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Test # 1414
Sri Lanka in South Africa, 1997/98, 2nd Test
South Africa v Sri Lanka
Centurion Park
27,28,29,30 March 1998 (5-day match)

Result: South Africa won by 6 wickets
Series: South Africa wins the 2-Test series 2-0

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pak) and RE Koertzen
TV Umpire: DL Orchard
Match Referee: HAB Gardiner (Zim)
Test Debut: GFJ Liebenberg (SA).
Man of the Match: AA Donald
Man of the Series: DJ Cullinan

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Sri Lanka 165/3 (Mahanama 44*, Ranatunga 40*, 60 overs)
  • Day 2: Sri Lanka 303, South Africa 75/3 (Cullinan 42*, Cronje 0*, 24.4 overs)
  • Day 3: South Africa 200, Sri Lanka 93/7 (Wickramasinghe 16*, Zoysa 6*, 35 overs)
    Sri Lanka 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    ST Jayasuriya         c Boucher          b Ntini               51 104  77  6 1
    MS Atapattu           run out (Kirsten)                        12  89  70  2 0
    RS Mahanama           c Kallis           b Cronje              50 223 178  4 1
    PA de Silva           c Adams            b Ntini                1   8   2  0 0
    *A Ranatunga          lbw                b Donald              73 264 177 12 0
    HP Tillakaratne       c Kirsten          b Cronje              55 184 134  9 0
    +RS Kaluwitharana     c Boucher          b Donald               9  20  15  1 0
    GP Wickramasinghe     c Adams            b Donald              10  22  13  2 0
    DNT Zoysa             lbw                b Kallis               0   9   8  0 0
    M Muralitharan        c Boucher          b Cronje              11  44  36  0 0
    KR Pushpakumara       not out                                   0  21  14  0 0
    Extras                (b 6, lb 14, w 3, nb 8)                  31
    Total                 (all out, 118.3 overs)                  303
    
    FoW: 1-53 (Atapattu, 21.4 ov), 2-66 (Jayasuriya, 24.6 ov),
         3-68 (de Silva, 26.4 ov), 4-186 (Mahanama, 74.6 ov),
         5-228 (Ranatunga, 90.4 ov), 6-240 (Kaluwitharana, 94.6 ov),
         7-254 (Wickramasinghe, 100.1 ov), 8-255 (Zoysa, 101.4 ov),
         9-290 (Muralitharan, 112.4 ov), 10-303 (Tillakaratne, 118.3 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Donald                      33     10     73      3 (3w)
    Pollock                      7.1    3      9      0
    Kallis                      19      7     42      1 (2nb)
    Adams                       22      6     77      0
    Ntini                       22.5    7     61      2 (11nb)
    Cronje                      14.3    3     21      3
    
    South Africa 1st innings                                        R   M   B  4 6
    GFJ Liebenberg        lbw                b Pushpakumara         0   1   1  0 0
    G Kirsten                                b Muralitharan        13 115  82  2 0
    HD Ackerman                              b Zoysa                7   9   7  1 0
    DJ Cullinan           c Wickramasinghe   b Jayasuriya         103 307 185 13 0
    *WJ Cronje            st Kaluwitharana   b Muralitharan        10  40  27  1 0
    JH Kallis             c Kaluwitharana    b Wickramasinghe      12  40  38  1 0
    SM Pollock                               b Muralitharan         1  25  16  0 0
    +MV Boucher           c Jayasuriya       b Muralitharan        13  73  71  2 0
    AA Donald                                b Muralitharan         6  34  25  0 0
    PR Adams                             c & b Jayasuriya          12  24  21  1 1
    M Ntini               not out                                   2  11   9  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 6, w 6, nb 8)                   21
    Total                 (all out, 78.0 overs)                   200
    
    FoW: 1-0 (Liebenberg, 0.1 ov), 2-11 (Ackerman, 1.5 ov),
         3-75 (Kirsten, 24.4 ov), 4-103 (Cronje, 32.6 ov),
         5-122 (Kallis, 41.6 ov), 6-137 (Pollock, 48.3 ov),
         7-170 (Boucher, 66.4 ov), 8-182 (Cullinan, 71.2 ov),
         9-186 (Donald, 74.6 ov), 10-200 (Adams, 77.6 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Pushpakumara                16      2     55      1 (9nb, 1w)
    Zoysa                       12      2     29      1 (2nb, 2w)
    Wickramasinghe              15      2     36      1 (2nb)
    Muralitharan                30      8     63      5 (2nb)
    Jayasuriya                   5      2     10      2
    
    Sri Lanka 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    ST Jayasuriya                            b Donald              16  30  23  3 0
    MS Atapattu           c Boucher          b Donald               7  56  34  0 0
    RS Mahanama           lbw                b Donald               0   1   1  0 0
    PA de Silva           run out (Boucher)                        41  99  75  6 1
    *A Ranatunga          c Boucher          b Cronje               0  10   7  0 0
    HP Tillakaratne       c sub (DN Crookes) b Cronje               0   8   4  0 0
    +RS Kaluwitharana     run out (sub [DN Crookes])                0   5   3  0 0
    GP Wickramasinghe                        b Adams               21  74  59  4 0
    DNT Zoysa             c Boucher          b Donald              14  41  35  1 0
    M Muralitharan        c Kirsten          b Donald              15  19  11  2 0
    KR Pushpakumara       not out                                   0   2   0  0 0
    Extras                (lb 5, nb 3)                              8
    Total                 (all out, 41.3 overs)                   122
    
