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Live • 1st TEST • Lord's

ENG

(34.1 ov) 165 & 138/6

SA

326

Day 3 - Session 2: England trail by 23 runs.

Live • Group B • List A • Neath

HANTS

GLAM

(10.5/50 ov, T:229) 60/1

Glamorgan need 169 runs from 39.1 overs.

RESULT

Only Test, The Oval, August 27 - 31, 1998, Sri Lanka tour of England

445 & 181

(T:36) 591 & 37/0

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets

Player Of The Match

Muthiah Muralidaran, SL

7/155, 30 & 9/65

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Scorecard summary

England • 445/10(158.3 overs)

1st INNINGS

John Crawley *156 (249)

Graeme Hick 107 (238)

Muthiah Muralidaran7/155 (59.3)

Pramodya Wickramasinghe2/81 (30)

Sri Lanka • 591/10(156.5 overs)

1st INNINGS

Sanath Jayasuriya 213 (278)

Aravinda de Silva 152 (292)

Angus Fraser3/95 (23)

Darren Gough2/102 (30)

England • 181/10(129.2 overs)

2nd INNINGS

Mark Ramprakash 42 (220)

Alec Stewart 32 (145)

Muthiah Muralidaran9/65 (54.2)

Kumar Dharmasena0/12 (19.3)

Sri Lanka • 37/0(5 overs)

2nd INNINGS

Sanath Jayasuriya *24 (17)

Marvan Atapattu *9 (13)

Dominic Cork0/3 (2)

Angus Fraser0/19 (2)

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Match details

Kennington Oval, London
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to field first
Series	Sri Lanka tour of England
Season	1998
Player Of The Match	Muthiah Muralidaran
Match number	Test no. 1423
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Suresh Perera
Umpires	David Shepherd Eddie Nicholls
TV Umpire	John Holder
Match Referee	Ahmed Ebrahim

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Sri Lanka Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
ST Jayasuriya	not out	24	17
MS Atapattu	not out	9	13
Extras	(lb 4)
Total	37(0 wkts; 5 ovs)

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