Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 1998
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| Sri Lanka cricket team in England in 1998 | |||||||
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| Alec Stewart | Arjuna Ranatunga | ||||||
| Most Runs | |||||||
| John Crawley (170) Graeme Hick (107) Mark Ramprakash (93) |
Sanath Jayasuriya (237) Aravinda de Silva (152) Arjuna Ranatunga (51) |
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| Most Wickets | |||||||
| Angus Fraser (3) Darren Gough (2) Ben Hollioake (2) Dominic Cork (2) |
Muttiah Muralitharan (16) Pramodya Wickramasinghe (2) Suresh Perera (1) |
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The Sri Lankan cricket team toured England in the 1998 season. On the tour they played 4 first-class matches, 5 List A matches and a single Test match. They also competed in a tri-series tournament against England and South Africa, entitled the Emirates Triangular Tournament. They won the competition by defeating England in the final, also beating South Africa in the group stage. They won the only Test, with Muttiah Muralitharan taking a career best 16/220 - the 5th best bowling figures in a match in Test cricket history.[1]
[edit] Tour matches
[edit] Sri Lankans v Hampshire
The limited overs match against Hampshire, to be played at County Ground, Southampton on July 12, was abandoned without a ball bowled. It did not have List A status.[2]
[edit] Sri Lankans v Somerset - First-class match
| July 14 - July 16 (Scorecard) |
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| Somerset 366/6d (96.1 overs) |
vs | Sri Lanka 130 (52.4 overs) |
Match drawn County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Barry Dudleston (ENG) and Roy Palmer (ENG) |
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| Keith Parsons 101* Marcus Trescothick 95 Pramodya Wickramasinghe 4/69 (24.1 overs) |
Matthew Bulbeck 3/20 (11 overs) |
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| 177/7 (37 overs) | 483/6d (f/o) (113 overs) | ||||
| Peter Bowler 66 |
Russel Arnold 209 Hashan Tillakaratne 82 Matthew Bulbeck 3/104 (19 overs) |
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[edit] Sri Lankans v Glamorgan - First-class match
| July 18 - July 20 (Scorecard) |
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| Sri Lanka 54 (21.5 overs) |
vs |  Glamorgan224 (66.4 overs) |
Glamorgan won by 5 wickets Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen (ENG) and Peter Willey (ENG) |
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Darren Thomas 4/10 (4 overs) Adrian Dale 4/20 (5.5 overs) |
Matthew Maynard 99 Muttiah Muralitharan 5/77 (27.4 overs) Upul Chandana 4/45 (20 overs) |
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| 222 (78.3 overs) | 53/5 (17.2 overs) | ||||
| Marvan Atapattu 99 Adrian Dale 5/25 (10.3 overs) |
Muttiah Muralitharan 5/17 (7 overs) |
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[edit] Sri Lankans v Leicestershire - First-class match
| July 24 - July 27 (Scorecard) |
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| Leicestershire 245 (87 overs) |
vs | Sri Lanka 509 (132.4 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Nigel Plews (ENG) and John Steele (ENG) |
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| Jonathan Dakin 79 Muttiah Muralitharan 3/41 (23 overs) Chandika Hathurusingha 3/64 (27 overs) |
Hashan Tillakaratne 120 Arjuna Ranatunga 110 Jonathan Dakin 4/110 (38 overs) Dominic Williamson 3/110 (28 overs) |
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| 362 (78.3 overs) | 99/1 (24.5 overs) | ||||
| Ben Smith 75 Muttiah Muralitharan 5/108 (55 overs) |
Russel Arnold 44* |
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[edit] Sri Lankans v Worcestershire - List A match
| July 28 | ||||
| Worcestershire 279/6 (50 overs) |
vs | Sri Lanka 281/3 (47.2 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets New Road, Worcester Umpires: Kevin Lyons (WAL) and Alan Whitehead (ENG) |
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| Graeme Hick 111 |
(scorecard) | Marvan Atapattu 68 Sanath Jayasuriya 60 |
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[edit] Sri Lankans v Middlesex - First-class match
| July 31 - August 3 (Scorecard) |
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| Middlesex 313 (113.4 overs) |
vs | Sri Lanka 424 (109.5 overs) |
Match drawn Lord's Cricket Ground, London Umpires: Paul Adams (ENG) and Barrie Leadbeater (ENG) |
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| David Goodchild 105 Mario Villavarayan 4/36 (18.4 overs) Ravindra Pushpakumara 3/93 (23 overs) |
Marvan Atapattu 114 Mahela Jayawardene 79 Romesh Kaluwitharana 73 Christopher Batt 4/103 (22.5 overs) Phil Tufnell 3/90 (24 overs) |
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| 231/7 (78.3 overs) | |||||
| Paul Weekes 49 Ravindra Pushpakumara 3/52 (18 overs) |
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[edit] Sri Lankans v England Cricket Board XI
| August 5 | ||||
| England Cricket Board XI 141/9 (50 overs) |
vs | Sri Lanka 144/2 (28.1 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets County Ground, Lakenham Umpires: Trevor Jesty (ENG) and Ray Julian (ENG) |
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Aravinda de Silva 3/12 (10 overs) Upul Chandana 3/25 (10 overs) |
(scorecard) | Aravinda de Silva 53* |
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This match did not have List A status.
