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Test no. 1394

Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series - 1st Test
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe

1997/98 season

Played at Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, on 7,8,9,10,11 January 1998 (5-day match)

Result Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets


Sri Lanka 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ST Jayasuriya	lbw b Streak	6	18	15	1	0	40.00
	MS Atapattu	c Campbell b PA Strang	223	569	448	29	1	49.77
	RS Mahanama	c Campbell b Streak	7	33	47	0	0	14.89
	PA de Silva	c Whittall b Huckle	75	143	120	9	1	62.50
	A Ranatunga	b Whittall	27	103	57	2	1	47.36
	HP Tillakaratne	c & b Whittall	44	172	137	5	0	32.11
	RS Kaluwitharana	c & b Whittall	29	58	44	5	0	65.90
	WPUJC Vaas	c Rennie b PA Strang	26	81	56	3	0	46.42
	M Muralitharan	c BC Strang b PA Strang	17	26	19	3	0	89.47
	KR Pushpakumara	not out	2	6	7	0	0	28.57
	Extras	(b 2, lb 2, nb 9)	13

	Total	(9 wickets dec; 154.3 overs)	469	(3.03 runs per over)

Did not bat KJ Silva

Fall of wickets1-16 (Jayasuriya), 2-33 (Mahanama), 3-173 (de Silva), 4-226 (Ranatunga), 5-321 (Tillakaratne), 6-383 (Kaluwitharana), 7-440 (Atapattu), 8-461 (Vaas), 9-469 (Muralitharan)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
HH Streak	34	11	96	2	2.82
BC Strang	30	7	78	0	2.60	(6nb)
PA Strang	35.3	10	123	3	3.46
AR Whittall	30	4	73	3	2.43
AG Huckle	21	3	88	1	4.19	(3nb)
MW Goodwin	4	2	7	0	1.75


Zimbabwe 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	GJ Rennie	c de Silva b Silva	53	285	219	2	0	24.20
	GW Flower	b Muralitharan	4	47	28	1	0	14.28
	MW Goodwin	lbw b Silva	2	18	17	0	0	11.76
	A Flower	lbw b Vaas	8	31	36	1	0	22.22
	ADR Campbell	c Mahanama b Pushpakumara	7	89	63	1	0	11.11
	CB Wishart	c Mahanama b Muralitharan	3	11	8	0	0	37.50
	PA Strang	c de Silva b Muralitharan	35	91	92	4	0	38.04
	HH Streak	b Muralitharan	5	32	28	1	0	17.85
	AR Whittall	not out	6	43	13	0	0	46.15
	BC Strang	b Muralitharan	2	2	3	0	0	66.66
	AG Huckle	lbw b Silva	0	6	8	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 6, lb 2, nb 7)	15

	Total	(all out; 85.4 overs)	140	(1.63 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-29 (GW Flower), 2-36 (Goodwin), 3-46 (A Flower), 4-72 (Campbell), 5-75 (Wishart), 6-119 (Rennie), 7-127 (PA Strang), 8-134 (Streak), 9-136 (BC Strang), 10-140 (Huckle)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	17	5	36	1	2.11	(3nb)
KR Pushpakumara	14	4	34	1	2.42	(3nb)
M Muralitharan	29	18	23	5	0.79
KJ Silva	19.4	9	27	3	1.37
PA de Silva	5	0	12	0	2.40
ST Jayasuriya	1	1	0	0	0.00


Zimbabwe 2nd innings (following on)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	GJ Rennie	lbw b Muralitharan	24	92	73	1	0	32.87
	GW Flower	b de Silva	38	82	52	4	0	73.07
	MW Goodwin	b Muralitharan	70	190	137	4	0	51.09
	AR Whittall	b Muralitharan	14	62	51	0	0	27.45
	A Flower	c Mahanama b Muralitharan	67	241	212	1	0	31.60
	ADR Campbell	lbw b Vaas	40	160	111	4	0	36.03
	CB Wishart	b Muralitharan	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
	PA Strang	c sub (RP Arnold) b Muralitharan	33	60	81	4	0	40.74
	HH Streak	c Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara	13	33	20	1	0	65.00
	BC Strang	not out	15	41	29	0	0	51.72
	AG Huckle	lbw b Muralitharan	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 5, lb 11, nb 8)	24

	Total	(all out; 126.5 overs)	338	(2.66 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-68 (GW Flower), 2-69 (Rennie), 3-103 (Whittall), 4-185 (Goodwin), 5-261 (A Flower), 6-261 (Wishart), 7-271 (Campbell), 8-297 (Streak), 9-334 (PA Strang), 10-338 (Huckle)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	24	3	65	1	2.70	(4nb)
KR Pushpakumara	19	2	64	1	3.36
M Muralitharan	42.5	13	94	7	2.19	(4nb)
PA de Silva	13	5	25	1	1.92
KJ Silva	11	2	35	0	3.18
ST Jayasuriya	16	0	38	0	2.37
MS Atapattu	1	0	1	0	1.00


Sri Lanka 2nd innings (target: 10 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ST Jayasuriya	lbw b Streak	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
	MS Atapattu	not out	6	10	5	1	0	120.00
	RS Mahanama	b Streak	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
	PA de Silva	not out	4	3	1	1	0	400.00
	Extras		0

	Total	(2 wickets; 1.5 overs)	10	(5.45 runs per over)

Did not bat

A Ranatunga, HP Tillakaratne,

RS Kaluwitharana, WPUJC Vaas, M Muralitharan, KR Pushpakumara, KJ Silva

Fall of wickets1-0 (Jayasuriya, 0.2 ov), 2-0 (Mahanama, 0.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
HH Streak	1	0	4	2	4.00
BC Strang	0.5	0	6	0	7.20

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first
Series Sri Lanka led the 2-match series 1-0

Test debut MW Goodwin (Zimbabwe)
Player of the match M Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

Umpires BC Cooray and MJ Kitchen (England)
TV umpire PT Manuel
Match referee R Subba Row (England)

Close of play
7 Jan day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 265/4 (MS Atapattu 129*, HP Tillakaratne 11*, 90 ov)
8 Jan day 2 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 46/2 (GJ Rennie 23*, A Flower 8*, 23 ov)
9 Jan day 3 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 71/2 (MW Goodwin 1*, AR Whittall 2*, 28 ov)
10 Jan day 4 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 289/7 (PA Strang 13*, HH Streak 6*, 116 ov)
11 Jan day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 10/2 (1.5 ov) - end of match

Match notes

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.

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