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England Vs Sri Lanka 13Th Match

Carlton & United Series Australia, England, Sri Lanka in Australia - 1999 (1998/99) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 3 February 1999

Sri Lanka won by 11 runs

Sri Lanka won by 11 runs. Nick Knight top-scored with 58 for England.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
Carlton & United Series Australia, England, Sri Lanka in Australia - 1999 (1998/99)
Ground
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Date
3 February 1999
Toss
England, chose to field
Result
Sri Lanka won by 11 runs
Player of the match
Thilan Samaraweera
Captains
Arjuna Ranatunga (Sri Lanka), Adam Hollioake (England)
Umpires
SJA Taufel and AJ McQuillan
Match referee
PL van der Merwe

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to field.

Sri Lanka batted first and made 181 for 7. Romesh Kaluwitharana top-scored with 54 off 87 balls, and Aravinda de Silva made 52. Mark Alleyne took 3 for 27 for England. From 109 for 3 they lost 4 wickets for 25 runs, to 134 for 7.

Chasing 182, England made 170 for 9. Nick Knight top-scored with 58 off 109 balls. Thilan Samaraweera took 3 for 34 for Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka won by 11 runs.

SRI LANKA: 181 FOR 7
BatterHow outRB
Romesh Kaluwitharanac Darren Gough5487
Avishka Gunawardenest John Crawley2445
Chaminda Vaasrun out (Nick Knight)1414
Aravinda de Silvanot out5252
Arjuna Ranatungac Nasser Hussain04
Mahela Jayawardenec Ben Hollioake27
Marvan Atapattulbw415
Upul Chandanac Ashley Giles07
Hashan Tillakaratnenot out1335

Did not bat: Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Thilan Samaraweera

Extras 18 · Total 181 for 7

Bowler (England)OMRW
Darren Gough92351
Ben Hollioake40250
Mark Ealham92300
Ashley Giles50311
Mark Alleyne91273
Vince Wells81291

FALL OF WICKETS

1-71 (Avishka Gunawardene, 16.4 ov), 2-99 (Chaminda Vaas, 22.5 ov), 3-109 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 24.3 ov), 4-111 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 25.5 ov), 5-122 (Mahela Jayawardene, 28.2 ov), 6-133 (Marvan Atapattu, 32.3 ov), 7-134 (Upul Chandana, 33.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstRomesh Kaluwitharana and Avishka Gunawardene71100
secondRomesh Kaluwitharana and Chaminda Vaas2837
thirdAravinda de Silva and Romesh Kaluwitharana1010
fourthArjuna Ranatunga and Aravinda de Silva28
fifthAravinda de Silva and Mahela Jayawardene1115
sixthAravinda de Silva and Marvan Atapattu1125
seventhAravinda de Silva and Upul Chandana19
eighthAravinda de Silva and Hashan Tillakaratne4760
ENGLAND: 170 FOR 9
BatterHow outRB
Nick Knightbowled58109
Vince Wellsbowled2650
Graeme Hickbowled02
Nasser Hussainst Romesh Kaluwitharana924
John Crawleyc Arjuna Ranatunga1321
Mark Ealhamc Roshan Mahanama03
Mark Alleynec Mahela Jayawardene1820
Adam Hollioakest Romesh Kaluwitharana1317
Ben Hollioakerun out (Chaminda Vaas)46
Ashley Gilesnot out1010
Darren Goughnot out13

Extras 18 · Total 170 for 9

Bowler (Sri Lanka)OMRW
Chaminda Vaas60240
Aravinda de Silva90250
Thilan Samaraweera90343
Upul Chandana90353
Hashan Tillakaratne50221
Mahela Jayawardene60241

FALL OF WICKETS

1-53 (Vince Wells, 16.2 ov), 2-53 (Graeme Hick, 16.4 ov), 3-74 (Nasser Hussain, 24.2 ov), 4-118 (John Crawley, 32.6 ov), 5-119 (Nick Knight, 34.2 ov), 6-122 (Mark Ealham, 35.2 ov), 7-150 (Mark Alleyne, 39.6 ov), 8-155 (Ben Hollioake, 41.1 ov), 9-162 (Adam Hollioake, 42.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstNick Knight and Vince Wells5398
secondGraeme Hick and Nick Knight02
thirdNasser Hussain and Nick Knight2146
fourthJohn Crawley and Nick Knight4452
fifthNick Knight and Mark Ealham18
sixthMark Ealham and Mark Alleyne36
seventhAdam Hollioake and Mark Alleyne2828
eighthAdam Hollioake and Ben Hollioake57
ninthAdam Hollioake and Ashley Giles79
tenthDarren Gough and Ashley Giles88
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