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| Venue | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 7th, 8th, 9th March 1998 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Gauteng won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Gauteng won by 118 runs |
| Umpires | DF Becker, WA Diedricks |
| Close of play day 1 | Sri Lankans (1) 45/1 (Jayasuriya 22*, Mahanama 10*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Gauteng (2) 23/2 (Seymore 4*, Cullinan 6*) |
| Gauteng first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MR Benfield | c Kaluwitharana b de Silva | 9 | 28 | 49 | 1 | - | |
| AJ Seymore | c Wickramasinghe b Vaas | 7 | 10 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| ND McKenzie | c Jayasuriya b Wickramasinghe | 135 | 201 | 245 | 19 | 4 | |
| DJ Cullinan | c Kaluwitharana b Chandana | 47 | 78 | 112 | 6 | - | |
| DN Crookes | c Wickramasinghe b Chandana | 67 | 107 | 141 | 7 | 2 | |
| G Toyana | c Mahanama b Chandana | 1 | 6 | 10 | - | - | |
| +N Pothas | c Atapattu b Chandana | 10 | 19 | 27 | 2 | - | |
| RP Snell | not out | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | - | |
| *CE Eksteen | did not bat | ||||||
| EW Kidwell | did not bat | ||||||
| JT Mafa | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 5 nb, 7 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 74.2 overs) | 296 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13 (Seymore), 2-45 (Benfield), 3-148 (Cullinan), 4-245 (McKenzie), 5-251 (Toyana), 6-285 (Pothas), 7-296 (Crookes, 74.2 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lankans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Vaas | 11 | 1 | 58 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Wickramasinghe | 20 | 5 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| de Silva | 13 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Chandana | 23.2 | 2 | 80 | 4 | - | - | |
| Jayasuriya | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jayawardene | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sri Lankans first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ST Jayasuriya | c McKenzie b Mafa | 38 | 61 | 80 | 6 | 1 | |
| MS Atapattu | b Kidwell | 1 | 16 | 27 | - | - | |
| RS Mahanama | c Toyana b Eksteen | 52 | 115 | 139 | 4 | - | |
| DPMD Jayawardene | b Mafa | 6 | 10 | 19 | - | - | |
| *A Ranatunga | b Mafa | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| HP Tillakaratne | not out | 66 | 158 | 204 | 6 | 1 | |
| +RS Kaluwitharana | c Toyana b Snell | 42 | 57 | 74 | 5 | - | |
| UDU Chandana | c Cullinan b Snell | 8 | 15 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| WPUJC Vaas | b Snell | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| KSC de Silva | did not bat | ||||||
| GP Wickramasinghe | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 10 lb, 6 nb, 13 w) | 30 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 71.2 overs) | 243 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21 (Atapattu), 2-67 (Jayasuriya), 3-84 (Jayawardene), 4-84 (Ranatunga), 5-134 (Mahanama), 6-226 (Kaluwitharana), 7-243 (Chandana), 8-243 (Vaas, 71.2 ov) | |||||||
| Gauteng bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kidwell | 19 | 3 | 63 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
| Snell | 16.2 | 3 | 42 | 3 | 6 | - | |
| Eksteen | 17 | 3 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mafa | 10 | 1 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Crookes | 9 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gauteng second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MR Benfield | b Vaas | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| AJ Seymore | c Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya | 52 | 122 | 163 | 6 | - | |
| ND McKenzie | b Vaas | 0 | 2 | 9 | - | - | |
| DJ Cullinan | c Ranatunga b Wickramasinghe | 6 | 28 | 39 | - | - | |
| DN Crookes | lbw b Vaas | 3 | 12 | 13 | - | - | |
| G Toyana | lbw b Wickramasinghe | 11 | 26 | 35 | 2 | - | |
| +N Pothas | c Mahanama b Wickramasinghe | 40 | 66 | 92 | 6 | - | |
| RP Snell | c Jayawardene b Chandana | 44 | 55 | 64 | 7 | - | |
| *CE Eksteen | not out | 12 | 19 | 43 | 3 | - | |
| EW Kidwell | not out | 2 | 6 | 10 | - | - | |
| JT Mafa | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 15 nb, 13 w) | 33 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 54 overs) | 203 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Benfield), 2-4 (McKenzie), 3-23 (Cullinan), 4-32 (Crookes), 5-56 (Toyana), 6-125 (Seymore), 7-151 (Pothas), 8-189 (Snell) | |||||||
| Sri Lankans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Vaas | 15 | 1 | 51 | 3 | - | 12 | |
| de Silva | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
| Jayawardene | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wickramasinghe | 14 | 3 | 42 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Chandana | 8 | 2 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jayasuriya | 6 | 1 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sri Lankans second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ST Jayasuriya | c Pothas b Snell | 5 | 8 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| MS Atapattu | b Kidwell | 24 | 42 | 70 | 4 | - | |
| RS Mahanama | c Crookes b Snell | 14 | 26 | 29 | - | 1 | |
| *A Ranatunga | c Seymore b Snell | 3 | 26 | 42 | - | - | |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c Pothas b Kidwell | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| HP Tillakaratne | lbw b Kidwell | 2 | 20 | 38 | - | - | |
| +RS Kaluwitharana | b Eksteen | 42 | 41 | 63 | 9 | - | |
| UDU Chandana | c Cullinan b Eksteen | 15 | 11 | 19 | 2 | - | |
| WPUJC Vaas | c Pothas b Mafa | 4 | 8 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| GP Wickramasinghe | b Crookes | 14 | 27 | 25 | 2 | - | |
| KSC de Silva | not out | 2 | 7 | 21 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 9 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 35.5 overs) | 138 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12 (Jayasuriya), 2-36 (Mahanama), 3-52 (Atapattu), 4-52 (Jayawardene), 5-55 (Ranatunga), 6-67 (Tillakaratne), 7-103 (Chandana), 8-122 (Vaas), 9-122 (Kaluwitharana), 10-138 (Wickramasinghe, 35.5 ov) | |||||||
| Gauteng bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kidwell | 14 | 1 | 53 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Snell | 13 | 3 | 51 | 3 | 9 | 1 | |
| Eksteen | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Mafa | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Crookes | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JT Mafa made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RP Snell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RS Mahanama made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> HP Tillakaratne made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> UDU Chandana made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> KSC de Silva made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> DPMD Jayawardene made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> WPUJC Vaas reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AJ Seymore, his 1st wicket in the Gauteng first innings
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