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Test no. 1415

New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series - 1st Test
Sri Lanka v New Zealand

1998 season

Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, on 27,28,29,30,31 May 1998 (5-day match)

Result New Zealand won by 167 runs


New Zealand 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	BA Young	c Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan	30	136	117	4	0	25.64
	MJ Horne	b Bandaratilleke	15	32	47	3	0	31.91
	SP Fleming	c Jayasuriya b Kalpage	78	209	180	12	0	43.33
	NJ Astle	c Jayawardene b Kalpage	30	49	48	4	0	62.50
	CD McMillan	lbw b Muralitharan	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
	AC Parore	c Jayasuriya b Wickramasinghe	67	189	113	8	0	59.29
	CL Cairns	c Bandara b Muralitharan	20	50	44	1	1	45.45
	CZ Harris	lbw b Wickramasinghe	19	41	37	3	0	51.35
	DL Vettori	c Kalpage b Muralitharan	20	80	48	4	0	41.66
	PJ Wiseman	c Jayawardene b Muralitharan	6	24	22	1	0	27.27
	SB Doull	not out	1	10	5	0	0	20.00
	Extras	(lb 9, w 1, nb 9)	19

	Total	(all out; 105.2 overs)	305	(2.89 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-25 (Horne, 7.5 ov), 2-97 (Young, 39.5 ov), 3-141 (Astle, 53.4 ov), 4-141 (McMillan, 54.4 ov), 5-188 (Fleming, 67.6 ov), 6-229 (Cairns, 80.4 ov), 7-269 (Harris, 90.5 ov), 8-282 (Parore, 96.3 ov), 9-296 (Wiseman, 101.6 ov), 10-305 (Vettori, 105.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GP Wickramasinghe	14	2	55	2	3.92	(1w)
DPMD Jayawardene	3	0	10	0	3.33
MRCN Bandaratilleke	22	6	51	1	2.31
M Muralitharan	38.2	9	90	5	2.34	(8nb)
CM Bandara	13	3	41	0	3.15	(1nb)
RS Kalpage	15	2	49	2	3.26


Sri Lanka 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ST Jayasuriya	c Parore b Cairns	10	30	20	2	0	50.00
	MS Atapattu	c Parore b Cairns	0	8	5	0	0	0.00
	DPMD Jayawardene	c Vettori b Wiseman	52	128	108	10	0	48.14
	PA de Silva	c Doull b McMillan	37	96	85	4	0	43.52
	A Ranatunga	b Cairns	49	122	74	6	1	66.21
	RS Kaluwitharana	b Vettori	72	166	136	13	0	52.94
	RS Kalpage	b Wiseman	6	26	10	1	0	60.00
	GP Wickramasinghe	lbw b Vettori	27	76	51	2	0	52.94
	MRCN Bandaratilleke	run out (Wiseman)	20	61	51	2	0	39.21
	M Muralitharan	b Vettori	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
	CM Bandara	not out	0	1	0	0	0	-
	Extras	(lb 8, nb 4)	12

	Total	(all out; 90.2 overs)	285	(3.15 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-6 (Atapattu, 1.4 ov), 2-21 (Jayasuriya, 5.6 ov), 3-101 (de Silva, 35.3 ov), 4-105 (Jayawardene, 36.4 ov), 5-206 (Ranatunga, 63.4 ov), 6-221 (Kalpage), 7-237 (Kaluwitharana), 8-284 (Wickramasinghe, 89.2 ov), 9-284 (Muralitharan, 89.5 ov), 10-285 (Bandaratilleke, 90.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SB Doull	12.2	2	43	0	3.48	(1nb)
CL Cairns	15	0	59	3	3.93	(2nb)
CZ Harris	7	1	27	0	3.85	(1nb)
DL Vettori	24	8	56	3	2.33
PJ Wiseman	20	4	61	2	3.05
CD McMillan	12	4	31	1	2.58


New Zealand 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	BA Young	lbw b Bandaratilleke	11	12	13	2	0	84.61
	MJ Horne	c Ranatunga b Muralitharan	35	96	69	5	0	50.72
	SP Fleming	not out	174	475	333	16	1	52.25
	NJ Astle	c Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya	34	117	104	2	1	32.69
	CD McMillan	c Kalpage b Muralitharan	142	238	179	13	6	79.32
	AC Parore	c Kalpage b Muralitharan	1	6	6	0	0	16.66
	CL Cairns	c Jayawardene b Muralitharan	6	15	21	1	0	28.57
	CZ Harris	not out	14	23	28	1	0	50.00
	Extras	(b 5, lb 10, nb 12)	27

	Total	(6 wickets dec; 123 overs)	444	(3.60 runs per over)

