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| Venue | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 5th April 1998 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | South Africa won by 57 runs |
| Points | South Africa 2; Sri Lanka 0 |
| Umpires | SB Lambson, CJ Mitchley |
| TV umpire | DF Becker |
| Referee | JR Reid |
| Player of the Match | R Telemachus |
| South Africa innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| MJR Rindel | st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan | 59 | 66 | 97 | 6 | - | 89.39 |
| G Kirsten | b de Silva | 29 | 41 | 57 | 3 | - | 70.73 |
| L Klusener | b de Silva | 26 | 31 | 33 | 2 | - | 83.87 |
| DJ Cullinan | b Chandana | 24 | 31 | 41 | 1 | - | 77.42 |
| *WJ Cronje | c de Silva b Chandana | 22 | 20 | 26 | - | 2 | 110.00 |
| JH Kallis | c Vaas b Chandana | 5 | 12 | 15 | - | - | 41.67 |
| JN Rhodes | not out | 43 | 51 | 66 | 2 | - | 84.31 |
| DN Crookes | c Wickramasinghe b Dharmasena | 26 | 26 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| +MV Boucher | b Jayasuriya | 6 | 10 | 15 | - | - | 60.00 |
| S Elworthy | not out | 14 | 12 | 11 | 2 | - | 116.67 |
| R Telemachus | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 lb, 1 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 266 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-67 (Kirsten, 12.4 ov), 2-117 (Klusener, 22.3 ov), 3-121 (Rindel, 23.3 ov), 4-160 (Cronje, 30.1 ov), 5-169 (Cullinan, 32.4 ov), 6-172 (Kallis, 34.4 ov), 7-218 (Crookes, 43.2 ov), 8-243 (Boucher, 46.6 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Vaas | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.71 |
| Wickramasinghe | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.33 |
| Dharmasena | 6 | 0 | 37 | 1 | - | - | 36.00 | 6.17 |
| de Silva | 6 | 0 | 26 | 2 | - | - | 18.00 | 4.33 |
| Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.90 |
| Chandana | 10 | 1 | 48 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 4.80 |
| Jayasuriya | 5 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 1 | - | 30.00 | 8.00 |
| Sri Lanka innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| ST Jayasuriya | c Crookes b Cronje | 68 | 83 | 117 | 6 | 1 | 81.93 |
| MS Atapattu | c Rhodes b Telemachus | 4 | 17 | 16 | - | - | 23.53 |
| RS Mahanama | c Kirsten b Elworthy | 11 | 19 | 32 | 1 | - | 57.89 |
| PA de Silva | c Rindel b Cronje | 28 | 46 | 64 | 3 | - | 60.87 |
| +RS Kaluwitharana | c Boucher b Telemachus | 19 | 22 | 34 | 2 | - | 86.36 |
| *A Ranatunga | c Boucher b Crookes | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 0.00 |
| HDPK Dharmasena | c Rindel b Crookes | 21 | 30 | 29 | 1 | - | 70.00 |
| UDU Chandana | c Klusener b Elworthy | 26 | 36 | 50 | 1 | - | 72.22 |
| WPUJC Vaas | b Telemachus | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1 | - | 72.73 |
| GP Wickramasinghe | b Telemachus | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| M Muralitharan | not out | 13 | 13 | 19 | 1 | - | 100.00 |
| Extras | (3 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 46.3 overs) | 209 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12 (Atapattu, 3.5 ov), 2-51 (Mahanama, 10.6 ov), 3-116 (de Silva, 25.6 ov), 4-127 (Jayasuriya, 27.6 ov), 5-127 (Ranatunga, 28.4 ov), 6-151 (Kaluwitharana, 33.5 ov), 7-169 (Dharmasena, 38.3 ov), 8-182 (Vaas, 41.2 ov), 9-182 (Wickramasinghe, 41.3 ov), 10-209 (Chandana, 46.3 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Elworthy | 8.3 | 1 | 34 | 2 | - | 3 | 25.50 | 4.00 |
| Telemachus | 10 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 1 | - | 15.00 | 4.30 |
| Cronje | 9 | 0 | 43 | 2 | - | - | 27.00 | 4.78 |
| Klusener | 9 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 5.11 |
| Crookes | 10 | 1 | 37 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.70 |
Notes
--> ST Jayasuriya passed 4000 runs in ODI matches when he reached 13
--> UDU Chandana equalled his previous highest score of 26 in ODI matches
--> MS Atapattu made his debut in South Africa in List A matches
--> MS Atapattu made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> RS Kaluwitharana made his debut in South Africa in List A matches
--> RS Kaluwitharana made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> UDU Chandana made his debut in South Africa in List A matches
--> UDU Chandana made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> R Telemachus achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed WPUJC Vaas in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 2-40)
de Silva dropped by Kallis in the slips when on 0
de Silva dropped by Boucher when on 12
Jayasuriya missed stumping chance by Boucher when on 62
Attendance 30,000 (Full House)
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