RESULT
1st Test, Colombo (RPS), August 02 - 06, 1997, India tour of Sri Lanka
India 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Jayawardene b Pushpakumara | 7 | 38 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 18.42 | |||
| c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas | 111 | 200 | 250 | 13 | 2 | 55.50 | |||
| c & b Jayasuriya | 69 | 197 | 250 | 10 | 0 | 35.02 | |||
| c Jayawardene b Muralidaran | 143 | 247 | 292 | 20 | 0 | 57.89 | |||
| c & b Muralidaran | 126 | 199 | 290 | 11 | 0 | 63.31 | |||
| c Mahanama b Jayasuriya | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| not out | 27 | 76 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 35.52 | |||
| c Vaas b Jayasuriya | 23 | 49 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 46.93 | |||
| 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: | |||||||||
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 | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 5 | 80 | 1 | 3.47 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 19.3 | 2 | 97 | 2 | 4.97 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 65 | 9 | 174 | 2 | 2.67 | - | - | - | 0 | 8 | |
| 39 | 3 | 122 | 0 | 3.12 | - | - | - | 0 | 8 | |
| 18 | 3 | 45 | 3 | 2.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Ganguly b Chauhan | 340 | 578 | 799 | 36 | 2 | 58.82 | |||
| c †Mongia b Kulkarni | 26 | 31 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 83.87 | |||
| lbw b Kumble | 225 | 561 | 753 | 27 | 0 | 40.10 | |||
| c Prasad b Ganguly | 126 | 211 | 293 | 16 | 0 | 59.71 | |||
| run out (sub [A Jadeja]/†Mongia) | 86 | 110 | 150 | 14 | 0 | 78.18 | |||
| c Kulkarni b Ganguly | 66 | 105 | 133 | 10 | 0 | 62.85 | |||
| not out | 14 | 27 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 51.85 | |||
| 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 | |||||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 1 | 88 | 0 | 3.66 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 14 | 2 | 74 | 0 | 5.28 | - | - | - | 0 | 5 | |
| 78 | 8 | 276 | 1 | 3.53 | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | |
| 72 | 7 | 223 | 1 | 3.09 | - | - | - | 0 | 6 | |
| 70 | 12 | 195 | 1 | 2.78 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 5.88 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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CLOSE OF PLAY
Sat, 02 Aug - day 1 - India 1st innings 280/3 (Sachin Tendulkar 65*, Mohammad Azharuddin 18*)
Sun, 03 Aug - day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 39/1 (Sanath Jayasuriya 12*)
Mon, 04 Aug - day 3 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 322/1 (Sanath Jayasuriya 175*, Roshan Mahanama 115*)
Tue, 05 Aug - day 4 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 587/1 (Sanath Jayasuriya 326*, Roshan Mahanama 211*)
Wed, 06 Aug - day 5 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 952/6d (271 ov) - end of match
MATCH FLOW
Day 2
Day 3
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).
MATCH DETAILS
| R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | |
| Toss | India, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1997 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | 2-match series level 0-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 1374 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
| Test debut | |
| Umpires | |
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