South Africa v Sri Lanka 1st Test
Sri Lanka tour of South Africa - 1998 (1997/98) · Newlands, Cape Town · 19 March 1998 · South Africa won the toss and chose to bat
South Africa won by 70 runs · Man of the Match: Shaun Pollock
South Africa won by 70 runs. Daryll Cullinan top-scored with 113 for South Africa. Man of the Match: Shaun Pollock.
South Africa, 398 (10 wkts)
| Adam Bacher | caught (Roshan Mahanama) | 6 | 30 |
| Gary Kirsten | lbw | 62 | 136 |
| HD Ackerman | caught (Muthiah Muralidaran) | 23 | 54 |
| Daryll Cullinan | bowled | 113 | 159 |
| Hansie Cronje | caught (Roshan Mahanama) | 49 | 90 |
| Jacques Kallis | caught (Arjuna Ranatunga) | 3 | 13 |
| Shaun Pollock | lbw | 92 | 138 |
| Mark Boucher | run out (Roshan Mahanama) | 33 | 94 |
| Allan Donald | bowled | 12 | 36 |
| Paul Adams | stumping (Romesh Kaluwitharana) | 2 | 6 |
| Makhaya Ntini | not out | 3 | 7 |
Chaminda Vaas 21.00-2-75-2Ravindra Pushpakumara 20.00-3-81-0Pramodya Wickramasinghe 28.40-7-75-3Muthiah Muralidaran 45.00-8-135-4Sanath Jayasuriya 6.00-1-29-0Aravinda de Silva 4.00-0-15-0
Sri Lanka, 278 (10 wkts)
| Sanath Jayasuriya | caught (Mark Boucher) | 17 | 15 |
| Marvan Atapattu | caught (Daryll Cullinan) | 60 | 129 |
| Roshan Mahanama | caught (Mark Boucher) | 9 | 20 |
| Aravinda de Silva | caught (Mark Boucher) | 77 | 98 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | caught (HD Ackerman) | 20 | 26 |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | caught (Mark Boucher) | 22 | 73 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | lbw | 13 | 41 |
| Chaminda Vaas | caught (Mark Boucher) | 30 | 60 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | caught (Lance Klusener) | 11 | 19 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | not out | 15 | 22 |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | caught (Mark Boucher) | 4 | 17 |
Allan Donald 21.30-7-66-3Shaun Pollock 26.00-5-83-4Makhaya Ntini 10.00-1-57-1Jacques Kallis 7.00-1-23-0Paul Adams 20.00-2-62-2
South Africa, 251 (10 wkts)
| Gary Kirsten | caught (Roshan Mahanama) | 15 | 28 |
| Adam Bacher | caught (Romesh Kaluwitharana) | 0 | 2 |
| Jacques Kallis | stumping (Romesh Kaluwitharana) | 49 | 140 |
| Daryll Cullinan | caught (Hashan Tillakaratne) | 68 | 123 |
| Hansie Cronje | caught (Muthiah Muralidaran) | 74 | 147 |
| Mark Boucher | caught (Sanath Jayasuriya) | 10 | 32 |
| HD Ackerman | lbw | 8 | 54 |
| Shaun Pollock | stumping (Romesh Kaluwitharana) | 6 | 38 |
| Allan Donald | caught (Ravindra Pushpakumara) | 18 | 50 |
| Paul Adams | caught (Romesh Kaluwitharana) | 3 | 6 |
| Makhaya Ntini | not out | 0 | 3 |
Chaminda Vaas 11.00-3-41-2Ravindra Pushpakumara 8.00-0-24-0Pramodya Wickramasinghe 8.00-1-24-0Muthiah Muralidaran 41.00-10-108-4Aravinda de Silva 1.00-1-0-0Sanath Jayasuriya 33.00-7-53-4Marvan Atapattu 1.00-0-7-0
Sri Lanka, 290 (10 wkts)
| Sanath Jayasuriya | lbw | 0 | 7 |
| Marvan Atapattu | caught (Paul Adams) | 71 | 200 |
| Roshan Mahanama | caught (Jacques Kallis) | 11 | 29 |
| Aravinda de Silva | caught (Jacques Kallis) | 37 | 62 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | caught (Gary Kirsten) | 43 | 93 |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | lbw | 13 | 56 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | bowled | 45 | 61 |
| Chaminda Vaas | caught (Mark Boucher) | 0 | 1 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | bowled | 51 | 45 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | run out (Daryll Cullinan) | 10 | 14 |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | not out | 9 | 15 |
Allan Donald 20.00-4-64-3Shaun Pollock 23.00-3-77-2Jacques Kallis 15.00-5-45-1Makhaya Ntini 5.30-0-17-1Paul Adams 27.00-3-90-2Hansie Cronje 5.00-3-5-0
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