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England vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, Emirates Triangular Tournament, 20 August, 1998, Lord's & Match Stats

Sri Lanka

SL

260/5 (47.1 ov)

ENG

256/8 (50.0 ov)

England

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets

England

England Inning

256/8 (50.0 ov)
RR 5.12
Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Nick Knight
c & b Muralitharan
94 136 4 0 69.12
Mike Atherton
c Ranatunga b Muralitharan
64 73 7 0 87.67
Alec Stewart
c †Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan
18 24 1 0 75.00
Graeme Hick
b Chandana
14 16 1 0 87.50
Ali Brown
b Muralitharan
18 18 2 0 100.00
Nasser Hussain
lbw b Muralitharan
0 2 0 0 0.00
Robert Croft
c †Kaluwitharana b Perera
17 17 1 0 100.00
Ian Austin
not out
11 12 1 0 91.67
Darren Gough
b Perera
0 1 0 0 0.00
Peter Martin
not out
1 1 0 0 100.00
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 5, w 10, nb 0, p 0) 19
TOTAL (5.12 RUNS PER OVER) 256/8 (50.0 ov)
FALL OF WICKETS: 218-4 (Nick Knight, 0 ov), 132-1 (Mike Atherton, 0 ov), 170-2 (Alec Stewart, 0 ov), 191-3 (Graeme Hick, 0 ov), 223-6 (Ali Brown, 0 ov), 218-5 (Nasser Hussain, 0 ov), 246-7 (Robert Croft, 0 ov), 246-8 (Darren Gough, 0 ov)
DID NOT BAT: Alan Mullally

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W NB WD ECO
Pramodya Wickramasinghe 5 0 29 0 0 0 5.80
Suresh Perera 9 0 44 2 0 0 4.89
Kumar Dharmasena 9 0 47 0 0 0 5.22
Muttiah Muralitharan 10 0 34 5 0 0 3.40
Aravinda de Silva 2 0 10 0 0 0 5.00
Sanath Jayasuriya 8 0 45 0 0 0 5.63
Upul Chandana 7 0 38 1 0 0 5.43
* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

DATE & TIME
Thursday, August 20, 1998 · 07:30 PM
TOSS
Toss England won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE
Lord's, London