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| Venue | The Foster's Oval, Kennington on 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st August 1998 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets |
| Umpires | EA Nicholls, DR Shepherd |
| TV umpire | JW Holder |
| Referee | AM Ebrahim |
| Scorers | KR Booth, LB Hewes |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 228/4 (Hick 107*, Crawley 10*; 91 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sri Lanka (1) 79/1 (Jayasuriya 59*, Jayawardene 4*; 20 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Sri Lanka (1) 446/3 (de Silva 125*, Ranatunga 50*; 110 overs) |
| Close of play day 4 | England (2) 54/2 (James 20*, Stewart 15*; 42 overs) |
| Player of the Match | M Muralitharan |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MA Butcher | c Jayasuriya b Wickramasinghe | 10 | 26 | 29 | 1 | - | |
| SP James | c and b Muralitharan | 36 | 111 | 133 | 3 | - | |
| GA Hick | c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe | 107 | 238 | 347 | 14 | - | |
| *+AJ Stewart | c Tillakaratne b Perera | 2 | 9 | 6 | - | - | |
| MR Ramprakash | c Jayawardene b Muralitharan | 53 | 149 | 175 | 4 | - | |
| JP Crawley | not out | 156 | 249 | 318 | 19 | 1 | |
| BC Hollioake | c Atapattu b Muralitharan | 14 | 53 | 88 | 1 | - | |
| DG Cork | b Muralitharan | 6 | 48 | 74 | - | - | |
| IDK Salisbury | b Muralitharan | 2 | 17 | 16 | - | - | |
| D Gough | c Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan | 4 | 8 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| ARC Fraser | b Muralitharan | 32 | 52 | 59 | 3 | 2 | |
| Extras | (1 b, 11 lb, 9 nb, 2 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 638 minutes, 158.3 overs) | 445 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (Butcher, 6.6 ov), 2-78 (James, 33.2 ov), 3-81 (Stewart, 34.6 ov), 4-209 (Ramprakash, 81.3 ov), 5-230 (Hick, 94.2 ov), 6-277 (Hollioake, 115.3 ov), 7-333 (Cork, 134.1 ov), 8-343 (Salisbury, 138.4 ov), 9-356 (Gough, 142.3 ov), 10-445 (Fraser, 158.3 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wickramasinghe | 30 | 4 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Perera | 40 | 10 | 104 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dharmasena | 18 | 3 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| Muralitharan | 59.3 | 14 | 155 | 7 | - | 8 | |
| Jayasuriya | 11 | 0 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sri Lanka first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ST Jayasuriya | c Stewart b Hollioake | 213 | 278 | 346 | 33 | 1 | |
| MS Atapattu | lbw b Cork | 15 | 26 | 55 | 1 | - | |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c Hollioake b Fraser | 9 | 40 | 56 | - | - | |
| PA de Silva | c Stewart b Hollioake | 152 | 292 | 461 | 17 | - | |
| *A Ranatunga | lbw b Gough | 51 | 99 | 138 | 7 | 1 | |
| HP Tillakaratne | lbw b Gough | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| +RS Kaluwitharana | c Crawley b Cork | 25 | 50 | 57 | 2 | - | |
| HDPK Dharmasena | lbw b Fraser | 13 | 39 | 61 | 2 | - | |
| ASA Perera | not out | 43 | 77 | 104 | 6 | 1 | |
| GP Wickramasinghe | b Fraser | 0 | 7 | 11 | - | - | |
| M Muralitharan | c Stewart b Salisbury | 30 | 36 | 55 | 5 | - | |
| Extras | (15 b, 20 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 40 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 682 minutes, 156.5 overs) | 591 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-53 (Atapattu, 12.1 ov), 2-85 (Jayawardene, 25.2 ov), 3-328 (Jayasuriya, 79.3 ov), 4-450 (Ranatunga, 112.1 ov), 5-450 (Tillakaratne, 112.2 ov), 6-488 (Kaluwitharana, 125.5 ov), 7-504 (de Silva, 132.4 ov), 8-526 (Dharmasena, 141.1 ov), 9-532 (Wickramasinghe, 143.5 ov), 10-591 (Muralitharan, 156.5 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gough | 30 | 5 | 102 | 2 | - | - | |
| Fraser | 23 | 3 | 95 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hollioake | 26 | 2 | 105 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cork | 36 | 5 | 128 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Salisbury | 25.5 | 7 | 86 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ramprakash | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Butcher | 11 | 2 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MA Butcher | st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan | 15 | 45 | 53 | 3 | - | |
| SP James | c Jayawardene b Muralitharan | 25 | 150 | 185 | 1 | - | |
| GA Hick | lbw b Muralitharan | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| *+AJ Stewart | run out (sub [UDU Chandana]) | 32 | 145 | 149 | 1 | - | |
| MR Ramprakash | c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan | 42 | 220 | 246 | 3 | - | |
| JP Crawley | b Muralitharan | 14 | 59 | 53 | 2 | - | |
| BC Hollioake | lbw b Muralitharan | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| DG Cork | c Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan | 8 | 23 | 22 | 2 | - | |
| IDK Salisbury | lbw b Muralitharan | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| D Gough | b Muralitharan | 15 | 133 | 145 | 2 | - | |
