England v Sri Lanka (1348)

a11337 o1348	England v Sri Lanka
	Emirates Triangular Tournament 1998 (Final)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 20th August 1998 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Umpires	DJ Constant, DR Shepherd
Third umpire	JC Balderstone
Referee	AM Ebrahim
Man of the Match	M Muralitharan

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England innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s NV Knight c and b Muralitharan 94 136 178 4 - MA Atherton c Ranatunga b Muralitharan 64 73 102 7 - *+AJ Stewart c Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 18 24 30 1 - GA Hick b Chandana 14 16 23 1 - AD Brown b Muralitharan 18 18 24 2 - N Hussain lbw b Muralitharan 0 2 1 - - RDB Croft c Kaluwitharana b Perera 17 17 21 1 - ID Austin not out 11 12 23 1 - D Gough b Perera 0 1 1 - - PJ Martin not out 1 1 3 - - AD Mullally did not bat Extras (4 b, 5 lb, 10 w) 19 Total (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) 256 Fall of wickets: 1-132 (Atherton, 25.3 ov), 2-170 (Stewart, 33.5 ov), 3-191 (Hick, 38.5 ov), 4-218 (Knight, 43.4 ov), 5-218 (Hussain, 43.6 ov), 6-223 (Brown, 45.2 ov), 7-246 (Croft, 49.1 ov), 8-246 (Gough, 49.2 ov) Sri Lanka bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Wickramasinghe 5 0 29 0 - - Perera 9 0 44 2 4 - Dharmasena 9 0 47 0 1 - Muralitharan 10 0 34 5 - - de Silva 2 0 10 0 - - Jayasuriya 8 0 45 0 - - Chandana 7 0 38 1 2 - Sri Lanka innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s ST Jayasuriya b Gough 0 2 2 - - +RS Kaluwitharana c Hick b Croft 68 77 105 6 - MS Atapattu not out 132 151 197 14 - PA de Silva c Brown b Gough 34 37 58 4 - *A Ranatunga c Knight b Martin 1 3 11 - - UDU Chandana c Knight b Croft 2 7 10 - - HP Tillakaratne not out 10 6 9 2 - HDPK Dharmasena did not bat GP Wickramasinghe did not bat ASA Perera did not bat M Muralitharan did not bat Extras (7 lb, 6 w) 13 Total (5 wickets, 47.1 overs) 260 Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Jayasuriya, 0.2 ov), 2-140 (Kaluwitharana, 26.3 ov), 3-210 (de Silva, 40.2 ov), 4-224 (Ranatunga, 43.1 ov), 5-233 (Chandana, 44.5 ov) England bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Gough 10 0 50 2 2 - Martin 10 1 60 1 2 - Mullally 10 0 37 0 1 - Austin 10 1 48 0 - - Croft 7 0 54 2 1 - Hick 0.1 0 4 0 - -

Notes
--> AJ Stewart passed 3000 runs in ODIs when he reached 5
--> ID Austin passed his previous highest ODIs score of 10
--> RS Kaluwitharana passed 1500 runs in ODIs when he reached 31
--> MS Atapattu passed his previous highest ListA Matches score of 118
--> MS Atapattu passed his previous highest ODIs score of 118
--> MS Atapattu passed 1500 runs in ODIs when he reached 2