South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test at Centurion, Mar 27 1998 - Full Scorecard

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	c †Boucher b Ntini	51	77	104	6	1	66.23
Marvan Atapattu	run out (Kirsten)	12	70	89	2	0	17.14
Roshan Mahanama	c Kallis b Cronje	50	178	223	4	1	28.08
Aravinda de Silva	c Adams b Ntini	1	2	8	0	0	50.00
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	lbw b Donald	73	177	264	12	0	41.24
Hashan Tillakaratne	c Kirsten b Cronje	55	134	184	9	0	41.04
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	c †Boucher b Donald	9	15	20	1	0	60.00
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	c Adams b Donald	10	13	22	2	0	76.92
Nuwan Zoysa	lbw b Kallis	0	8	9	0	0	0.00
Muthiah Muralidaran	c †Boucher b Cronje	11	36	44	0	0	30.55
Ravindra Pushpakumara	not out	0	14	21	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 14, nb 8, w 3)	31
Total	118.3 Ov (RR: 2.55)	303
Fall of wickets 1-53 (Marvan Atapattu, 21.4 ov), 2-66 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 24.6 ov), 3-68 (Aravinda de Silva, 26.4 ov), 4-186 (Roshan Mahanama, 74.6 ov), 5-228 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 90.4 ov), 6-240 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 94.6 ov), 7-254 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 100.1 ov), 8-255 (Nuwan Zoysa, 101.4 ov), 9-290 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 112.4 ov), 10-303 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 118.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Allan Donald	33	10	73	3	2.21	-	3	0
Shaun Pollock	7.1	3	9	0	1.25	-	0	0
Jacques Kallis	19	7	42	1	2.21	-	0	2
Paul Adams	22	6	77	0	3.50	-	0	0
Makhaya Ntini	22.5	7	61	2	2.67	-	0	11
Hansie Cronje	14.3	3	21	3	1.44	-	0	0

South Africa 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gerhardus Liebenberg	lbw b Pushpakumara	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Gary Kirsten	b Muralidaran	13	82	115	2	0	15.85
HD Ackerman	b Zoysa	7	7	9	1	0	100.00
Daryll Cullinan	c Wickramasinghe b Jayasuriya	103	185	307	13	0	55.67
Hansie Cronje (c)	st †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran	10	27	40	1	0	37.03
Jacques Kallis	c †Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe	12	38	40	1	0	31.57
Shaun Pollock	b Muralidaran	1	16	25	0	0	6.25
Mark Boucher †	c Jayasuriya b Muralidaran	13	71	73	2	0	18.30
Allan Donald	b Muralidaran	6	25	34	0	0	24.00
Paul Adams	c & b Jayasuriya	12	21	24	1	1	57.14
Makhaya Ntini	not out	2	9	11	0	0	22.22
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 8, w 6)	21
Total	78 Ov (RR: 2.56)	200
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Gerhardus Liebenberg, 0.1 ov), 2-11 (HD Ackerman, 1.5 ov), 3-75 (Gary Kirsten, 24.4 ov), 4-103 (Hansie Cronje, 32.6 ov), 5-122 (Jacques Kallis, 41.6 ov), 6-137 (Shaun Pollock, 48.3 ov), 7-170 (Mark Boucher, 66.4 ov), 8-182 (Daryll Cullinan, 71.2 ov), 9-186 (Allan Donald, 74.6 ov), 10-200 (Paul Adams, 77.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Ravindra Pushpakumara	16	2	55	1	3.43	-	1	9
Nuwan Zoysa	12	2	29	1	2.41	-	2	2
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	15	2	36	1	2.40	-	0	2
Muthiah Muralidaran	30	8	63	5	2.10	-	0	2
Sanath Jayasuriya	5	2	10	2	2.00	-	0	0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	b Donald	16	23	30	3	0	69.56
Marvan Atapattu	c †Boucher b Donald	7	34	56	0	0	20.58
Roshan Mahanama	lbw b Donald	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Aravinda de Silva	run out (†Boucher)	41	75	99	6	1	54.66
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	c †Boucher b Cronje	0	7	10	0	0	0.00
Hashan Tillakaratne	c sub (DN Crookes) b Cronje	0	4	8	0	0	0.00
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	run out (sub [DN Crookes])	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	b Adams	21	59	74	4	0	35.59
Nuwan Zoysa	c †Boucher b Donald	14	35	41	1	0	40.00
Muthiah Muralidaran	c Kirsten b Donald	15	11	19	2	0	136.36
Ravindra Pushpakumara	not out	0	0	2	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 5, nb 3)	8
Total	41.3 Ov (RR: 2.93)	122
Fall of wickets 1-19 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 6.5 ov), 2-19 (Roshan Mahanama, 6.6 ov), 3-40 (Marvan Atapattu, 12.2 ov), 4-40 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 14.3 ov), 5-42 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 16.3 ov), 6-42 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 16.6 ov), 7-85 (Aravinda de Silva, 29.5 ov), 8-98 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 36.5 ov), 9-118 (Nuwan Zoysa, 41.1 ov), 10-122 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 41.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Allan Donald	13.3	2	54	5	4.00	-	1
Makhaya Ntini	6	2	13	0	2.16	-	1
Jacques Kallis	7	3	12	0	1.71	-	1
Hansie Cronje	8	3	13	2	1.62	-	0
Paul Adams	7	1	25	1	3.57	-	0

