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England v Sri Lanka @ Adelaide Oval
23 January 1999
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: RA Emerson, AJ McQuillan
Third Umpire: SJ Davis
Match Referee: PL van der Merwe
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 1 wickets
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Nick Knight | run out (Muttiah Muralitharan > ) | 45 | 74 | 133 | 3 | - |
| *+2. Alec Stewart | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Chaminda Vaas | 39 | 33 | 44 | 6 | - |
| 3. Graeme Hick | not out | 126 | 118 | 178 | 5 | 4 |
| 4. Nasser Hussain | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Sanath Jayasuriya | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | - |
| 5. Neil Fairbrother | not out | 78 | 71 | 86 | 4 | 2 |
| 6. Adam Hollioake | ||||||
| 7. Mark Ealham | ||||||
| 8. Darren Gough | ||||||
| 9. Alan Mullally | ||||||
| 10. Robert Croft | ||||||
| 11. Vince Wells |
| FOW | 1-64 (Alec Stewart), 2-139 (Nick Knight), 3-148 (Nasser Hussain). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 4w, 3nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 50 ovs) 302 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 0 | 76 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 9 | 0 | 71 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 7 | 0 | 46 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 10 | 0 | 41 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Neil Fairbrother b Darren Gough | 51 | 36 | 45 | 6 | 2 |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | run out (Adam Hollioake > ) | 0 | 0 | 5 | - | - |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | c Neil Fairbrother b Alan Mullally | 3 | 12 | 12 | - | - |
| 4. Hashan Tillakaratne | b Robert Croft | 28 | 48 | 79 | 1 | - |
| 5. Mahela Jayawardene | lbw b Vince Wells | 120 | 111 | 162 | 9 | - |
| *6. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Vince Wells b Darren Gough | 41 | 51 | 57 | 2 | - |
| 7. Chaminda Vaas | run out (Nasser Hussain > ) | 5 | 6 | 12 | - | - |
| 8. Upul Chandana | c Neil Fairbrother b Vince Wells | 25 | 18 | 30 | 1 | 1 |
| 9. Roshan Mahanama | run out (Neil Fairbrother > ) | 13 | 11 | 20 | 2 | - |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | not out | 2 | 4 | 14 | - | - |
| 11. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | not out | 2 | 2 | 6 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-3 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-8 (Marvan Atapattu), 3-68 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 4-134 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 5-223 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 6-235 (Chaminda Vaas), 7-269 (Mahela Jayawardene), 8-288 (Upul Chandana), 9-298 (Roshan Mahanama). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 4w, 0nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 49.4 ovs, 229 mins) 303 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Darren Gough | 10 | 1 | 68 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alan Mullally | 10 | 0 | 61 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Adam Hollioake | 5 | 0 | 45 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Ealham | 10 | 2 | 48 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Robert Croft | 10 | 0 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vince Wells | 4.4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Nick Knight, Alec Stewart, Graeme Hick, Nasser Hussain, Neil Fairbrother, Adam Hollioake, Mark Ealham, Darren Gough, Alan Mullally, Robert Croft, Vince Wells