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Test Match #1410 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard     
1997-1998 South Africa v Sri Lanka - 1st Test
Newlands, Cape Town
19th March, 1998
 
 South Africa 418 & 264
Sri Lanka 306 & 306
South Africa won by 70 runs

 
South Africa   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Adam Bacher c Mahanama b Wickramasinghe 6  30  0  0 20.00 1.44%
Gary Kirsten lbw b Vaas 62  136  9  0 45.59 14.83%
Hylton Ackerman c & b Muralitharan 23  54  1  0 42.59 5.50%
Daryll Cullinan b Wickramasinghe 113  159  13  1 71.07 27.03%
Hansie Cronje* c Mahanama b Vaas 49  90  6  1 54.44 11.72%
Jacques Kallis c Ranatunga b Muralitharan 3  13  0  0 23.08 0.72%
Shaun Pollock lbw b Wickramasinghe 92  138  8  1 66.67 22.01%
Mark Boucher† run out 33  94  2  0 35.11 7.89%
Allan Donald b Muralitharan 12  36  1  0 33.33 2.87%
Paul Adams st †Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 2  6  0  0 33.33 0.48%
Makhaya Ntini not out 3  7  0  0 42.86 0.72%
Extras (lb 8, nb 12) 20  
Total All Out   (124.4 overs @ 3.35 rpo) 418
Fall of Wickets
 
1-19 Bacher, 2-60 Ackerman, 3-155 Kirsten, 4-251 Cronje, 5-260 Kallis, 6-272 Cullinan,
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7-367 Boucher, 8-402 Donald, 9-414 Adams, 10-418 Pollock
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Chaminda Vaas 21.0 2 75 2 3.57 20.00
Ravindra Pushpakumara 20.0 3 81 0 4.05
Pramodya Wickremasinghe 28.4 7 75 3 2.62 30.00
Muttiah Muralitharan 45.0 8 135 4 3.00 40.00
Sanath Jayasuriya 6.0 1 29 0 4.83
Aravinda de Silva 4.0 0 15 0 3.75
 
 
Sri Lanka   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Sanath Jayasuriya c †Boucher b Donald 17  15  3  0 113.33 5.56%
Marvan Atapattu c Cullinan b Adams 60  129  7  0 46.51 19.61%
Roshan Mahanama c †Boucher b Donald 9  20  2  0 45.00 2.94%
Aravinda de Silva c †Boucher b Ntini 77  98  13  0 78.57 25.16%
Arjuna Ranatunga* c Ackerman b Adams 20  26  3  0 76.92 6.54%
Hashan Tillakaratne c †Boucher b Pollock 22  73  2  0 30.14 7.19%
Romesh Kaluwitharana† lbw b Pollock 13  41  2  0 31.71 4.25%
Chaminda Vaas c †Boucher b Pollock 30  60  6  0 50.00 9.80%
Pramodya Wickremasinghe c sub b Pollock 11  19  0  0 57.89 3.59%
Muttiah Muralitharan not out 15  22  3  0 68.18 4.90%
Ravindra Pushpakumara c †Boucher b Donald 4  17  1  0 23.53 1.31%
Extras (b 8, lb 7, w 1, nb 12) 28  
Total All Out   (84.3 overs @ 3.62 rpo) 306
Fall of Wickets
 
1-20 Jayasuriya, 2-36 Mahanama, 3-165 de Silva, 4-194 Ranatunga, 5-195 Atapattu,
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6-219 Kaluwitharana, 7-241 Tillakaratne, 8-270 Wickramasinghe, 9-300 Vaas,
nbsp;
10-306 Pushpakumara
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Allan Donald 21.3 7 66 3 3.07 30.00
Shaun Pollock 26.0 5 83 4 3.19 40.00
Makhaya Ntini 10.0 1 57 1 5.70 10.00
Jacques Kallis 7.0 1 23 0 3.29
Paul Adams 20.0 2 62 2 3.10 20.00
 
