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Played at
Lord's, London, on 20 August 1998 (50-over match)
Result Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
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England innings (50 overs maximum) |
R |
M |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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NV Knight |
c & b Muralitharan |
94 |
178 |
136 |
4 |
0 |
69.11 |
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MA Atherton |
c Ranatunga b Muralitharan |
64 |
102 |
73 |
7 |
0 |
87.67 |
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AJ Stewart |
c Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan |
18 |
30 |
24 |
1 |
0 |
75.00 |
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GA Hick |
b Chandana |
14 |
23 |
16 |
1 |
0 |
87.50 |
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AD Brown |
b Muralitharan |
18 |
24 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
100.00 |
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N Hussain |
lbw b Muralitharan |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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RDB Croft |
c Kaluwitharana b Perera |
17 |
21 |
17 |
1 |
0 |
100.00 |
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ID Austin |
not out |
11 |
23 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
91.66 |
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D Gough |
b Perera |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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PJ Martin |
not out |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
100.00 |
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Extras |
(b 4, lb 5, w 10) |
19 |
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Total |
(8 wickets; 50 overs) |
256 |
(5.12 runs per over) |
| Fall of wickets1-132 (Atherton, 25.3 ov), 2-170 (Stewart, 33.5 ov), 3-191 (Hick, 38.5 ov), 4-218 (Knight, 43.4 ov), 5-218 (Hussain, 43.6 ov), 6-223 (Brown, 45.2 ov), 7-246 (Croft, 49.1 ov), 8-246 (Gough, 49.2 ov) |
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Sri Lanka innings (target: 257 runs from 50 overs) |
R |
M |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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ST Jayasuriya |
b Gough |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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RS Kaluwitharana |
c Hick b Croft |
68 |
105 |
77 |
6 |
0 |
88.31 |
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MS Atapattu |
not out |
132 |
197 |
151 |
14 |
0 |
87.41 |
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PA de Silva |
c Brown b Gough |
34 |
58 |
37 |
4 |
0 |
91.89 |
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A Ranatunga |
c Knight b Martin |
1 |
11 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
33.33 |
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UDU Chandana |
c Knight b Croft |
2 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
28.57 |
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HP Tillakaratne |
not out |
10 |
9 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
166.66 |
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Extras |
(lb 7, w 6) |
13 |
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Total |
(5 wickets; 47.1 overs) |
260 |
(5.51 runs per over) |
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Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series Sri Lanka won the 1998 Emirates Triangular Tournament
Player of the match
M Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)
Player of the series
MS Atapattu (Sri Lanka)
Umpires
DJ Constant and DR Shepherd
TV umpire
JC Balderstone
Match referee
AM Ebrahim (Zimbabwe)
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Match notes |
- England's opening partnership of 132 is their highest in one-day internationals against Sri Lanka
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