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South Africa v Sri Lanka @ Crusaders Ground, St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
13 April 1998
Toss: South Africa (bat)
Umpires: DF Becker, RE Koertzen
Third Umpire: CJ Mitchley
Match Referee: JR Reid
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Mike Rindel | b Chaminda Vaas | 35 | 68 | 97 | 2 | - |
| 2. Gary Kirsten | c Marvan Atapattu b Muttiah Muralitharan | 46 | 50 | 80 | 6 | - |
| 3. Pat Symcox | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Kumar Dharmasena | 13 | 18 | 28 | 1 | - |
| 4. Herschelle Gibbs | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Sanath Jayasuriya | 33 | 43 | 46 | 3 | - |
| *5. Hansie Cronje | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| 6. Jonty Rhodes | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 36 | 48 | 71 | 1 | - |
| 7. Shaun Pollock | c Aravinda de Silva b Upul Chandana | 22 | 25 | 23 | - | 1 |
| 8. Jacques Kallis | lbw b Sanath Jayasuriya | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| +9. Mark Boucher | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 14 | 22 | 29 | 1 | - |
| 10. Lance Klusener | c Marvan Atapattu b Chaminda Vaas | 18 | 20 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 11. Roger Telemachus | not out | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-78 (Gary Kirsten), 2-94 (Mike Rindel), 3-104 (Pat Symcox), 4-104 (Hansie Cronje), 5-150 (Herschelle Gibbs), 6-186 (Shaun Pollock), 7-189 (Jacques Kallis), 8-201 (Jonty Rhodes), 9-230 (Mark Boucher), 231 (Lance Klusener). |
| Extras | 1b, 9lb, 2w, 0nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.5 ovs) 231 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 7.5 | 0 | 33 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 47 | 3 | (2w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 9 | 0 | 42 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 7 | 0 | 34 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Hansie Cronje b Roger Telemachus | 7 | 16 | 19 | 1 | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | lbw b Roger Telemachus | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | - |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | b Jacques Kallis | 63 | 78 | 99 | 6 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | b Shaun Pollock | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | not out | 93 | 118 | 171 | 9 | 1 |
| 6. Roshan Mahanama | not out | 46 | 63 | 85 | 4 | - |
| 7. Kumar Dharmasena | ||||||
| 8. Upul Chandana | ||||||
| 9. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 10. Chaminda Vaas | ||||||
| 11. Pramodya Wickramasinghe |
| FOW | 1-8 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-15 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-17 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-125 (Marvan Atapattu). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 7w, 2nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 46.4 ovs) 232 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 8 | 0 | 29 | 1 | (2w,2nb) |
| Roger Telemachus | 7 | 1 | 37 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
| Lance Klusener | 8 | 0 | 47 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Hansie Cronje | 7.4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 7 | 0 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Pat Symcox | 9 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (3w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Mike Rindel, Gary Kirsten, Pat Symcox, Herschelle Gibbs, Hansie Cronje, Jonty Rhodes, Shaun Pollock, Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher, Lance Klusener, Roger Telemachus