Sri Lanka v New Zealand 1st Test
New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka - 1998 (1998) · R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo · 27 May 1998 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat
New Zealand won by 167 runs · Man of the Match: Stephen Fleming
New Zealand won by 167 runs. Stephen Fleming top-scored with 174* for New Zealand. Man of the Match: Stephen Fleming.
New Zealand, 286 (10 wkts)
| Bryan Young | caught (Romesh Kaluwitharana) | 30 | 117 |
| Matt Horne | bowled | 15 | 47 |
| Stephen Fleming | caught (Sanath Jayasuriya) | 78 | 180 |
| Nathan Astle | caught (Mahela Jayawardene) | 30 | 48 |
| Craig McMillan | lbw | 0 | 4 |
| Adam Parore | caught (Sanath Jayasuriya) | 67 | 113 |
| Chris Cairns | caught (Malinga Bandara) | 20 | 44 |
| Chris Harris | lbw | 19 | 37 |
| Daniel Vettori | caught (Ruwan Kalpage) | 20 | 48 |
| Paul Wiseman | caught (Mahela Jayawardene) | 6 | 22 |
| Simon Doull | not out | 1 | 5 |
Pramodya Wickramasinghe 14.00-2-55-2Mahela Jayawardene 3.00-0-10-0Niroshan Bandaratilleke 22.00-6-51-1Muthiah Muralidaran 38.20-9-90-5Malinga Bandara 13.00-3-41-0Ruwan Kalpage 15.00-2-49-2
Sri Lanka, 273 (10 wkts)
| Sanath Jayasuriya | caught (Adam Parore) | 10 | 20 |
| Marvan Atapattu | caught (Adam Parore) | 0 | 5 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | caught (Daniel Vettori) | 52 | 108 |
| Aravinda de Silva | caught (Simon Doull) | 37 | 85 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | bowled | 49 | 74 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | bowled | 72 | 136 |
| Ruwan Kalpage | bowled | 6 | 10 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | lbw | 27 | 51 |
| Niroshan Bandaratilleke | run out (Paul Wiseman) | 20 | 51 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | bowled | 0 | 5 |
| Malinga Bandara | not out | 0 | 0 |
Simon Doull 12.20-2-43-0Chris Cairns 15.00-0-59-3Chris Harris 7.00-1-27-0Daniel Vettori 24.00-8-56-3Paul Wiseman 20.00-4-61-2Craig McMillan 12.00-4-31-1
New Zealand, 417 (6 wkts)
| Bryan Young | lbw | 11 | 13 |
| Matt Horne | caught (Arjuna Ranatunga) | 35 | 69 |
| Stephen Fleming | not out | 174 | 333 |
| Nathan Astle | caught (Romesh Kaluwitharana) | 34 | 104 |
| Craig McMillan | caught (Ruwan Kalpage) | 142 | 179 |
| Adam Parore | caught (Ruwan Kalpage) | 1 | 6 |
| Chris Cairns | caught (Mahela Jayawardene) | 6 | 21 |
| Chris Harris | not out | 14 | 28 |
| Daniel Vettori | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Wiseman | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Doull | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Pramodya Wickramasinghe 7.00-0-21-0Niroshan Bandaratilleke 39.00-8-105-1Aravinda de Silva 2.00-0-14-0Muthiah Muralidaran 36.00-5-137-4Malinga Bandara 8.00-0-38-0Ruwan Kalpage 15.00-4-51-0Sanath Jayasuriya 16.00-0-63-1
Sri Lanka, 289 (10 wkts)
| Sanath Jayasuriya | caught (Bryan Young) | 59 | 91 |
| Marvan Atapattu | caught (Matt Horne) | 16 | 33 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | caught (Matt Horne) | 54 | 255 |
| Aravinda de Silva | lbw | 71 | 155 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | caught (Daniel Vettori) | 9 | 29 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | caught (Adam Parore) | 39 | 58 |
| Ruwan Kalpage | caught (Bryan Young) | 16 | 29 |
| Niroshan Bandaratilleke | caught (Matt Horne) | 16 | 91 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | caught (Bryan Young) | 0 | 1 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | not out | 9 | 45 |
| Malinga Bandara | lbw | 0 | 8 |
Simon Doull 3.00-0-15-0Chris Cairns 19.00-6-64-1Paul Wiseman 46.50-17-82-5Daniel Vettori 51.00-23-101-3Craig McMillan 6.00-4-12-1Chris Harris 4.00-1-16-0Nathan Astle 2.00-0-2-0
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