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South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series:
Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 1998
Venue:
Newlands,
Cape Town
Date & Time:
Mar 19
-
Mar 23
,
02:00 AM
LOCAL
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South Africa won by 70 runs
South Africa 1st Innings
418-10 (124.4 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Adam Bacher
c Mahanama b Wickramasinghe
6
30
0
0
20.00
Gary Kirsten
lbw b Vaas
62
136
9
0
45.59
HD Ackerman
c & b Muralitharan
23
54
1
0
42.59
Daryll Cullinan
b Wickramasinghe
113
159
13
1
71.07
Hansie Cronje
c Mahanama b Vaas
49
90
6
1
54.44
Jacques Kallis
c Ranatunga b Muralitharan
3
13
0
0
23.08
Shaun Pollock
lbw b Wickramasinghe
92
138
8
1
66.67
Mark Boucher
run out (Mahanama)
33
94
2
0
35.11
Allan Donald
b Muralitharan
12
36
1
0
33.33
Paul Adams
st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan
2
6
0
0
33.33
Makhaya Ntini
not out
3
7
0
0
42.86
Extras
20
(b 0, lb 8, w 0, nb 12, p 0)
Total
418
(10 wkts, 124.4 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
19-1 (
A Bacher
, 6.6),
60-2 (
H Ackerman
, 23.4),
155-3 (
G Kirsten
, 46.6),
251-4 (
H Cronje
, 70.6),
260-5 (
Kallis
, 75.5),
272-6 (
D Cullinan
, 78.6),
367-7 (
M Boucher
, 109.2),
402-8 (
A Donald
, 119.6),
414-9 (
P Adams
, 123.1),
418-10 (
S Pollock
, 124.4)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Chaminda Vaas
21
2
75
2
8
0
3.57
Ravindra Pushpakumara
20
3
81
0
4
0
4.05
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
28.4
7
75
3
3
0
2.64
Muttiah Muralitharan
45
8
135
4
0
0
3.00
Sanath Jayasuriya
6
1
29
0
0
0
4.83
Aravinda de Silva
4
0
15
0
0
0
3.75
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
306-10 (84.3 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Sanath Jayasuriya
c Boucher b Donald
17
15
3
0
113.33
Marvan Atapattu
c Cullinan b Adams
60
129
7
0
46.51
Roshan Mahanama
c Boucher b Donald
9
20
2
0
45.00
Aravinda de Silva
c Boucher b Ntini
77
98
13
0
78.57
Arjuna Ranatunga
c Ackerman b Adams
20
26
3
0
76.92
Hashan Tillakaratne
c Boucher b Pollock
22
73
2
0
30.14
Romesh Kaluwitharana
lbw b Pollock
13
41
2
0
31.71
Chaminda Vaas
c Boucher b Pollock
30
60
6
0
50.00
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
c sub (L Klusener) b Pollock
11
19
0
0
57.89
Muttiah Muralitharan
not out
15
22
3
0
68.18
Ravindra Pushpakumara
c Boucher b Donald
4
17
1
0
23.53
Extras
28
(b 8, lb 7, w 1, nb 12, p 0)
Total
306
(10 wkts, 84.3 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
20-1 (
S Jayasuriya
, 4.5),
36-2 (
R Mahanama
, 8.5),
165-3 (
A Silva
, 38.5),
194-4 (
A Ranatunga
, 45.6),
195-5 (
M Atapattu
, 47.1),
219-6 (
Romesh Kaluwitharana
, 61.4),
241-7 (
H Tillakaratne
, 69.6),
270-8 (
P Wickramasinghe
, 75.5),
300-9 (
C Vaas
, 79.4),
306-10 (
Ravindra Pushpakumara
, 84.3)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Allan Donald
21.3
7
66
3
0
0
3.10
Shaun Pollock
26
5
83
4
8
0
3.19
Makhaya Ntini
10
1
57
1
5
0
5.70
Jacques Kallis
7
1
23
0
0
1
3.29
Paul Adams
20
2
62
2
0
0
3.10
South Africa 2nd Innings
264-10 (103 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Gary Kirsten
c Mahanama b Vaas
15
28
2
0
53.57
Adam Bacher
c Kaluwitharana b Vaas
0
2
0
0
0.00
Jacques Kallis
st Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya
49
140
5
1
35.00
Daryll Cullinan
c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan
68
123
7
1
55.28
