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England vs Sri Lanka, Only Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series:
Sri Lanka in England Test Match, 1998
Venue:
Kennington Oval,
London
Date & Time:
Aug 27
-
Aug 31
,
01:00 AM
LOCAL
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Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
England 1st Innings
445-10 (158.3 Ov)
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
23
(b 1, lb 11, w 2, nb 9, p 0)
Total
445
(10 wkts, 158.3 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
16-1 (
M Butcher
, 6.6),
78-2 (
S James
, 33.2),
81-3 (
A Stewart
, 34.6),
209-4 (
M Ramprakash
, 81.3),
230-5 (
G Hick
, 94.2),
277-6 (
B Hollioake
, 115.3),
333-7 (
D Cork
, 134.1),
343-8 (
I Salisbury
, 138.4),
356-9 (
D Gough
, 142.3),
445-10 (
A Fraser
, 158.3)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
30
4
81
2
1
2
2.70
Suresh Perera
40
10
104
1
0
0
2.60
Kumar Dharmasena
18
3
55
0
0
0
3.06
Muttiah Muralitharan
59.3
14
155
7
8
0
2.61
Sanath Jayasuriya
11
0
38
0
0
0
3.45
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
591-10 (156.5 Ov)
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
40
(b 15, lb 20, w 1, nb 4, p 0)
Total
591
(10 wkts, 156.5 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
53-1 (
M Atapattu
, 12.1),
85-2 (
Mahela
, 25.2),
328-3 (
S Jayasuriya
, 79.3),
450-4 (
A Ranatunga
, 112.1),
450-5 (
H Tillakaratne
, 112.2),
488-6 (
Romesh Kaluwitharana
, 125.5),
504-7 (
A Silva
, 132.4),
526-8 (
K Dharmasena
, 141.1),
532-9 (
P Wickramasinghe
, 143.5),
591-10 (
Muralitharan
, 156.5)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Darren Gough
30
5
102
2
0
0
3.40
Angus Fraser
23
3
95
3
0
0
4.13
Ben Hollioake
26
2
105
2
1
1
4.04
Dominic Cork
36
5
128
2
3
0
3.56
Ian Salisbury
25.5
7
86
1
0
0
3.37
Mark Ramprakash
5
0
24
0
0
0
4.80
Mark Butcher
11
2
16
0
0
0
1.45
England 2nd Innings
181-10 (129.2 Ov)
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 (sub [UDU Chandana])
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
30
(b 7, lb 8, w 1, nb 14, p 0)
Total
181
(10 wkts, 129.2 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
25-1 (
M Butcher
, 14.6),
25-2 (
G Hick
, 16.2),
78-3 (
S James
, 52.1),
93-4 (
A Stewart
, 58.6),
116-5 (
J Crawley
, 77.1),
116-6 (
B Hollioake
, 77.2),
127-7 (
D Cork
, 85.1),
127-8 (
I Salisbury
, 85.5),
180-9 (
M Ramprakash
, 127.1),
181-10 (
D Gough
, 129.2)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
4
0
16
0
0
0
4.00
Suresh Perera
11
2
22
0
0
1
2.00
Muttiah Muralitharan
54.2
27
65
9
12
0
1.20
Kumar Dharmasena
19.3
13
12
0
0
0
0.62
Sanath Jayasuriya
28
14
30
0
0
0
1.07
Aravinda de Silva
10.3
3
16
0
0
0
1.55
Mahela Jayawardene
2
0
5
0
0
0
2.50
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
37-0 (5 Ov)
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
4
(b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 0, p 0)
Total
37
(0 wkts, 5 Ov)
Did not Bat
Mahela Jayawardene
,
Aravinda de Silva
,
Arjuna Ranatunga
,
Hashan Tillakaratne
,
Romesh Kaluwitharana
,
Muttiah Muralitharan
,
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
,
Suresh Perera
,
Kumar Dharmasena
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Angus Fraser
2
0
19
0
0
0
9.50
Dominic Cork
2
0
3
0
0
0
1.50
Ben Hollioake
1
0
11
0
0
0
11.00
Match Info
Match
ENG vs SL, Only Test, Sri Lanka in England Test Match, 1998
Date
-
Time
Venue
Kennington Oval, London
Umpires
Eddie Nicholls, David Shepherd
Third Umpire
John Holder
Match Referee
Ahmed Ebrahim
England Squad
Playing
Mark Butcher
,
Steve James
,
Graeme Hick
,
Alec Stewart (c & wk)
,
Mark Ramprakash
,
John Crawley
,
Ben Hollioake
,
Dominic Cork
,
Ian Salisbury
,
Darren Gough
,
Angus Fraser
Bench
Support Staff
Sri Lanka Squad
Playing
Sanath Jayasuriya
,
Marvan Atapattu
,
Mahela Jayawardene
,
Aravinda de Silva
,
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
,
Hashan Tillakaratne
,
Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk)
,
Kumar Dharmasena
,
Suresh Perera
,
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
,
Muttiah Muralitharan
Bench
Support Staff
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