[edit] Sri Lankans v Northamptonshire - first List A match
| August 7 | ||||
| Northamptonshire 227/5 (50 overs) |
vs | Sri Lanka 231/9 (47.5 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket County Ground, Northampton Umpires: David Constant (ENG) and Ken Shuttleworth (ENG) |
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| David Sales 91* Jeremy Snape 78* |
(scorecard) | Arjuna Ranatunga 69 |
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[edit] Sri Lankans v Northamptonshire - second List A match
| August 9 | ||||
| Sri Lanka 308/6 (50 overs) |
vs | Northamptonshire 292 (49.1 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 16 runs County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Jeremy Lloyds (ENG) and David Shepherd (ENG) |
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| Sanath Jayasuriya 119 Aravinda de Silva 60 |
(scorecard) | Tony Penberthy 71 Mal Loye 59 |
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[edit] Sri Lankans v Kent - List A match
| August 11 | ||||
| Kent 176/8 (45 overs) |
vs | Sri Lanka 179/2 (33.4 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Vanburn Holder (WIN) and Trevor Jesty (ENG) |
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| Mark Ealham 40 Muttiah Muralitharan 2/21 (9 overs) |
(scorecard) | Aravinda de Silva 66* Marvan Atapattu 53* |
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The match's length was reduced after initial attempts to start a game had failed, due to problems with the pitch. Sanath Jayasuriya had been hit on the hand four times in the first four overs, and it was agreed that it was too hazardous to play on. Play resumed with 5 overs lost for each side.[3]
[edit] Sri Lankans v Hampshire - First-class match
| August 22 - August 24 (Scorecard) |
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| Hampshire 347/8 (113.4 overs) |
vs | Sri Lanka 39/4d (12 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets County Ground, Southampton Umpires: Chris Balderstone (ENG) and Neil Mallender (ENG) |
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| Giles White 156 William Kendall 59 Sanath Jayasuriya 3/42 (14 overs) |
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| 0/0 (forfeit) (0 overs) | 309/5 (79.1 overs) | ||||
| Chandika Hathurusingha 108* Mahela Jayawardene 90 |
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Trailing by 308 runs and having lost their top order, the Sri Lankans decided to declare, with the hope of giving their openers and top order some batting practice. Despite being able to enforce the follow-on, Hampshire instead decided to forfeit their second innings, giving the Sri Lankans a target of 309 runs off the last 89 overs of the final day to win, which they reached following an unbeaten century from Chandika Hathurusingha and 90 from Mahela Jayawardene.[4] Jayawardene went on to claim a place in Sri Lanka's Test squad to face England.
[edit] Emirates Triangular Tournament
Sri Lanka played in a tri-series tournament with South Africa and England. Played in a round-robin format, all 3 teams played each other once, with the top two teams going through to a head-to-head final to decide the winner.
[edit] Group Stage
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[edit] Table key
P = Games played
W = Games won
L = Games lost
NR = Games with no result
T = Games tied
NRR = Net run rate
[edit] Points system
Won = 2 points
Lost = 0 points
Tie or No result = 1 point
Standard net run rate rules applied.
[edit] Position deciders
The deciding factors, in order, on table position were:
- Total points
- Head-to-head result
- Net run rate
Because England and Sri Lanka had the best run rates, they were ranked as the top two teams. England beat Sri Lanka and finished top of the group. South Africa's run rate meant they missed out on the final, despite having beaten England, and that a better run rate than Sri Lanka would have put them top of the table.
[edit] Final
| August 20 | ||||
| England 256/8 (50 overs) |
vs | Sri Lanka 260/5 (47.1 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Lord's Cricket Ground, London Umpires: David Constant (ENG) and David Shepherd (ENG) Man of the Match: Muttiah Muralitharan (SRI) |
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| Nick Knight 94 (136) Mike Atherton 64 (73) Muttiah Muralitharan 5/34 (10 overs) |
(scorecard) | Marvan Atapattu 132* (151) Romesh Kaluwitharana 68 (77) |
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[edit] Test match
[edit] Only Test match
| August 27 - August 31 (Scorecard) |
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| England 445 (158.3 overs) |
vs | Sri Lanka 591 (156.5 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Eddie Nicholls (WIN) and David Shepherd (ENG) Man of the Match: Muttiah Muralitharan (SRI) |
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| John Crawley 156* (249) Graeme Hick 107 (238) Muttiah Muralitharan 7/155 (59.3 overs) |
Sanath Jayasuriya 213 (278) Aravinda de Silva 152 (292) Angus Fraser 3/95 (23 overs) |
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| 181 (129.2 overs) | 37/0 (5 overs) | ||||
Muttiah Muralitharan 9/65 (54.2 overs) |
Sanath Jayasuriya 24* (17) |
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[edit] Records
Muttiah Muralitharan claimed what was, at the time, a career best 9/65 in the second innings - a record he has only bettered on one occasion, against Zimbabwe in 2002 - and was the 8th best bowling in a Test match innings at the time, but has slipped one place to 9th.[5] The 16/220 claimed in the match is the 5th best bowling record in a match, a position it has stood in since the match.[6]
John Crawley also claimed a Test career best of 156 not out.[7]
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Tests - Best Match Bowling Analyses. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
- ^ Hampshire v Sri Lankans in 1998 (Scorecard). CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
- ^ Kent v Sri Lankans. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
- ^ The Daily News (1998-08-24). Hathurusinghe steers Sri Lanka to victory. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
- ^ Test Career Best Innings Bowling. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
- ^ Tests - Best Match Bowling Analyses. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
- ^ Players and Officials - John Crawley. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- Playfair Cricket Annual 1999
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1999
