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Test no. 1414

Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series - 2nd Test
South Africa v Sri Lanka

1997/98 season

Played at Centurion Park on 27,28,29,30 March 1998 (5-day match)

Result South Africa won by 6 wickets


Sri Lanka 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ST Jayasuriya	c Boucher b Ntini	51	104	77	6	1	66.23
	MS Atapattu	run out (Kirsten)	12	89	70	2	0	17.14
	RS Mahanama	c Kallis b Cronje	50	223	178	4	1	28.08
	PA de Silva	c Adams b Ntini	1	8	2	0	0	50.00
	A Ranatunga	lbw b Donald	73	264	177	12	0	41.24
	HP Tillakaratne	c Kirsten b Cronje	55	184	134	9	0	41.04
	RS Kaluwitharana	c Boucher b Donald	9	20	15	1	0	60.00
	GP Wickramasinghe	c Adams b Donald	10	22	13	2	0	76.92
	DNT Zoysa	lbw b Kallis	0	9	8	0	0	0.00
	M Muralitharan	c Boucher b Cronje	11	44	36	0	0	30.55
	KR Pushpakumara	not out	0	21	14	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 6, lb 14, w 3, nb 8)	31

	Total	(all out; 118.3 overs)	303	(2.55 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-53 (Atapattu, 21.4 ov), 2-66 (Jayasuriya, 24.6 ov), 3-68 (de Silva, 26.4 ov), 4-186 (Mahanama, 74.6 ov), 5-228 (Ranatunga, 90.4 ov), 6-240 (Kaluwitharana, 94.6 ov), 7-254 (Wickramasinghe, 100.1 ov), 8-255 (Zoysa, 101.4 ov), 9-290 (Muralitharan, 112.4 ov), 10-303 (Tillakaratne, 118.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AA Donald	33	10	73	3	2.21	(3w)
SM Pollock	7.1	3	9	0	1.25
JH Kallis	19	7	42	1	2.21	(2nb)
PR Adams	22	6	77	0	3.50
M Ntini	22.5	7	61	2	2.67	(11nb)
WJ Cronje	14.3	3	21	3	1.44


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	GFJ Liebenberg	lbw b Pushpakumara	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	G Kirsten	b Muralitharan	13	115	82	2	0	15.85
	HD Ackerman	b Zoysa	7	9	7	1	0	100.00
	DJ Cullinan	c Wickramasinghe b Jayasuriya	103	307	185	13	0	55.67
	WJ Cronje	st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan	10	40	27	1	0	37.03
	JH Kallis	c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe	12	40	38	1	0	31.57
	SM Pollock	b Muralitharan	1	25	16	0	0	6.25
	MV Boucher	c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan	13	73	71	2	0	18.30
	AA Donald	b Muralitharan	6	34	25	0	0	24.00
	PR Adams	c & b Jayasuriya	12	24	21	1	1	57.14
	M Ntini	not out	2	11	9	0	0	22.22
	Extras	(b 1, lb 6, w 6, nb 8)	21

	Total	(all out; 78 overs)	200	(2.56 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Liebenberg, 0.1 ov), 2-11 (Ackerman, 1.5 ov), 3-75 (Kirsten, 24.4 ov), 4-103 (Cronje, 32.6 ov), 5-122 (Kallis, 41.6 ov), 6-137 (Pollock, 48.3 ov), 7-170 (Boucher, 66.4 ov), 8-182 (Cullinan, 71.2 ov), 9-186 (Donald, 74.6 ov), 10-200 (Adams, 77.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
KR Pushpakumara	16	2	55	1	3.43	(9nb, 1w)
DNT Zoysa	12	2	29	1	2.41	(2nb, 2w)
GP Wickramasinghe	15	2	36	1	2.40	(2nb)
M Muralitharan	30	8	63	5	2.10	(2nb)
ST Jayasuriya	5	2	10	2	2.00


Sri Lanka 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ST Jayasuriya	b Donald	16	30	23	3	0	69.56
	MS Atapattu	c Boucher b Donald	7	56	34	0	0	20.58
	RS Mahanama	lbw b Donald	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	PA de Silva	run out (Boucher)	41	99	75	6	1	54.66
	A Ranatunga	c Boucher b Cronje	0	10	7	0	0	0.00
	HP Tillakaratne	c sub (DN Crookes) b Cronje	0	8	4	0	0	0.00
	RS Kaluwitharana	run out (sub [DN Crookes])	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
	GP Wickramasinghe	b Adams	21	74	59	4	0	35.59
	DNT Zoysa	c Boucher b Donald	14	41	35	1	0	40.00
	M Muralitharan	c Kirsten b Donald	15	19	11	2	0	136.36
	KR Pushpakumara	not out	0	2	0	0	0	-
	Extras	(lb 5, nb 3)	8

