England v Sri Lanka Only Test
Sri Lanka tour of England - 1998 (1998) · Kennington Oval, London · 27 August 1998 · Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl
Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets · Man of the Match: Muthiah Muralidaran
Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets. Sanath Jayasuriya top-scored with 213 for Sri Lanka. Man of the Match: Muthiah Muralidaran.
England, 422 (10 wkts)
| Mark Butcher | caught (Sanath Jayasuriya) | 10 | 26 |
| Steve James | caught (Muthiah Muralidaran) | 36 | 111 |
| Graeme Hick | caught (Romesh Kaluwitharana) | 107 | 238 |
| Alec Stewart | caught (Hashan Tillakaratne) | 2 | 9 |
| Mark Ramprakash | caught (Mahela Jayawardene) | 53 | 149 |
| John Crawley | not out | 156 | 249 |
| Ben Hollioake | caught (Marvan Atapattu) | 14 | 53 |
| Dominic Cork | bowled | 6 | 48 |
| Ian Salisbury | bowled | 2 | 17 |
| Darren Gough | caught (Romesh Kaluwitharana) | 4 | 8 |
| Angus Fraser | bowled | 32 | 52 |
Pramodya Wickramasinghe 30.00-4-81-2Suresh Perera 40.00-10-104-1Kumar Dharmasena 18.00-3-55-0Muthiah Muralidaran 59.30-14-155-7Sanath Jayasuriya 11.00-0-38-0
Sri Lanka, 551 (10 wkts)
| Sanath Jayasuriya | caught (Alec Stewart) | 213 | 278 |
| Marvan Atapattu | lbw | 15 | 26 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | caught (Ben Hollioake) | 9 | 40 |
| Aravinda de Silva | caught (Alec Stewart) | 152 | 292 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | lbw | 51 | 99 |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | lbw | 0 | 1 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | caught (John Crawley) | 25 | 50 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | lbw | 13 | 39 |
| Suresh Perera | not out | 43 | 77 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | bowled | 0 | 7 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | caught (Alec Stewart) | 30 | 36 |
Darren Gough 30.00-5-102-2Angus Fraser 23.00-3-95-3Ben Hollioake 26.00-2-105-2Dominic Cork 36.00-5-128-2Ian Salisbury 25.50-7-86-1Mark Ramprakash 5.00-0-24-0Mark Butcher 11.00-2-16-0
England, 151 (10 wkts)
| Mark Butcher | stumping (Romesh Kaluwitharana) | 15 | 45 |
| Steve James | caught (Mahela Jayawardene) | 25 | 150 |
| Graeme Hick | lbw | 0 | 2 |
| Alec Stewart | run out (Upul Chandana) | 32 | 145 |
| Mark Ramprakash | caught (Hashan Tillakaratne) | 42 | 220 |
| John Crawley | bowled | 14 | 59 |
| Ben Hollioake | lbw | 0 | 1 |
| Dominic Cork | caught (Romesh Kaluwitharana) | 8 | 23 |
| Ian Salisbury | lbw | 0 | 4 |
| Darren Gough | bowled | 15 | 133 |
| Angus Fraser | not out | 0 | 6 |
Pramodya Wickramasinghe 4.00-0-16-0Suresh Perera 11.00-2-22-0Muthiah Muralidaran 54.20-27-65-9Kumar Dharmasena 19.30-13-12-0Sanath Jayasuriya 28.00-14-30-0Aravinda de Silva 10.30-3-16-0Mahela Jayawardene 2.00-0-5-0
Sri Lanka, 33 (0 wkts)
| Sanath Jayasuriya | not out | 24 | 17 |
| Marvan Atapattu | not out | 9 | 13 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Aravinda de Silva | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Suresh Perera | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Angus Fraser 2.00-0-19-0Dominic Cork 2.00-0-3-0Ben Hollioake 1.00-0-11-0
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