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South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test at Cape Town, , Mar 19 1998 - Full Scorecard

RESULT
1st Test, Cape Town, March 19 - 23, 1998, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa
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418 & 264
(T:377) 306 & 306

South Africa won by 70 runs

Player Of The Match
92, 4/83 & 2/77
shaun-pollock
South Africa 1st Innings
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
South Africa 2nd Innings
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
Match Flow
Info
South Africa 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c Mahanama b Wickramasinghe630350020.00
lbw b Vaas621362039045.58
c & b Muralidaran2354721042.59
b Wickramasinghe11315922213171.06
c Mahanama b Vaas4990926154.44
c Ranatunga b Muralidaran313200023.07
lbw b Wickramasinghe921381988166.66
run out (Mahanama)33941262035.10
b Muralidaran1236371033.33
st †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran26140033.33
not out 3750042.85
Extras(lb 8, nb 12)20
TOTAL124.4 Ov (RR: 3.35)418
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Adam Bacher, 6.6 ov), 2-60 (HD Ackerman, 23.4 ov), 3-155 (Gary Kirsten, 46.6 ov), 4-251 (Hansie Cronje, 70.6 ov), 5-260 (Jacques Kallis, 75.5 ov), 6-272 (Daryll Cullinan, 78.6 ov), 7-367 (Mark Boucher, 109.2 ov), 8-402 (Allan Donald, 119.6 ov), 9-414 (Paul Adams, 123.1 ov), 10-418 (Shaun Pollock, 124.4 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
2127523.57---08
2038104.05---04
28.477532.61---03
45813543.00---00
612904.83---00
401503.75---00
Sri Lanka 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c †Boucher b Donald17151930113.33
c Cullinan b Adams601291947046.51
c †Boucher b Donald920212045.00
c †Boucher b Ntini779811713078.57
c Ackerman b Adams2026273076.92
c †Boucher b Pollock2273992030.13
lbw b Pollock1341542031.70
c †Boucher b Pollock3060846050.00
c sub (L Klusener) b Pollock1119280057.89
not out 1522373068.18
c †Boucher b Donald417191023.52
Extras(b 8, lb 7, nb 12, w 1)28
TOTAL84.3 Ov (RR: 3.62)306
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 4.5 ov), 2-36 (Roshan Mahanama, 8.5 ov), 3-165 (Aravinda de Silva, 38.5 ov), 4-194 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 45.6 ov), 5-195 (Marvan Atapattu, 47.1 ov), 6-219 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 61.4 ov), 7-241 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 69.6 ov), 8-270 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 75.5 ov), 9-300 (Chaminda Vaas, 79.4 ov), 10-306 (Ravindra Pushpakumara, 84.3 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
21.376633.06---00
2658343.19---08
1015715.70---05
712303.28---10
2026223.10---00
South Africa 2nd Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c Mahanama b Vaas1528412053.57
c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas0211000.00
st †Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya491401775135.00
c Tillakaratne b Muralidaran681231747155.28
c Muralidaran b Jayasuriya741471974350.34
c Jayasuriya b Muralidaran1032281031.25
lbw b Muralidaran854540014.81
st †Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya638430015.78
c Pushpakumara b Jayasuriya1850622036.00
c †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran36220050.00
not out 036000.00
Extras(b 4, lb 3, nb 5, w 1)13
TOTAL103 Ov (RR: 2.56)264
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Adam Bacher, 2.2 ov), 2-18 (Gary Kirsten, 8.1 ov), 3-134 (Jacques Kallis, 44.3 ov), 4-146 (Daryll Cullinan, 53.2 ov), 5-166 (Mark Boucher, 61.5 ov), 6-188 (HD Ackerman, 75.4 ov), 7-219 (Shaun Pollock, 86.5 ov), 8-256 (Hansie Cronje, 98.4 ov), 9-260 (Paul Adams, 101.3 ov), 10-264 (Allan Donald, 102.6 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
1134123.72---03
802403.00---11
812403.00---01
411010842.63---00
11000.00---00
3375341.60---00
10707.00---00
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (T: 377 runs)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
lbw b Donald0710000.00
c & b Adams712002439035.50
c Kallis b Pollock1129391037.93
c Kallis b Adams3762826059.67
c Kirsten b Kallis43931206046.23
lbw b Donald1356742023.21
b Pollock4561728073.77
c †Boucher b Donald011000.00
b Ntini51456281113.33
run out (Cullinan)1014332071.42
not out 915212060.00
Extras(b 5, lb 3, nb 8)16
TOTAL95.3 Ov (RR: 3.20)306
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 2.1 ov), 2-27 (Roshan Mahanama, 11.6 ov), 3-98 (Aravinda de Silva, 33.4 ov), 4-171 (Marvan Atapattu, 62.3 ov), 5-175 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 65.1 ov), 6-234 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 82.2 ov), 7-234 (Chaminda Vaas, 82.3 ov), 8-239 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 83.3 ov), 9-287 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 90.4 ov), 10-306 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 95.3 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
2046433.20---00
2337723.34---09
1554513.00---01
5.301713.09---00
2739023.33---00
53501.00---00
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Thu, 19 Mar - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 298/6 (Shaun Pollock 15*, Mark Boucher 12*, 90 ov)
Fri, 20 Mar - day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 212/5 (Hashan Tillakaratne 2*, Romesh Kaluwitharana 13*, 53 ov)
Sat, 21 Mar - day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 155/4 (Hansie Cronje 11*, Mark Boucher 6*, 56 ov)
Sun, 22 Mar - day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 120/3 (Marvan Atapattu 50*, Arjuna Ranatunga 14*, 43 ov)
Mon, 23 Mar - day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 306 (95.3 ov) - end of match
MATCH FLOW
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
  • Lunch: Sri Lanka 209/5 (Tillakaratne 9, Kaluwitharana 25, 75 overs)
  • The 9th wicket partnership of 48 by Wickramasinge and Muralitharan was a new record for Sri Lanka against South Africa.
  • The 10th wicket partnership of 18 by Wickramasinghe and Pushpakumara was a new record for Sri Lanka against South Africa.
  • Wickramasinghe scored his maiden Test 50 - previous highest score 43 vs New Zealand at Dunedin, 1996/97
  • This was the 6th time in Test history that a team has been dismissed for the same total in both innings, and the highest score of those 6 occurrances.
  • Total attendance : 46313
MATCH DETAILS
Newlands, Cape Town
TossSouth Africa, elected to bat first
Series
Season1997/98
Player Of The Match
Series resultSouth Africa led the 2-match series 1-0
Match numberTest no. 1410
Match daysday (5-day match)
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