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England v Sri Lanka @ Lord's, London
16 August 1998
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: MJ Kitchen, KE Palmer
Third Umpire: TE Jesty
Match Referee: AM Ebrahim
Match Result: England won by 36 runs
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Nick Knight | c Marvan Atapattu b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 17 | 28 | 51 | 1 | - |
| 2. Ally Brown | c Marvan Atapattu b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | - |
| *+3. Alec Stewart | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 51 | 67 | 94 | 8 | - |
| 4. Graeme Hick | run out (Marvan Atapattu > Romesh Kaluwitharana) | 86 | 97 | 122 | 4 | 1 |
| 5. Nasser Hussain | b Kumar Dharmasena | 39 | 61 | 60 | 1 | 1 |
| 6. Adam Hollioake | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 3 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| 7. Robert Croft | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Suresh Perera | 3 | 7 | 13 | - | - |
| 8. Ian Austin | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 8 | 12 | 19 | - | - |
| 9. Peter Martin | run out (Romesh Kaluwitharana > Kumar Dharmasena) | 3 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| 10. Darren Gough | not out | 1 | 3 | 12 | - | - |
| 11. Alan Mullally | b Suresh Perera | 1 | 6 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-14 (Ally Brown), 2-56 (Nick Knight), 3-132 (Alec Stewart), 4-223 (Nasser Hussain), 5-224 (Graeme Hick), 6-228 (Adam Hollioake), 7-233 (Robert Croft), 8-241 (Peter Martin), 9-244 (Ian Austin), 247 (Alan Mullally). |
| Extras | 0b, 11lb, 12w, 0nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.3 ovs) 247 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 7 | 0 | 33 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Suresh Perera | 9.3 | 0 | 48 | 2 | (4w,0nb) |
| Chandika Hathurusingha | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 54 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 36 | 3 | (2w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Nick Knight b Darren Gough | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Alec Stewart b Peter Martin | 2 | 3 | 9 | - | - |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | lbw b Darren Gough | 6 | 9 | 13 | 1 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | lbw b Ian Austin | 33 | 45 | 76 | 5 | - |
| 5. Russel Arnold | b Alan Mullally | 3 | 21 | 25 | - | - |
| *6. Arjuna Ranatunga | b Robert Croft | 33 | 68 | 83 | 4 | - |
| 7. Chandika Hathurusingha | c Alec Stewart b Alan Mullally | 7 | 12 | 13 | 1 | - |
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | not out | 33 | 74 | 99 | 1 | - |
| 9. Suresh Perera | c Ally Brown b Adam Hollioake | 17 | 25 | 30 | 2 | - |
| 10. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | b Darren Gough | 18 | 26 | 22 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | b Ian Austin | 18 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| FOW | 1-13 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-17 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-28 (Marvan Atapattu), 4-49 (Russel Arnold), 5-83 (Aravinda de Silva), 6-97 (Chandika Hathurusingha), 7-126 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 8-159 (Suresh Perera), 9-189 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe), 211 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 1b, 13lb, 10w, 6nb, 0pen) 30 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.3 ovs) 211 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Darren Gough | 10 | 0 | 51 | 3 | (2w,6nb) |
| Peter Martin | 8 | 0 | 34 | 1 | (6w,2nb) |
| Alan Mullally | 8 | 1 | 20 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Austin | 8.3 | 0 | 37 | 2 | (1w,4nb) |
| Robert Croft | 10 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Adam Hollioake | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Nick Knight, Ally Brown, Alec Stewart, Graeme Hick, Nasser Hussain, Adam Hollioake, Robert Croft, Ian Austin, Peter Martin, Darren Gough, Alan Mullally