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Played at
Centurion Park on 27,28,29,30 March 1998 (5-day match)
Result South Africa won by 6 wickets
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| Fall of wickets1-53 (Atapattu, 21.4 ov), 2-66 (Jayasuriya, 24.6 ov), 3-68 (de Silva, 26.4 ov), 4-186 (Mahanama, 74.6 ov), 5-228 (Ranatunga, 90.4 ov), 6-240 (Kaluwitharana, 94.6 ov), 7-254 (Wickramasinghe, 100.1 ov), 8-255 (Zoysa, 101.4 ov), 9-290 (Muralitharan, 112.4 ov), 10-303 (Tillakaratne, 118.3 ov) |
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South Africa 1st innings |
R |
M |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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GFJ Liebenberg |
lbw b Pushpakumara |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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G Kirsten |
b Muralitharan |
13 |
115 |
82 |
2 |
0 |
15.85 |
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HD Ackerman |
b Zoysa |
7 |
9 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
100.00 |
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DJ Cullinan |
c Wickramasinghe b Jayasuriya |
103 |
307 |
185 |
13 |
0 |
55.67 |
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WJ Cronje |
st  Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan |
10 |
40 |
27 |
1 |
0 |
37.03 |
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JH Kallis |
c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe |
12 |
40 |
38 |
1 |
0 |
31.57 |
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SM Pollock |
b Muralitharan |
1 |
25 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
6.25 |
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MV Boucher |
c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan |
13 |
73 |
71 |
2 |
0 |
18.30 |
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AA Donald |
b Muralitharan |
6 |
34 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
24.00 |
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PR Adams |
c & b Jayasuriya |
12 |
24 |
21 |
1 |
1 |
57.14 |
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M Ntini |
not out |
2 |
11 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
22.22 |
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Extras |
(b 1, lb 6, w 6, nb 8) |
21 |
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Total |
(all out; 78 overs) |
200 |
(2.56 runs per over) |
| Fall of wickets1-0 (Liebenberg, 0.1 ov), 2-11 (Ackerman, 1.5 ov), 3-75 (Kirsten, 24.4 ov), 4-103 (Cronje, 32.6 ov), 5-122 (Kallis, 41.6 ov), 6-137 (Pollock, 48.3 ov), 7-170 (Boucher, 66.4 ov), 8-182 (Cullinan, 71.2 ov), 9-186 (Donald, 74.6 ov), 10-200 (Adams, 77.6 ov) |
| Fall of wickets1-19 (Jayasuriya, 6.5 ov), 2-19 (Mahanama, 6.6 ov), 3-40 (Atapattu, 12.2 ov), 4-40 (Ranatunga, 14.3 ov), 5-42 (Tillakaratne, 16.3 ov), 6-42 (Kaluwitharana, 16.6 ov), 7-85 (de Silva, 29.5 ov), 8-98 (Wickramasinghe, 36.5 ov), 9-118 (Zoysa, 41.1 ov), 10-122 (Muralitharan, 41.3 ov) |
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South Africa 2nd innings (target: 226 runs) |
R |
M |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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G Kirsten |
not out |
75 |
233 |
203 |
12 |
0 |
36.94 |
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GFJ Liebenberg |
lbw b Muralitharan |
45 |
120 |
89 |
7 |
0 |
50.56 |
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HD Ackerman |
b Muralitharan |
2 |
24 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
8.33 |
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DJ Cullinan |
lbw b Muralitharan |
0 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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WJ Cronje |
c de Silva b Jayasuriya |
82 |
70 |
63 |
8 |
6 |
130.15 |
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JH Kallis |
not out |
0 |
8 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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Extras |
(b 8, lb 3, nb 11) |
22 |
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Total |
(4 wickets; 62.5 overs) |
226 |
(3.59 runs per over) |
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Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first
Series South Africa won the 2-match series 2-0
Test debut
GFJ Liebenberg
(South Africa)
Player of the match
AA Donald (South Africa)
Player of the series
DJ Cullinan (South Africa)
Umpires
Javed Akhtar (Pakistan) and RE Koertzen
TV umpire
DL Orchard
Match referee
HAB Gardiner (Zimbabwe)
Close of play
27 Mar day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 165/3 (RS Mahanama 44*, A Ranatunga 40*, 60 ov)
28 Mar day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 75/3 (DJ Cullinan 42*, WJ Cronje 0*, 24.4 ov)
29 Mar day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 93/7 (GP Wickramasinghe 16*, DNT Zoysa 6*, 35 ov)
30 Mar day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 226/4 (62.5 ov) - end of match
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Match notes |
- Day 1
- Lunch: Sri Lanka 72/3 (Mahanama 6*, Ranatunga 0*; 29 overs)
- Tea: Sri Lanka 164/3 (Mahanama 44*, Ranatunga 40*; 60 overs)
- Shaun Pollock was unable to complete his 8th over due to injury. Makhaya Ntini completed the over.
- Makhaya Ntini bowled one ball (a no ball) of the 60th over and was unable to continue. Paul Adams completed the remaining six deliveries.
- Bad light and rain stopped play on resumption after the Tea break.
- 30 overs lost due to rain
- Attendance: 3,850
- Day 2
- Lunch: Sri Lanka 227/4 (Ranatunga 73*, Tillakaratne 14*; 88 overs)
- Tea: Sri Lanka 330 all out
- RS Kaluwitharana was dropped by GFJ Liebenberg at gully when 7
- WJ Cronje's Best Bowling in Tests
- In the 12th over of the South African innings, bowled by Pushpakumara, Umpire Koertzen miscounted and only 5 balls were bowled in the over.
- Bad light stopped play at 5.40 pm and 7 overs were lost for the day
- Attendance: 7,135
- Day 3
- Lunch: South Africa 141/6 (Cullinan 82*, Boucher 1*; 53 overs)
- Tea: South Africa 200/10 (Ntini 2*, 78 overs)
- JH Kallis was dropped by DNT Zoysa at mid-on when 4
- JH Kallis was dropped by PA de Silva at square leg when 6
- South Africa's lowest Test total against Sri Lanka
- MS Atapattu was dropped by HD Ackerman at 2nd slip when 0
- PA de Silva was dropped by DJ Cullinan at fine leg when 14
- AA Donald becomes the first South African to take 200 Test wickets
- AA Donald also takes his 1,000th First Class wicket
- Bad light stopped play at 5.44 pm and 2 overs were lost for the day
- Attendance 14,050
- Day 4
- Cronje's 50 in 31 balls, the 2nd fastest recorded in Test history (fastest, Kapil Dev, 30 balls, India v Pakistan 1982-3)
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