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302-3
Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlSRI
303-9
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Overs: 50.0 RR: 6.04 vs spin: 4.78
vs seam: 7.43
Overs: 49.4 RR: 6.10 vs spin: 4.20
vs seam: 6.35
Sat 23/01/99 England v Sri Lanka, Carlton and United Series, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
SRI LANKA WIN Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket
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England - 1st Inns 302-3 (50.0; RR: 6.04)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
NV Knight run out 45 74 3 0 60.81
AJ Stewart c Ranatunga b Vaas 39 33 6 0 118.18
GA Hick not out 126 118 5 4 106.78
N Hussain c Tillakaratne b Jayasuriya 5 7 1 0 71.43
NH Fairbrother not out 78 71 4 2 109.86
AJ Hollioake  
MA Ealham  
D Gough  
AD Mullally  
RDB Croft  
VJ Wells  
Extras (0b, 2lb, 4w, 3nb) 9  
TOTAL 302-3 (50.0 overs; RR: 6.04)

Fall of wickets

64-1 (AJ Stewart 10.1 ov), 139-2 (NV Knight 26.3 ov), 148-3 (N Hussain 28.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WPUJC Vaas 10.0 0 76 1 7.60 0 2
GP Wickramasinghe 9.0 0 71 0 7.89 1 0
DPMD Jayawardene 4.0 0 24 0 6.00 1 0
M Muralitharan 7.0 0 46 0 6.57 1 1
ST Jayasuriya 10.0 0 42 1 4.20 0 0
UDU Chandana 10.0 0 41 0 4.10 1 0

Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 303-9 (49.4; RR: 6.10)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ST Jayasuriya c Fairbrother b Gough 51 36 6 2 141.67
RS Kaluwitharana run out 0 0 0 0
MS Atapattu c Fairbrother b Mullally 3 12 0 0 25.00
HP Tillakaratne b Croft 28 48 1 0 58.33
DPMD Jayawardene lbw b Wells 120 111 9 0 108.11
A Ranatunga c Wells b Gough 41 51 2 0 80.39
WPUJC Vaas run out 5 6 0 0 83.33
UDU Chandana c Fairbrother b Wells 25 18 1 1 138.89
RS Mahanama run out 13 11 2 0 118.18
M Muralitharan not out 2 4 0 0 50.00
GP Wickramasinghe not out 2 2 0 0 100.00
Extras (0b, 9lb, 4w, 0nb) 13  
TOTAL 303-9 (49.4 overs; RR: 6.10)

Fall of wickets

3-1 (RS Kaluwitharana 1.1 ov), 8-2 (MS Atapattu 3.5 ov), 68-3 (ST Jayasuriya 10.1 ov), 134-4 (HP Tillakaratne 22.6 ov), 223-5 (A Ranatunga 38.4 ov), 235-6 (WPUJC Vaas 41.4 ov), 269-7 (DPMD Jayawardene 45.2 ov), 288-8 (UDU Chandana 47.4 ov), 298-9 (RS Mahanama 48.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
D Gough 10.0 1 68 2 6.80 0 0
AD Mullally 10.0 0 61 1 6.10 1 0
AJ Hollioake 5.0 0 45 0 9.00 0 0
MA Ealham 10.0 2 48 0 4.80 2 0
RDB Croft 10.0 0 42 1 4.20 0 0
VJ Wells 4.4 0 30 2 7.50 1 0

Match Info

Match

England v Sri Lanka at Adelaide, Carlton and United Series

Date

Saturday January 23, 1999

Toss

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field

Time

4:00am UTC

Venue

Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Umpires

RA Emerson, AJ McQuillan

England Team

Playing XI

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

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

A Ranatunga, RS Mahanama, HP Tillakaratne, MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya, GP Wickramasinghe, RS Kaluwitharana, M Muralitharan, UDU Chandana, WPUJC Vaas, DPMD Jayawardene