Hansie Cronje
c Muralitharan b Jayasuriya
74
147
4
3
50.34
Mark Boucher
c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan
10
32
1
0
31.25
HD Ackerman
lbw b Muralitharan
8
54
0
0
14.81
Shaun Pollock
st Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya
6
38
0
0
15.79
Allan Donald
c Pushpakumara b Jayasuriya
18
50
2
0
36.00
Paul Adams
c Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan
3
6
0
0
50.00
Makhaya Ntini
not out
0
3
0
0
0.00
Extras
13
(b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 5, p 0)
Total
264
(10 wkts, 103 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
5-1 (
A Bacher
, 2.2),
18-2 (
G Kirsten
, 8.1),
134-3 (
Kallis
, 44.3),
146-4 (
D Cullinan
, 53.2),
166-5 (
M Boucher
, 61.5),
188-6 (
H Ackerman
, 75.4),
219-7 (
S Pollock
, 86.5),
256-8 (
H Cronje
, 98.4),
260-9 (
P Adams
, 101.3),
264-10 (
A Donald
, 102.6)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Chaminda Vaas
11
3
41
2
3
0
3.73
Ravindra Pushpakumara
8
0
24
0
1
1
3.00
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
8
1
24
0
1
0
3.00
Muttiah Muralitharan
41
10
108
4
0
0
2.63
Aravinda de Silva
1
1
0
0
0
0
0.00
Sanath Jayasuriya
33
7
53
4
0
0
1.61
Marvan Atapattu
1
0
7
0
0
0
7.00
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
306-10 (95.3 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Sanath Jayasuriya
lbw b Donald
0
7
0
0
0.00
Marvan Atapattu
c & b Adams
71
200
9
0
35.50
Roshan Mahanama
c Kallis b Pollock
11
29
1
0
37.93
Aravinda de Silva
c Kallis b Adams
37
62
6
0
59.68
Arjuna Ranatunga
c Kirsten b Kallis
43
93
6
0
46.24
Hashan Tillakaratne
lbw b Donald
13
56
2
0
23.21
Romesh Kaluwitharana
b Pollock
45
61
8
0
73.77
Chaminda Vaas
c Boucher b Donald
0
1
0
0
0.00
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
b Ntini
51
45
8
1
113.33
Muttiah Muralitharan
run out (Cullinan)
10
14
2
0
71.43
Ravindra Pushpakumara
not out
9
15
2
0
60.00
Extras
16
(b 5, lb 3, w 0, nb 8, p 0)
Total
306
(10 wkts, 95.3 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
3-1 (
S Jayasuriya
, 2.1),
27-2 (
R Mahanama
, 11.6),
98-3 (
A Silva
, 33.4),
171-4 (
M Atapattu
, 62.3),
175-5 (
A Ranatunga
, 65.1),
234-6 (
H Tillakaratne
, 82.2),
234-7 (
C Vaas
, 82.3),
239-8 (
Romesh Kaluwitharana
, 83.3),
287-9 (
Muralitharan
, 90.4),
306-10 (
P Wickramasinghe
, 95.3)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Allan Donald
20
4
64
3
0
0
3.20
Shaun Pollock
23
3
77
2
9
0
3.35
Jacques Kallis
15
5
45
1
1
0
3.00
Makhaya Ntini
5.3
0
17
1
0
0
3.21
Paul Adams
27
3
90
2
0
0
3.33
Hansie Cronje
5
3
5
0
0
0
1.00
Match Info
Match
RSA vs SL, 1st Test, Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 1998
Date
-
Time
Venue
Newlands, Cape Town
Umpires
Steve Dunne, David Orchard
Third Umpire
Rudi Koertzen
Match Referee
John Reid
South Africa Squad
Playing
Adam Bacher
,
Gary Kirsten
,
HD Ackerman
,
Daryll Cullinan
,
Hansie Cronje (c)
,
Jacques Kallis
,
Shaun Pollock
,
Mark Boucher (wk)
,
Allan Donald
,
Paul Adams
,
Makhaya Ntini
Bench
Support Staff
Sri Lanka Squad
Playing
Sanath Jayasuriya
,
Marvan Atapattu
,
Roshan Mahanama
,
Aravinda de Silva
,
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
,
Hashan Tillakaratne
,
Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk)
,
Chaminda Vaas
,
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
,
Muttiah Muralitharan
,
Ravindra Pushpakumara
Bench
Support Staff
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