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Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe, 1st Test at Kandy, Jan 07 1998 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

1st Test, Kandy, January 07 - 11, 1998, Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

(T:10) 469/9d & 10/2

Zimbabwe

(fo) 140 & 338

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets

Player Of The Match

Muthiah Muralidaran

, SL

5/23 & 7/94

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Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Zimbabwe 1st Innings

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings (Following on)

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

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Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	lbw b Streak	6	15	18	1	0	40.00
Marvan Atapattu	c Campbell b PA Strang	223	448	569	29	1	49.77
Roshan Mahanama	c Campbell b Streak	7	47	33	0	0	14.89
Aravinda de Silva	c Whittall b Huckle	75	120	143	9	1	62.50
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	b Whittall	27	57	103	2	1	47.36
Hashan Tillakaratne	c & b Whittall	44	137	172	5	0	32.11
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	c & b Whittall	29	44	58	5	0	65.90
Chaminda Vaas	c Rennie b PA Strang	26	56	81	3	0	46.42
Muthiah Muralidaran	c BC Strang b PA Strang	17	19	26	3	0	89.47
Ravindra Pushpakumara	not out	2	7	6	0	0	28.57
Extras	(b 2, lb 2, nb 9)	13
Total	154.3 Ov (RR: 3.03)	469/9d
Did not bat: Jayantha Silva
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-33 (Roshan Mahanama), 3-173 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-226 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-321 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 6-383 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 7-440 (Marvan Atapattu), 8-461 (Chaminda Vaas), 9-469 (Muthiah Muralidaran)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Heath Streak	34	11	96	2	2.82	-	-	-	0
Bryan Strang	30	7	78	0	2.60	-	-	-	6
Paul Strang	35.3	10	123	3	3.46	-	-	-	0
Andy Whittall	30	4	73	3	2.43	-	-	-	0
Adam Huckle	21	3	88	1	4.19	-	-	-	3
Murray Goodwin	4	2	7	0	1.75	-	-	-	0

Zimbabwe 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gavin Rennie	c de Silva b Silva	53	219	285	2	0	24.20
Grant Flower	b Muralidaran	4	28	47	1	0	14.28
Murray Goodwin	lbw b Silva	2	17	18	0	0	11.76
Andy Flower †	lbw b Vaas	8	36	31	1	0	22.22
Alistair Campbell (c)	c Mahanama b Pushpakumara	7	63	89	1	0	11.11
Craig Wishart	c Mahanama b Muralidaran	3	8	11	0	0	37.50
Paul Strang	c de Silva b Muralidaran	35	92	91	4	0	38.04
Heath Streak	b Muralidaran	5	28	32	1	0	17.85
Andy Whittall	not out	6	13	43	0	0	46.15
Bryan Strang	b Muralidaran	2	3	2	0	0	66.66
Adam Huckle	lbw b Silva	0	8	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 2, nb 7)	15
Total	85.4 Ov (RR: 1.63)	140
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Grant Flower), 2-36 (Murray Goodwin), 3-46 (Andy Flower), 4-72 (Alistair Campbell), 5-75 (Craig Wishart), 6-119 (Gavin Rennie), 7-127 (Paul Strang), 8-134 (Heath Streak), 9-136 (Bryan Strang), 10-140 (Adam Huckle)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Chaminda Vaas	17	5	36	1	2.11	-	-	-	3
Ravindra Pushpakumara	14	4	34	1	2.42	-	-	-	3
Muthiah Muralidaran	29	18	23	5	0.79	-	-	-	0
Jayantha Silva	19.4	9	27	3	1.37	-	-	-	0
Aravinda de Silva	5	0	12	0	2.40	-	-	-	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	0

