England vs Sri Lanka, Final at London, Aug 20 1998 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
Final, Lord's, August 20, 1998, Emirates Triangular Tournament
England  (50 ovs maximum)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c & b Muralidaran | 94 | 136 | 178 | 4 | 0 | 69.11 | |||
| c Ranatunga b Muralidaran | 64 | 73 | 102 | 7 | 0 | 87.67 | |||
| c †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran | 18 | 24 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | |||
| b Chandana | 14 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 87.50 | |||
| b Muralidaran | 18 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| lbw b Muralidaran | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †Kaluwitharana b Perera | 17 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| not out | 11 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 91.66 | |||
| b Perera | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| not out | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 5, w 10) | 19 | |||||||
| Total | 50 Ov (RR: 5.12) | 256/8 | |||||||
Did not bat | |||||||||
Fall of wickets 1-132 (Mike Atherton, 25.3 ov), 2-170 (Alec Stewart, 33.5 ov), 3-191 (Graeme Hick, 38.5 ov), 4-218 (Nick Knight, 43.4 ov), 5-218 (Nasser Hussain, 43.6 ov), 6-223 (Ali Brown, 45.2 ov), 7-246 (Robert Croft, 49.1 ov), 8-246 (Darren Gough, 49.2 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 5.80 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 4.88 | - | 4 | 0 | |
| 9 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 5.22 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 3.40 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 5.62 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 5.42 | - | 2 | 0 |
Sri Lanka  (T: 257 runs from 50 ovs)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Gough | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Hick b Croft | 68 | 77 | 105 | 6 | 0 | 88.31 | |||
| not out | 132 | 151 | 197 | 14 | 0 | 87.41 | |||
| c Brown b Gough | 34 | 37 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 91.89 | |||
| c Knight b Martin | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| c Knight b Croft | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |||
| not out | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 166.66 | |||
| Extras | (lb 7, w 6) | 13 | |||||||
| Total | 47.1 Ov (RR: 5.51) | 260/5 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 0.2 ov), 2-140 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 26.3 ov), 3-210 (Aravinda de Silva, 40.2 ov), 4-224 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 43.1 ov), 5-233 (Upul Chandana, 44.5 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 5.00 | - | 2 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 6.00 | - | 2 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3.70 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 4.80 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 7.71 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 0.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
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England's opening partnership of 132 is their highest in one-day internationals against Sri Lanka
Match Details
GroundLord's, London
TossEngland, elected to bat first
Season1998
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series resultSri Lanka won the 1998 Emirates Triangular Tournament
Match numberODI no. 1348
Match daysday (50-over match)
Umpires
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Match Referee