South Africa v Sri Lanka 2nd Test

Sri Lanka tour of South Africa - 1998 (1997/98) · Centurion Park, Centurion · 27 March 1998

South Africa won by 6 wickets

South Africa won by 6 wickets. Daryll Cullinan top-scored with 103 for South Africa. Allan Donald took 5/54.

Sri Lanka ARCHIVE South Africa ARCHIVE 1998 TESTS Centurion Park ARCHIVE

MATCH FACTS

Series: Sri Lanka tour of South Africa - 1998 (1997/98)
Ground: SuperSport Park, Centurion (then Centurion Park)
Dates: 27 March 1998 to 30 March 1998
Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to bat
Result: South Africa won by 6 wickets
Player of the match: Allan Donald
Captains: Arjuna Ranatunga (Sri Lanka), Hansie Cronje (South Africa)
Debut: Gerhardus Liebenberg (South Africa)
Umpires: Javed Akhtar and RE Koertzen
Match referee: HAB Gardiner

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat. It was Gerhardus Liebenberg's first Test.

Sri Lanka batted first and made 303 all out. Arjuna Ranatunga top-scored with 73 off 177 balls, and Hashan Tillakaratne made 55. Hansie Cronje took 3 for 21 for South Africa. The innings was built on a 118-run stand for the fourth wicket between Arjuna Ranatunga and Roshan Mahanama.

South Africa replied with 200 all out. Daryll Cullinan top-scored with 103 off 185 balls. Muthiah Muralidaran took 5 for 63 for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka led by 103 on first innings.

Sri Lanka made 122 all out in their second innings. Aravinda de Silva top-scored with 41 off 75 balls. Allan Donald took 5 for 54 for South Africa. From 19 for 1 they lost 5 wickets for 23 runs, to 42 for 6.

Set 226 to win, South Africa made 226 for 4. Hansie Cronje top-scored with 82 off 63 balls, and Gary Kirsten made 75. Muthiah Muralidaran took 3 for 94 for Sri Lanka. The innings was built on a 116-run stand for the fourth wicket between Hansie Cronje and Gary Kirsten, 51% of the total.

South Africa won by 6 wickets.

SRI LANKA, FIRST INNINGS: 303 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Sanath Jayasuriya	c Mark Boucher	51	77
Marvan Atapattu	run out (Gary Kirsten)	12	70
Roshan Mahanama	c Jacques Kallis	50	178
Aravinda de Silva	c Paul Adams	1	2
Arjuna Ranatunga	lbw	73	177
Hashan Tillakaratne	c Gary Kirsten	55	134
Romesh Kaluwitharana	c Mark Boucher	9	15
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	c Paul Adams	10	13
Nuwan Zoysa	lbw	0	8
Muthiah Muralidaran	c Mark Boucher	11	36
Ravindra Pushpakumara	not out	0	14

Extras 31 · Total 303 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Allan Donald	33	10	73	3
Shaun Pollock	7.1	3	9	0
Jacques Kallis	19	7	42	1
Paul Adams	22	6	77	0
Makhaya Ntini	22.5	7	61	2
Hansie Cronje	14.3	3	21	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-53 (Marvan Atapattu, 21.4 ov), 2-66 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 24.6 ov), 3-68 (Aravinda de Silva, 26.4 ov), 4-186 (Roshan Mahanama, 74.6 ov), 5-228 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 90.4 ov), 6-240 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 94.6 ov), 7-254 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 100.1 ov), 8-255 (Nuwan Zoysa, 101.4 ov), 9-290 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 112.4 ov), 10-303 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 118.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Marvan Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya	53	130
second	Roshan Mahanama and Sanath Jayasuriya	13	20
third	Aravinda de Silva and Roshan Mahanama	2	10
fourth	Arjuna Ranatunga and Roshan Mahanama	118	290
fifth	Arjuna Ranatunga and Hashan Tillakaratne	42	94
sixth	Hashan Tillakaratne and Romesh Kaluwitharana	12	26
seventh	Hashan Tillakaratne and Pramodya Wickramasinghe	14	31
eighth	Hashan Tillakaratne and Nuwan Zoysa	1	9
ninth	Hashan Tillakaratne and Muthiah Muralidaran	35	66
tenth	Hashan Tillakaratne and Ravindra Pushpakumara	13	35

SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS: 200 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Gerhardus Liebenberg	lbw	0	1
Gary Kirsten	bowled	13	82
HD Ackerman	bowled	7	7
Daryll Cullinan	c Pramodya Wickramasinghe	103	185
Hansie Cronje	st Romesh Kaluwitharana	10	27
Jacques Kallis	c Romesh Kaluwitharana	12	38
Shaun Pollock	bowled	1	16
Mark Boucher	c Sanath Jayasuriya	13	71
Allan Donald	bowled	6	25
Paul Adams	c Sanath Jayasuriya	12	21
Makhaya Ntini	not out	2	9

