South Africa v Sri Lanka
South Africa won by 6 wickets
27 to 30 March 1998Centurion
South Africawon by 6 wickets
200 & 226/462.5 ov
Sri Lanka
303 & 12241.3 ov
Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it
Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.
Sri Lanka innings
303118.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriya | caught | 51 | 77 | 104 | 6 | 1 | 66.2 |
| Marvan Atapattu | run out | 12 | 70 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 17.1 |
| Roshan Mahanama | caught | 50 | 178 | 223 | 4 | 1 | 28.1 |
| Aravinda de Silva | caught | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | lbw | 73 | 177 | 264 | 12 | 0 | 41.2 |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | caught | 55 | 134 | 184 | 9 | 0 | 41.0 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | caught | 9 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | caught | 10 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 76.9 |
| Nuwan Zoysa | lbw | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | caught | 11 | 36 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 30.6 |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | not out | 0* | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 6, lb 14, w 3, nb 8 | 31 | |||||
| Total | all out, 118.3 overs | 303 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310
1-53 Marvan Atapattu2-66 Sanath Jayasuriya3-68 Aravinda de Silva4-186 Roshan Mahanama5-228 Arjuna Ranatunga6-240 Romesh Kaluwitharana7-254 Pramodya Wickramasinghe8-255 Nuwan Zoysa9-290 Muthiah Muralidaran10-303 Hashan Tillakaratne
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Donald | 33 | 10 | 73 | 3 | 2.21 | 3 | 0 |
| Shaun Pollock | 7.1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1.26 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Kallis | 19 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 2.21 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Adams | 22 | 6 | 77 | 0 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Makhaya Ntini | 22.5 | 7 | 61 | 2 | 2.67 | 0 | 11 |
| Hansie Cronje | 14.3 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 1.45 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings
20078 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerhardus Liebenberg | lbw | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Gary Kirsten | bowled | 13 | 82 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 15.9 |
| HD Ackerman | bowled | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Daryll Cullinan | caught | 103 | 185 | 307 | 13 | 0 | 55.7 |
| Hansie Cronje | stumped | 10 | 27 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 |
| Jacques Kallis | caught | 12 | 38 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 31.6 |
| Shaun Pollock | bowled | 1 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 |
| Mark Boucher | caught | 13 | 71 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 18.3 |
| Allan Donald | bowled | 6 | 25 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 |
| Paul Adams | caught | 12 | 21 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 57.1 |
| Makhaya Ntini | not out | 2* | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 6, w 6, nb 8 | 21 | |||||
| Total | all out, 78 overs | 200 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310
1-0 Gerhardus Liebenberg2-11 HD Ackerman3-75 Gary Kirsten4-103 Hansie Cronje5-122 Jacques Kallis6-137 Shaun Pollock7-170 Mark Boucher8-182 Daryll Cullinan9-186 Allan Donald10-200 Paul Adams
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 16 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 3.44 | 1 | 9 |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 12 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 2.42 | 2 | 2 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 15 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 2.40 | 0 | 2 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | 30 | 8 | 63 | 5 | 2.10 | 0 | 2 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka innings
12241.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriya | bowled | 16 | 23 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 69.6 |
| Marvan Atapattu | caught | 7 | 34 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 20.6 |
| Roshan Mahanama | lbw | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aravinda de Silva | run out | 41 | 75 | 99 | 6 | 1 | 54.7 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | caught | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | caught | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | run out | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | bowled | 21 | 59 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 35.6 |
| Nuwan Zoysa | caught | 14 | 35 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | caught | 15 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 136.4 |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | not out | 0* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | lb 5, nb 3 | 8 | |||||
| Total | all out, 41.3 overs | 122 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310
1-19 Sanath Jayasuriya2-19 Roshan Mahanama3-40 Marvan Atapattu4-40 Arjuna Ranatunga5-42 Hashan Tillakaratne6-42 Romesh Kaluwitharana7-85 Aravinda de Silva8-98 Pramodya Wickramasinghe9-118 Nuwan Zoysa10-122 Muthiah Muralidaran
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Donald | 13.3 | 2 | 54 | 5 | 4.00 | 0 | 1 |
| Makhaya Ntini | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2.17 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacques Kallis | 7 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1.71 | 0 | 1 |
| Hansie Cronje | 8 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1.63 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Adams | 7 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3.57 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa innings chasing 226
226/462.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Kirsten | not out | 75* | 203 | 233 | 12 | 0 | 36.9 |
| Gerhardus Liebenberg | lbw | 45 | 89 | 120 | 7 | 0 | 50.6 |
| HD Ackerman | bowled | 2 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 |
| Daryll Cullinan | lbw | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hansie Cronje | caught | 82 | 63 | 70 | 8 | 6 | 130.2 |
| Jacques Kallis | not out | 0* | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 8, lb 3, nb 11 | 22 | |||||
| Total | 4 wickets, 62.5 overs | 226 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310
1-89 Gerhardus Liebenberg2-99 HD Ackerman3-99 Daryll Cullinan4-215 Hansie Cronje
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 7 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | 4 |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1.17 | 0 | 0 |
| Aravinda de Silva | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2.80 | 0 | 2 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | 23.5 | 4 | 94 | 3 | 3.94 | 0 | 6 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 19 | 6 | 62 | 1 | 3.26 | 0 | 0 |