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England vs Sri Lanka, 8th Match at Adelaide, Jan 23 1999 - Points Table

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8th Match (D/N), Adelaide, January 23, 1999, Carlton & United Series

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England

302/3

Sri Lanka

(49.4/50 ov, T:303) 303/9

Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket (with 2 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match

Mahela Jayawardene

, SL

120 (111)

Carlton & United Series Points table

Teams	M	W	L	T	N/R	PT	NRR	Series Form	For	Against
1 Australia	10	7	3	0	0	14	0.538	W W W W W	2376/468.3	2201/485.3
W February 07, 1999, 15th Match, Australia vs Sri LankaAustralia won by 43 runs View scorecard W February 05, 1999, 14th Match, Australia vs EnglandAustralia won by 4 wickets (with 18 balls remaining) View scorecard W January 31, 1999, 12th Match, Australia vs Sri LankaAustralia won by 45 runs View scorecard W January 26, 1999, 10th Match, Australia vs EnglandAustralia won by 16 runs View scorecard W January 24, 1999, 9th Match, Australia vs Sri LankaAustralia won by 80 runs View scorecard L January 21, 1999, 7th Match, Australia vs Sri LankaSri Lanka won by 3 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) View scorecard L January 17, 1999, 5th Match, Australia vs EnglandEngland won by 7 runs View scorecard W January 15, 1999, 4th Match, Australia vs EnglandAustralia won by 9 wickets (with 64 balls remaining) View scorecard W January 13, 1999, 3rd Match, Australia vs Sri LankaAustralia won by 8 wickets (with 23 balls remaining) View scorecard L January 10, 1999, 1st Match, Australia vs EnglandEngland won by 7 runs (revised target) View scorecard
2 England	10	5	5	0	0	10	0.157	L L W L L	2141/474.5	2028/466.0
L February 05, 1999, 14th Match, England vs AustraliaAustralia won by 4 wickets (with 18 balls remaining) View scorecard L February 03, 1999, 13th Match, England vs Sri LankaSri Lanka won by 11 runs View scorecard W January 29, 1999, 11th Match, England vs Sri LankaEngland won by 128 runs View scorecard L January 26, 1999, 10th Match, England vs AustraliaAustralia won by 16 runs View scorecard L January 23, 1999, 8th Match, England vs Sri LankaSri Lanka won by 1 wicket (with 2 balls remaining) View scorecard W January 19, 1999, 6th Match, England vs Sri LankaEngland won by 7 wickets (with 28 balls remaining) View scorecard W January 17, 1999, 5th Match, England vs AustraliaEngland won by 7 runs View scorecard L January 15, 1999, 4th Match, England vs AustraliaAustralia won by 9 wickets (with 64 balls remaining) View scorecard W January 11, 1999, 2nd Match, England vs Sri LankaEngland won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) View scorecard W January 10, 1999, 1st Match, England vs AustraliaEngland won by 7 runs (revised target) View scorecard
3 Sri Lanka	10	3	7	0	0	6	-0.667	L L L W L	2132/493.1	2420/485.0
L February 07, 1999, 15th Match, Sri Lanka vs AustraliaAustralia won by 43 runs View scorecard W February 03, 1999, 13th Match, Sri Lanka vs EnglandSri Lanka won by 11 runs View scorecard L January 31, 1999, 12th Match, Sri Lanka vs AustraliaAustralia won by 45 runs View scorecard L January 29, 1999, 11th Match, Sri Lanka vs EnglandEngland won by 128 runs View scorecard L January 24, 1999, 9th Match, Sri Lanka vs AustraliaAustralia won by 80 runs View scorecard W January 23, 1999, 8th Match, Sri Lanka vs EnglandSri Lanka won by 1 wicket (with 2 balls remaining) View scorecard W January 21, 1999, 7th Match, Sri Lanka vs AustraliaSri Lanka won by 3 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) View scorecard L January 19, 1999, 6th Match, Sri Lanka vs EnglandEngland won by 7 wickets (with 28 balls remaining) View scorecard L January 13, 1999, 3rd Match, Sri Lanka vs AustraliaAustralia won by 8 wickets (with 23 balls remaining) View scorecard L January 11, 1999, 2nd Match, Sri Lanka vs EnglandEngland won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) View scorecard

Standings are updated with the completion of each game

M:The number of matches played

W:The number of matches won

L:The number of matches lost

T:The number of matches tied

N/R:The number of matches abandoned

PT:Number of points awarded

NRR:Net run rate

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
ST Jayasuriya	caught	51	36
RS Kaluwitharana	run out	0	0
MS Atapattu	caught	3	12
HP Tillakaratne	bowled	28	48
DPMD Jayawardene	lbw	120	111
A Ranatunga	caught	41	51
WPUJC Vaas	run out	5	6
UDU Chandana	caught	25	18
RS Mahanama	run out	13	11
M Muralidaran	not out	2	4
GP Wickramasinghe	not out	2	2
Extras	(lb 9, w 4)
Total	303(9 wkts; 49.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
D Gough	10	1	68	2	6.8
AD Mullally	10	0	61	1	6.1
AJ Hollioake	5	0	45	0	9
MA Ealham	10	1	48	0	4.8
RDB Croft	10	0	42	1	4.2
VJ Wells	4.4	0	30	2	6.42

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	3	Sanath Jayasuriya	Romesh Kaluwitharana
2nd	5	Marvan Atapattu	Sanath Jayasuriya
3rd	60	Hashan Tillakaratne	Sanath Jayasuriya
4th	69	Hashan Tillakaratne	Mahela Jayawardene
5th	86	Arjuna Ranatunga	Mahela Jayawardene
6th	12	Chaminda Vaas	Mahela Jayawardene
7th	34	Upul Chandana	Mahela Jayawardene
8th	19	Roshan Mahanama	Upul Chandana
9th	10	Roshan Mahanama	Muthiah Muralidaran
10th	5	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Muthiah Muralidaran

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Carlton & United Series

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS	10	7	3	14	0.538
ENG	10	5	5	10	0.157
SL	10	3	7	6	-0.667

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