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England v Sri Lanka @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
19 January 1999
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: DJ Harper, TA Prue
Third Umpire: GTD Morrow
Match Referee: PL van der Merwe
Match Result: England won by 7 wickets
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Nasser Hussain b Darren Gough | 1 | 17 | 19 | - | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | b Darren Gough | 15 | 20 | 28 | 3 | - |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | c Graeme Hick b Darren Gough | 1 | 11 | 16 | - | - |
| 4. Hashan Tillakaratne | b Darren Gough | 0 | 13 | 19 | - | - |
| 5. Mahela Jayawardene | c Alec Stewart b Adam Hollioake | 12 | 38 | 58 | 1 | - |
| *6. Arjuna Ranatunga | run out (Nasser Hussain > Darren Gough) | 76 | 105 | 151 | 5 | - |
| 7. Upul Chandana | c Vince Wells b Robert Croft | 50 | 68 | 73 | 3 | - |
| 8. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | b Adam Hollioake | 8 | 10 | 16 | 1 | - |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | not out | 11 | 15 | 23 | - | - |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | c Nasser Hussain b Alan Mullally | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | - |
| 11. Nuwan Zoysa | run out (Mark Ealham > Alan Mullally) | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-10 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-19 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 3-20 (Marvan Atapattu), 4-21 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 5-48 (Mahela Jayawardene), 6-140 (Upul Chandana), 7-158 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe), 8-180 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 9-184 (Muttiah Muralitharan), 186 (Nuwan Zoysa). |
| Extras | 0b, 8lb, 3w, 0nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 50 ovs) 186 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Darren Gough | 10 | 3 | 28 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alan Mullally | 10 | 2 | 23 | 1 | (3w,0nb) |
| Adam Hollioake | 9 | 0 | 46 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Ealham | 10 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robert Croft | 8 | 0 | 29 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vince Wells | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Nick Knight | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Nuwan Zoysa | 31 | 36 | 48 | 2 | - |
| *+2. Alec Stewart | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Nuwan Zoysa | 20 | 35 | 55 | 3 | - |
| 3. Graeme Hick | not out | 66 | 101 | 140 | 2 | - |
| 4. Nasser Hussain | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 29 | 51 | 64 | 3 | - |
| 5. John Crawley | not out | 31 | 52 | 68 | 2 | - |
| 6. Adam Hollioake | ||||||
| 7. Mark Ealham | ||||||
| 8. Darren Gough | ||||||
| 9. Alan Mullally | ||||||
| 10. Robert Croft | ||||||
| 11. Vince Wells |
| FOW | 1-52 (Nick Knight), 2-53 (Alec Stewart), 3-115 (Nasser Hussain). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 7w, 3nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 45.2 ovs) 189 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 0 | 39 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 10 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 6 | 1 | 22 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 40 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 7.2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Nick Knight, Alec Stewart, Graeme Hick, Nasser Hussain, John Crawley, Adam Hollioake, Mark Ealham, Darren Gough, Alan Mullally, Robert Croft, Vince Wells