RESULT

England vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, England vs Sri Lanka, 27 August, 1998, Kennington Oval & Match Stats

591/10 (156.5 ov) & 37/0 (5.0 ov)

ENG

445/10 (158.3 ov) & 181/10 (129.2 ov)

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets

England 1st Innings

445/10 (158.3 ov)

RR 2.81

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mark Butcher c Jayasuriya b Wickramasinghe	10	26	1	0	38.46
Steve James c & b Muralitharan	36	111	3	0	32.43
Graeme Hick c †Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe	107	238	14	0	44.96
Alec Stewart c Tillakaratne b Perera	2	9	0	0	22.22
Mark Ramprakash c Jayawardene b Muralitharan	53	149	4	0	35.57
John Crawley not out	156	249	19	1	62.65
Ben Hollioake c Atapattu b Muralitharan	14	53	1	0	26.42
Dominic Cork b Muralitharan	6	48	0	0	12.50
Ian Salisbury b Muralitharan	2	17	0	0	11.76
Darren Gough c †Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan	4	8	1	0	50.00
Angus Fraser b Muralitharan	32	52	3	2	61.54
EXTRAS (b 1, lb 11, w 2, nb 9, p 0)	23
TOTAL (2.81 RUNS PER OVER)	445/10 (158.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 16-1 (Mark Butcher, 0 ov), 78-2 (Steve James, 0 ov), 230-5 (Graeme Hick, 0 ov), 81-3 (Alec Stewart, 0 ov), 209-4 (Mark Ramprakash, 0 ov), 277-6 (Ben Hollioake, 0 ov), 333-7 (Dominic Cork, 0 ov), 343-8 (Ian Salisbury, 0 ov), 356-9 (Darren Gough, 0 ov), 445-10 (Angus Fraser, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	30	4	81	2	2.70
Suresh Perera	40	10	104	1	2.60
Kumar Dharmasena	18	3	55	0	3.06
Muttiah Muralitharan	59.3	14	155	7	2.61
Sanath Jayasuriya	11	0	38	0	3.45

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

591/10 (156.5 ov)

RR 3.78

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya c †Stewart b Hollioake	213	278	33	1	76.62
Marvan Atapattu lbw b Cork	15	26	1	0	57.69
Mahela Jayawardene c Hollioake b Fraser	9	40	0	0	22.50
Aravinda de Silva c †Stewart b Hollioake	152	292	17	0	52.05
Arjuna Ranatunga lbw b Gough	51	99	7	1	51.52
Hashan Tillakaratne lbw b Gough	0	1	0	0	0.00
Romesh Kaluwitharana c Crawley b Cork	25	50	2	0	50.00
Kumar Dharmasena lbw b Fraser	13	39	2	0	33.33
Suresh Perera not out	43	77	6	1	55.84
Pramodya Wickramasinghe b Fraser	0	7	0	0	0.00
Muttiah Muralitharan c †Stewart b Salisbury	30	36	5	0	83.33
EXTRAS (b 15, lb 20, w 1, nb 4, p 0)	40
TOTAL (3.78 RUNS PER OVER)	591/10 (156.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 328-3 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 0 ov), 53-1 (Marvan Atapattu, 0 ov), 85-2 (Mahela Jayawardene, 0 ov), 504-7 (Aravinda de Silva, 0 ov), 450-4 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 0 ov), 450-5 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 0 ov), 488-6 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 0 ov), 526-8 (Kumar Dharmasena, 0 ov), 532-9 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 0 ov), 591-10 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Darren Gough	30	5	102	2	3.40
Angus Fraser	23	3	95	3	4.13
Ben Hollioake	26	2	105	2	4.04
Dominic Cork	36	5	128	2	3.56
Ian Salisbury	25.5	7	86	1	3.33
Mark Ramprakash	5	0	24	0	4.80
Mark Butcher	11	2	16	0	1.45

England 2nd Innings

181/10 (129.2 ov)

RR 1.40

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mark Butcher st †Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan	15	45	3	0	33.33
Steve James c Jayawardene b Muralitharan	25	150	1	0	16.67
Graeme Hick lbw b Muralitharan	0	2	0	0	0.00
Alec Stewart run out	32	145	1	0	22.07
Mark Ramprakash c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan	42	220	3	0	19.09
John Crawley b Muralitharan	14	59	2	0	23.73
Ben Hollioake lbw b Muralitharan	0	1	0	0	0.00
Dominic Cork c †Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan	8	23	2	0	34.78
Ian Salisbury lbw b Muralitharan	0	4	0	0	0.00
Darren Gough b Muralitharan	15	133	2	0	11.28
Angus Fraser not out	0	6	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 7, lb 8, w 1, nb 14, p 0)	30
TOTAL (1.40 RUNS PER OVER)	181/10 (129.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 25-1 (Mark Butcher, 0 ov), 78-3 (Steve James, 0 ov), 25-2 (Graeme Hick, 0 ov), 93-4 (Alec Stewart, 0 ov), 180-9 (Mark Ramprakash, 0 ov), 116-5 (John Crawley, 0 ov), 116-6 (Ben Hollioake, 0 ov), 127-7 (Dominic Cork, 0 ov), 127-8 (Ian Salisbury, 0 ov), 181-10 (Darren Gough, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	4	1	16	0	4.00
Suresh Perera	11	2	22	0	2.00
Muttiah Muralitharan	54.2	27	65	9	1.20
Kumar Dharmasena	19.3	13	12	0	0.62
Sanath Jayasuriya	28	14	30	0	1.07
Aravinda de Silva	10.3	3	16	0	1.52
Mahela Jayawardene	2	0	5	0	2.50

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (target 36)

37/0 (5.0 ov)

RR 7.40

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya not out	24	17	2	2	141.18
Marvan Atapattu not out	9	13	1	0	69.23
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	4
TOTAL (7.40 RUNS PER OVER)	37/0 (5.0 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Mahela Jayawardene, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Hashan Tillakaratne, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Kumar Dharmasena, Suresh Perera, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Muttiah Muralitharan

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	R	ECO
Angus Fraser	2	19	9.50
Dominic Cork	2	3	1.50
Ben Hollioake	1	11	11.00

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: England vs Sri Lanka
DATE & TIME: Thursday, August 27, 1998 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field
VENUE: Kennington Oval, London