    FoW: 1-19 (Jayasuriya, 6.5 ov), 2-19 (Mahanama, 6.6 ov),
         3-40 (Atapattu, 12.2 ov), 4-40 (Ranatunga, 14.3 ov),
         5-42 (Tillakaratne, 16.3 ov), 6-42 (Kaluwitharana, 16.6 ov),
         7-85 (de Silva, 29.5 ov), 8-98 (Wickramasinghe, 36.5 ov),
         9-118 (Zoysa, 41.1 ov), 10-122 (Muralitharan, 41.3 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Donald                      13.3    2     54      5 (1nb)
    Ntini                        6      2     13      0 (1nb)
    Kallis                       7      3     12      0 (1nb)
    Cronje                       8      3     13      2
    Adams                        7      1     25      1
    
    South Africa 2nd innings (target: 226 runs)                     R   M   B  4 6
    G Kirsten             not out                                  75 233 203 12 0
    GFJ Liebenberg        lbw                b Muralitharan        45 120  89  7 0
    HD Ackerman                              b Muralitharan         2  24  24  0 0
    DJ Cullinan           lbw                b Muralitharan         0   6   3  0 0
    *WJ Cronje            c de Silva         b Jayasuriya          82  70  63  8 6
    JH Kallis             not out                                   0   8   7  0 0
    Extras                (b 8, lb 3, nb 11)                       22
    Total                 (4 wickets, 62.5 overs)                 226
    
    DNB: SM Pollock, +MV Boucher, AA Donald, PR Adams, M Ntini.
    
    FoW: 1-89 (Liebenberg, 30.4 ov), 2-99 (Ackerman, 38.4 ov),
         3-99 (Cullinan, 40.1 ov), 4-215 (Cronje, 59.6 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Pushpakumara                 7      2     27      0 (4nb)
    Zoysa                        2      0     11      0
    Wickramasinghe               6      1      7      0
    de Silva                     5      1     14      0 (2nb)
    Muralitharan                23.5    4     94      3 (6nb)
    Jayasuriya                  19      6     62      1
    

      Day 1

    • Lunch: Sri Lanka 72/3 (Mahanama 6*, Ranatunga 0*; 29 overs)
    • Tea: Sri Lanka 164/3 (Mahanama 44*, Ranatunga 40*; 60 overs)
    • Shaun Pollock was unable to complete his 8th over due to injury. Makhaya Ntini completed the over.
    • Makhaya Ntini bowled one ball (a no ball) of the 60th over and was unable to continue. Paul Adams completed the remaining six deliveries.
    • Bad light and rain stopped play on resumption after the Tea break.
    • 30 overs lost due to rain
    • Attendance: 3,850

      Day 2

    • Lunch: Sri Lanka 227/4 (Ranatunga 73*, Tillakaratne 14*; 88 overs)
    • Tea: Sri Lanka 330 all out
    • RS Kaluwitharana was dropped by GFJ Liebenberg at gully when 7
    • WJ Cronje's Best Bowling in Tests
    • In the 12th over of the South African innings, bowled by Pushpakumara, Umpire Koertzen miscounted and only 5 balls were bowled in the over.
    • Bad light stopped play at 5.40 pm and 7 overs were lost for the day
    • Attendance: 7,135

      Day 3

    • Lunch: South Africa 141/6 (Cullinan 82*, Boucher 1*; 53 overs)
    • Tea: South Africa 200/10 (Ntini 2*, 78 overs)
    • JH Kallis was dropped by DNT Zoysa at mid-on when 4
    • JH Kallis was dropped by PA de Silva at square leg when 6
    • South Africa's lowest Test total against Sri Lanka
    • MS Atapattu was dropped by HD Ackerman at 2nd slip when 0
    • PA de Silva was dropped by DJ Cullinan at fine leg when 14
    • AA Donald becomes the first South African to take 200 Test wickets
    • AA Donald also takes his 1,000th First Class wicket
    • Bad light stopped play at 5.44 pm and 2 overs were lost for the day
    • Attendance 14,050

      Day 4

    • Cronje's 50 in 31 balls, the 2nd fastest recorded in Test history (fastest, Kapil Dev, 30 balls, India v Pakistan 1982-3)




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    Team Pages: South Africa, Sri Lanka.

    Ground Page: Centurion Park

    Sri Lanka Player Pages: ST Jayasuriya, MS Atapattu, RS Mahanama, PA de Silva, A Ranatunga, HP Tillakaratne, RS Kaluwitharana, GP Wickramasinghe, DNT Zoysa, M Muralitharan, KR Pushpakumara.

    South Africa Player Pages: GFJ Liebenberg, G Kirsten, HD Ackerman, DJ Cullinan, WJ Cronje, JH Kallis, SM Pollock, MV Boucher, AA Donald, PR Adams, M Ntini.

    Match Officials' Pages: Javed Akhtar, RE Koertzen, DL Orchard, HAB Gardiner.

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