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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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Ground Page:
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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.
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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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