| ARC Fraser | not out | 0 | 6 | 5 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 8 lb, 14 nb, 1 w) | 30 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 440 minutes, 129.2 overs) | 181 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25 (Butcher, 14.6 ov), 2-25 (Hick, 16.2 ov), 3-78 (James, 52.1 ov), 4-93 (Stewart, 58.6 ov), 5-116 (Crawley, 77.1 ov), 6-116 (Hollioake, 77.2 ov), 7-127 (Cork, 85.1 ov), 8-127 (Salisbury, 85.5 ov), 9-180 (Ramprakash, 127.1 ov), 10-181 (Gough, 129.2 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wickramasinghe | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Perera | 11 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Muralitharan | 54.2 | 27 | 65 | 9 | - | 12 | |
| Dharmasena | 19.3 | 13 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jayasuriya | 28 | 14 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| de Silva | 10.3 | 3 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jayawardene | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sri Lanka second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ST Jayasuriya | not out | 24 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 2 | |
| MS Atapattu | not out | 9 | 13 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| DPMD Jayawardene | did not bat | ||||||
| PA de Silva | did not bat | ||||||
| *A Ranatunga | did not bat | ||||||
| HP Tillakaratne | did not bat | ||||||
| +RS Kaluwitharana | did not bat | ||||||
| M Muralitharan | did not bat | ||||||
| GP Wickramasinghe | did not bat | ||||||
| ASA Perera | did not bat | ||||||
| HDPK Dharmasena | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 22 minutes, 5 overs) | 37 | |||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fraser | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cork | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hollioake | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> ASA Perera made his debut in Test matches
--> SP James made his last appearance in Test matches
--> BC Hollioake made his last appearance in Test matches
--> SP James (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Test matches
--> SP James (1) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> GA Hick (1) 50 in 107 balls, 162 minutes with 7 fours
--> GA Hick (1) 100 in 198 balls, 284 minutes with 13 fours
--> GA Hick (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 4
--> GA Hick (1) passed 29500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> MR Ramprakash (1) 50 in 110 balls, 132 minutes with 4 fours
--> JP Crawley (1) 50 in 124 balls, 159 minutes with 8 fours
--> JP Crawley (1) 100 in 197 balls, 250 minutes with 13 fours
--> JP Crawley (1) passed his previous highest score of 112 in Test matches
--> JP Crawley (1) 150 in 242 balls with 19 fours and 1 six
--> JP Crawley (1) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 43
--> ARC Fraser (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Test matches
--> ST Jayasuriya (1) 50 in 58 balls, 72 minutes with 8 fours
--> ST Jayasuriya (1) 100 in 124 balls, 162 minutes with 17 fours
--> ST Jayasuriya (1) 150 in 212 balls with 24 fours and 1 six
--> ST Jayasuriya (1) 200 in 254 balls, 317 minutes with 31 fours and 1 six
--> ST Jayasuriya (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 125
--> ST Jayasuriya (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 151
--> MS Atapattu (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> PA de Silva (1) 50 in 87 balls, 163 minutes with 8 fours
--> PA de Silva (1) 100 in 164 balls, 295 minutes with 12 fours
--> PA de Silva (1) 150 in 287 balls with 17 fours
--> PA de Silva (1) passed 5000 runs in Test matches when he reached 23
--> A Ranatunga (1) 50 in 84 balls, 123 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> A Ranatunga (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> MS Atapattu (2) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 4
--> ASA Perera made his debut for Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> MS Atapattu made his debut in England in Test matches
--> GP Wickramasinghe made his debut in England in Test matches
--> RS Kaluwitharana made his debut in England in Test matches
--> M Muralitharan made his debut in England in Test matches
--> HDPK Dharmasena made his debut in England in Test matches
--> DPMD Jayawardene made his debut in England in Test matches
--> ARC Fraser reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed GP Wickramasinghe, his 3rd wicket in the Sri Lanka first innings
--> M Muralitharan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed D Gough in the England second innings (previous best was 8-8)
--> M Muralitharan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed MR Ramprakash in the England second innings (previous best was 7-94)
--> M Muralitharan reached 200 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed DG Cork, his 6th wicket in the England second innings
UDU Chandana substituted for PA de Silva
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