India vs Sri Lanka Scorecard 1997

BATTING		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	35.02
Sachin Tendulkar (c)	c Jayawardene b Muralidaran	143	247	292	20	0	57.89
Mohammad Azharuddin	c & b Muralidaran	126	199	290	11	0	63.31
Sourav Ganguly	c Mahanama b Jayasuriya	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Anil Kumble	not out	27	76	111	2	0	35.52
Rajesh Chauhan	c Vaas b Jayasuriya	23	49	44	3	1	46.93
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	3.47	-	-	-	0
Ravindra Pushpakumara	19.3	2	97	2	4.97	-	-	-	0
Mahela Jayawardene	2	0	6	0	3.00	-	-	-	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	65	9	174	2	2.67	-	-	-	8
Jayantha Silva	39	3	122	0	3.12	-	-	-	8
Sanath Jayasuriya	18	3	45	3	2.50	-	-	-	0
Marvan Atapattu	1	0	3	0	3.00	-	-	-	0

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

BATTING		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	40.10
Aravinda de Silva	c Prasad b Ganguly	126	211	293	16	0	59.71
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	62.85
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, Muthiah Muralidaran, 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	3.66	-	-	-	1	1
Abey Kuruvilla	14	2	74	0	5.28	-	-	-	0	5
Rajesh Chauhan	78	8	276	1	3.53	-	-	-	3	9
Anil Kumble	72	7	223	1	3.09	-	-	-	0	6
Nilesh Kulkarni	70	12	195	1	2.78	-	-	-	0	0
Sourav Ganguly	9	0	53	2	5.88	-	-	-	0	0
Sachin Tendulkar	2	1	2	0	1.00	-	-	-	0	0
Rahul Dravid	2	0	4	0	2.00	-	-	-	0	0

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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

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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	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 (5-day match)
Test debut	Nilesh Kulkarni Mahela Jayawardene
Umpires	K.T.Francis Steve Randell
TV Umpire	Peter Manuel
Match Referee	John Reid

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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	3.66 (1 nb)
A Kuruvilla	14	2	74	0	5.28 (5 nb)
RK Chauhan	78	8	276	1	3.53 (9 nb)
A Kumble	72	7	223	1	3.09 (6 nb)
NM Kulkarni	70	12	195	1	2.78
SC Ganguly	9	0	53	2	5.88
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

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