 
South Africa   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Gary Kirsten c Mahanama b Vaas 15  28  2  0 53.57 5.68%
Adam Bacher c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas 0  2  0  0 0.00
Jacques Kallis st †Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya 49  140  5  1 35.00 18.56%
Daryll Cullinan c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan 68  123  7  1 55.28 25.76%
Hansie Cronje* c Muralitharan b Jayasuriya 74  147  4  3 50.34 28.03%
Mark Boucher† c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan 10  32  1  0 31.25 3.79%
Hylton Ackerman lbw b Muralitharan 8  54  0  0 14.81 3.03%
Shaun Pollock st †Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya 6  38  0  0 15.79 2.27%
Allan Donald c Pushpakumara b Jayasuriya 18  50  2  0 36.00 6.82%
Paul Adams c †Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 3  6  0  0 50.00 1.14%
Makhaya Ntini not out 0  3  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 5) 13  
Total All Out   (103.0 overs @ 2.56 rpo) 264
Fall of Wickets
 
1-5 Bacher, 2-18 Kirsten, 3-134 Kallis, 4-146 Cullinan, 5-166 Boucher, 6-188 Ackerman,
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7-219 Pollock, 8-256 Cronje, 9-260 Adams, 10-264 Donald
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Chaminda Vaas 11.0 3 41 2 3.73 20.00
Ravindra Pushpakumara 8.0 0 24 0 3.00
Pramodya Wickremasinghe 8.0 1 24 0 3.00
Muttiah Muralitharan 41.0 10 108 4 2.63 40.00
Aravinda de Silva 1.0 1 0 0 0.00
Sanath Jayasuriya 33.0 7 53 4 1.61 40.00
Marvan Atapattu 1.0 0 7 0 7.00
 
 
Sri Lanka   2nd Innings  (target 377)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Sanath Jayasuriya lbw b Donald 0  7  0  0 0.00
Marvan Atapattu c & b Adams 71  200  9  0 35.50 23.20%
Roshan Mahanama c Kallis b Pollock 11  29  1  0 37.93 3.59%
Aravinda de Silva c Kallis b Adams 37  62  6  0 59.68 12.09%
Arjuna Ranatunga* c Kirsten b Kallis 43  93  6  0 46.24 14.05%
Hashan Tillakaratne lbw b Donald 13  56  2  0 23.21 4.25%
Romesh Kaluwitharana† b Pollock 45  61  8  0 73.77 14.71%
Chaminda Vaas c †Boucher b Donald 0  1  0  0 0.00
Pramodya Wickremasinghe b Ntini 51  45  8  1 113.33 16.67%
Muttiah Muralitharan run out 10  14  2  0 71.43 3.27%
Ravindra Pushpakumara not out 9  15  2  0 60.00 2.94%
Extras (b 5, lb 3, nb 8) 16  
Total All Out   (95.3 overs @ 3.20 rpo) 306
Fall of Wickets
 
1-3 Jayasuriya, 2-27 Mahanama, 3-98 de Silva, 4-171 Atapattu, 5-175 Ranatunga,
nbsp;
6-234 Tillakaratne, 7-234 Vaas, 8-239 Kaluwitharana, 9-287 Muralitharan,
nbsp;
10-306 Wickramasinghe
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Allan Donald 20.0 4 64 3 3.20 30.00
Shaun Pollock 23.0 3 77 2 3.35 20.00
Jacques Kallis 15.0 5 45 1 3.00 10.00
Makhaya Ntini 5.3 0 17 1 3.09 10.00
Paul Adams 27.0 3 90 2 3.33 20.00
Hansie Cronje 5.0 3 5 0 1.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Newlands, Cape Town
Toss South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1997-1998 South Africa v Sri Lanka - 1st Test
Match No. Test #1410
Match Conditions Day Match
Player of Match Shaun Pollock
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 298/6, 90 overs (SM Pollock 15*, MV Boucher 12*)
Day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 212/5, 53 overs (HP Tillakaratne 2*, RS Kaluwitharana 13*)
Day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 155/4, 56 overs (WJ Cronje 11*, MV Boucher 6*)
Day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 120/3, 43 overs (MS Atapattu 50*, A Ranatunga 14*)
Day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd Innings 306, 95.3 overs - end of match

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