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Thu, 20 Aug 1998 - 00:00 – Final • Lord's, London
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
England
256/8 (48.00)
Sri Lanka
260/5 (47.10)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
England innigs
256/8 (48.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Nick Knight
c & b Muralidaran
94
136
178
4
0
69.11
In 1998
Career
Mike Atherton
c Ranatunga b Muralidaran
64
73
102
7
0
87.67
In 1998
Career
Alec Stewart (c)(WK)
c †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran
18
24
30
1
0
75.00
In 1998
Career
Graeme Hick
b Chandana
14
16
23
1
0
87.50
In 1998
Career
Ali Brown
b Muralidaran
18
18
24
2
0
100.00
In 1998
Career
Nasser Hussain
lbw b Muralidaran
0
2
1
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Robert Croft
c †Kaluwitharana b Perera
17
17
21
1
0
100.00
In 1998
Career
Ian Austin
not out
11
12
23
1
0
91.66
In 1998
Career
Darren Gough
b Perera
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Peter Martin
not out
1
1
3
0
0
100.00
In 1998
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 5, w 10)
19
Total
256/8 50 Ov (RR: 5.12)
4864
5700
0
323
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
5.00
0
29
0
5.80
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Suresh Perera
9.00
0
44
2
4.88
0
4
0
In 1998
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
9.00
0
47
0
5.22
0
1
0
In 1998
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
10.00
0
34
5
3.40
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
2.00
0
10
0
5.00
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
8.00
0
45
0
5.62
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Upul Chandana
7.00
0
38
1
5.42
0
2
0
In 1998
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
260/5 (47.10)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sanath Jayasuriya
b Gough
0
2
2
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
c Hick b Croft
68
77
105
6
0
88.31
In 1998
Career
Marvan Atapattu
not out
132
151
197
14
0
87.41
In 1998
Career
Aravinda de Silva
c Brown b Gough
34
37
58
4
0
91.89
In 1998
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
c Knight b Martin
1
3
11
0
0
33.33
In 1998
Career
Upul Chandana
c Knight b Croft
2
7
10
0
0
28.57
In 1998
Career
Hashan Tillakaratne
not out
10
6
9
2
0
166.66
In 1998
Career
Extras
(lb 7, w 6)
13
Total
260/5 47.1 Ov (RR: 5.51)
4940
5377
0
494
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Darren Gough
10.00
0
50
2
5.00
0
2
0
In 1998
Career
Peter Martin
10.00
1
60
1
6.00
0
2
0
In 1998
Career
Alan Mullally
10.00
0
37
0
3.70
0
1
0
In 1998
Career
Ian Austin
10.00
1
48
0
4.80
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Robert Croft
7.00
0
54
2
7.71
0
1
0
In 1998
Career
Graeme Hick
0.10
0
4
0
24.00
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
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