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| 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) |
| Player of the Match | M Muralitharan |
| 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 | 33 | 47 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
Notes
--> MW Goodwin made his debut in Test matches
--> KJ Silva made his last appearance in Test matches
--> MS Atapattu (1) 50 in 111 balls, 141 minutes with 7 fours
--> MS Atapattu (1) 100 in 213 balls, 288 minutes with 13 fours
--> MS Atapattu (1) passed his previous highest score of 108 in Test matches
--> MS Atapattu (1) 150 in 348 balls with 21 fours
--> MS Atapattu (1) 200 in 411 balls, 550 minutes with 27 fours and 1 six
--> MS Atapattu (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 50
--> PA de Silva (1) 50 in 84 balls, 102 minutes with 5 fours and 1 six
--> PA de Silva (1) passed 4500 runs in Test matches when he reached 53
--> GJ Rennie (1) 50 in 208 balls with 2 fours
--> MW Goodwin (2) 50 in 106 balls, 136 minutes with 2 fours
--> A Flower (2) 50 in 158 balls, 189 minutes with 1 four
--> AR Whittall (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Test matches
--> MW Goodwin made his debut for Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> AG Huckle made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> GJ Rennie made his debut in Sri Lanka 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)
Start of play was delayed 45 minutes on Day Three due to wet outfield, resulting from heavy overnight rain.
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