1997–98 Sri Lankan cricket season

The 1997–98 Sri Lankan cricket season featured two Test series with Sri Lanka playing against Zimbabwe and New Zealand.

Honours

P Saravanamuttu Trophy – Sinhalese Sports Club
Hatna Trophy – Nondescripts Cricket Club
Most runs – MS Atapattu 868 @ 96.44 (HS 223)
Most wickets – UC Hathurusingha 35 @ 16.17 (BB 7-55)

Test series

Sri Lanka won the Test series against Zimbabwe 2–0:

1st Test @ Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy – Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
2nd Test @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo – Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets

Sri Lanka won the Test series against New Zealand 2–1:

1st Test @ R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo – New Zealand won by 167 runs
2nd Test @ Galle International Stadium – Sri Lanka won by an innings and 16 runs
3rd Test @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo – Sri Lanka won by 164 runs

External sources

Sri Lankan cricket seasons

International Seasons	1975 1979 1980–81 1981 1981–82 1982 1982–83 1983 1983–84 1984 1984–85 1985 1985–86 1986 1986–87 1987 1987–88 1988 1988–89 1989 1989–90 1990 1990–91 1991 1991–92 1992 1992–93 1993 1993–94 1994 1994–95 1995 1995–96 1996 1996–97 1997 1997–98 1998 1998–99 1999 1999–2000 2000 2000–01 2001 2001–02 2002 2002–03 2003 2003–04 2004 2004–05 2005 2005–06 2006 2006–07 2007 2007–08 2008 2008–09 2009 2009–10 2010 2010–11

First Class Seasons	1990 1990–91 1992 1993–94 1994–95 2003–04 2004–05 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11

Limited Over Seasons	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11

Twenty20 Seasons	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11

See also	Test Matches ODI Matches T20 Matches

International cricket tours of Sri Lanka

Test and LOI tours

Australia	1982–83 1992 1999 2003–04 2011 2016

Bangladesh	2002 2005–06 2007 2012–13

England	1981–82 1992–93 2000–01 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15

India	1985 1993 1997 2001 2006 2008 2008–09 2010 2012 2015

New Zealand	1983–84 1984–85 1986–87 1992–93 1998 2003 2009 2012–13 2013–14

Pakistan	1985–86 1994 1996–97 2000 2005–06 2009 2012 2014 2015

South Africa	1993 2000 2004 2006 2013 2014

West Indies	1993–94 2001–02 2005 2010–11 2015-16

Zimbabwe	1983–84 1996–97 1997–98 2001–02

Tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	1986 1994 1996 1996 1997 2000 2001–02 2002 2004 2010 2011 2012

Other tours

Afghan	2009–10

Australian	1884 1890 1893 1896 1912 1926 1930 1934 1935–36 1938 1945 1948 1953 1961 1964 1969 1981

Bangladeshi	1985–86

Canadian	2000–01 2009–10 2011–12

English	1882–83 1889–90 1891–92 1892–93 1894–95 1911–12 1920–21 1922–23 1924–25 1926–27 1928–29 1929–30 1932–33 1933–34 1935–36 1936–37 1936–37 1950–51 1951–52 1954–55 1958–59 1961–62 1962–63 1965–66 1968–69 1969–70 1972–73 1976–77 1977–78 1984–85 2000–01

Indian	1925–26 1944–45 1956–57 1973–74 1975–76

Kenyan	2001–02 2013–14

Malaysian	1893–94 1971–72

Multi-national	1930–31 1949–50 1950–51 1967–68

New Zealand	1927 1937–38

Pakistani	1948–49 1972–73 1975–76 1978–79

Scottish	2011–12 2013–14

West Indian	1948–49 1966–67 1974–75 1978–79

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1997–98 Sri Lankan cricket season

Honours

Test series

External sources

Further reading