New Zealand national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 1998 season

The tour of the New Zealand national cricket team to Sri Lanka in the 1998 season took place from May 27th to May 20th. xxxx took place in 1998. The international cricket tour was part of the 1998 international cricket season and included three tests . Sri Lanka won the Test Series 2–1.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams against each other took place in the 1996/97 season in New Zealand .

Stages

Colombo (RPS) Colombo (SSC) bile

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
R. Premadasa Stadium (RPS)	Colombo	35,000	3rd test
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	10,000	2nd test
Galle International Stadium	bile	35,000	1st test

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test
Sri Lanka	New Zealand
Marvan Atapattu Malinga Bandara Niroshan Bandaratilleke Aravinda de Silva Kumar Dharmasena Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jaywardene Ruwan Kalpage Romesh Kaluwitharana Muttiah Muralitharan Arjuna Ranatunga Hashan Tilla caratne Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Nathan Astle Chris Cairns Simon Doull Stephen Fleming Chris Harris Matt Horne Craig McMillan Shayne O'Connor Adam Parore Mark Priest Craig Spearman Daniel Vettori Paul Wiseman Bryan Young

Testing

First test in bile

May 27th - 31st scorecard	bile	New Zealand 305 (105.2) & 444-6d (123)	-	Sri Lanka 285 (90.2) & 297 (131.5)
		New Zealand wins with 167 runs

Second test in Colombo

June 3-7 scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	New Zealand 193 (101.1) & 114 (55)	-	Sri Lanka 323 (106.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 16 runs

Third test in Colombo

June 10-13 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 206 (88.4) & 282 (84.5)	-	New Zealand 193 (86.3) & 131 (54.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 164 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo