Full Scorecard of India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test 1997 - Score Report

result

1st Test, Colombo, Aug 2 - Aug 6 1997, India tour of Sri Lanka

India

537/8d

Sri Lanka

(271 ov)952/6d

Match drawn

player of the match

Sanath Jayasuriya

Sri Lanka

India 1st INNINGS

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nayan Mongia †	c Jayawardene b Pushpakumara	7	38	58	0	0	18.42

Navjot Sidhu	c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas	111	200	250	13	2	55.50

Rahul Dravid	c & b Jayasuriya	69	197	250	10	0	35.03

Sachin Tendulkar (c)	c Jayawardene b Muralitharan	143	247	292	20	0	57.89

Mohammad Azharuddin	c & b Muralitharan	126	199	290	11	0	63.32

Sourav Ganguly	c Mahanama b Jayasuriya	0	5	5	0	0	0.00

Anil Kumble	not out	27	76	111	2	0	35.53

Rajesh Chauhan	c Vaas b Jayasuriya	23	49	44	3	1	46.94

Abey Kuruvilla	c Atapattu b Pushpakumara	9	10	24	0	1	90.00

Extras	(b 10, nb 12)	22
TOTAL	(167.3 Ov, RR: 3.20)	537/8d
Did not bat: Nilesh Kulkarni, Venkatesh Prasad
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Nayan Mongia), 2-183 (Navjot Sidhu), 3-230 (Rahul Dravid), 4-451 (Sachin Tendulkar), 5-451 (Sourav Ganguly), 6-479 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 7-516 (Rajesh Chauhan), 8-537 (Abey Kuruvilla)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Chaminda Vaas	23	5	80	1	3.48	-	-	-	0
Ravindra Pushpakumara	19.3	2	97	2	4.97	-	-	-	0
Mahela Jayawardene	2	0	6	0	3.00	-	-	-	0
Muttiah Muralitharan	65	9	174	2	2.68	-	-	-	8
Jayantha Silva	39	3	122	0	3.13	-	-	-	8
Sanath Jayasuriya	18	3	45	3	2.50	-	-	-	0
Marvan Atapattu	1	0	3	0	3.00	-	-	-	0

Sri Lanka 1st INNINGS

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	c Ganguly b Chauhan	340	578	799	36	2	58.82

Marvan Atapattu	c †Mongia b Kulkarni	26	31	42	5	0	83.87

Roshan Mahanama	lbw b Kumble	225	561	753	27	0	40.11

Aravinda de Silva	c Prasad b Ganguly	126	211	293	16	0	59.72

Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	run out (sub [A Jadeja]/†Mongia)	86	110	150	14	0	78.18

Mahela Jayawardene	c Kulkarni b Ganguly	66	105	133	10	0	62.86

Romesh Kaluwitharana †	not out	14	27	42	1	0	51.85

Chaminda Vaas	not out	11	24	36	0	0	45.83

Extras	(b 28, lb 9, nb 14, w 7)	58
TOTAL	(271 Ov, RR: 3.51)	952/6d
Did not bat: Ravindra Pushpakumara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Jayantha Silva
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-615 (Roshan Mahanama), 3-615 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 4-790 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-921 (Mahela Jayawardene), 6-924 (Aravinda de Silva)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Venkatesh Prasad	24	1	88	0	3.67	-	-	-	1	1
Abey Kuruvilla	14	2	74	0	5.29	-	-	-	0	5
Rajesh Chauhan	78	8	276	1	3.54	-	-	-	3	9
Anil Kumble	72	7	223	1	3.10	-	-	-	0	6
Nilesh Kulkarni	70	12	195	1	2.79	-	-	-	0	0
Sourav Ganguly	9	0	53	2	5.89	-	-	-	0	0
Sachin Tendulkar	2	1	2	0	1.00	-	-	-	0	0
Rahul Dravid	2	0	4	0	2.00	-	-	-	0	0

MATCH DETAILS

R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo
Toss	India, elected to bat first
Series	India tour of Sri Lanka
Season	1997
Player Of The Match	Sanath Jayasuriya
Series result	2-match series level 0-0
Match number	TEST No. 1374
Match days	- day match (5-day match)
Test debut	Mahela Jayawardene Nilesh Kulkarni
Umpires	K.T.Francis Steve Randell
TV Umpire	Peter Manuel
Match Referee	John Reid

CLOSE OF PLAY

Sat, 02 Aug - day 1 -India 1st innings 280/3 (Sachin Tendulkar 65*, Mohammad Azharuddin 18*, null ov)

Sun, 03 Aug - day 2 -Sri Lanka 1st innings 39/1 (Sanath Jayasuriya 12*, null ov)

Mon, 04 Aug - day 3 -Sri Lanka 1st innings 322/1 (Sanath Jayasuriya 175*, Roshan Mahanama 115*, null ov)

Tue, 05 Aug - day 4 -Sri Lanka 1st innings 587/1 (Sanath Jayasuriya 326*, Roshan Mahanama 211*, null ov)

Wed, 06 Aug - day 5 -Sri Lanka 1st innings 952/6 (271 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

Day 2

Tendulkar had an all run 4 (due to overthrows).
NM Kulkarni took the wicket of MS Atapattu with his first ball in Test cricket. This was the 12th occasion in Test cricket.

Day 3

Mahanama had an all run 4.
ST Jayasuriya and RS Mahanama batted throughout the full day. This was the 12th occasion in Test cricket.

