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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bowl
170-9
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181-7
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Overs: 44.0 RR: 3.86 vs spin: 3.63
vs seam: 4.00
Overs: 44.0 RR: 4.11 vs spin: 6.20
vs seam: 3.74
Wed 03/02/99 England v Sri Lanka, Carlton and United Series, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
SRI LANKA WIN Sri Lanka won by 11 runs
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Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 181-7 (44.0; RR: 4.11)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DA Gunawardene st Crawley b Giles 24 45 1 0 53.33
RS Kaluwitharana c Gough b Alleyne 54 87 5 0 62.07
WPUJC Vaas run out 14 14 0 0 100.00
PA de Silva not out 52 52 3 1 100.00
A Ranatunga c Hussain b Gough 0 4 0 0 0.00
DPMD Jayawardene c Hollioake b Alleyne 2 7 0 0 28.57
MS Atapattu lbw b Alleyne 4 15 0 0 26.67
UDU Chandana c Giles b Wells 0 7 0 0 0.00
HP Tillakaratne not out 13 35 1 0 37.14
GP Wickramasinghe  
TT Samaraweera  
Extras (0b, 4lb, 12w, 2nb) 18  
TOTAL 181-7 (44.0 overs; RR: 4.11)

Fall of wickets

71-1 (DA Gunawardene 16.4 ov), 99-2 (WPUJC Vaas 22.5 ov), 109-3 (RS Kaluwitharana 24.3 ov), 111-4 (A Ranatunga 25.5 ov), 122-5 (DPMD Jayawardene 28.2 ov), 133-6 (MS Atapattu 32.3 ov), 134-7 (UDU Chandana 33.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
D Gough 9.0 2 35 1 3.89 2 1
BC Hollioake 4.0 0 25 0 6.25 2 1
MA Ealham 9.0 2 30 0 3.33 0 0
AF Giles 5.0 0 31 1 6.20 3 0
MW Alleyne 9.0 1 27 3 3.00 0 0
VJ Wells 8.0 1 29 1 3.63 0 0

England - 1st Inns 170-9 (44.0; RR: 3.86)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
NV Knight b Chandana 58 109 2 0 53.21
VJ Wells b Samaraweera 26 50 2 0 52.00
GA Hick b Samaraweera 0 2 0 0 0.00
N Hussain st Kaluwitharana b Tillakaratne 9 24 0 0 37.50
JP Crawley c Ranatunga b Samaraweera 13 21 1 0 61.90
MA Ealham c b Jayawardene 0 3 0 0 0.00
MW Alleyne c Jayawardene b Chandana 18 20 1 0 90.00
AJ Hollioake st Kaluwitharana b Chandana 13 17 1 0 76.47
BC Hollioake run out 4 6 0 0 66.67
AF Giles not out 10 10 0 0 100.00
D Gough not out 1 3 0 0 33.33
Extras (1b, 5lb, 11w, 1nb) 18  
TOTAL 170-9 (44.0 overs; RR: 3.86)

Fall of wickets

53-1 (VJ Wells 16.2 ov), 53-2 (GA Hick 16.4 ov), 74-3 (N Hussain 24.2 ov), 118-4 (JP Crawley 32.6 ov), 119-5 (NV Knight 34.2 ov), 122-6 (MA Ealham 35.2 ov), 150-7 (MW Alleyne 39.6 ov), 155-8 (BC Hollioake 41.1 ov), 162-9 (AJ Hollioake 42.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WPUJC Vaas 6.0 0 24 0 4.00 0 0
PA de Silva 9.0 0 25 0 2.78 3 1
TT Samaraweera 9.0 0 34 3 3.78 0 0
UDU Chandana 9.0 0 35 3 3.89 2 0
HP Tillakaratne 5.0 0 22 1 4.40 2 0
DPMD Jayawardene 6.0 0 24 1 4.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Sri Lanka at Sydney, Carlton and United Series

Date

Wednesday February 3, 1999

Toss

England won the toss and elected to field

Time

3:30am UTC

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Umpires

SJA Taufel, AJ McQuillan

England Team

Playing XI

N Hussain, GA Hick, D Gough, JP Crawley, NV Knight, MA Ealham, AJ Hollioake, MW Alleyne, AF Giles, BC Hollioake, VJ Wells

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

A Ranatunga, PA de Silva, HP Tillakaratne, MS Atapattu, GP Wickramasinghe, RS Kaluwitharana, UDU Chandana, WPUJC Vaas, DPMD Jayawardene, DA Gunawardene, TT Samaraweera