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England v Sri Lanka @ Kennington Oval, London
27, 28, 29, 30, 31 August 1998 (five-day match)
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: EA Nicholls, DR Shepherd
Third Umpire: JW Holder
Match Referee: AM Ebrahim
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Mark Butcher | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 10 | 26 | 29 | 1 | - |
| 2. Steve James | c & b Muttiah Muralitharan | 36 | 111 | 133 | 3 | - |
| 3. Graeme Hick | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 107 | 238 | 347 | 14 | - |
| *+4. Alec Stewart | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Suresh Perera | 2 | 9 | 6 | - | - |
| 5. Mark Ramprakash | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 53 | 149 | 175 | 4 | - |
| 6. John Crawley | not out | 156 | 249 | 318 | 19 | 1 |
| 7. Ben Hollioake | c Marvan Atapattu b Muttiah Muralitharan | 14 | 53 | 88 | 1 | - |
| 8. Dominic Cork | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 6 | 48 | 74 | - | - |
| 9. Ian Salisbury | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 2 | 17 | 16 | - | - |
| 10. Darren Gough | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 | 8 | 15 | 1 | - |
| 11. Angus Fraser | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 32 | 52 | 59 | 3 | 2 |
| FOW | 1-16 (Mark Butcher), 2-78 (Steve James), 3-81 (Alec Stewart), 4-209 (Mark Ramprakash), 5-230 (Graeme Hick), 6-277 (Ben Hollioake), 7-333 (Dominic Cork), 8-343 (Ian Salisbury), 9-356 (Darren Gough), 445 (Angus Fraser). |
| Extras | 1b, 11lb, 2w, 9nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 158.3 ovs) 445 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 30 | 4 | 81 | 2 | (2w,1nb) |
| Suresh Perera | 40 | 10 | 104 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 18 | 3 | 55 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 59.3 | 14 | 155 | 7 | (0w,8nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 11 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Alec Stewart b Ben Hollioake | 213 | 278 | 346 | 33 | 1 |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | lbw b Dominic Cork | 15 | 26 | 55 | 1 | - |
| 3. Mahela Jayawardene | c Ben Hollioake b Angus Fraser | 9 | 40 | 56 | - | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Alec Stewart b Ben Hollioake | 152 | 292 | 461 | 17 | - |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | lbw b Darren Gough | 51 | 99 | 138 | 7 | 1 |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | lbw b Darren Gough | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| +7. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c John Crawley b Dominic Cork | 25 | 50 | 57 | 2 | - |
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | lbw b Angus Fraser | 13 | 39 | 61 | 2 | - |
| 9. Suresh Perera | not out | 43 | 77 | 104 | 6 | 1 |
| 10. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | b Angus Fraser | 0 | 7 | 11 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | c Alec Stewart b Ian Salisbury | 30 | 36 | 55 | 5 | - |
| FOW | 1-53 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-85 (Mahela Jayawardene), 3-328 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 4-450 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-450 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 6-488 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 7-504 (Aravinda de Silva), 8-526 (Kumar Dharmasena), 9-532 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe), 591 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 15b, 20lb, 1w, 4nb, 0pen) 40 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 156.5 ovs) 591 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Darren Gough | 30 | 5 | 102 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Angus Fraser | 23 | 3 | 95 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ben Hollioake | 26 | 2 | 105 | 2 | (1w,1nb) |
| Dominic Cork | 36 | 5 | 128 | 2 | (0w,3nb) |
| Ian Salisbury | 25.5 | 7 | 86 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Ramprakash | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Butcher | 11 | 2 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Mark Butcher | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 15 | 45 | 53 | 3 | - |
| 2. Steve James | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 25 | 150 | 185 | 1 | - |
| 3. Graeme Hick | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| *+4. Alec Stewart | run out ( > > ) | 32 | 145 | 149 | 1 | - |
| 5. Mark Ramprakash | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Muttiah Muralitharan | 42 | 220 | 246 | 3 | - |
| 6. John Crawley | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 14 | 59 | 53 | 2 | - |
| 7. Ben Hollioake | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 8. Dominic Cork | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 8 | 23 | 22 | 2 | - |
| 9. Ian Salisbury | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| 10. Darren Gough | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 15 | 133 | 145 | 2 | - |
| 11. Angus Fraser | not out | 0 | 6 | 5 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-25 (Mark Butcher), 2-25 (Graeme Hick), 3-78 (Steve James), 4-93 (Alec Stewart), 5-116 (John Crawley), 6-116 (Ben Hollioake), 7-127 (Dominic Cork), 8-127 (Ian Salisbury), 9-180 (Mark Ramprakash), 181 (Darren Gough). |
| Extras | 7b, 8lb, 1w, 14nb, 0pen) 30 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 129.2 ovs) 181 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Suresh Perera | 11 | 2 | 22 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 54.2 | 27 | 65 | 9 | (0w,12nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 19.3 | 13 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 28 | 14 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 10.3 | 3 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | not out | 24 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 2 |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | not out | 9 | 13 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 3. Mahela Jayawardene | ||||||
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | ||||||
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | ||||||
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | ||||||
| +7. Romesh Kaluwitharana | ||||||
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | ||||||
| 9. Suresh Perera | ||||||
| 10. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | ||||||
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan |
| FOW | . |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 0 wickets, 5 ovs) 37 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Angus Fraser | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dominic Cork | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ben Hollioake | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Mark Butcher, Steve James, Graeme Hick, Alec Stewart, Mark Ramprakash, John Crawley, Ben Hollioake, Dominic Cork, Ian Salisbury, Darren Gough, Angus Fraser