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Test # 1410
Sri Lanka in South Africa, 1997/98, 1st Test
South Africa v Sri Lanka
Newlands, Cape Town
19,20,21,22,23 March 1998 (5-day match)
Result: South Africa won by 70 runs
Series: South Africa leads the 2-Test series 1-0
Toss: South Africa
Umpires: RS Dunne (NZ) and DL Orchard
TV Umpire: RE Koertzen
Match Referee: JR Reid (NZ)
Test Debut: M Ntini (SA).
Man of the Match: SM Pollock
Close of Play:
Day 1: South Africa 298/6 (Pollock 15*, Boucher 12*, 90 overs)
Day 2: South Africa 418, Sri Lanka 212/5
(Tillakaratne 2*, Kaluwitharana 13*, 53 overs)
Day 3: Sri Lanka 306, South Africa 155/4 (Cronje 11*, Boucher 6*, 56 overs)
Day 4: South Africa 264, Sri Lanka 120/3
(Atapattu 50*, Ranatunga 14*, 43 overs)
South Africa 1st innings R M B 4 6
AM Bacher c Mahanama b Wickramasinghe 6 35 30 0 0
G Kirsten lbw b Vaas 62 203 136 9 0
HD Ackerman c & b Muralitharan 23 72 54 1 0
DJ Cullinan b Wickramasinghe 113 222 159 13 1
*WJ Cronje c Mahanama b Vaas 49 92 90 6 1
JH Kallis c Ranatunga b Muralitharan 3 20 13 0 0
SM Pollock lbw b Wickramasinghe 92 198 138 8 1
+MV Boucher run out (Mahanama) 33 126 94 2 0
AA Donald b Muralitharan 12 37 36 1 0
PR Adams st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 2 14 6 0 0
M Ntini not out 3 5 7 0 0
Extras (lb 8, nb 12) 20
Total (all out, 124.4 overs) 418
FoW: 1-19 (Bacher, 6.6 ov), 2-60 (Ackerman, 23.4 ov),
3-155 (Kirsten, 46.6 ov), 4-251 (Cronje, 70.6 ov),
5-260 (Kallis, 75.5 ov), 6-272 (Cullinan, 78.6 ov),
7-367 (Boucher, 109.2 ov), 8-402 (Donald, 119.6 ov),
9-414 (Adams, 123.1 ov), 10-418 (Pollock, 124.4 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Vaas 21 2 75 2 (8nb)
Pushpakumara 20 3 81 0 (4nb)
Wickramasinghe 28.4 7 75 3 (3nb)
Muralitharan 45 8 135 4
Jayasuriya 6 1 29 0
de Silva 4 0 15 0
Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4 6
ST Jayasuriya c Boucher b Donald 17 19 15 3 0
MS Atapattu c Cullinan b Adams 60 194 129 7 0
RS Mahanama c Boucher b Donald 9 21 20 2 0
PA de Silva c Boucher b Ntini 77 117 98 13 0
*A Ranatunga c Ackerman b Adams 20 27 26 3 0
HP Tillakaratne c Boucher b Pollock 22 99 73 2 0
+RS Kaluwitharana lbw b Pollock 13 54 41 2 0
WPUJC Vaas c Boucher b Pollock 30 84 60 6 0
GP Wickramasinghe c sub (L Klusener) b Pollock 11 28 19 0 0
M Muralitharan not out 15 37 22 3 0
KR Pushpakumara c Boucher b Donald 4 19 17 1 0
Extras (b 8, lb 7, w 1, nb 12) 28
Total (all out, 84.3 overs) 306
FoW: 1-20 (Jayasuriya, 4.5 ov), 2-36 (Mahanama, 8.5 ov),
3-165 (de Silva, 38.5 ov), 4-194 (Ranatunga, 45.6 ov),
5-195 (Atapattu, 47.1 ov), 6-219 (Kaluwitharana, 61.4 ov),
7-241 (Tillakaratne, 69.6 ov), 8-270 (Wickramasinghe, 75.5 ov),
9-300 (Vaas, 79.4 ov), 10-306 (Pushpakumara, 84.3 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Donald 21.3 7 66 3
Pollock 26 5 83 4 (8nb)
Ntini 10 1 57 1 (5nb)
Kallis 7 1 23 0 (1w)
Adams 20 2 62 2
South Africa 2nd innings R M B 4 6
G Kirsten c Mahanama b Vaas 15 41 28 2 0
AM Bacher c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 0 11 2 0 0
JH Kallis st Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya 49 177 140 5 1
DJ Cullinan c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan 68 174 123 7 1
*WJ Cronje c Muralitharan b Jayasuriya 74 197 147 4 3
+MV Boucher c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan 10 28 32 1 0
HD Ackerman lbw b Muralitharan 8 54 54 0 0
SM Pollock st Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya 6 43 38 0 0
AA Donald c Pushpakumara b Jayasuriya 18 62 50 2 0
PR Adams c Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 3 22 6 0 0
M Ntini not out 0 6 3 0 0
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 5) 13
Total (all out, 103.0 overs) 264
FoW: 1-5 (Bacher, 2.2 ov), 2-18 (Kirsten, 8.1 ov),
3-134 (Kallis, 44.3 ov), 4-146 (Cullinan, 53.2 ov),
5-166 (Boucher, 61.5 ov), 6-188 (Ackerman, 75.4 ov),
7-219 (Pollock, 86.5 ov), 8-256 (Cronje, 98.4 ov),
9-260 (Adams, 101.3 ov), 10-264 (Donald, 102.6 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Vaas 11 3 41 2 (3nb)
Pushpakumara 8 0 24 0 (1nb, 1w)
Wickramasinghe 8 1 24 0 (1nb)
Muralitharan 41 10 108 4
de Silva 1 1 0 0
Jayasuriya 33 7 53 4
Atapattu 1 0 7 0
Sri Lanka 2nd innings (target: 377 runs) R M B 4 6
