f43464 t1394	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
	Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka 1997/98 (1st Test)
Venue	Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy on 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th January 1998 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Umpires	BC Cooray, MJ Kitchen
TV umpire	PT Manuel
Referee	R Subba Row
Close of play day 1	Sri Lanka (1) 265/4 (Atapattu 129*, Tillakaratne 11*; 90 overs)
Close of play day 2	Zimbabwe (1) 46/2 (Rennie 23*, A Flower 8*; 23 overs)
Close of play day 3	Zimbabwe (2) 71/2 (Goodwin 1*, Whittall 2*; 28 overs)
Close of play day 4	Zimbabwe (2) 289/7 (PA Strang 13*, Streak 6*; 116 overs)
Man of the Match	M Muralitharan

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ST Jayasuriya	lbw b Streak	6	15	18	1	-
MS Atapattu	c Campbell b PA Strang	223	448	569	29	1
RS Mahanama	c Campbell b Streak	7	47	33	-	-
PA de Silva	c Whittall b Huckle	75	120	143	9	1
*A Ranatunga	b Whittall	27	57	103	2	1
HP Tillakaratne	c and b Whittall	44	137	172	5	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	c and b Whittall	29	44	58	5	-
WPUJC Vaas	c Rennie b PA Strang	26	56	81	3	-
M Muralitharan	c BC Strang b PA Strang	17	19	26	3	-
KR Pushpakumara	not out	2	7	6	-	-
KJ Silva	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 9 nb)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 154.3 overs)	469
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (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)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Streak	34	11	96	2	-	-
BC Strang	30	7	78	0	-	6
PA Strang	35.3	10	123	3	-	-
Whittall	30	4	73	3	-	-
Huckle	21	3	88	1	-	3
Goodwin	4	2	7	0	-	-

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Zimbabwe first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Rennie	c de Silva b KJ Silva	53	219	285	2	-
GW Flower	b Muralitharan	4	28	47	1	-
MW Goodwin	lbw b KJ Silva	2	17	18	-	-
+A Flower	lbw b Vaas	8	36	31	1	-
*ADR Campbell	c Mahanama b Pushpakumara	7	63	89	1	-
CB Wishart	c Mahanama b Muralitharan	3	8	11	-	-
PA Strang	c de Silva b Muralitharan	35	92	91	4	-
HH Streak	b Muralitharan	5	28	32	1	-
AR Whittall	not out	6	13	43	-	-
BC Strang	b Muralitharan	2	3	2	-	-
AG Huckle	lbw b KJ Silva	0	8	6	-	-
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 7 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 85.4 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (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, 85.4 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	17	4	36	1	-	3
Pushpakumara	14	5	34	1	-	3
Muralitharan	29	18	23	5	-	-
KJ Silva	19.4	9	27	3	-	-
de Silva	5	0	12	0	-	-
Jayasuriya	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Zimbabwe second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Rennie	lbw b Muralitharan	24	73	92	1	-
GW Flower	b de Silva	38	52	82	4	-
MW Goodwin	b Muralitharan	70	137	190	4	-
AR Whittall	b Muralitharan	14	51	62	-	-
+A Flower	c Mahanama b Muralitharan	67	212	241	1	-
*ADR Campbell	lbw b Vaas	40	111	160	4	-
CB Wishart	b Muralitharan	0	2	1	-	-
PA Strang	c sub (RP Arnold) b Muralitharan	33	81	60	4	-
HH Streak	c Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara	13	20	33	1	-
BC Strang	not out	15	29	41	-	-
AG Huckle	lbw b Muralitharan	0	3	2	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 11 lb, 8 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 126.5 overs)	338
Fall of wickets:
1-68 (GW Flower), 2-68 (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)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	24	3	65	1	-	4
Pushpakumara	19	2	64	1	-	-
Muralitharan	42.5	13	94	7	-	4
de Silva	13	5	25	1	-	-
KJ Silva	11	2	35	0	-	-
Jayasuriya	16	0	38	0	-	-
Atapattu	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ST Jayasuriya	lbw b Streak	0	2	1	-	-
MS Atapattu	not out	6	5	10	1	-
RS Mahanama	b Streak	0	3	2	-	-
PA de Silva	not out	4	1	3	1	-
*A Ranatunga	did not bat
HP Tillakaratne	did not bat
+RS Kaluwitharana	did not bat
WPUJC Vaas	did not bat
M Muralitharan	did not bat
KR Pushpakumara	did not bat
KJ Silva	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 1.5 overs)	10
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Jayasuriya, 0.2 ov), 2-0 (Mahanama, 0.5 ov)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Streak	1	0	4	2	-	-
BC Strang	0.5	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MS Atapattu (1) passed his previous highest score of 108 in Test matches
--> MS Atapattu (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 50
--> PA de Silva (1) passed 4500 runs in Test matches when he reached 53
--> MW Goodwin made his debut in Test matches
--> AR Whittall (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Test matches
--> AR Whittall achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed RS Kaluwitharana in the Sri Lanka first innings (previous best was 2-146)
--> M Muralitharan reached 350 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed PA Strang, his 3rd wicket in the Zimbabwe first innings
--> M Muralitharan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed AG Huckle in the Zimbabwe second innings (previous best was 6-98)

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Start of play was delayed 45 minutes on Day Three due to wet outfield, resulting from heavy overnight rain.

 

 

 

 

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