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Test Match #1423 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard     
1998 England v Sri Lanka - 1st Test
Kennington Oval, London
27th August, 1998
 
 England 445 & 181
Sri Lanka 591 & 37/0
Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets

 
England   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Mark Butcher c Jayasuriya b Wickramasinghe 10  26  1  0 38.46 2.25%
Stephen James c & b Muralitharan 36  111  3  0 32.43 8.09%
Graeme Hick c †Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe 107  238  14  0 44.96 24.04%
Alec Stewart*† c Tillakaratne b Perera 2  9  0  0 22.22 0.45%
Mark Ramprakash c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 53  149  4  0 35.57 11.91%
John Crawley not out 156  249  19  1 62.65 35.06%
Ben Hollioake c Atapattu b Muralitharan 14  53  1  0 26.42 3.15%
Dominic Cork b Muralitharan 6  48  0  0 12.50 1.35%
Ian Salisbury b Muralitharan 2  17  0  0 11.76 0.45%
Darren Gough c †Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 4  8  1  0 50.00 0.90%
Angus Fraser b Muralitharan 32  52  3  2 61.54 7.19%
Extras (b 1, lb 11, w 2, nb 9) 23  
Total All Out   (158.3 overs @ 2.81 rpo) 445
Fall of Wickets
 
1-16 Butcher, 2-78 James, 3-81 Stewart, 4-209 Ramprakash, 5-230 Hick, 6-277 Hollioake,
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7-333 Cork, 8-343 Salisbury, 9-356 Gough, 10-445 Fraser
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Pramodya Wickremasinghe 30.0 4 81 2 2.70 20.00
Suresh Perera 40.0 10 104 1 2.60 10.00
Kumar Dharmasena 18.0 3 55 0 3.06
Muttiah Muralitharan 59.3 14 155 7 2.61 70.00
Sanath Jayasuriya 11.0 0 38 0 3.45
 
 
Sri Lanka   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Sanath Jayasuriya c †Stewart b Hollioake 213  278  33  1 76.62 36.04%
Marvan Atapattu lbw b Cork 15  26  1  0 57.69 2.54%
Mahela Jayawardene c Hollioake b Fraser 9  40  0  0 22.50 1.52%
Aravinda de Silva c †Stewart b Hollioake 152  292  17  0 52.05 25.72%
Arjuna Ranatunga* lbw b Gough 51  99  7  1 51.52 8.63%
Hashan Tillakaratne lbw b Gough 0  1  0  0 0.00
Romesh Kaluwitharana† c Crawley b Cork 25  50  2  0 50.00 4.23%
Kumar Dharmasena lbw b Fraser 13  39  2  0 33.33 2.20%
Suresh Perera not out 43  77  6  1 55.84 7.28%
Pramodya Wickremasinghe b Fraser 0  7  0  0 0.00
Muttiah Muralitharan c †Stewart b Salisbury 30  36  5  0 83.33 5.08%
Extras (b 15, lb 20, w 1, nb 4) 40  
Total All Out   (156.5 overs @ 3.77 rpo) 591
Fall of Wickets
 
1-53 Atapattu, 2-85 Jayawardene, 3-328 Jayasuriya, 4-450 Ranatunga, 5-450 Tillakaratne,
nbsp;
6-488 Kaluwitharana, 7-504 de Silva, 8-526 Dharmasena, 9-532 Wickramasinghe,
nbsp;
10-591 Muralitharan
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Darren Gough 30.0 5 102 2 3.40 20.00
Angus Fraser 23.0 3 95 3 4.13 30.00
Ben Hollioake 26.0 2 105 2 4.04 20.00
Dominic Cork 36.0 5 128 2 3.56 20.00
Ian Salisbury 25.5 7 86 1 3.33 10.00
Mark Ramprakash 5.0 0 24 0 4.80
Mark Butcher 11.0 2 16 0 1.45
 
 
England   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Mark Butcher st †Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 15  45  3  0 33.33 8.29%
Stephen James c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 25  150  1  0 16.67 13.81%
Graeme Hick lbw b Muralitharan 0  2  0  0 0.00
Alec Stewart*† run out 32  145  1  0 22.07 17.68%
Mark Ramprakash c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan 42  220  3  0 19.09 23.20%
John Crawley b Muralitharan 14  59  2  0 23.73 7.73%
Ben Hollioake lbw b Muralitharan 0  1  0  0 0.00
Dominic Cork c †Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 8  23  2  0 34.78 4.42%
Ian Salisbury lbw b Muralitharan 0  4  0  0 0.00
Darren Gough b Muralitharan 15  133  2  0 11.28 8.29%
Angus Fraser not out 0  6  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 7, lb 8, w 1, nb 14) 30  
Total All Out   (129.2 overs @ 1.40 rpo) 181
Fall of Wickets
 
1-25 Butcher, 2-25 Hick, 3-78 James, 4-93 Stewart, 5-116 Crawley, 6-116 Hollioake,
nbsp;
7-127 Cork, 8-127 Salisbury, 9-180 Ramprakash, 10-181 Gough
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Pramodya Wickremasinghe 4.0 1 16 0 4.00
Suresh Perera 11.0 2 22 0 2.00
Muttiah Muralitharan 54.2 27 65 9 1.20 90.00
Kumar Dharmasena 19.3 13 12 0 0.62
Sanath Jayasuriya 28.0 14 30 0 1.07
Aravinda de Silva 10.3 3 16 0 1.52
Mahela Jayawardene 2.0 0 5 0 2.50
 
 
Sri Lanka   2nd Innings  (target 36)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Sanath Jayasuriya not out 24  17  2  2 141.18 64.86%
Marvan Atapattu not out 9  13  1  0 69.23 24.32%
Extras (lb 4) 4  
Total 0 wickets   (5.0 overs @ 7.40 rpo) 37
 
Did not Bat
 
Mahela Jayawardene, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga*, Hashan Tillakaratne,
 
Romesh Kaluwitharana†, Kumar Dharmasena, Suresh Perera,
 
Pramodya Wickremasinghe, Muttiah Muralitharan
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
Angus Fraser 2.0 0 19 0 9.50
Dominic Cork 2.0 0 3 0 1.50
Ben Hollioake 1.0 0 11 0 11.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Kennington Oval, London
Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field
Series 1998 England v Sri Lanka - 1st Test
Match No. Test #1423
Match Conditions Day Match
Player of Match Muttiah Muralitharan
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - England 1st innings 228/4, 91 overs (GA Hick 107*, JP Crawley 10*)
Day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 79/1, 20 overs (ST Jayasuriya 59*, DPMD Jayawardene 4*)
Day 3 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 446/3, 110 overs (PA de Silva 125*, A Ranatunga 50*)
Day 4 - England 2nd innings 54/2, 42 overs (SP James 20*, AJ Stewart 15*)
Day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd Innings 37/0, 5.0 overs - end of match

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