RESULT

South Africa vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 27 March, 1998, SuperSport Park, Centurion & Match Stats

200/10 (78.0 ov) & 226/4 (62.5 ov)

303/10 (118.3 ov) & 122/10 (41.3 ov)

South Africa won by 6 wickets

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

303/10 (118.3 ov)

RR 2.56

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya c †Boucher b Ntini	51	77	6	1	66.23
Marvan Atapattu run out	12	70	2	0	17.14
Roshan Mahanama c Kallis b Cronje	50	178	4	1	28.09
Aravinda de Silva c Adams b Ntini	1	2	0	0	50.00
Arjuna Ranatunga lbw b Donald	73	177	12	0	41.24
Hashan Tillakaratne c Kirsten b Cronje	55	134	9	0	41.04
Romesh Kaluwitharana c †Boucher b Donald	9	15	1	0	60.00
Pramodya Wickramasinghe c Adams b Donald	10	13	2	0	76.92
Nuwan Zoysa lbw b Kallis	0	8	0	0	0.00
Muttiah Muralitharan c †Boucher b Cronje	11	36	0	0	30.56
Ravindra Pushpakumara not out	0	14	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 6, lb 14, w 3, nb 8, p 0)	31
TOTAL (2.56 RUNS PER OVER)	303/10 (118.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 66-2 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 0 ov), 53-1 (Marvan Atapattu, 0 ov), 186-4 (Roshan Mahanama, 0 ov), 68-3 (Aravinda de Silva, 0 ov), 228-5 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 0 ov), 303-10 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 0 ov), 240-6 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 0 ov), 254-7 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 0 ov), 255-8 (Nuwan Zoysa, 0 ov), 290-9 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Allan Donald	33	10	73	3	2.21
Shaun Pollock	7.1	3	9	0	1.26
Jacques Kallis	19	7	42	1	2.21
Paul Adams	22	6	77	0	3.50
Makhaya Ntini	22.5	7	61	2	2.67
Hansie Cronje	14.3	3	21	3	1.45

South Africa 1st Innings

200/10 (78.0 ov)

RR 2.56

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Gerhardus Liebenberg lbw b Pushpakumara	0	1	0	0	0.00
Gary Kirsten b Muralitharan	13	82	2	0	15.85
Hylton Ackerman b Zoysa	7	7	1	0	100.00
Daryll Cullinan c Wickramasinghe b Jayasuriya	103	185	13	0	55.68
Hansie Cronje st †Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan	10	27	1	0	37.04
Jacques Kallis c †Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe	12	38	1	0	31.58
Shaun Pollock b Muralitharan	1	16	0	0	6.25
Mark Boucher c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan	13	71	2	0	18.31
Allan Donald b Muralitharan	6	25	0	0	24.00
Paul Adams c & b Jayasuriya	12	21	1	1	57.14
Makhaya Ntini not out	2	9	0	0	22.22
EXTRAS (b 1, lb 6, w 6, nb 8, p 0)	21
TOTAL (2.56 RUNS PER OVER)	200/10 (78.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 0-1 (Gerhardus Liebenberg, 0 ov), 75-3 (Gary Kirsten, 0 ov), 11-2 (Hylton Ackerman, 0 ov), 182-8 (Daryll Cullinan, 0 ov), 103-4 (Hansie Cronje, 0 ov), 122-5 (Jacques Kallis, 0 ov), 137-6 (Shaun Pollock, 0 ov), 170-7 (Mark Boucher, 0 ov), 186-9 (Allan Donald, 0 ov), 200-10 (Paul Adams, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Ravindra Pushpakumara	16	2	55	1	3.44
Nuwan Zoysa	12	2	29	1	2.42
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	15	2	36	1	2.40
Muttiah Muralitharan	30	8	63	5	2.10
Sanath Jayasuriya	5	2	10	2	2.00

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

122/10 (41.3 ov)

RR 2.95

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya b Donald	16	23	3	0	69.57
Marvan Atapattu c †Boucher b Donald	7	34	0	0	20.59
Roshan Mahanama lbw b Donald	0	1	0	0	0.00
Aravinda de Silva run out	41	75	6	1	54.67
Arjuna Ranatunga c †Boucher b Cronje	0	7	0	0	0.00
Hashan Tillakaratne c sub b Cronje	0	4	0	0	0.00
Romesh Kaluwitharana run out	0	3	0	0	0.00
Pramodya Wickramasinghe b Adams	21	59	4	0	35.59
Nuwan Zoysa c †Boucher b Donald	14	35	1	0	40.00
Muttiah Muralitharan c Kirsten b Donald	15	11	2	0	136.36
Ravindra Pushpakumara not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 5, w 0, nb 3, p 0)	8
TOTAL (2.95 RUNS PER OVER)	122/10 (41.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 19-1 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 0 ov), 40-3 (Marvan Atapattu, 0 ov), 19-2 (Roshan Mahanama, 0 ov), 85-7 (Aravinda de Silva, 0 ov), 40-4 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 0 ov), 42-5 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 0 ov), 42-6 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 0 ov), 98-8 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 0 ov), 118-9 (Nuwan Zoysa, 0 ov), 122-10 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Allan Donald	13.3	2	54	5	4.00
Makhaya Ntini	6	2	13	0	2.17
Jacques Kallis	7	3	12	0	1.71
Hansie Cronje	8	3	13	2	1.63
Paul Adams	7	1	25	1	3.57

South Africa 2nd Innings (target 226)

226/4 (62.5 ov)

RR 3.62

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Gary Kirsten not out	75	203	12	0	36.95
Gerhardus Liebenberg lbw b Muralitharan	45	89	7	0	50.56
Hylton Ackerman b Muralitharan	2	24	0	0	8.33
Daryll Cullinan lbw b Muralitharan	0	3	0	0	0.00
Hansie Cronje c de Silva b Jayasuriya	82	63	8	5	130.16
Jacques Kallis not out	0	7	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 8, lb 3, w 0, nb 11, p 0)	22
TOTAL (3.62 RUNS PER OVER)	226/4 (62.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 89-1 (Gerhardus Liebenberg, 0 ov), 99-2 (Hylton Ackerman, 0 ov), 99-3 (Daryll Cullinan, 0 ov), 215-4 (Hansie Cronje, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Shaun Pollock, Mark Boucher, Allan Donald, Paul Adams, Makhaya Ntini

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Ravindra Pushpakumara	7	2	27	0	3.86
Nuwan Zoysa	2	0	11	0	5.50
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	6	1	7	0	1.17
Aravinda de Silva	5	1	14	0	2.80
Muttiah Muralitharan	23.5	4	94	3	3.94
Sanath Jayasuriya	19	6	62	1	3.26

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

Match Information

SERIES: South Africa vs Sri Lanka
DATE & TIME: Friday, March 27, 1998 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat
Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion, Centurion