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England vs Sri Lanka, Only Test at London, , Aug 27 1998 - Match Result

RESULT
Only Test, The Oval, August 27 - 31, 1998, Sri Lanka tour of England
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England FlagEngland
445 & 181
Sri Lanka FlagSri Lanka
(T:36) 591 & 37/0

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets

Player Of The Match
7/155, 30 & 9/65
muthiah-muralidaran
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de Silva and Jayasuriya's 243-run partnership is SL's highest for the 3rd wicket in Tests, breaking the record of 218 between de Silva and Jayasuriya

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Scorecard summary
England • 445/10(158.3 overs)
1st INNINGS
John Crawley
156* (249)
Muthiah Muralidaran
7/155 (59.3)
Graeme Hick
107 (238)
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
2/81 (30)
Sri Lanka • 591/10(156.5 overs)
1st INNINGS
Sanath Jayasuriya
213 (278)
Angus Fraser
3/95 (23)
Aravinda de Silva
152 (292)
Darren Gough
2/102 (30)
England • 181/10(129.2 overs)
2nd INNINGS
Mark Ramprakash
42 (220)
Muthiah Muralidaran
9/65 (54.2)
Alec Stewart
32 (145)
Kumar Dharmasena
0/12 (19.3)
Sri Lanka • 37/0(5 overs)
2nd INNINGS
Sanath Jayasuriya
24* (17)
Dominic Cork
0/3 (2)
Marvan Atapattu
9* (13)
Angus Fraser
0/19 (2)
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Match details
Kennington Oval, London
TossSri Lanka, elected to field first
Series
Season1998
Player Of The Match
Sri Lanka
Muthiah Muralidaran
Match numberTest no. 1423
Match daysday (5-day match)
Test debut
Suresh Perera
Suresh Perera
Umpires
England
David Shepherd
West Indies
Eddie Nicholls
TV Umpire
England
John Holder
Match Referee
Zimbabwe
Ahmed Ebrahim
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Sri Lanka Innings
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ST Jayasuriya
not out2417
MS Atapattu
not out913
Extras(lb 4)
Total37(0 wkts; 5 ovs)
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