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Standard Bank International Series 1997/98

South Africa vs Sri Lanka - South Africa v Sri Lanka  |  Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets

Match Details
Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series Standard Bank International Series 1997/98
Umpires
DF Becker and RE Koertzen Match Date 13 Apr 1998
Match Referee JR Reid Ground Sahara Oval, St George's Park, Port Elizabeth , Port Elizabeth
TV Umpire CJ Mitchley    
Player of Match Arjuna Ranatunga (Sri Lanka)    

South Africa Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Mike Rindel b Chaminda Vaas 35 97 68 2 0
2 Gary Kirsten c Marvan Atapattu b Muttiah Muralitharan 46 80 50 6 0
3 Pat Symcox c Muttiah Muralitharan b Kumar Dharmasena 13 28 18 1 0
4 Herschelle Gibbs c Muttiah Muralitharan b Sanath Jayasuriya 33 46 43 3 0
5 Hansie Cronje * c Arjuna Ranatunga b Muttiah Muralitharan 0 1 3 0 0
6 Jonty Rhodes st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan 36 71 48 1 0
7 Shaun Pollock c Aravinda de Silva b Upul Chandana 22 23 25 0 1
8 Jacques Kallis lbw Sanath Jayasuriya 1 3 2 0 0
9 Mark Boucher † lbw Chaminda Vaas 14 29 22 1 0
10 Lance Klusener c Marvan Atapattu b Chaminda Vaas 18 22 20 1 0
11 Roger Telemachus not out 1 2 1 0 0
Extra b 1, lb 9, w 2 12
Total 10 wickets; 49.5 overs; 231 4.64 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-78 ( Gary Kirsten, 17.4 ) ;   2-94 ( Mike Rindel, 21.5 ) ;   3-104 ( Pat Symcox, 25.0 ) ;   4-104 ( Hansie Cronje, 25.3 ) ;   5-150 ( Herschelle Gibbs, 33.1 ) ;   6-186 ( Shaun Pollock, 40.4 ) ;   7-189 ( Jacques Kallis, 41.2 ) ;   8-201 ( Jonty Rhodes, 44.3 ) ;   9-230 ( Mark Boucher, 49.3 ) ;   10-231 ( Lance Klusener, 49.5 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Chaminda Vaas 7.5 0 33 3 0 0
Pramodya Wickramasinghe 6.0 0 28 0 0 0
Kumar Dharmasena 10.0 0 37 1 0 0
Muttiah Muralitharan 10.0 1 47 3 2 0
Upul Chandana 9.0 0 42 1 0 1
Sanath Jayasuriya 7.0 0 34 2 0 0

Sri Lanka Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Sanath Jayasuriya c Hansie Cronje b Roger Telemachus 7 19 16 1 0
2 Romesh Kaluwitharana † lbw Roger Telemachus 4 8 4 1 0
3 Marvan Atapattu b Jacques Kallis 63 99 78 6 0
4 Aravinda de Silva b Shaun Pollock 1 2 5 0 0
5 Arjuna Ranatunga * not out 93 171 118 9 1
6 Roshan Mahanama not out 46 85 63 4 0
7 Kumar Dharmasena Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
8 Upul Chandana Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
9 Muttiah Muralitharan Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
10 Chaminda Vaas Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
11 Pramodya Wickramasinghe Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra lb 9, w 7, nb 2 18
Total 4 wickets; 46.4 overs; 232 4.97 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-8 ( Romesh Kaluwitharana, 1.3 ) ;   2-15 ( Sanath Jayasuriya, 3.5 ) ;   3-17 ( Aravinda de Silva, 4.3 ) ;   4-125 ( Marvan Atapattu, 26.1 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Shaun Pollock 8.0 0 29 1 2 2
Roger Telemachus 7.0 1 37 2 0 2
Lance Klusener 8.0 0 47 0 2 0
Hansie Cronje * 7.4 0 36 0 0 0
Jacques Kallis 7.0 0 30 1 0 0
Pat Symcox 9.0 0 44 0 3 0