England vs Sri Lanka, 8th Match at Adelaide, Jan 23 1999, Carlton & United Series

RESULT
8th Match (D/N), Adelaide, January 23, 1999, Carlton & United Series
302/3
(49.4/50 ov, T:303) 303/9

Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket (with 2 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
120 (111)
mahela-jayawardene
England Innings
Sri Lanka Innings
Match Flow
Info
England  (50 ovs maximum)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
run out (Muralidaran)45741333060.81
c Ranatunga b Vaas39334460118.18
not out 12611817854106.77
c Tillakaratne b Jayasuriya5731071.42
not out 78718642109.85
Extras(lb 2, nb 3, w 4)9
TOTAL50 Ov (RR: 6.04)302/3
Fall of wickets: 1-64 (Alec Stewart, 10.1 ov), 2-139 (Nick Knight, 26.4 ov), 3-148 (Nasser Hussain, 28.4 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
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10.1 to AJ Stewart, a swish off the pads, and caught at midwicket! A sharp take from Ranatunga, but a massive disappointment for Stewart, who had been purring along up until then! It was a leg-stump half-volley from Vaas, there to be struck, but he clipped it straight to the man! It was excellently timed to be fair, you'll almost count that as unlucky. Half a yard either side and he was clear. 64/1
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28.4 to N Hussain, Hussain is unlucky here. He has made a forward press to draw a flat delivery down the leg side, and has changed his shot in time to look to paddle it fine, he has middled it too, but unfortunately he has found the only man in the vicinity of a paddle sweep: short fine leg. ODI wicket No. 150 for Jayasuriya. What an asset he is to this side. 148/3
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Sri Lanka  (T: 303 runs from 50 ovs)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c Fairbrother b Gough51364562141.66
run out (Hollioake)00500-
c Fairbrother b Mullally312120025.00
b Croft2848791058.33
lbw b Wells12011116290108.10
c Wells b Gough4151572080.39
run out (Hussain)56120083.33
c Fairbrother b Wells25183011138.88
run out (Fairbrother)13112020118.18
not out 24140050.00
not out 22600100.00
Extras(lb 9, w 4)13
TOTAL49.4 Ov (RR: 6.10, 229 Mins)303/9
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 1.1 ov), 2-8 (Marvan Atapattu, 3.5 ov), 3-68 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 10.1 ov), 4-137 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 22.6 ov), 5-223 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 38.4 ov), 6-235 (Chaminda Vaas, 41.4 ov), 7-269 (Mahela Jayawardene, 45.2 ov), 8-288 (Upul Chandana, 47.4 ov), 9-298 (Roshan Mahanama, 48.5 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
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10.1 to ST Jayasuriya, whatever it is, it won;t continue for too long. Gough has had his own back with good bowling. In the last over too, he tucked Jayasuriya up with a shortish delivery. He does the same here, and draws a leading edge as Jayasuriya looks to work it into the leg side. Easy catch for short midwicket. 68/3
38.4 to A Ranatunga, slower ball gets Ranatunga. He does what he was brought on for. Ranatunga tries to play the flick shot he has been playing in the last few overs, but he is way early into the shot. Ends up chipping it to straight midwicket. England will be relieved that their irritant is gone, but the big wicket right now is the youngster Jayawardene. 223/5
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3.5 to MS Atapattu, lovely catch but a loose loose shot. No feet as he drives a length ball on the up and gets a thick edge, but what an incredible catch this is. For my money, it is the catch of the summer. In a way it has gone straight to Fairbrother at first slip, but Alec Stewart has dived right across him, totally blindsighting him. So the only reaction time he has had is after it has crossed Stewart, which means he has had no time to sight this except for having seen the trajectory when Atapattu edged it. And he has taken this calmly, not even bothering to look at Stewart or celebrate. Special catch. 8/2
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22.6 to HP Tillakaratne, bowled him! A similar shot to the last delivery, or at least similar intent. But the change of pace from Croft meant that the ball zipped through his defences before the shot had been formed, he pushed that one out with his index finger, and after jamming off Tillakaratne's pads, it has wriggled into his stumps!. 137/4
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45.2 to DPMD Jayawardene, another twist. Another turn. Wells has pulled a rabbit out of the hat. Full and straight, Jayawardene looks to manufacture a boundary into the leg side, walks across the stumps, but is beaten and hit right in front of the stumps. The crowd stands as one for a grand effort, but he is not too thrilled that he has left the job unfinished. One thing I can say: this is certainly not the last we are hearing of Jayawardene. 269/7
47.4 to UDU Chandana, and another twist. This match refuses to die down. Chandana has brought it down to a run a ball but has now sliced a slow full toss to short cover for a diving catch for Fairbrother. 288/8
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MATCH FLOW
  • England Innings
  • Hours of play: 2.00pm - 5.45pm, 6.30pm - 10.00pm
  • 4th Umpire - P Angley
  • Scorers: MN Ashton (Eng) and RM Artis (SL)
  • 12th Men: BC Hollioake (England) and ASA Perera (Sri Lanka)
  • M Muralitharan was called for throwing at 17.4 overs by umpire RA Emerson at square leg. Sri Lankan captain A Ranatunga then confronted the umpire and a heated argument followed. Ranatunga then summoned the Sri Lankan players to leave the field. Team manager Ranjith Fernando and match referee Peter van der Merwe were summoned and discussions and phonecalls to the Sri Lankan Cricket Board were conducted on the boundary line before play resumed. 14 minutes were lost.
  • GA Hick 50 in 85 mins from 66 balls, 1x4, 2x6
  • NH Fairbrother 50 in 66 mins from 57 balls, 2x4
  • GA Hick 100 in 164 mins from 109 balls, 2x4, 3x6
  • Hick/Fairbrother 4th wicket partnership 154* in 86 mins from 129 balls
  • Sri Lanka Innings
  • Sri Lanka innings: 1x7 ball over (3rd over, D Gough's 2nd over, called by umpire RA Emerson)
  • ST Jayasuriya 50 in 43 minutes from 33 balls, 6x4, 2x6
  • DPMD Jayawardene 50 in 51 minutes from 43 balls, 4x4
  • DPMD jayawardene 100 in 142 mins from 100 balls, 6x4
  • Sri Lanka won at 10.19pm
  • Attendance: 9850
MATCH DETAILS
Adelaide Oval
TossSri Lanka, elected to field first
Series
Season1998/99
Player Of The Match
Match numberODI no. 1391
Match daysdaynight (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Match Referee
PointsSri Lanka 2, England 0
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TEAMMWLPTNRR
AUS1073140.538
ENG1055100.157
SL10376-0.667