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England v Sri Lanka @ Lord's, London
20 August 1998
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: DJ Constant, DR Shepherd
Third Umpire: JC Balderstone
Match Referee: AM Ebrahim
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Nick Knight | c & b Muttiah Muralitharan | 94 | 136 | 178 | 4 | - |
| 2. Mike Atherton | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Muttiah Muralitharan | 64 | 73 | 102 | 7 | - |
| *+3. Alec Stewart | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 18 | 24 | 30 | 1 | - |
| 4. Graeme Hick | b Upul Chandana | 14 | 16 | 23 | 1 | - |
| 5. Ally Brown | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 18 | 18 | 24 | 2 | - |
| 6. Nasser Hussain | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 7. Robert Croft | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Suresh Perera | 17 | 17 | 21 | 1 | - |
| 8. Ian Austin | not out | 11 | 12 | 23 | 1 | - |
| 9. Darren Gough | b Suresh Perera | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Peter Martin | not out | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 11. Alan Mullally |
| FOW | 1-132 (Mike Atherton), 2-170 (Alec Stewart), 3-191 (Graeme Hick), 4-218 (Nick Knight), 5-218 (Nasser Hussain), 6-223 (Ally Brown), 7-246 (Robert Croft), 8-246 (Darren Gough). |
| Extras | 4b, 5lb, 10w, 0nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 256 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Suresh Perera | 9 | 0 | 44 | 2 | (4w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 9 | 0 | 47 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 34 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 8 | 0 | 45 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 7 | 0 | 38 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | b Darren Gough | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Graeme Hick b Robert Croft | 68 | 77 | 105 | 6 | - |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | not out | 132 | 151 | 197 | 14 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Ally Brown b Darren Gough | 34 | 37 | 58 | 4 | - |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Nick Knight b Peter Martin | 1 | 3 | 11 | - | - |
| 6. Upul Chandana | c Nick Knight b Robert Croft | 2 | 7 | 10 | - | - |
| 7. Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | - |
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | ||||||
| 9. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | ||||||
| 10. Suresh Perera | ||||||
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan |
| FOW | 1-2 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-140 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 3-210 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-224 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-233 (Upul Chandana). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 6w, 0nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 47.1 ovs) 260 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Darren Gough | 10 | 0 | 50 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Peter Martin | 10 | 1 | 60 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Alan Mullally | 10 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Ian Austin | 10 | 1 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robert Croft | 7 | 0 | 54 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Graeme Hick | 0.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Nick Knight, Mike Atherton, Alec Stewart, Graeme Hick, Ally Brown, Nasser Hussain, Robert Croft, Ian Austin, Darren Gough, Peter Martin, Alan Mullally