South Africa 2nd Innings (T: 226 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gary Kirsten	not out	75	203	233	12	0	36.94
Gerhardus Liebenberg	lbw b Muralidaran	45	89	120	7	0	50.56
HD Ackerman	b Muralidaran	2	24	24	0	0	8.33
Daryll Cullinan	lbw b Muralidaran	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
Hansie Cronje (c)	c de Silva b Jayasuriya	82	63	70	8	6	130.15
Jacques Kallis	not out	0	7	8	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 3, nb 11)	22
Total	62.5 Ov (RR: 3.59)	226/4
Did not bat Shaun Pollock, Mark Boucher †, Allan Donald, Paul Adams, Makhaya Ntini
Fall of wickets 1-89 (Gerhardus Liebenberg, 30.4 ov), 2-99 (HD Ackerman, 38.4 ov), 3-99 (Daryll Cullinan, 40.1 ov), 4-215 (Hansie Cronje, 59.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Ravindra Pushpakumara	7	2	27	0	3.85	-	4
Nuwan Zoysa	2	0	11	0	5.50	-	0
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	6	1	7	0	1.16	-	0
Aravinda de Silva	5	1	14	0	2.80	-	2
Muthiah Muralidaran	23.5	4	94	3	3.94	-	6
Sanath Jayasuriya	19	6	62	1	3.26	-	0

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Close of Play

Fri, 27 Mar

day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 165/3 (Roshan Mahanama 44*, Arjuna Ranatunga 40*, 60 ov)

Sat, 28 Mar

day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 75/3 (Daryll Cullinan 42*, Hansie Cronje 0*, 24.4 ov)

Sun, 29 Mar

day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 93/7 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe 16*, Nuwan Zoysa 6*, 35 ov)

Mon, 30 Mar

day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 226/4 (62.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Lunch: Sri Lanka 72/3 (Mahanama 6*, Ranatunga 0*; 29 overs)

Tea: Sri Lanka 164/3 (Mahanama 44*, Ranatunga 40*; 60 overs)

Shaun Pollock was unable to complete his 8th over due to injury. Makhaya Ntini completed the over.

Makhaya Ntini bowled one ball (a no ball) of the 60th over and was unable to continue. Paul Adams completed the remaining six deliveries.

Bad light and rain stopped play on resumption after the Tea break.

30 overs lost due to rain

Attendance: 3,850

Day 2

Lunch: Sri Lanka 227/4 (Ranatunga 73*, Tillakaratne 14*; 88 overs)

Tea: Sri Lanka 330 all out

RS Kaluwitharana was dropped by GFJ Liebenberg at gully when 7

WJ Cronje's Best Bowling in Tests

In the 12th over of the South African innings, bowled by Pushpakumara, Umpire Koertzen miscounted and only 5 balls were bowled in the over.

Bad light stopped play at 5.40 pm and 7 overs were lost for the day

Attendance: 7,135

Day 3

Lunch: South Africa 141/6 (Cullinan 82*, Boucher 1*; 53 overs)

Tea: South Africa 200/10 (Ntini 2*, 78 overs)

JH Kallis was dropped by DNT Zoysa at mid-on when 4

JH Kallis was dropped by PA de Silva at square leg when 6

South Africa's lowest Test total against Sri Lanka

MS Atapattu was dropped by HD Ackerman at 2nd slip when 0

PA de Silva was dropped by DJ Cullinan at fine leg when 14

AA Donald becomes the first South African to take 200 Test wickets

AA Donald also takes his 1,000th First Class wicket

Bad light stopped play at 5.44 pm and 2 overs were lost for the day

Attendance 14,050

Day 4

Cronje's 50 in 31 balls, the 2nd fastest recorded in Test history (fastest, Kapil Dev, 30 balls, India v Pakistan 1982-3)

Match Details

GroundCenturion Park

TossSri Lanka, elected to bat first

Series

Sri Lanka tour of South Africa

Season1997/98

Player Of The Match

Allan Donald

Player Of The Series

Daryll Cullinan

Series resultSouth Africa won the 2-match series 2-0

Match numberTest no. 1414

Match daysday (5-day match)

Test debut

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