Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adam Bacher	c Mahanama b Wickramasinghe	6	30	35	0	0	20.00
Gary Kirsten	lbw b Vaas	62	136	203	9	0	45.58
HD Ackerman	c & b Muralidaran	23	54	72	1	0	42.59
Daryll Cullinan	b Wickramasinghe	113	159	222	13	1	71.06
Hansie Cronje (c)	c Mahanama b Vaas	49	90	92	6	1	54.44
Jacques Kallis	c Ranatunga b Muralidaran	3	13	20	0	0	23.07
Shaun Pollock	lbw b Wickramasinghe	92	138	198	8	1	66.66
Mark Boucher †	run out (Mahanama)	33	94	126	2	0	35.10
Allan Donald	b Muralidaran	12	36	37	1	0	33.33
Paul Adams	st †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran	2	6	14	0	0	33.33
Makhaya Ntini	not out	3	7	5	0	0	42.85
Extras	(lb 8, nb 12)	20
Total	124.4 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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Chaminda Vaas	21	2	75	2	3.57	-	-	-	8
Ravindra Pushpakumara	20	3	81	0	4.05	-	-	-	4
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	28.4	7	75	3	2.61	-	-	-	3
Muthiah Muralidaran	45	8	135	4	3.00	-	-	-	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	6	1	29	0	4.83	-	-	-	0
Aravinda de Silva	4	0	15	0	3.75	-	-	-	0

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	c †Boucher b Donald	17	15	19	3	0	113.33
Marvan Atapattu	c Cullinan b Adams	60	129	194	7	0	46.51
Roshan Mahanama	c †Boucher b Donald	9	20	21	2	0	45.00
Aravinda de Silva	c †Boucher b Ntini	77	98	117	13	0	78.57
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	c Ackerman b Adams	20	26	27	3	0	76.92
Hashan Tillakaratne	c †Boucher b Pollock	22	73	99	2	0	30.13
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	lbw b Pollock	13	41	54	2	0	31.70
Chaminda Vaas	c †Boucher b Pollock	30	60	84	6	0	50.00
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	c sub (L Klusener) b Pollock	11	19	28	0	0	57.89
Muthiah Muralidaran	not out	15	22	37	3	0	68.18
Ravindra Pushpakumara	c †Boucher b Donald	4	17	19	1	0	23.52
Extras	(b 8, lb 7, nb 12, w 1)	28
Total	84.3 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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Allan Donald	21.3	7	66	3	3.06	-	-	-	0	0
Shaun Pollock	26	5	83	4	3.19	-	-	-	0	8
Makhaya Ntini	10	1	57	1	5.70	-	-	-	0	5
Jacques Kallis	7	1	23	0	3.28	-	-	-	1	0
Paul Adams	20	2	62	2	3.10	-	-	-	0	0

South Africa 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gary Kirsten	c Mahanama b Vaas	15	28	41	2	0	53.57
Adam Bacher	c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas	0	2	11	0	0	0.00
Jacques Kallis	st †Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya	49	140	177	5	1	35.00
Daryll Cullinan	c Tillakaratne b Muralidaran	68	123	174	7	1	55.28
Hansie Cronje (c)	c Muralidaran b Jayasuriya	74	147	197	4	3	50.34
Mark Boucher †	c Jayasuriya b Muralidaran	10	32	28	1	0	31.25
HD Ackerman	lbw b Muralidaran	8	54	54	0	0	14.81
Shaun Pollock	st †Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya	6	38	43	0	0	15.78
Allan Donald	c Pushpakumara b Jayasuriya	18	50	62	2	0	36.00
Paul Adams	c †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran	3	6	22	0	0	50.00
Makhaya Ntini	not out	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 5, w 1)	13
Total	103 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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	11	3	41	2	3.72	-	-	-	0	3
Ravindra Pushpakumara	8	0	24	0	3.00	-	-	-	1	1
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	8	1	24	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	1
Muthiah Muralidaran	41	10	108	4	2.63	-	-	-	0	0
Aravinda de Silva	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	0	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	33	7	53	4	1.60	-	-	-	0	0
Marvan Atapattu	1	0	7	0	7.00	-	-	-	0	0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (T: 377 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	lbw b Donald	0	7	10	0	0	0.00
Marvan Atapattu	c & b Adams	71	200	243	9	0	35.50
Roshan Mahanama	c Kallis b Pollock	11	29	39	1	0	37.93
Aravinda de Silva	c Kallis b Adams	37	62	82	6	0	59.67
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	c Kirsten b Kallis	43	93	120	6	0	46.23
Hashan Tillakaratne	lbw b Donald	13	56	74	2	0	23.21
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	b Pollock	45	61	72	8	0	73.77
Chaminda Vaas	c †Boucher b Donald	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	b Ntini	51	45	62	8	1	113.33
Muthiah Muralidaran	run out (Cullinan)	10	14	33	2	0	71.42
Ravindra Pushpakumara	not out	9	15	21	2	0	60.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 3, nb 8)	16
Total	95.3 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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Allan Donald	20	4	64	3	3.20	-	-	-	0
Shaun Pollock	23	3	77	2	3.34	-	-	-	9
Jacques Kallis	15	5	45	1	3.00	-	-	-	1
Makhaya Ntini	5.3	0	17	1	3.09	-	-	-	0
Paul Adams	27	3	90	2	3.33	-	-	-	0
Hansie Cronje	5	3	5	0	1.00	-	-	-	0

