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Test no. 1414
Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series - 2nd Test
South Africa v Sri Lanka 1997/98 season

Played at Centurion Park on 27,28,29,30 March 1998 (5-day match)

Result South Africa won by 6 wickets

Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR

ST Jayasuriya c Boucher b Ntini 51 104 77 6 1 66.23

MS Atapattu run out (Kirsten) 12 89 70 2 0 17.14

RS Mahanama c Kallis b Cronje 50 223 178 4 1 28.08

PA de Silva c Adams b Ntini 1 8 2 0 0 50.00

A Ranatunga lbw b Donald 73 264 177 12 0 41.24

HP Tillakaratne c Kirsten b Cronje 55 184 134 9 0 41.04

RS Kaluwitharana c Boucher b Donald 9 20 15 1 0 60.00

GP Wickramasinghe c Adams b Donald 10 22 13 2 0 76.92

DNT Zoysa lbw b Kallis 0 9 8 0 0 0.00

M Muralitharan c Boucher b Cronje 11 44 36 0 0 30.55

KR Pushpakumara not out 0 21 14 0 0 0.00

Extras (b 6, lb 14, w 3, nb 8) 31

Total (all out; 118.3 overs) 303 (2.55 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-53 (Atapattu, 21.4 ov), 2-66 (Jayasuriya, 24.6 ov), 3-68 (de Silva, 26.4 ov), 4-186 (Mahanama, 74.6 ov), 5-228 (Ranatunga, 90.4 ov), 6-240 (Kaluwitharana, 94.6 ov), 7-254 (Wickramasinghe, 100.1 ov), 8-255 (Zoysa, 101.4 ov), 9-290 (Muralitharan, 112.4 ov), 10-303 (Tillakaratne, 118.3 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ

AA Donald 33 10 73 3 2.21 (3w)

SM Pollock 7.1 3 9 0 1.25

JH Kallis 19 7 42 1 2.21 (2nb)

PR Adams 22 6 77 0 3.50

M Ntini 22.5 7 61 2 2.67 (11nb)

WJ Cronje 14.3 3 21 3 1.44

South Africa 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR

GFJ Liebenberg lbw b Pushpakumara 0 1 1 0 0 0.00

G Kirsten b Muralitharan 13 115 82 2 0 15.85

HD Ackerman b Zoysa 7 9 7 1 0 100.00

DJ Cullinan c Wickramasinghe b Jayasuriya 103 307 185 13 0 55.67

WJ Cronje st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 10 40 27 1 0 37.03

JH Kallis c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe 12 40 38 1 0 31.57

SM Pollock b Muralitharan 1 25 16 0 0 6.25

MV Boucher c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan 13 73 71 2 0 18.30

AA Donald b Muralitharan 6 34 25 0 0 24.00

PR Adams c & b Jayasuriya 12 24 21 1 1 57.14

M Ntini not out 2 11 9 0 0 22.22

Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 6, nb 8) 21

Total (all out; 78 overs) 200 (2.56 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Liebenberg, 0.1 ov), 2-11 (Ackerman, 1.5 ov), 3-75 (Kirsten, 24.4 ov), 4-103 (Cronje, 32.6 ov), 5-122 (Kallis, 41.6 ov), 6-137 (Pollock, 48.3 ov), 7-170 (Boucher, 66.4 ov), 8-182 (Cullinan, 71.2 ov), 9-186 (Donald, 74.6 ov), 10-200 (Adams, 77.6 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ

KR Pushpakumara 16 2 55 1 3.43 (9nb, 1w)

DNT Zoysa 12 2 29 1 2.41 (2nb, 2w)

GP Wickramasinghe 15 2 36 1 2.40 (2nb)

M Muralitharan 30 8 63 5 2.10 (2nb)

ST Jayasuriya 5 2 10 2 2.00

Sri Lanka 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR

ST Jayasuriya b Donald 16 30 23 3 0 69.56

MS Atapattu c Boucher b Donald 7 56 34 0 0 20.58

RS Mahanama lbw b Donald 0 1 1 0 0 0.00

PA de Silva run out (Boucher) 41 99 75 6 1 54.66

A Ranatunga c Boucher b Cronje 0 10 7 0 0 0.00

HP Tillakaratne c sub (DN Crookes) b Cronje 0 8 4 0 0 0.00

RS Kaluwitharana run out (sub [DN Crookes]) 0 5 3 0 0 0.00

GP Wickramasinghe b Adams 21 74 59 4 0 35.59

DNT Zoysa c Boucher b Donald 14 41 35 1 0 40.00

M Muralitharan c Kirsten b Donald 15 19 11 2 0 136.36

KR Pushpakumara not out 0 2 0 0 0 -

Extras (lb 5, nb 3) 8

Total (all out; 41.3 overs) 122 (2.93 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-19 (Jayasuriya, 6.5 ov), 2-19 (Mahanama, 6.6 ov), 3-40 (Atapattu, 12.2 ov), 4-40 (Ranatunga, 14.3 ov), 5-42 (Tillakaratne, 16.3 ov), 6-42 (Kaluwitharana, 16.6 ov), 7-85 (de Silva, 29.5 ov), 8-98 (Wickramasinghe, 36.5 ov), 9-118 (Zoysa, 41.1 ov), 10-122 (Muralitharan, 41.3 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ

AA Donald 13.3 2 54 5 4.00 (1nb)

M Ntini 6 2 13 0 2.16 (1nb)

JH Kallis 7 3 12 0 1.71 (1nb)

WJ Cronje 8 3 13 2 1.62

PR Adams 7 1 25 1 3.57

South Africa 2nd innings (target: 226 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR

G Kirsten not out 75 233 203 12 0 36.94

GFJ Liebenberg lbw b Muralitharan 45 120 89 7 0 50.56

HD Ackerman b Muralitharan 2 24 24 0 0 8.33

DJ Cullinan lbw b Muralitharan 0 6 3 0 0 0.00

WJ Cronje c de Silva b Jayasuriya 82 70 63 8 6 130.15

JH Kallis not out 0 8 7 0 0 0.00

Extras (b 8, lb 3, nb 11) 22

Total (4 wickets; 62.5 overs) 226 (3.59 runs per over)

Did not bat SM Pollock, MV Boucher, AA Donald, PR Adams, M Ntini

Fall of wickets1-89 (Liebenberg, 30.4 ov), 2-99 (Ackerman, 38.4 ov), 3-99 (Cullinan, 40.1 ov), 4-215 (Cronje, 59.6 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ

KR Pushpakumara 7 2 27 0 3.85 (4nb)

DNT Zoysa 2 0 11 0 5.50

GP Wickramasinghe 6 1 7 0 1.16

PA de Silva 5 1 14 0 2.80 (2nb)

M Muralitharan 23.5 4 94 3 3.94 (6nb)

ST Jayasuriya 19 6 62 1 3.26

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first
Series South Africa won the 2-match series 2-0

Test debut GFJ Liebenberg (South Africa)
Player of the match AA Donald (South Africa)
Player of the series DJ Cullinan (South Africa)

Umpires Javed Akhtar (Pakistan) and RE Koertzen
TV umpire DL Orchard
Match referee HAB Gardiner (Zimbabwe)

Close of play
27 Mar day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 165/3 (RS Mahanama 44*, A Ranatunga 40*, 60 ov)
28 Mar day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 75/3 (DJ Cullinan 42*, WJ Cronje 0*, 24.4 ov)
29 Mar day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 93/7 (GP Wickramasinghe 16*, DNT Zoysa 6*, 35 ov)
30 Mar day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 226/4 (62.5 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1
Lunch: Sri Lanka 72/3 (Mahanama 6*, Ranatunga 0*; 29 overs)
Tea: Sri Lanka 164/3 (Mahanama 44*, Ranatunga 40*; 60 overs)
Shaun Pollock was unable to complete his 8th over due to injury. Makhaya Ntini completed the over.
Makhaya Ntini bowled one ball (a no ball) of the 60th over and was unable to continue. Paul Adams completed the remaining six deliveries.
Bad light and rain stopped play on resumption after the Tea break.
30 overs lost due to rain
Attendance: 3,850

Day 2
Lunch: Sri Lanka 227/4 (Ranatunga 73*, Tillakaratne 14*; 88 overs)
Tea: Sri Lanka 330 all out
RS Kaluwitharana was dropped by GFJ Liebenberg at gully when 7
WJ Cronje's Best Bowling in Tests
In the 12th over of the South African innings, bowled by Pushpakumara, Umpire Koertzen miscounted and only 5 balls were bowled in the over.
Bad light stopped play at 5.40 pm and 7 overs were lost for the day
Attendance: 7,135

Day 3
Lunch: South Africa 141/6 (Cullinan 82*, Boucher 1*; 53 overs)
Tea: South Africa 200/10 (Ntini 2*, 78 overs)
JH Kallis was dropped by DNT Zoysa at mid-on when 4
JH Kallis was dropped by PA de Silva at square leg when 6
South Africa's lowest Test total against Sri Lanka
MS Atapattu was dropped by HD Ackerman at 2nd slip when 0
PA de Silva was dropped by DJ Cullinan at fine leg when 14
AA Donald becomes the first South African to take 200 Test wickets
AA Donald also takes his 1,000th First Class wicket
Bad light stopped play at 5.44 pm and 2 overs were lost for the day
Attendance 14,050

Day 4
Cronje's 50 in 31 balls, the 2nd fastest recorded in Test history (fastest, Kapil Dev, 30 balls, India v Pakistan 1982-3)

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