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England vs Sri Lanka, Only Test at London, Aug 27 1998 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

Only Test, The Oval, August 27 - 31, 1998, Sri Lanka tour of England

445 & 181

(T:36) 591 & 37/0

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets

Player Of The Match

Muthiah Muralidaran

, SL

7/155, 30 & 9/65

England 1st Innings

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

Match Flow

Info

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Butcher	c Jayasuriya b Wickramasinghe	10	26	29	1	0	38.46
Steve James	c & b Muralidaran	36	111	133	3	0	32.43
Graeme Hick	c †Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe	107	238	347	14	0	44.95
Alec Stewart (c)†	c Tillakaratne b Perera	2	9	6	0	0	22.22
Mark Ramprakash	c Jayawardene b Muralidaran	53	149	175	4	0	35.57
John Crawley	not out	156	249	318	19	1	62.65
Ben Hollioake	c Atapattu b Muralidaran	14	53	88	1	0	26.41
Dominic Cork	b Muralidaran	6	48	74	0	0	12.50
Ian Salisbury	b Muralidaran	2	17	16	0	0	11.76
Darren Gough	c †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran	4	8	15	1	0	50.00
Angus Fraser	b Muralidaran	32	52	59	3	2	61.53
Extras	(b 1, lb 11, nb 9, w 2)	23
Total	158.3 Ov (RR: 2.80)	445
Fall of wickets 1-16 (Mark Butcher, 6.6 ov), 2-78 (Steve James, 33.2 ov), 3-81 (Alec Stewart, 34.6 ov), 4-209 (Mark Ramprakash, 81.3 ov), 5-230 (Graeme Hick, 94.2 ov), 6-277 (Ben Hollioake, 115.3 ov), 7-333 (Dominic Cork, 134.1 ov), 8-343 (Ian Salisbury, 138.4 ov), 9-356 (Darren Gough, 142.3 ov), 10-445 (Angus Fraser, 158.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	30	4	81	2	2.70	-	2	1
Suresh Perera	40	10	104	1	2.60	-	0	0
Kumar Dharmasena	18	3	55	0	3.05	-	0	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	59.3	14	155	7	2.60	-	0	8
Sanath Jayasuriya	11	0	38	0	3.45	-	0	0

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	c †Stewart b Hollioake	213	278	346	33	1	76.61
Marvan Atapattu	lbw b Cork	15	26	55	1	0	57.69
Mahela Jayawardene	c Hollioake b Fraser	9	40	56	0	0	22.50
Aravinda de Silva	c †Stewart b Hollioake	152	292	461	17	0	52.05
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	lbw b Gough	51	99	138	7	1	51.51
Hashan Tillakaratne	lbw b Gough	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	c Crawley b Cork	25	50	57	2	0	50.00
Kumar Dharmasena	lbw b Fraser	13	39	61	2	0	33.33
Suresh Perera	not out	43	77	104	6	1	55.84
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	b Fraser	0	7	11	0	0	0.00
Muthiah Muralidaran	c †Stewart b Salisbury	30	36	55	5	0	83.33
Extras	(b 15, lb 20, nb 4, w 1)	40
Total	156.5 Ov (RR: 3.76)	591
Fall of wickets 1-53 (Marvan Atapattu, 12.1 ov), 2-85 (Mahela Jayawardene, 25.2 ov), 3-328 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 79.3 ov), 4-450 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 112.1 ov), 5-450 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 112.2 ov), 6-488 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 125.5 ov), 7-504 (Aravinda de Silva, 132.4 ov), 8-526 (Kumar Dharmasena, 141.1 ov), 9-532 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 143.5 ov), 10-591 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 156.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Darren Gough	30	5	102	2	3.40	-	0	0
Angus Fraser	23	3	95	3	4.13	-	0	0
Ben Hollioake	26	2	105	2	4.03	-	1	1
Dominic Cork	36	5	128	2	3.55	-	0	3
Ian Salisbury	25.5	7	86	1	3.32	-	0	0
Mark Ramprakash	5	0	24	0	4.80	-	0	0
Mark Butcher	11	2	16	0	1.45	-	0	0

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Butcher	st †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran	15	45	53	3	0	33.33
Steve James	c Jayawardene b Muralidaran	25	150	185	1	0	16.66
Graeme Hick	lbw b Muralidaran	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Alec Stewart (c)†	run out (sub [UDU Chandana])	32	145	149	1	0	22.06
Mark Ramprakash	c Tillakaratne b Muralidaran	42	220	246	3	0	19.09
John Crawley	b Muralidaran	14	59	53	2	0	23.72
Ben Hollioake	lbw b Muralidaran	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Dominic Cork	c †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran	8	23	22	2	0	34.78
Ian Salisbury	lbw b Muralidaran	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Darren Gough	b Muralidaran	15	133	145	2	0	11.27
Angus Fraser	not out	0	6	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 7, lb 8, nb 14, w 1)	30
Total	129.2 Ov (RR: 1.39)	181
Fall of wickets 1-25 (Mark Butcher, 14.6 ov), 2-25 (Graeme Hick, 16.2 ov), 3-78 (Steve James, 52.1 ov), 4-93 (Alec Stewart, 58.6 ov), 5-116 (John Crawley, 77.1 ov), 6-116 (Ben Hollioake, 77.2 ov), 7-127 (Dominic Cork, 85.1 ov), 8-127 (Ian Salisbury, 85.5 ov), 9-180 (Mark Ramprakash, 127.1 ov), 10-181 (Darren Gough, 129.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	4	0	16	0	4.00	-	0	0
Suresh Perera	11	2	22	0	2.00	-	1	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	54.2	27	65	9	1.19	-	0	12
Kumar Dharmasena	19.3	13	12	0	0.61	-	0	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	28	14	30	0	1.07	-	0	0
Aravinda de Silva	10.3	3	16	0	1.52	-	0	0
Mahela Jayawardene	2	0	5	0	2.50	-	0	0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (T: 36 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	not out	24	17	22	2	2	141.17
Marvan Atapattu	not out	9	13	22	1	0	69.23
Extras	(lb 4)	4
Total	5 Ov (RR: 7.40)	37/0
Did not bat Mahela Jayawardene, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga (c), Hashan Tillakaratne, Romesh Kaluwitharana †, Muthiah Muralidaran, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Suresh Perera, Kumar Dharmasena

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Angus Fraser	2	0	19	0	9.50	-	0	0
Dominic Cork	2	0	3	0	1.50	-	0	0
Ben Hollioake	1	0	11	0	11.00	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 27 Aug

day 1 - England 1st innings 228/4 (Graeme Hick 107*, John Crawley 10*, 91 ov)

Fri, 28 Aug

day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 79/1 (Sanath Jayasuriya 59*, Mahela Jayawardene 4*, 20 ov)

Sat, 29 Aug

day 3 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 446/3 (Aravinda de Silva 125*, Arjuna Ranatunga 50*, 110 ov)

Sun, 30 Aug

day 4 - England 2nd innings 54/2 (Steve James 20*, Alec Stewart 15*, 42 ov)

Mon, 31 Aug

day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 37/0 (5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 2

Day 3

Day 5

UDU Chandana substituted for PA de Silva

MS Atapattu scored his 1000th Test run

Muralitharan took his 200th Test wicket when he dismissed Cork

Muralitharan's 9/65 was the best bowling in Tests by a Sri Lankan, and the 7th best analysis of all time in Tests

Muralitharan's match figures of 16/220 are the best by a Sri Lankan, and the 5th best analysis of all time in Tests

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

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