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208-6
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batSRI
207-7
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Overs: 49.3 RR: 4.20 vs spin: 3.69
vs seam: 4.97
Overs: 50.0 RR: 4.14 vs spin: 4.40
vs seam: 3.98
Mon 11/01/99 England v Sri Lanka, Carlton and United Series, Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
ENGLAND WIN England won by 4 wickets
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Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 207-7 (50.0; RR: 4.14)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ST Jayasuriya c Hick b Gough 1 2 0 0 50.00
RS Kaluwitharana c Headley b Croft 58 61 5 0 95.08
MS Atapattu b Hollioake 51 90 2 0 56.67
A Ranatunga c & b Hollioake 0 2 0 0 0.00
HP Tillakaratne not out 50 86 2 0 58.14
RS Mahanama c Knight b Hollioake 2 6 0 0 33.33
UDU Chandana c Fairbrother b Ealham 23 32 1 0 71.88
WPUJC Vaas b Mullally 5 16 0 0 31.25
GP Wickramasinghe not out 7 5 1 0 140.00
M Muralitharan  
DNT Zoysa  
Extras (1b, 3lb, 6w, 0nb) 10  
TOTAL 207-7 (50.0 overs; RR: 4.14)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (ST Jayasuriya 0.4 ov), 99-2 (RS Kaluwitharana 21.4 ov), 102-3 (A Ranatunga 22.4 ov), 128-4 (MS Atapattu 28.6 ov), 139-5 (RS Mahanama 32.3 ov), 185-6 (UDU Chandana 44.4 ov), 200-7 (WPUJC Vaas 49.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
D Gough 9.0 0 37 1 4.11 2 0
AD Mullally 10.0 2 35 1 3.50 1 0
DW Headley 5.0 1 22 0 4.40 0 0
MA Ealham 6.0 0 33 1 5.50 0 0
RDB Croft 10.0 0 44 1 4.40 1 0
AJ Hollioake 10.0 0 32 3 3.20 2 0

England - 1st Inns 208-6 (49.3; RR: 4.20)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
NV Knight st Kaluwitharana b Chandana 40 54 2 0 74.07
AJ Stewart run out 24 36 3 0 66.67
GA Hick c Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 37 42 2 1 88.10
NH Fairbrother not out 67 105 1 1 63.81
AJ Hollioake b Muralitharan 1 5 0 0 20.00
MW Alleyne st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 18 50 0 0 36.00
MA Ealham lbw b Tillakaratne 1 2 0 0 50.00
RDB Croft not out 10 9 0 0 111.11
DW Headley  
D Gough  
AD Mullally  
Extras (0b, 3lb, 1w, 6nb) 10  
TOTAL 208-6 (49.3 overs; RR: 4.20)

Fall of wickets

59-1 (AJ Stewart 12.1 ov), 87-2 (NV Knight 18.1 ov), 128-3 (GA Hick 27.6 ov), 130-4 (AJ Hollioake 29.1 ov), 187-5 (MW Alleyne 45.6 ov), 190-6 (MA Ealham 46.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WPUJC Vaas 7.3 0 40 0 5.71 0 2
DNT Zoysa 6.0 0 31 0 5.17 0 0
GP Wickramasinghe 4.0 0 16 0 4.00 0 0
M Muralitharan 10.0 0 34 3 3.40 0 3
UDU Chandana 10.0 1 41 1 4.10 1 1
ST Jayasuriya 10.0 1 35 0 3.50 0 0
HP Tillakaratne 2.0 0 8 1 4.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, Carlton and United Series

Date

Monday January 11, 1999

Toss

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

Time

4:30am UTC

Venue

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Umpires

SJ Davis, PD Parker

England Team

Playing XI

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

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, DNT Zoysa