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Only Test, London, Aug 27 - 31 1998, Sri Lanka tour of England
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England

445 & 181
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Sri Lanka

(5 ov, target 36)591 & 37/0
Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
player of the match
Muttiah Muralitharan
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England445/10(158.3 overs)1st INNINGS
John Crawley*156 (249)
Graeme Hick107 (238)
Muttiah Muralitharan7/155(59.3)
Pramodya Wickramasinghe2/81(30)
Sri Lanka591/10(156.5 overs)1st INNINGS
Sanath Jayasuriya213 (278)
Aravinda de Silva152 (292)
Angus Fraser3/95(23)
Darren Gough2/102(30)
England181/10(129.2 overs)2nd INNINGS
Mark Ramprakash42 (220)
Alec Stewart32 (145)
Muttiah Muralitharan9/65(54.2)
Kumar Dharmasena0/12(19.3)
Sri Lanka37/0(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
TossSri Lanka, elected to field first
SeriesSri Lanka tour of England
Season1998
Player Of The Match
Muttiah Muralitharan
Muttiah Muralitharan
Match numberTest no. 1423
Match daysday(5-day match)
Test debut
Suresh Perera
Suresh Perera
Umpires
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David Shepherd
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Eddie Nicholls
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John Holder
Match Referee
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Ahmed Ebrahim
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Sri Lanka Innings
Player NameRB
ST Jayasuriyanot out2417
MS Atapattunot out913
Extras(lb 4)
Total37(0 wkts; 5 ovs)
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