Did not bat DL Vettori, PJ Wiseman, SB Doull

Fall of wickets1-11 (Young, 3.1 ov), 2-68 (Horne, 24.4 ov), 3-160 (Astle, 56.4 ov), 4-400 (McMillan, 110.5 ov), 5-404 (Parore, 112.2 ov), 6-416 (Cairns, 116.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GP Wickramasinghe	7	0	21	0	3.00
MRCN Bandaratilleke	39	8	105	1	2.69	(1nb)
PA de Silva	2	0	14	0	7.00
M Muralitharan	36	5	137	4	3.80	(8nb)
CM Bandara	8	0	38	0	4.75	(4nb)
RS Kalpage	15	4	51	0	3.40
ST Jayasuriya	16	0	63	1	3.93


Sri Lanka 2nd innings (target: 465 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ST Jayasuriya	c Young b Wiseman	59	113	91	8	0	64.83
	MS Atapattu	c Horne b Wiseman	16	57	33	2	0	48.48
	DPMD Jayawardene	c Horne b Wiseman	54	270	255	5	0	21.17
	PA de Silva	lbw b Vettori	71	175	155	8	1	45.80
	A Ranatunga	c & b Vettori	9	32	29	2	0	31.03
	RS Kaluwitharana	c Parore b McMillan	39	73	58	8	0	67.24
	RS Kalpage	c Young b Vettori	16	27	29	3	0	55.17
	MRCN Bandaratilleke	c Horne b Wiseman	16	87	91	1	0	17.58
	GP Wickramasinghe	c Young b Cairns	0	4	1	0	0	0.00
	M Muralitharan	not out	9	47	45	2	0	20.00
	CM Bandara	lbw b Wiseman	0	6	8	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 3)	8

	Total	(all out; 131.5 overs)	297	(2.25 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-70 (Atapattu, 14.3 ov), 2-89 (Jayasuriya, 30.4 ov), 3-194 (de Silva, 84.1 ov), 4-216 (Ranatunga, 92.4 ov), 5-216 (Jayawardene, 93.1 ov), 6-239 (Kalpage, 100.6 ov), 7-277 (Kaluwitharana, 113.5 ov), 8-279 (Wickramasinghe, 115.2 ov), 9-289 (Bandaratilleke, 129.3 ov), 10-297 (Bandara, 131.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SB Doull	3	0	15	0	5.00
CL Cairns	19	6	64	1	3.36	(3nb)
PJ Wiseman	46.5	17	82	5	1.75
DL Vettori	51	23	101	3	1.98
CD McMillan	6	4	12	1	2.00
CZ Harris	4	1	16	0	4.00
NJ Astle	2	0	2	0	1.00

Toss New Zealand, who chose to bat first
Series New Zealand led the 3-match series 1-0

Test debuts PJ Wiseman (New Zealand); CM Bandara and MRCN Bandaratilleke (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match SP Fleming (New Zealand)

Umpires KT Francis and RE Koertzen (South Africa)
TV umpire WAU Wickramasinghe
Match referee Talat Ali (Pakistan)

Close of play
27 May day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 282/7 (AC Parore 67*, DL Vettori 9*, 96 ov)
28 May day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 251/7 (GP Wickramasinghe 9*, MRCN Bandaratilleke 8*, 82 ov)
29 May day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 260/3 (SP Fleming 106*, CD McMillan 64*, 79 ov)
30 May day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 111/2 (DPMD Jayawardene 13*, PA de Silva 19*, 48 ov)
31 May day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 297 (131.5 ov) - end of match

Match notes

First ever time in Test history that New Zealand have won 3 consecutive Tests - 2 v Zimbabwe, 1 v Sri Lanka in 1997-98.
A streak of 8 consecutive home Tests without defeat (4 wins, 4 draws) for Sri Lanka is ended (Sri Lankan record).
Partnership of 240 for the 4th wicket of the New Zealand 2nd innings between SP Fleming and CD McMillan is a record in Tests against Sri Lanka (previous: 82 between JF Reid and SL Boock at Colombo Cricket Club in 1983-84). It is the 3rd highest partnership for any wicket for New Zealand in Tests against Sri Lanka. It is the 2nd highest partnership for the 4th wicket in Tests for New Zealand against any country (best: 243 between MJ Horne and NJ Astle v Zimbabwe at Auckland in 1997-98).
SP Fleming's match aggregate of 252 runs (78 & 174*) is the 4th highest in Tests for New Zealand.
SP Fleming's 174* is the 2nd highest individual Test score by a New Zealander in Sri Lanka (best: JF Reid 180 at Colombo Cricket Club in 1983-84).
PJ Wiseman's 5-82 in the 2nd Sri Lankan innings are the 3rd best ever by a New Zealander on Test debut (and best since BR Taylor 5-86 v India at Calcutta in 1964-65). His match haul of 7-143 are the best figures on debut in Tests for New Zealand (previous best: FJ Cameron 6-92 v South Africa at Cape Town in 1961-62).