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Asian Test Championship - 2nd match

Sri Lanka v India

Match drawn

India 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
S Ramesh c Ranatunga b Jayawardene 143 317 214 18 0 66.82
VVS Laxman c de Silva b Perera 11 37 22 2 0 50.00
R Dravid c Ranatunga b Hathurusingha 107 314 218 12 0 49.08
SR Tendulkar c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas 53 94 54 10 0 98.14
M Azharuddin* c Hathurusingha b Arnold 87 218 161 12 0 54.03
SC Ganguly c sub (RS Kalpage) b Upashantha 56 209 127 6 0 44.09
NR Mongia† c de Silva b Arnold 25 75 56 2 0 44.64
A Kumble not out 10 24 15 1 0 66.66
Extras (b 5, lb 6, w 3, nb 12) 26
Total (7 wickets dec; 142.5 overs) 518 (3.62 runs per over)
Did not bat BKV Prasad, Harbhajan Singh, A Nehra
Fall of wickets 1-20 (Laxman, 7.1 ov), 2-252 (Ramesh, 71.3 ov), 3-288 (Dravid, 78.6 ov), 4-351 (Tendulkar, 90.1 ov), 5-463 (Azharuddin, 125.3 ov), 6-491 (Ganguly, 136.3 ov), 7-518 (Mongia, 142.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
WPUJC Vaas 31 5 108 1 3.48 (1nb)
PDRL Perera 30 4 125 1 4.16 (7nb, 1w)
KEA Upashantha 28 3 94 1 3.35 (1nb, 1w)
UC Hathurusingha 18 3 51 1 2.83 (2nb, 1w)
RP Arnold 24.5 2 94 2 3.78
DPMD Jayawardene 11 3 35 1 3.18
Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
RP Arnold run out (Dravid) 34 120 93 5 1 36.55
MS Atapattu lbw b Nehra 6 24 13 1 0 46.15
DPMD Jayawardene c & b Kumble 242 677 465 30 2 52.04
UC Hathurusingha lbw b Prasad 14 61 39 2 0 35.89
PA de Silva b Harbhajan Singh 23 69 54 4 0 42.59
A Ranatunga* c sub (HH Kanitkar) b Kumble 66 176 113 8 0 58.40
HP Tillakaratne st †Mongia b Harbhajan Singh 14 105 47 3 0 29.78
RS Kaluwitharana† b Harbhajan Singh 23 57 45 2 0 51.11
WPUJC Vaas c Laxman b Kumble 23 93 64 3 0 35.93
KEA Upashantha lbw b Kumble 6 22 17 1 0 35.29
PDRL Perera not out 1 6 9 0 0 11.11
Extras (b 1, lb 19, w 4, nb 9) 33
Total (all out; 159.1 overs) 485 (3.04 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-18 (Atapattu, 5.2 ov), 2-93 (Arnold, 29.3 ov), 3-129 (Hathurusingha, 44.1 ov), 4-178 (de Silva, 59.2 ov), 4-293* (Ranatunga, retired not out), 5-354 (Tillakaratne, 115.5 ov), 6-390 (Kaluwitharana, 131.2 ov), 7-466 (Vaas, 153.2 ov), 8-466 (Ranatunga, 153.3 ov), 9-484 (Upashantha, 157.3 ov), 10-485 (Jayawardene, 159.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
BKV Prasad 31 6 94 1 3.03 (1w)
A Nehra 28 5 94 1 3.35 (8nb)
A Kumble 54.1 10 134 4 2.47
Harbhajan Singh 40 9 127 3 3.17
SR Tendulkar 5 0 16 0 3.20
SC Ganguly 1 1 0 0 0.00
India 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
S Ramesh c Tillakaratne b Upashantha 30 50 38 5 0 78.94
VVS Laxman lbw b Upashantha 25 111 63 3 0 39.68
SC Ganguly st †Kaluwitharana b de Silva 78 244 167 8 0 46.70
SR Tendulkar not out 124 308 235 10 1 52.76
M Azharuddin* c Arnold b de Silva 15 43 41 0 0 36.58
A Kumble c Vaas b Arnold 10 36 40 0 0 25.00
BKV Prasad not out 9 43 52 1 0 17.30
Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 2, nb 9) 15
Total (5 wickets; 104 overs) 306 (2.94 runs per over)
Did not bat R Dravid, Harbhajan Singh, A Nehra, NR Mongia†
Fall of wickets 1-50 (Ramesh, 9.6 ov), 2-74 (Laxman, 21.5 ov), 3-213 (Ganguly, 64.2 ov), 4-253 (Azharuddin, 78.4 ov), 5-283 (Kumble, 88.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
WPUJC Vaas 18 3 58 0 3.22
PDRL Perera 14 2 60 0 4.28 (3nb, 2w)
KEA Upashantha 15 2 41 2 2.73 (1nb)
RP Arnold 23.4 4 54 1 2.28
PA de Silva 18.2 2 59 2 3.21 (2nb)
DPMD Jayawardene 14 1 30 0 2.14
HP Tillakaratne 1 1 0 0 0.00
Match details
Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field
Points India 5, Sri Lanka 4
Test debuts A Nehra (India); PDRL Perera and KEA Upashantha (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match DPMD Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
Umpires RE Koertzen (South Africa) and RB Tiffin (Zimbabwe)
TV umpire Saleem Badar (Pakistan)
Match referee CW Smith (West Indies)
Close of play
Wed, 24 Feb - day 1 - India 1st innings 351/3 (SR Tendulkar 53*, M Azharuddin 19*, 90 ov)
Thu, 25 Feb - day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 121/2 (DPMD Jayawardene 59*, UC Hathurusingha 11*, 37 ov)
Fri, 26 Feb - day 3 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 293/4 (DPMD Jayawardene 128*, A Ranatunga 66*, 95.2 ov)
Sat, 27 Feb - day 4 - India 2nd innings 59/1 (VVS Laxman 17*, SC Ganguly 7*, 13.3 ov)
Sun, 28 Feb - day 5 - India 2nd innings 306/5 (104 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • Day 3
  • Day 4
  • A Ranatunga retired hurt on 66* from 293/4 to 466/7
  • Rain interrupts play again, Umpires had to call of play due to inclement weather.
 
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Tournament Results
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Dhaka - Mar 12-15, 1999
Pakistan won by an innings and 175 runs
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lahore - Mar 4-8, 1999
Match drawn
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC) - Feb 24-28, 1999
Match drawn
India v Pakistan at Kolkata - Feb 16-20, 1999
Pakistan won by 46 runs
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Photos

Feb 28, 1999

Tendulkar guides the ball past slip during his century - Asian Test Championship, 1998/99, 2nd Match, Sri Lanka v India, Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo, 28 February 1999

Tendulkar guides the ball past slip during his century

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Feb 28, 1999

Ganguly off-drives - Asian Test Championship, 1998/99, 2nd Match, Sri Lanka v India, Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo, 28 February 1999

Ganguly off-drives

© AFP

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