ST Jayasuriya lbw b Donald 0 10 7 0 0
MS Atapattu c & b Adams 71 243 200 9 0
RS Mahanama c Kallis b Pollock 11 39 29 1 0
PA de Silva c Kallis b Adams 37 82 62 6 0
*A Ranatunga c Kirsten b Kallis 43 120 93 6 0
HP Tillakaratne lbw b Donald 13 74 56 2 0
+RS Kaluwitharana b Pollock 45 72 61 8 0
WPUJC Vaas c Boucher b Donald 0 1 1 0 0
GP Wickramasinghe b Ntini 51 62 45 8 1
M Muralitharan run out (Cullinan) 10 33 14 2 0
KR Pushpakumara not out 9 21 15 2 0
Extras (b 5, lb 3, nb 8) 16
Total (all out, 95.3 overs) 306
FoW: 1-3 (Jayasuriya, 2.1 ov), 2-27 (Mahanama, 11.6 ov),
3-98 (de Silva, 33.4 ov), 4-171 (Atapattu, 62.3 ov),
5-175 (Ranatunga, 65.1 ov), 6-234 (Tillakaratne, 82.2 ov),
7-234 (Vaas, 82.3 ov), 8-239 (Kaluwitharana, 83.3 ov),
9-287 (Muralitharan, 90.4 ov), 10-306 (Wickramasinghe, 95.3 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Donald 20 4 64 3
Pollock 23 3 77 2 (9nb)
Kallis 15 5 45 1 (1nb)
Ntini 5.3 0 17 1
Adams 27 3 90 2
Cronje 5 3 5 0
Day 1
- Makhaya Ntini makes his Test debut.
- Lunch: SA 79/2 (Kirsten 33, Cullinan 8, 27 overs)
- Tea: SA 192/3 (Cullinan 73, Cronje 13, 57 overs)
- Cullinan scored his 4th Test century.
- The 4th wicket partnership of 96 by Cullinan and Cronje was a
new record for South Africa against Sri Lanka.
Day 2
- Lunch: SA 402/8 (Pollock 81, 120 overs)
- Tea: SL 92/2 (Atapattu 25, de Silva 36, 20 overs)
- Pollock made his highest Test score (Previous 82 vs Pakistan
at Sheikhupura, 1997/98)
- The 7th wicket partnership of 95 by Pollock and Boucher was
a new record for South Africa against Sri Lanka.
- The 9th wicket partnership of 12 by Pollock and Adams was a
new record for South Africa against Sri Lanka.
- The 3rd wicket partnership of 129 by Atapattu and de Silva was
a new record for any wicket for Sri Lanka against South Africa.
- The Sri Lankan 3rd wicket partnership is the highest recorded
against South Africa in a Test at Newlands - previously 109 by PA
Gibb and WR Hammond for England in 1938/39.
Day 3
- Lunch: Sri Lanka 300/9 (Muralitharan 15, Pushpakumara 0, 80 overs)
- Tea: South Africa 47/2 (Kallis 6, Cullinan 23, 20 overs)
- The 8th wicket partnership of 29 by Vaas and Wickramasinge was
a new record for Sri Lanka against South Africa.
- The 9th wicket partnership of 30 by Vaas and Muralitheran was a
new record for Sri Lanka against South Africa.
- The 3rd wicket partnership of 116 by Kallis and Cullinan was a
new record for South Africa against Sri Lanka.
- Cullinan became the 14th South African (the 4th since re-admission)
to reach 2000 Test runs.
- Boucher held 6 catches in an innings to equal the South African
record - This is the second time in a row that he has done this.
- Attendance : 11 500
Day 4
- Lunch: South Africa 219/7 (Cronje 54, 86.5 overs)
- Tea: Sri Lanka 27/1 (Attapatu 14, Mahanama 11, 11 overs)
- Jayasuria achieved his best bowling in a Test match beating his
previous best of 3/45 vs India at Colombo in 1997/98
- The 264 made by South Africa is their lowest total vs Sri Lanka.
- Attendance : 16 500
Day 5
- Lunch: Sri Lanka 209/5 (Tillakaratne 9, Kaluwitharana 25, 75 overs)
- The 9th wicket partnership of 48 by Wickramasinge and Muralitharan
was a new record for Sri Lanka against South Africa.
- The 10th wicket partnership of 18 by Wickramasinghe and Pushpakumara
was a new record for Sri Lanka against South Africa.
- Wickramasinghe scored his maiden Test 50 - previous highest score
43 vs New Zealand at Dunedin, 1996/97
- This was the 6th time in Test history that a team has been dismissed
for the same total in both innings, and the highest score of those 6
occurrances.
- Total attendance : 46313
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Ground Page:
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South Africa Player Pages:
AM Bacher,
G Kirsten,
HD Ackerman,
DJ Cullinan,
WJ Cronje,
JH Kallis,
SM Pollock,
MV Boucher,
AA Donald,
PR Adams,
M Ntini.
Sri Lanka Player Pages:
ST Jayasuriya,
MS Atapattu,
RS Mahanama,
PA de Silva,
A Ranatunga,
HP Tillakaratne,
RS Kaluwitharana,
WPUJC Vaas,
GP Wickramasinghe,
M Muralitharan,
KR Pushpakumara.
Match Officials' Pages:
RS Dunne,
DL Orchard,
RE Koertzen,
JR Reid.
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