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gavin Rennie	lbw b Muralidaran	24	73	92	1	0	32.87
Grant Flower	b de Silva	38	52	82	4	0	73.07
Murray Goodwin	b Muralidaran	70	137	190	4	0	51.09
Andy Whittall	b Muralidaran	14	51	62	0	0	27.45
Andy Flower †	c Mahanama b Muralidaran	67	212	241	1	0	31.60
Alistair Campbell (c)	lbw b Vaas	40	111	160	4	0	36.03
Craig Wishart	b Muralidaran	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Paul Strang	c sub (RP Arnold) b Muralidaran	33	81	60	4	0	40.74
Heath Streak	c †Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara	13	20	33	1	0	65.00
Bryan Strang	not out	15	29	41	0	0	51.72
Adam Huckle	lbw b Muralidaran	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 11, nb 8)	24
Total	126.5 Ov (RR: 2.66)	338
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Grant Flower), 2-69 (Gavin Rennie), 3-103 (Andy Whittall), 4-185 (Murray Goodwin), 5-261 (Andy Flower), 6-261 (Craig Wishart), 7-271 (Alistair Campbell), 8-297 (Heath Streak), 9-334 (Paul Strang), 10-338 (Adam Huckle)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Chaminda Vaas	24	3	65	1	2.70	-	-	-	4
Ravindra Pushpakumara	19	2	64	1	3.36	-	-	-	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	42.5	13	94	7	2.19	-	-	-	4
Aravinda de Silva	13	5	25	1	1.92	-	-	-	0
Jayantha Silva	11	2	35	0	3.18	-	-	-	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	16	0	38	0	2.37	-	-	-	0
Marvan Atapattu	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-	0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (T: 10 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	lbw b Streak	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Marvan Atapattu	not out	6	5	10	1	0	120.00
Roshan Mahanama	b Streak	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Aravinda de Silva	not out	4	1	3	1	0	400.00
Extras		0
Total	1.5 Ov (RR: 5.45)	10/2
Did not bat: Arjuna Ranatunga (c), Hashan Tillakaratne, Romesh Kaluwitharana †, Chaminda Vaas, Muthiah Muralidaran, Ravindra Pushpakumara, Jayantha Silva
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 0.2 ov), 2-0 (Roshan Mahanama, 0.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Heath Streak	1	0	4	2	4.00	-	-	-	0	0
Bryan Strang	0.5	0	6	0	7.20	-	-	-	0	0

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Wed, 07 Jan - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 265/4 (Marvan Atapattu 129*, Hashan Tillakaratne 11*, 90 ov)

Thu, 08 Jan - day 2 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 46/2 (Gavin Rennie 23*, Andy Flower 8*, 23 ov)

Fri, 09 Jan - day 3 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 71/2 (Murray Goodwin 1*, Andy Whittall 2*, 28 ov)

Sat, 10 Jan - day 4 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 289/7 (Paul Strang 13*, Heath Streak 6*, 116 ov)

Sun, 11 Jan - day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 10/2 (1.5 ov) - end of match

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General

MS Atapattu 223: Highest Test score (prev. 108 v India at Mohali, 1997-98). Highest Test score by any batsman at the Asgiriya ground (prev. 143, DW Hookes for Australia, 1982/83).
Start of play was delayed 45 minutes on Day Three due to wet outfield, resulting from heavy overnight rain.
M Muralitharan's match figures of 12 for 117 are the best by any Sri Lankan bowler in Test history.

Match Details

Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to bat first
Series	Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka
Season	1997/98
Player Of The Match	Muthiah Muralidaran
Series result	Sri Lanka led the 2-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1394
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Murray Goodwin
Umpires	B.C. Cooray Mervyn Kitchen
TV Umpire	Peter Manuel
Match Referee	Raman Subba Row

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
ST Jayasuriya	lbw	0	2
MS Atapattu	not out	6	5
RS Mahanama	bowled	0	3
PA de Silva	not out	4	1
Total	10(2 wkts; 1.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
HH Streak	1	0	4	2	4
BC Strang	0.5	0	6	0	7.2

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	Marvan Atapattu	Sanath Jayasuriya
2nd	0	Roshan Mahanama	Marvan Atapattu
3rd	10	Aravinda de Silva	Marvan Atapattu

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