a11679 o1391	England v Sri Lanka
	Carlton and United Series 1998/99
Venue	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 23rd January 1999 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket
Points	England 0; Sri Lanka 2
Umpires	RA Emerson, AJ McQuillan
TV umpire	SJ Davis
Referee	PL van der Merwe
Scorers	RM Artis (Sri Lanka), MN Ashton (England)
Reserve Umpire	PM Angley
Player of the Match	DPMD Jayawardene

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England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
NV Knight	run out (Muralitharan)	45	74	133	3	-	60.81
*+AJ Stewart	c Ranatunga b Vaas	39	33	44	6	-	118.18
GA Hick	not out	126	118	178	5	4	106.78
N Hussain	c Tillakaratne b Jayasuriya	5	7	3	1	-	71.43
NH Fairbrother	not out	78	71	86	4	2	109.86
AJ Hollioake	did not bat
MA Ealham	did not bat
D Gough	did not bat
AD Mullally	did not bat
RDB Croft	did not bat
VJ Wells	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 3 nb, 4 w)	9
Total	(3 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-64 (Stewart, 10.1 ov), 2-139 (Knight, 26.3 ov), 3-148 (Hussain, 28.4 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Vaas	10	0	76	1	-	2	60.00	7.60
Wickramasinghe	9	0	71	0	1	-	-	7.89
Jayawardene	4	0	24	0	1	-	-	6.00
Muralitharan	7	0	46	0	1	1	-	6.57
Jayasuriya	10	0	42	1	-	-	60.00	4.20
Chandana	10	0	41	0	1	-	-	4.10

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
ST Jayasuriya	c Fairbrother b Gough	51	36	45	6	2	141.67
+RS Kaluwitharana	run out (Hollioake)	0	0	5	-	-	0.00
MS Atapattu	c Fairbrother b Mullally	3	12	12	-	-	25.00
HP Tillakaratne	b Croft	28	48	79	1	-	58.33
DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b Wells	120	111	162	9	-	108.11
*A Ranatunga	c Wells b Gough	41	51	57	2	-	80.39
WPUJC Vaas	run out (Hussain)	5	6	12	-	-	83.33
UDU Chandana	c Fairbrother b Wells	25	18	30	1	1	138.89
RS Mahanama	run out (Fairbrother)	13	11	20	2	-	118.18
M Muralitharan	not out	2	4	14	-	-	50.00
GP Wickramasinghe	not out	2	2	6	-	-	100.00
Extras	(9 lb, 4 w)	13
Total	(9 wickets, 49.4 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Kaluwitharana, 1.1 ov), 2-8 (Atapattu, 3.5 ov), 3-68 (Jayasuriya, 10.1 ov), 4-134 (Tillakaratne, 22.6 ov), 5-223 (Ranatunga, 38.4 ov), 6-235 (Vaas, 41.4 ov), 7-269 (Jayawardene, 45.2 ov), 8-288 (Chandana, 47.4 ov), 9-298 (Mahanama, 48.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Gough	10	1	68	2	-	-	30.00	6.80
Mullally	10	0	61	1	1	-	60.00	6.10
Hollioake	5	0	45	0	-	-	-	9.00
Ealham	10	2	48	0	2	-	-	4.80
Croft	10	0	42	1	-	-	60.00	4.20
Wells	4.4	0	30	2	1	-	14.00	6.43

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Notes
--> GA Hick 50 in 66 balls, 85 minutes with 1 four and 2 sixes
--> GA Hick 100 in 109 balls, 164 minutes with 2 fours and 3 sixes
--> GA Hick passed his previous highest score of 108 in ODI matches
--> NH Fairbrother 50 in 57 balls, 66 minutes with 2 fours
--> ST Jayasuriya 50 in 33 balls, 43 minutes with 6 fours and 2 sixes
--> ST Jayasuriya passed 5500 runs in List A matches when he reached 47
--> DPMD Jayawardene 50 in 43 balls, 51 minutes with 4 fours
--> DPMD Jayawardene passed his previous highest score of 74 in ODI matches
--> DPMD Jayawardene made his first century in ODI matches
--> DPMD Jayawardene passed his previous highest score of 87 in List A matches
--> DPMD Jayawardene made his first century in List A matches
--> DPMD Jayawardene 100 in 100 balls, 142 minutes with 6 fours
--> M Muralitharan was no-balled for throwing in the England innings (once by RA Emerson)
--> ST Jayasuriya reached 150 wickets in ODI matches when he dismissed N Hussain, his 1st wicket in the England innings

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When Muralitharan was called at 17.4 ov Ranatunga summoned the Sri Lankan players to leave the field. Team manager Ranjith Fernando and match referee Peter van der Merwe were summoned and discussions and phonecalls to the Sri Lankan Cricket Board were conducted on the boundary line before play resumed. 14 minutes were lost.
Sri Lanka innings: 1x7 ball over
Attendance: 9850

 

 

 

 

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