Extras 21 · Total 200 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Ravindra Pushpakumara	16	2	55	1
Nuwan Zoysa	12	2	29	1
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	15	2	36	1
Muthiah Muralidaran	30	8	63	5
Sanath Jayasuriya	5	2	10	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Gerhardus Liebenberg, 0.1 ov), 2-11 (HD Ackerman, 1.5 ov), 3-75 (Gary Kirsten, 24.4 ov), 4-103 (Hansie Cronje, 32.6 ov), 5-122 (Jacques Kallis, 41.6 ov), 6-137 (Shaun Pollock, 48.3 ov), 7-170 (Mark Boucher, 66.4 ov), 8-182 (Daryll Cullinan, 71.2 ov), 9-186 (Allan Donald, 74.6 ov), 10-200 (Paul Adams, 77.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Gary Kirsten and Gerhardus Liebenberg	0	1
second	Gary Kirsten and HD Ackerman	11	10
third	Daryll Cullinan and Gary Kirsten	64	137
fourth	Hansie Cronje and Daryll Cullinan	28	50
fifth	Daryll Cullinan and Jacques Kallis	19	54
sixth	Daryll Cullinan and Shaun Pollock	15	39
seventh	Daryll Cullinan and Mark Boucher	33	109
eighth	Allan Donald and Daryll Cullinan	12	28
ninth	Allan Donald and Paul Adams	4	22
tenth	Paul Adams and Makhaya Ntini	14	18

SRI LANKA, SECOND INNINGS: 122 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Sanath Jayasuriya	bowled	16	23
Marvan Atapattu	c Mark Boucher	7	34
Roshan Mahanama	lbw	0	1
Aravinda de Silva	run out (Mark Boucher)	41	75
Arjuna Ranatunga	c Mark Boucher	0	7
Hashan Tillakaratne	c Derek Crookes	0	4
Romesh Kaluwitharana	run out (Derek Crookes)	0	3
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	bowled	21	59
Nuwan Zoysa	c Mark Boucher	14	35
Muthiah Muralidaran	c Gary Kirsten	15	11
Ravindra Pushpakumara	not out	0	–

Extras 8 · Total 122 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Allan Donald	13.3	2	54	5
Makhaya Ntini	6	2	13	0
Jacques Kallis	7	3	12	0
Hansie Cronje	8	3	13	2
Paul Adams	7	1	25	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-19 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 6.5 ov), 2-19 (Roshan Mahanama, 6.6 ov), 3-40 (Marvan Atapattu, 12.2 ov), 4-40 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 14.3 ov), 5-42 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 16.3 ov), 6-42 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 16.6 ov), 7-85 (Aravinda de Silva, 29.5 ov), 8-98 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 36.5 ov), 9-118 (Nuwan Zoysa, 41.1 ov), 10-122 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 41.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Marvan Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya	19	41
second	Roshan Mahanama and Marvan Atapattu	0	1
third	Aravinda de Silva and Marvan Atapattu	21	32
fourth	Arjuna Ranatunga and Aravinda de Silva	0	13
fifth	Aravinda de Silva and Hashan Tillakaratne	2	12
sixth	Aravinda de Silva and Romesh Kaluwitharana	0	3
seventh	Aravinda de Silva and Pramodya Wickramasinghe	43	77
eighth	Pramodya Wickramasinghe and Nuwan Zoysa	13	42
ninth	Muthiah Muralidaran and Nuwan Zoysa	20	26
tenth	Muthiah Muralidaran and Ravindra Pushpakumara	4	2

SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND INNINGS: 226 FOR 4

Batter	How out	R	B
Gary Kirsten	not out	75	203
Gerhardus Liebenberg	lbw	45	89
HD Ackerman	bowled	2	24
Daryll Cullinan	lbw	0	3
Hansie Cronje	c Aravinda de Silva	82	63
Jacques Kallis	not out	0	7

Did not bat: Shaun Pollock, Mark Boucher, Allan Donald, Paul Adams, Makhaya Ntini

Extras 22 · Total 226 for 4

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Ravindra Pushpakumara	7	2	27	0
Nuwan Zoysa	2	0	11	0
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	6	1	7	0
Aravinda de Silva	5	1	14	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	23.5	4	94	3
Sanath Jayasuriya	19	6	62	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-89 (Gerhardus Liebenberg, 30.4 ov), 2-99 (HD Ackerman, 38.4 ov), 3-99 (Daryll Cullinan, 40.1 ov), 4-215 (Hansie Cronje, 59.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Gary Kirsten and Gerhardus Liebenberg	89	184
second	Gary Kirsten and HD Ackerman	10	48
third	Daryll Cullinan and Gary Kirsten	0	9
fourth	Hansie Cronje and Gary Kirsten	116	119
fifth	Gary Kirsten and Jacques Kallis	11	17

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