	Total	(all out; 41.3 overs)	122	(2.93 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-19 (Jayasuriya, 6.5 ov), 2-19 (Mahanama, 6.6 ov), 3-40 (Atapattu, 12.2 ov), 4-40 (Ranatunga, 14.3 ov), 5-42 (Tillakaratne, 16.3 ov), 6-42 (Kaluwitharana, 16.6 ov), 7-85 (de Silva, 29.5 ov), 8-98 (Wickramasinghe, 36.5 ov), 9-118 (Zoysa, 41.1 ov), 10-122 (Muralitharan, 41.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AA Donald	13.3	2	54	5	4.00	(1nb)
M Ntini	6	2	13	0	2.16	(1nb)
JH Kallis	7	3	12	0	1.71	(1nb)
WJ Cronje	8	3	13	2	1.62
PR Adams	7	1	25	1	3.57


South Africa 2nd innings (target: 226 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Kirsten	not out	75	233	203	12	0	36.94
	GFJ Liebenberg	lbw b Muralitharan	45	120	89	7	0	50.56
	HD Ackerman	b Muralitharan	2	24	24	0	0	8.33
	DJ Cullinan	lbw b Muralitharan	0	6	3	0	0	0.00
	WJ Cronje	c de Silva b Jayasuriya	82	70	63	8	6	130.15
	JH Kallis	not out	0	8	7	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 8, lb 3, nb 11)	22

	Total	(4 wickets; 62.5 overs)	226	(3.59 runs per over)

Did not bat SM Pollock,

MV Boucher, AA Donald, PR Adams, M Ntini

Fall of wickets1-89 (Liebenberg, 30.4 ov), 2-99 (Ackerman, 38.4 ov), 3-99 (Cullinan, 40.1 ov), 4-215 (Cronje, 59.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
KR Pushpakumara	7	2	27	0	3.85	(4nb)
DNT Zoysa	2	0	11	0	5.50
GP Wickramasinghe	6	1	7	0	1.16
PA de Silva	5	1	14	0	2.80	(2nb)
M Muralitharan	23.5	4	94	3	3.94	(6nb)
ST Jayasuriya	19	6	62	1	3.26

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first
Series South Africa won the 2-match series 2-0

Test debut GFJ Liebenberg (South Africa)
Player of the match AA Donald (South Africa)
Player of the series DJ Cullinan (South Africa)

Umpires Javed Akhtar (Pakistan) and RE Koertzen
TV umpire DL Orchard
Match referee HAB Gardiner (Zimbabwe)

Close of play
27 Mar day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 165/3 (RS Mahanama 44*, A Ranatunga 40*, 60 ov)
28 Mar day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 75/3 (DJ Cullinan 42*, WJ Cronje 0*, 24.4 ov)
29 Mar day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 93/7 (GP Wickramasinghe 16*, DNT Zoysa 6*, 35 ov)
30 Mar day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 226/4 (62.5 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1
Lunch: Sri Lanka 72/3 (Mahanama 6*, Ranatunga 0*; 29 overs)
Tea: Sri Lanka 164/3 (Mahanama 44*, Ranatunga 40*; 60 overs)
Shaun Pollock was unable to complete his 8th over due to injury. Makhaya Ntini completed the over.
Makhaya Ntini bowled one ball (a no ball) of the 60th over and was unable to continue. Paul Adams completed the remaining six deliveries.
Bad light and rain stopped play on resumption after the Tea break.
30 overs lost due to rain
Attendance: 3,850

Day 2
Lunch: Sri Lanka 227/4 (Ranatunga 73*, Tillakaratne 14*; 88 overs)
Tea: Sri Lanka 330 all out
RS Kaluwitharana was dropped by GFJ Liebenberg at gully when 7
WJ Cronje's Best Bowling in Tests
In the 12th over of the South African innings, bowled by Pushpakumara, Umpire Koertzen miscounted and only 5 balls were bowled in the over.
Bad light stopped play at 5.40 pm and 7 overs were lost for the day
Attendance: 7,135

Day 3
Lunch: South Africa 141/6 (Cullinan 82*, Boucher 1*; 53 overs)
Tea: South Africa 200/10 (Ntini 2*, 78 overs)
JH Kallis was dropped by DNT Zoysa at mid-on when 4
JH Kallis was dropped by PA de Silva at square leg when 6
South Africa's lowest Test total against Sri Lanka
MS Atapattu was dropped by HD Ackerman at 2nd slip when 0
PA de Silva was dropped by DJ Cullinan at fine leg when 14
AA Donald becomes the first South African to take 200 Test wickets
AA Donald also takes his 1,000th First Class wicket
Bad light stopped play at 5.44 pm and 2 overs were lost for the day
Attendance 14,050

Day 4
Cronje's 50 in 31 balls, the 2nd fastest recorded in Test history (fastest, Kapil Dev, 30 balls, India v Pakistan 1982-3)

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