70	4	0	35.89
Kumar Dharmasena	c †Parore b Cairns	11	42	60	2	0	26.19
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	not out	24	44	68	2	0	54.54
Niroshan Bandaratilleke	lbw b Vettori	5	9	9	1	0	55.55
Muthiah Muralidaran	c Astle b Cairns	1	5	4	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 8)	9
Total	88.4 Ov (RR: 2.32)	206
Fall of wickets 1-24 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 8.1 ov), 2-52 (Mahela Jayawardene, 16.1 ov), 3-56 (Aravinda de Silva, 16.6 ov), 4-70 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 26.4 ov), 5-102 (Marvan Atapattu, 46.2 ov), 6-156 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 69.6 ov), 7-163 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 76.2 ov), 8-196 (Kumar Dharmasena, 82.1 ov), 9-201 (Niroshan Bandaratilleke, 87.2 ov), 10-206 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 88.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Chris Cairns	17.4	1	62	5	3.50	-	1
Daniel Vettori	25	7	52	1	2.08	-	0
Mark Priest	24	11	35	0	1.45	-	0
Paul Wiseman	10	4	21	1	2.10	-	0
Craig McMillan	12	5	27	2	2.25	-	0

New Zealand 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bryan Young	c Atapattu b Bandaratilleke	2	20	33	0	0	10.00
Craig Spearman	c de Silva b Wickramasinghe	4	10	16	0	0	40.00
Stephen Fleming (c)	b Wickramasinghe	78	233	314	8	0	33.47
Nathan Astle	c Atapattu b Dharmasena	16	34	42	4	0	47.05
Matt Horne	c Tillakaratne b de Silva	35	68	77	3	0	51.47
Craig McMillan	st †Kaluwitharana b de Silva	2	3	7	0	0	66.66
Adam Parore †	lbw b de Silva	19	48	47	2	0	39.58
Chris Cairns	run out (Jayawardene)	6	13	19	0	0	46.15
Mark Priest	c sub (ASA Perera) b Muralidaran	12	74	74	2	0	16.21
Daniel Vettori	c Jayasuriya b Muralidaran	0	5	2	0	0	0.00
Paul Wiseman	not out	1	19	25	0	0	5.26
Extras	(b 11, lb 2, nb 5)	18
Total	86.3 Ov (RR: 2.23)	193
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Craig Spearman, 4.2 ov), 2-7 (Bryan Young, 5.3 ov), 3-30 (Nathan Astle, 16.3 ov), 4-94 (Matt Horne, 38.6 ov), 5-98 (Craig McMillan, 40.3 ov), 6-128 (Adam Parore, 54.6 ov), 7-143 (Chris Cairns, 59.3 ov), 8-181 (Mark Priest, 81.4 ov), 9-183 (Daniel Vettori, 83.4 ov), 10-193 (Stephen Fleming, 86.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	6.3	3	7	2	1.07	-	0
Niroshan Bandaratilleke	20	6	48	1	2.40	-	0
Kumar Dharmasena	18	4	35	1	1.94	-	0
Aravinda de Silva	18.5	7	30	3	1.59	-	4
Muthiah Muralidaran	23.1	3	60	2	2.58	-	3

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	c †Parore b Cairns	8	8	8	2	0	100.00
Marvan Atapattu	lbw b Vettori	5	10	15	1	0	50.00
Mahela Jayawardene	c Horne b Vettori	11	40	55	1	0	27.50
Aravinda de Silva	c Astle b Vettori	3	15	20	0	0	20.00
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	c Cairns b Priest	64	96	114	9	0	66.66
Hashan Tillakaratne	b Vettori	40	72	96	7	0	55.55
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	lbw b Priest	88	146	170	8	0	60.27
Kumar Dharmasena	b McMillan	11	54	55	0	0	20.37
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	c Fleming b Vettori	0	15	20	0	0	0.00
Niroshan Bandaratilleke	c Fleming b Vettori	7	15	19	1	0	46.66
Muthiah Muralidaran	not out	26	42	60	4	0	61.90
Extras	(b 8, lb 10, nb 1)	19
Total	84.5 Ov (RR: 3.32)	282
Fall of wickets 1-12 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 2.2 ov), 2-16 (Marvan Atapattu, 3.2 ov), 3-24 (Aravinda de Silva, 15.2 ov), 4-36 (Mahela Jayawardene, 15.5 ov), 5-138 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 38.4 ov), 6-140 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 41.1 ov), 7-188 (Kumar Dharmasena, 57.4 ov), 8-193 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 62.4 ov), 9-211 (Niroshan Bandaratilleke, 68.2 ov), 10-282 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 84.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Chris Cairns	17	0	75	1	4.41	-	1
Daniel Vettori	33	10	64	6	1.93	-	0
Nathan Astle	3	0	8	0	2.66	-	0
Paul Wiseman	6	2	29	0	4.83	-	0
Craig McMillan	14	2	46	1	3.28	-	0
Mark Priest	11.5	0	42	2	3.54	-	0

New Zealand 2nd Innings (T: 296 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bryan Young	st †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran	24	56	86	3	0	42.85
Craig Spearman	c & b Muralidaran	22	78	109	3	0	28.20
Stephen Fleming (c)	lbw b Dharmasena	3	19	21	0	0	15.78
Nathan Astle	c & b Muralidaran	16	66	95	3	0	24.24
Matt Horne	c †Kaluwitharana b Bandaratilleke	12	27	38	1	0	44.44
Craig McMillan	c Jayawardene b Muralidaran	1	11	10	0	0	9.09
Adam Parore †	b Bandaratilleke	2	15	21	0	0	13.33
Chris Cairns	b Bandaratilleke	26	40	37	2	2	65.00
Mark Priest	b Bandaratilleke	2	15	28	0	0	13.33
Daniel Vettori	b Muralidaran	3	5	5	0	0	60.00
Paul Wiseman	not out	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 10, nb 4)	20
Total	54.3 Ov (RR: 2.40)	131
Fall of wickets 1-44 (Bryan Young), 2-57 (Craig Spearman), 3-63 (Stephen Fleming), 4-82 (Matt Horne), 5-84 (Craig McMillan), 6-93 (Adam Parore), 7-105 (Nathan Astle), 8-128 (Chris Cairns), 9-131 (Mark Priest), 10-131 (Daniel Vettori)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	6	2	5	0	0.83	-	1
Niroshan Bandaratilleke	17	3	52	4	3.05	-	0
Aravinda de Silva	3	0	14	0	4.66	-	0
Kumar Dharmasena	10	2	14	1	1.40	-	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	18.3	8	30	5	1.62	-	3

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Close of Play

Wed, 10 Jun

day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 200/8 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe 20*, Niroshan Bandaratilleke 4*)

Thu, 11 Jun

day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 193

Fri, 12 Jun

day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 10/0 (Bryan Young 7*, Craig Spearman 1*)

Sat, 13 Jun

day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 131 (54.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

It is only the 5th time in Test history that a side has lost the first Test of a 3-match series and gone on to win the series. It is the 4th time in the last 4 seasons, and Sri Lanka become the first side to achieve this feat twice. New Zealand also become the first side to lose a 3-match series twice after winning the first Test.

Match Details

GroundSinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

TossSri Lanka, elected to bat first

Series

New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka

Season1998

Player Of The Match

Romesh Kaluwitharana

Player Of The Series

Muthiah Muralidaran

Series resultSri Lanka won the 3-match series 2-1

Match numberTest no. 1418