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1997–98 Sri Lankan cricket season

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

Honours[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1999

Cricket in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Cricket

National teams

Franchise cricket
Lanka Premier League Sri Lanka Premier League (Defunct)

Club cricket

First-class clubs

Tournaments

First-class	Premier Trophy Tier A 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 Premier Trophy Tier B 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Limited overs	Premier Limited Overs Tournament Sri Lanka Women's Division One Tournament
Twenty20	SLC Twenty20 Tournament 2004 2005–06 2006–07 2015–16 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

Inter-Provincial Cricket

Tournaments

First-class	Inter-Provincial First Class Tournament National Super League 4-Day Tournament 2022 2023 2024
Limited overs	Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament 2007–08 2009–10 2010–11 Super Provincial One Day Tournament 2018 2019 National Super League 2021–22 2023
Twenty20	SLC Super Provincial Twenty20 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2011 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022

International venues

Grounds

Other articles

v t e Sri Lankan cricket seasons
History of cricket in Sri Lanka 1988–89 \| 1989–90 1990–91 \| 1991–92 \| 1992–93 \| 1993–94 \| 1994–95 \| 1995–96 \| 1996–97 \| 1997–98 \| 1998–99 \| 1999–2000 2000–01 \| 2001–02 \| 2002–03 \| 2003–04 \| 2004–05 \| 2005–06 \| 2006–07 \| 2007–08 \| 2008–09 \| 2009–10 2010–11 \| 2011–12 \| 2012–13 \| 2013–14 \| 2014–15 \| 2015–16 \| 2016–17 \| 2017–18

International cricket tours of Sri Lanka

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2022-23 2023–24
Australia	1982–83 1992 1999 2003–04 2011 2016 2022
Bangladesh	2002 2005 2007 2012–13 2016–17 2019 2020–21
England	1981–82 1992–93 2000–01 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2018–19 2020–21
India	1985 1993 1997 2001 2006 2008 2008–09 2010 2012 2015 2017 2021 2024
Ireland	2022–23
New Zealand	1983–84 1984–85 1986–87 1992–93 1998 2003 2009 2012–13 2013–14 2019
Pakistan	1985–86 1994 1996–97 2000 2005–06 2009 2012 2014 2015 2022 2023
South Africa	1993 2000 2004 2006 2013 2014 2018 2021–22
West Indies	1993–94 2001–02 2005 2010–11 2015-16 2019–20 2021–22
Zimbabwe	1983–84 1996–97 1997–98 2001–02 2017 2020–21 2021–22 2023–24

Tournaments hosted
Multiple teams	1986 1986 1994 1996 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2001–02 2001–02 2002 2004 2009 2010 2010 2010 2011 2012 2018

Other tours
Afghan	2009–10 2024
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
Irish	2020–21
South Africa A	2023

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