- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras9 (lb 7, nb 2)TOTAL193 all out (101.1 Overs, RR: 1.9)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (MJ Horne, 2.2 ov), 2-21 (SP Fleming, 16.5 ov), 3-90 (BA Young, 52.2 ov), 4-90 (DL Vettori, 52.3 ov), 5-110 (CD McMillan, 66.3 ov), 6-137 (NJ Astle, 79.1 ov), 7-137 (CL Cairns, 81.2 ov), 8-147 (CZ Harris, 85.1 ov), 9-190 (AC Parore, 97.3 ov), 10-193 (PJ Wiseman, 101.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GP Wickramasinghe 7 1 20 0 2.85 0 0 HDPK Dharmasena 24.1 4 72 6 2.97 0 0 MRCN Bandaratilleke 38 13 47 4 1.23 0 0 M Muralitharan 23 9 33 0 1.43 0 2 ST Jayasuriya 4 1 8 0 2.00 0 0 PA de Silva 5 2 6 0 1.20 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras11 (lb 9, nb 2)TOTAL323 all out (106.4 Overs, RR: 3.02)Fall of wickets: 1-44 (ST Jayasuriya, 12.2 ov), 2-106 (MS Atapattu, 37.4 ov), 3-135 (PA de Silva, 44.2 ov), 4-211 (A Ranatunga, 66.4 ov), 5-262 (HP Tillakaratne, 81.1 ov), 6-271 (RS Kaluwitharana, 84.3 ov), 7-301 (DPMD Jayawardene, 100.2 ov), 8-315 (HDPK Dharmasena, 104.4 ov), 9-319 (GP Wickramasinghe, 105.6 ov), 10-323 (MRCN Bandaratilleke, 106.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SB O'Connor 4 0 13 0 3.25 0 0 CL Cairns 5 0 20 0 4.00 0 0 PJ Wiseman 30 3 95 2 3.16 0 0 DL Vettori 26 4 88 4 3.38 0 0 CZ Harris 25.4 6 56 1 2.18 0 2 CD McMillan 11 3 30 0 2.72 0 0 NJ Astle 5 3 12 0 2.40 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras17 (b 7, lb 7, nb 2, w 1)TOTAL114 all out (55 Overs, RR: 2.07)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (MJ Horne, 7.1 ov), 2-21 (BA Young, 9.1 ov), 3-40 (SP Fleming, 20.5 ov), 4-41 (CD McMillan, 23.5 ov), 5-69 (NJ Astle, 34.1 ov), 6-94 (CL Cairns, 43.3 ov), 7-103 (CZ Harris, 46.2 ov), 8-106 (DL Vettori, 48.4 ov), 9-109 (PJ Wiseman, 49.3 ov), 10-114 (SB O'Connor, 54.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GP Wickramasinghe 2 0 6 0 3.00 0 0 MRCN Bandaratilleke 24 9 36 5 1.50 0 1 PA de Silva 7 1 18 1 2.57 1 1 HDPK Dharmasena 6 0 16 0 2.66 0 0 M Muralitharan 16 7 24 3 1.50 0 1
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
3-match series level 1-1
Match number
Season
Match days
3,4,5,6,7 June 1998 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Wed, 03 Jun - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 96/4 (NJ Astle 30*, CD McMillan 2*, 55.1 ov)
- Thu, 04 Jun - day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 122/5 (NJ Astle 42*, AC Parore 3*, 73 ov)
- Fri, 05 Jun - day 3 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 197/3 (DPMD Jayawardene 89*, A Ranatunga 33*, 60 ov)
- Sat, 06 Jun - day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 94/5 (AC Parore 25*, CL Cairns 16*, 43 ov)
- Sun, 07 Jun - day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 114 (55 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- A shower at the scheduled start time delayed play for one hour. The two remaining sessions will have 30 minutes added to them to make up the lost time.
- HDPK Dharmasena's 6-73 in New Zealand's 1st innings is the 5th best bowling performance in an innings for Sri Lanka in Test cricket. It is the best by a Sri Lankan against New Zealand in Tests (previous: WPUJC Vaas 6-87 at Dunedin in 1994-95).
- MRCN Bandaratilleke's match haul of 9-82 is the 3rd best Test match bowling figures by a Sri Lankan. It is the 2nd best match performance for Sri Lanka against New Zealand (best: WPUJC Vaas 10-90 at Napier in 1994-95).
- Play began at 1130GMT with 1 hour of play scheduled. 17 overs were bowled before bad light forced an early close. Due to water seeping under the covers after overnight rain the first two sessions were abandoned.
- Heavy overnight rain in Galle leaked under the cover onto the pitch area, and delayed the start of play for 3 hours.