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227-7
Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlSRI
99
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Overs: 50.0 RR: 4.54 vs spin: 4.27
vs seam: 4.65
Overs: 33.3 RR: 2.96 vs spin: 0.00
vs seam: 2.98
Fri 29/01/99 England v Sri Lanka, Carlton and United Series, Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
ENGLAND WIN England won by 128 runs
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England - 1st Inns 227-7 (50.0; RR: 4.54)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
NV Knight c Silva b Perera 13 21 1 0 61.90
AJ Stewart b Perera 0 2 0 0 0.00
GA Hick lbw b Vaas 10 20 2 0 50.00
N Hussain c Kaluwitharana b Perera 0 9 0 0 0.00
NH Fairbrother not out 81 119 3 0 68.07
AJ Hollioake run out 46 74 2 0 62.16
MA Ealham c Mahanama b Muralitharan 16 32 0 0 50.00
RDB Croft c Chandana b Vaas 32 38 2 0 84.21
D Gough not out 0 0 0 0
DW Headley  
AD Mullally  
Extras (0b, 6lb, 8w, 15nb) 29  
TOTAL 227-7 (50.0 overs; RR: 4.54)

Fall of wickets

6-1 (AJ Stewart 1.5 ov), 30-2 (NV Knight 5.1 ov), 37-3 (N Hussain 7.2 ov), 38-4 (GA Hick 8.2 ov), 127-5 (AJ Hollioake 30.6 ov), 166-6 (MA Ealham 39.6 ov), 221-7 (RDB Croft 49.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WPUJC Vaas 10.0 2 38 2 3.80 1 3
PDRL Perera 10.0 0 55 3 5.50 3 10
M Muralitharan 10.0 1 26 1 2.60 0 0
UDU Chandana 8.0 0 39 0 4.88 1 2
ST Jayasuriya 9.0 0 47 0 5.22 2 0
PA de Silva 3.0 0 16 0 5.33 1 0

Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 99 (33.3; RR: 2.96)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ST Jayasuriya c Hollioake b Ealham 40 58 4 1 68.97
RS Kaluwitharana c Hollioake b Gough 5 11 1 0 45.45
MS Atapattu c Knight b Ealham 17 36 2 0 47.22
PA de Silva c Stewart b Ealham 1 5 0 0 20.00
DPMD Jayawardene c Hussain b Gough 3 13 0 0 23.08
A Ranatunga c Knight b Ealham 11 32 0 0 34.38
RS Mahanama c Hussain b Ealham 6 17 1 0 35.29
UDU Chandana c Gough b Headley 9 19 0 0 47.37
WPUJC Vaas not out 0 4 0 0 0.00
M Muralitharan b Mullally 1 4 0 0 25.00
PDRL Perera c Hick b Mullally 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 2lb, 1w, 3nb) 6  
TOTAL 99 all out (33.3 overs; RR: 2.96)

Fall of wickets

15-1 (RS Kaluwitharana 4.2 ov), 65-2 (ST Jayasuriya 17.4 ov), 65-3 (MS Atapattu 17.5 ov), 67-4 (PA de Silva 19.1 ov), 71-5 (DPMD Jayawardene 20.6 ov), 85-6 (RS Mahanama 27.4 ov), 98-7 (A Ranatunga 31.2 ov), 98-8 (UDU Chandana 32.4 ov), 99-9 (M Muralitharan 33.1 ov), 99-10 (PDRL Perera 33.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
D Gough 8.0 2 15 2 1.88 1 1
AD Mullally 6.3 0 17 2 2.83 0 1
DW Headley 8.0 0 33 1 4.13 0 1
MA Ealham 10.0 2 32 5 3.20 0 0
RDB Croft 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Sri Lanka at Perth, Carlton and United Series

Date

Friday January 29, 1999

Toss

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field

Time

6:30am UTC

Venue

Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Umpires

SJ Davis, PD Parker

England Team

Playing XI

NH Fairbrother, N Hussain, AJ Stewart, GA Hick, D Gough, NV Knight, RDB Croft, MA Ealham, AD Mullally, AJ Hollioake, DW Headley

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

A Ranatunga, PA de Silva, RS Mahanama, MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya, RS Kaluwitharana, M Muralitharan, UDU Chandana, WPUJC Vaas, DPMD Jayawardene, PDRL Perera