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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

Lunch: SA 402/8 (Pollock 81, 120 overs)
Tea: SL 92/2 (Atapattu 25, de Silva 36, 20 overs)
Pollock made his highest Test score (Previous 82 vs Pakistan at Sheikhupura, 1997/98)
The 7th wicket partnership of 95 by Pollock and Boucher was a new record for South Africa against Sri Lanka.
The 9th wicket partnership of 12 by Pollock and Adams was a new record for South Africa against Sri Lanka.
The 3rd wicket partnership of 129 by Atapattu and de Silva was a new record for any wicket for Sri Lanka against South Africa.
The Sri Lankan 3rd wicket partnership is the highest recorded against South Africa in a Test at Newlands - previously 109 by PA Gibb and WR Hammond for England in 1938/39.

Day 3

Lunch: Sri Lanka 300/9 (Muralitharan 15, Pushpakumara 0, 80 overs)
Tea: South Africa 47/2 (Kallis 6, Cullinan 23, 20 overs)
The 8th wicket partnership of 29 by Vaas and Wickramasinge was a new record for Sri Lanka against South Africa.
The 9th wicket partnership of 30 by Vaas and Muralitheran was a new record for Sri Lanka against South Africa.
The 3rd wicket partnership of 116 by Kallis and Cullinan was a new record for South Africa against Sri Lanka.
Cullinan became the 14th South African (the 4th since re-admission) to reach 2000 Test runs.
Boucher held 6 catches in an innings to equal the South African record - This is the second time in a row that he has done this.
Attendance : 11 500

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
Toss	South Africa, elected to bat first
Series	Sri Lanka tour of South Africa
Season	1997/98
Player Of The Match	Shaun Pollock
Series result	South Africa led the 2-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1410
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Makhaya Ntini
Umpires	David Orchard Steve Dunne
TV Umpire	Rudi Koertzen
Match Referee	John Reid

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
ST Jayasuriya	lbw	0	7
MS Atapattu	caught	71	200
RS Mahanama	caught	11	29
PA de Silva	caught	37	62
A Ranatunga	caught	43	93
HP Tillakaratne	lbw	13	56
RS Kaluwitharana	bowled	45	61
WPUJC Vaas	caught	0	1
GP Wickramasinghe	bowled	51	45
M Muralidaran	run out	10	14
KR Pushpakumara	not out	9	15
Extras	(b 5, lb 3, nb 8)
Total	306(10 wkts; 95.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
AA Donald	20	4	64	3	3.2
SM Pollock	23	3	77	2	3.34 (9 nb)
JH Kallis	15	5	45	1	3 (1 nb)
M Ntini	5.3	0	17	1	3.09
PR Adams	27	3	90	2	3.33
WJ Cronje	5	3	5	0	1

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	3	Marvan Atapattu	Sanath Jayasuriya
2nd	24	Roshan Mahanama	Marvan Atapattu
3rd	71	Aravinda de Silva	Marvan Atapattu
4th	73	Arjuna Ranatunga	Marvan Atapattu
5th	4	Arjuna Ranatunga	Hashan Tillakaratne
6th	59	Hashan Tillakaratne	Romesh Kaluwitharana
7th	0	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Chaminda Vaas
8th	5	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Romesh Kaluwitharana
9th	48	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Muthiah Muralidaran
10th	19	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Ravindra Pushpakumara

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