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189-3
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batSRI
186
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Overs: 45.2 RR: 4.17 vs spin: 4.71
vs seam: 3.69
Overs: 50.0 RR: 3.72 vs spin: 3.63
vs seam: 3.55
Tue 19/01/99 England v Sri Lanka, Carlton and United Series, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
ENGLAND WIN England won by 7 wickets
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Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 186 (50.0; RR: 3.72)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ST Jayasuriya c Hussain b Gough 1 17 0 0 5.88
RS Kaluwitharana b Gough 15 20 3 0 75.00
MS Atapattu c Hick b Gough 1 11 0 0 9.09
HP Tillakaratne b Gough 0 13 0 0 0.00
DPMD Jayawardene c Stewart b Hollioake 12 38 1 0 31.58
A Ranatunga run out 76 105 5 0 72.38
UDU Chandana c Wells b Croft 50 68 3 0 73.53
GP Wickramasinghe b Hollioake 8 10 1 0 80.00
WPUJC Vaas not out 11 15 0 0 73.33
M Muralitharan c Hussain b Mullally 1 3 0 0 33.33
DNT Zoysa run out 0 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 8lb, 3w, 0nb) 11  
TOTAL 186 all out (50.0 overs; RR: 3.72)

Fall of wickets

10-1 (ST Jayasuriya 4.4 ov), 19-2 (RS Kaluwitharana 6.4 ov), 20-3 (MS Atapattu 8.3 ov), 21-4 (HP Tillakaratne 10.6 ov), 48-5 (DPMD Jayawardene 22.1 ov), 140-6 (UDU Chandana 42.1 ov), 158-7 (GP Wickramasinghe 45.1 ov), 180-8 (A Ranatunga 48.2 ov), 184-9 (M Muralitharan 49.4 ov), 186-10 (DNT Zoysa 50.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
D Gough 10.0 3 28 4 2.80 0 0
AD Mullally 10.0 2 23 1 2.30 3 0
AJ Hollioake 9.0 0 46 2 5.11 0 0
MA Ealham 10.0 0 32 0 3.20 0 0
RDB Croft 8.0 0 29 1 3.63 0 0
VJ Wells 3.0 0 20 0 6.67 0 0

England - 1st Inns 189-3 (45.2; RR: 4.17)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
NV Knight c Jayasuriya b Zoysa 31 36 2 0 86.11
AJ Stewart c Ranatunga b Zoysa 20 35 3 0 57.14
GA Hick not out 66 101 2 0 65.35
N Hussain st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 29 51 3 0 56.86
JP Crawley not out 31 52 2 0 59.62
AJ Hollioake  
MA Ealham  
D Gough  
AD Mullally  
RDB Croft  
VJ Wells  
Extras (0b, 2lb, 7w, 3nb) 12  
TOTAL 189-3 (45.2 overs; RR: 4.17)

Fall of wickets

52-1 (NV Knight 10.6 ov), 53-2 (AJ Stewart 12.1 ov), 115-3 (N Hussain 28.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WPUJC Vaas 10.0 0 39 0 3.90 0 1
GP Wickramasinghe 10.0 0 35 0 3.50 1 0
DNT Zoysa 6.0 1 22 2 3.67 1 0
M Muralitharan 10.0 0 40 1 4.00 0 2
UDU Chandana 7.2 0 38 0 5.43 2 0
ST Jayasuriya 2.0 0 13 0 6.50 2 0

Match Info

Match

England v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Carlton and United Series

Date

Tuesday January 19, 1999

Toss

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

Time

3:30am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

DJ Harper, TA Prue

England Team

Playing XI

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

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

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