Day 4

ST Jayasuriya 340 off 578 balls, 36x4 2x6. * 50 off 71 balls, 9x4. * 100 off 138 balls, 14x4. * 150 off 235 balls, 19x4. * 200 off 327 balls, 25x4. * Highest Test score in Sri Lanka (previous: DSBP Kuruppu 201*, Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (CCC), 1986/87). * Personal High Score in First-class cricket (previous: 207* for Sri Lanka 'B' v Pakistan 'B', 1988/89) * 250 off 425 balls, 29x4. * Highest Test score by a Sri Lankan (previous: PA de Silva 267 v New Zealand at Wellington, 1990/91). * Highest First-class score by a Sri Lankan * Highest First-class score in Sri Lanka (previous: FMM Worrell 285, Commonwealth v Ceylon at Colombo, 1950/51). * 300 off 518 balls, 32x4, 1x6. * First ever Sri Lankan to score 300 runs in a Test innings. * Highest Test score against India (previous: GA Gooch 333, England v India at Lord's, 1990). * 4th Highest score in Test history (Highest: BC Lara 375, West Indies v England at St John's, 1993/94).
RS Mahanama 225 off 561 balls, 27x4 0x6 * 100 off 244 balls, 10x4 * 150 off 346 balls, 18x4 * Personal High score in First-class cricket (previous: 153 for Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Moratuwa, 1992/93). * 200 off 480 balls, 22x4
ST Jayasuriya and RS Mahanama partnership: 576 runs * Highest Test partnership for any wicket for Sri Lanka (previous: 240* for the 4th wicket, AP Gurusinha and A Ranatunga, v Pakistan at Colombo (PSS), 1985/86). * Highest Test partnership for any wicket in Sri Lanka (previous: 246* for the 6th wicket, JJ Crowe and RJ Hadlee, New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Colombo (CCC), 1986/87). * Highest First-class partnership for the 2nd wicket in Sri Lanka (previous: 289 WAMP Perera and TP Kodikara, Antonians v Rio SC at Colombo, 1992/93). * Highest First-class partnership for any wicket in Sri Lanka (previous: 315 for the 3rd wicket, ST Perera and RS Kalpage, Bloomfield v Antonians at Colombo, 1995/96). * Highest Test partnership for the 2nd wicket (previous: 451 WH Ponsford and DG Bradman, Australia v England at The Oval, 1934). * Highest Test partnership for any wicket against India (previous: 451 Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar at Hyderabad, 1982/83). * Highest Test partnership for any wicket (previous: 467 MD Crowe and AH Jones, New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, 1990/91). * Highest First-class partnership for the 2nd wicket (previous: 475 Zahir Alam and LS Rajput, Assam v Tripura at Gauhati, 1991/92). * Longest Test partnership for any wicket (previous: 579 minutes, GStA Sobers and FMM Worrell, West Indies v England at Bridgetown, 1959/60). * First ever 500 run Test partnership * First time a partnership remained unbroken throughout 2 complete days of Test cricket. * (Note: Sobers and Worrell in 1959/60 batted throughout 2 days with an hour lost to rain.) * 2nd highest partnership for any wicket in First-class cricket (Highest: 577, VS Hazare and Gul Mahomed, Baroda v Holkar at Baroda, 1946/47).
Sri Lanka team total * Highest Test score with only 1 wicket fallen (previous: 533/1, West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston, 1957/58). * Highest Test score for Sri Lanka (previous: 547/8 v Australia at Colombo (SSC), 1992/93). * Highest First-class score in Sri Lanka (previous: 549/8d, West Indies v Ceylon at Colombo, 1966/67). * Highest Test score against India (previous: 699/5, Pakistan v India at Lahore, 1989/90). * Highest team total in a Test match (previous: 903/7d, England v Australia at The Oval, 1938). * 3rd highest team total in First-class cricket (Highest: 1107, Victoria v New South Wales at Melbourne, 1926/27).

Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
ST Jayasuriya	caught	340	578
MS Atapattu	caught	26	31
RS Mahanama	lbw	225	561
PA de Silva	caught	126	211
A Ranatunga	run out	86	110
DPMD Jayawardene	caught	66	105
RS Kaluwitharana	not out	14	27
WPUJC Vaas	not out	11	24
Extras	(b 28, lb 9, nb 14, w 7)
Total	952(6 wkts; 271 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
BKV Prasad	24	1	88	0	3.67 (1 nb)
A Kuruvilla	14	2	74	0	5.29 (5 nb)
RK Chauhan	78	8	276	1	3.54 (9 nb)
A Kumble	72	7	223	1	3.1 (6 nb)
NM Kulkarni	70	12	195	1	2.79
SC Ganguly	9	0	53	2	5.89
SR Tendulkar	2	1	2	0	1
R Dravid	2	0	4	0	2

WKT	RUNS	Players
1st	39	Marvan Atapattu	Sanath Jayasuriya
2nd	576	Roshan Mahanama	Sanath Jayasuriya
3rd	0	Aravinda de Silva	Sanath Jayasuriya
4th	175	Arjuna Ranatunga	Aravinda de Silva
5th	131	Aravinda de Silva	Mahela Jayawardene
6th	3	Aravinda de Silva	Romesh Kaluwitharana
7th	28	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Chaminda Vaas

India 1st INNINGS

Sri Lanka 1st INNINGS

MATCH DETAILS

Sanath Jayasuriya

Mahela Jayawardene

Nilesh Kulkarni

K.T.Francis

Steve Randell

Peter Manuel