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Thu, 27 Aug - Mon, 31 Aug 1998 - 00:00 – Only Test • Kennington Oval, London
Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
England
445/10 (158.3) & 181/10 (129.2)
Sri Lanka
591/10 (156.5) & 37/0 (5)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
England innigs
445/10 (158.3)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Mark Butcher
c Jayasuriya b Wickramasinghe
10
26
29
1
0
38.46
In 1998
Career
Steve James
c & b Muralidaran
36
111
133
3
0
32.43
In 1998
Career
Graeme Hick
c †Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe
107
238
347
14
0
44.95
In 1998
Career
Alec Stewart (c)(WK)
c Tillakaratne b Perera
2
9
6
0
0
22.22
In 1998
Career
Mark Ramprakash
c Jayawardene b Muralidaran
53
149
175
4
0
35.57
In 1998
Career
John Crawley
not out
156
249
318
19
1
62.65
In 1998
Career
Ben Hollioake
c Atapattu b Muralidaran
14
53
88
1
0
26.41
In 1998
Career
Dominic Cork
b Muralidaran
6
48
74
0
0
12.50
In 1998
Career
Ian Salisbury
b Muralidaran
2
17
16
0
0
11.76
In 1998
Career
Darren Gough
c †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran
4
8
15
1
0
50.00
In 1998
Career
Angus Fraser
b Muralidaran
32
52
59
3
2
61.53
In 1998
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 11, nb 9, w 2)
23
Total
445 158.3 Ov (RR: 2.80)
7565
16320
0
782
51
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
30.00
4
81
2
2.70
0
2
1
In 1998
Career
Suresh Perera
40.00
10
104
1
2.60
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
18.00
3
55
0
3.05
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
59.30
14
155
7
2.60
0
0
8
In 1998
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
11.00
0
38
0
3.45
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
591/10 (156.5)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sanath Jayasuriya
c †Stewart b Hollioake
213
278
346
33
1
76.61
In 1998
Career
Marvan Atapattu
lbw b Cork
15
26
55
1
0
57.69
In 1998
Career
Mahela Jayawardene
c Hollioake b Fraser
9
40
56
0
0
22.50
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
c †Stewart b Hollioake
152
292
461
17
0
52.05
In 1998
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
lbw b Gough
51
99
138
7
1
51.51
In 1998
Career
Hashan Tillakaratne
lbw b Gough
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
c Crawley b Cork
25
50
57
2
0
50.00
In 1998
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
lbw b Fraser
13
39
61
2
0
33.33
In 1998
Career
Suresh Perera
not out
43
77
104
6
1
55.84
In 1998
Career
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
b Fraser
0
7
11
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
c †Stewart b Salisbury
30
36
55
5
0
83.33
In 1998
Career
Extras
(b 15, lb 20, nb 4, w 1)
40
Total
591 156.5 Ov (RR: 3.76)
10047
16065
0
1241
51
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Darren Gough
30.00
5
102
2
3.40
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Angus Fraser
23.00
3
95
3
4.13
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Ben Hollioake
26.00
2
105
2
4.03
0
1
1
In 1998
Career
Dominic Cork
36.00
5
128
2
3.55
0
0
3
In 1998
Career
Ian Salisbury
25.50
7
86
1
3.32
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Mark Ramprakash
5.00
0
24
0
4.80
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Mark Butcher
11.00
2
16
0
1.45
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
England innigs
181/10 (129.2)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Mark Butcher
st †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran
15
45
53
3
0
33.33
In 1998
Career
Steve James
c Jayawardene b Muralidaran
25
150
185
1
0
16.66
In 1998
Career
Graeme Hick
lbw b Muralidaran
0
2
4
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Alec Stewart (c)(WK)
run out (sub [UDU Chandana])
32
145
149
1
0
22.06
In 1998
Career
Mark Ramprakash
c Tillakaratne b Muralidaran
42
220
246
3
0
19.09
In 1998
Career
John Crawley
b Muralidaran
14
59
53
2
0
23.72
In 1998
Career
Ben Hollioake
lbw b Muralidaran
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Dominic Cork
c †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran
8
23
22
2
0
34.78
In 1998
Career
Ian Salisbury
lbw b Muralidaran
0
4
2
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Darren Gough
b Muralidaran
15
133
145
2
0
11.27
In 1998
Career
Angus Fraser
not out
0
6
5
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Extras
(b 7, lb 8, nb 14, w 1)
30
Total
181 129.2 Ov (RR: 1.39)
3077
13396
0
238
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
4.00
0
16
0
4.00
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Suresh Perera
11.00
2
22
0
2.00
0
1
0
In 1998
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
54.20
27
65
9
1.19
0
0
12
In 1998
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
19.30
13
12
0
0.61
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
28.00
14
30
0
1.07
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
10.30
3
16
0
1.52
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Mahela Jayawardene
2.00
0
5
0
2.50
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
37/0 (5)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sanath Jayasuriya
not out
24
17
22
2
2
141.17
In 1998
Career
Marvan Atapattu
not out
9
13
22
1
0
69.23
In 1998
Career
Extras
(lb 4)
4
Total
37/0 5 Ov (RR: 7.40)
629
510
0
51
34
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Angus Fraser
2.00
0
19
0
9.50
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Dominic Cork
2.00
0
3
0
1.50
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Ben Hollioake
1.00
0
11
0
11.00
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
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