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Sri Lanka v New Zealand @ R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo
27, 28, 29, 30, 31 May 1998 (five-day match)
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: KT Francis, RE Koertzen
Third Umpire: WAU Wickremasinghe
Match Referee: Talat Ali
Match Result: New Zealand won by 167 runs
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bryan Young | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 30 | 117 | 136 | 4 | - |
| 2. Matt Horne | b Niroshan Bandaratilleke | 15 | 47 | 32 | 3 | - |
| *3. Stephen Fleming | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Ruwan Kalpage | 78 | 180 | 209 | 12 | - |
| 4. Nathan Astle | c Mahela Jayawardene b Ruwan Kalpage | 30 | 48 | 49 | 4 | - |
| 5. Craig McMillan | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| +6. Adam Parore | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 67 | 113 | 189 | 8 | - |
| 7. Chris Cairns | c Malinga Bandara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 20 | 44 | 50 | 1 | 1 |
| 8. Chris Harris | lbw b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 19 | 37 | 41 | 3 | - |
| 9. Daniel Vettori | c Ruwan Kalpage b Muttiah Muralitharan | 20 | 48 | 80 | 4 | - |
| 10. Paul Wiseman | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 6 | 22 | 24 | 1 | - |
| 11. Simon Doull | not out | 1 | 5 | 10 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-25 (Matt Horne), 2-97 (Bryan Young), 3-141 (Nathan Astle), 4-141 (Craig McMillan), 5-188 (Stephen Fleming), 6-229 (Chris Cairns), 7-269 (Chris Harris), 8-282 (Adam Parore), 9-296 (Paul Wiseman), 305 (Daniel Vettori). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 1w, 9nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 105.2 ovs) 305 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 14 | 2 | 55 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Niroshan Bandaratilleke | 22 | 6 | 51 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 38.2 | 8 | 90 | 5 | (0w,8nb) |
| Malinga Bandara | 13 | 3 | 41 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Ruwan Kalpage | 15 | 2 | 49 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Adam Parore b Chris Cairns | 10 | 20 | 30 | 2 | - |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | c Adam Parore b Chris Cairns | 0 | 5 | 8 | - | - |
| 3. Mahela Jayawardene | c Daniel Vettori b Paul Wiseman | 52 | 108 | 128 | 10 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Simon Doull b Craig McMillan | 37 | 85 | 96 | 4 | - |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | b Chris Cairns | 49 | 74 | 122 | 6 | 1 |
| +6. Romesh Kaluwitharana | b Daniel Vettori | 72 | 136 | 166 | 13 | - |
| 7. Ruwan Kalpage | b Paul Wiseman | 6 | 10 | 26 | 1 | - |
| 8. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | lbw b Daniel Vettori | 27 | 51 | 76 | 2 | - |
| 9. Niroshan Bandaratilleke | run out (Paul Wiseman > > ) | 20 | 51 | 61 | 2 | - |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | b Daniel Vettori | 0 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| 11. Malinga Bandara | not out | 0 | - | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-6 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-21 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-101 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-105 (Mahela Jayawardene), 5-206 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 6-221 (Ruwan Kalpage), 7-237 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 8-284 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe), 9-284 (Muttiah Muralitharan), 285 (Niroshan Bandaratilleke). |
| Extras | 0b, 8lb, 0w, 4nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 90.2 ovs) 285 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Simon Doull | 12.2 | 2 | 43 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 15 | 0 | 59 | 3 | (0w,2nb) |
| Chris Harris | 7 | 1 | 27 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 24 | 8 | 56 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Wiseman | 20 | 4 | 61 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McMillan | 12 | 4 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bryan Young | lbw b Niroshan Bandaratilleke | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | - |
| 2. Matt Horne | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Muttiah Muralitharan | 35 | 69 | 96 | 5 | - |
| *3. Stephen Fleming | not out | 174 | 333 | 475 | 16 | 1 |
| 4. Nathan Astle | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Sanath Jayasuriya | 34 | 104 | 117 | 2 | 1 |
| 5. Craig McMillan | c Ruwan Kalpage b Muttiah Muralitharan | 142 | 179 | 238 | 13 | 6 |
| +6. Adam Parore | c Ruwan Kalpage b Muttiah Muralitharan | 1 | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| 7. Chris Cairns | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 6 | 21 | 15 | 1 | - |
| 8. Chris Harris | not out | 14 | 28 | 23 | 1 | - |
| 9. Daniel Vettori | ||||||
| 10. Paul Wiseman | ||||||
| 11. Simon Doull |
| FOW | 1-11 (Bryan Young), 2-68 (Matt Horne), 3-160 (Nathan Astle), 4-400 (Craig McMillan), 5-404 (Adam Parore), 6-416 (Chris Cairns). |
| Extras | 5b, 10lb, 0w, 12nb, 0pen) 27 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 123 ovs) 444 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 7 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Niroshan Bandaratilleke | 39 | 8 | 105 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 36 | 5 | 137 | 4 | (0w,8nb) |
| Malinga Bandara | 8 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,4nb) |
| Ruwan Kalpage | 15 | 4 | 51 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 16 | 0 | 63 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Bryan Young b Paul Wiseman | 59 | 91 | 113 | 8 | - |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | c Matt Horne b Paul Wiseman | 16 | 33 | 57 | 2 | - |
| 3. Mahela Jayawardene | c Matt Horne b Paul Wiseman | 54 | 255 | 270 | 5 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | lbw b Daniel Vettori | 71 | 155 | 175 | 8 | 1 |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c & b Daniel Vettori | 9 | 29 | 32 | 2 | - |
| +6. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Adam Parore b Craig McMillan | 39 | 58 | 73 | 8 | - |
| 7. Ruwan Kalpage | c Bryan Young b Daniel Vettori | 16 | 29 | 27 | 3 | - |
| 8. Niroshan Bandaratilleke | c Matt Horne b Paul Wiseman | 16 | 91 | 87 | 1 | - |
| 9. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | c Bryan Young b Chris Cairns | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | not out | 9 | 45 | 47 | 2 | - |
| 11. Malinga Bandara | lbw b Paul Wiseman | 0 | 8 | 6 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-70 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-89 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-194 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-216 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-216 (Mahela Jayawardene), 6-239 (Ruwan Kalpage), 7-277 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 8-279 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe), 9-289 (Niroshan Bandaratilleke), 297 (Malinga Bandara). |
| Extras | 1b, 4lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 131.5 ovs) 297 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Simon Doull | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 19 | 6 | 64 | 1 | (0w,3nb) |
| Paul Wiseman | 46.5 | 17 | 82 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 51 | 23 | 101 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McMillan | 6 | 4 | 12 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Mahela Jayawardene, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Ruwan Kalpage, Niroshan Bandaratilleke, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Muttiah Muralitharan, Malinga Bandara