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

England

445 & 181

Sri Lanka

(T:36) 591 & 37/0

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets

Player Of The Match

Muthiah Muralidaran

, SL

7/155, 30 & 9/65

243

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

Murali has taken the most ten-wicket hauls (2) in Tests for SL, going past Chaminda Vaas's record

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Scorecard summary

England1st Inn

445/10(158.3 overs)

John Crawley

*156 (249)

Muthiah Muralidaran

7/155 (59.3)

Graeme Hick

107 (238)

Pramodya Wickramasinghe

2/81 (30)

Sri Lanka1st Inn

591/10(156.5 overs)

213 (278)

3/95 (23)

152 (292)

2/102 (30)

England2nd Inn

181/10(129.2 overs)

42 (220)

9/65 (54.2)

32 (145)

0/12 (19.3)

Sri Lanka2nd Inn

37/0(5 overs)

*24 (17)

0/3 (2)

*9 (13)

0/19 (2)

Match details

GroundKennington Oval, London

TossSri Lanka, elected to field first

Series

Sri Lanka tour of England

Season1998

Player Of The Match

Muthiah Muralidaran

Match numberTest no. 1423

Match daysday (5-day match)

Test debut

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