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Test # 1445
Asian Test Championship, 1998/99, 2nd Match
Sri Lanka v India
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
24,25,26,27,28 February 1999 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Points: India 5, Sri Lanka 4

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: RE Koertzen (SA) and RB Tiffin (Zim)
TV Umpire: Saleem Badar (Pak)
Match Referee: CW Smith (WI)
Test Debuts: A Nehra (Ind); KEA Upashantha, PDRL Perera (SL).
Man of the Match: DPMD Jayawardene

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: India 351/3 (Tendulkar 53*, Azharuddin 19*; 90 overs)
  • Day 2: India 518/7d, Sri Lanka 121/2 (Jayawardene 59*, Hathurusingha 11*; 37 overs)
  • Day 3: Sri Lanka 293/4 (Jayawardene 128*, Ranatunga 66*; 95.2 overs)
  • Day 4: Sri Lanka 485, India 59/1 (Laxman 17*, Ganguly 7*, 13.3 overs)
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    S Ramesh              c Ranatunga        b Jayawardene        143 317 214 18 0
    VVS Laxman            c de Silva         b Perera              11  37  22  2 0
    R Dravid              c Ranatunga        b Hathurusingha      107 314 218 12 0
    SR Tendulkar          c Kaluwitharana    b Vaas                53  94  54 10 0
    *M Azharuddin         c Hathurusingha    b Arnold              87 218 161 12 0
    SC Ganguly            c sub (RS Kalpage) b Upashantha          56 209 127  6 0
    +NR Mongia            c de Silva         b Arnold              25  75  56  2 0
    A Kumble              not out                                  10  24  15  1 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 6, w 3, nb 12)                  26
    Total                 (7 wickets declared, 142.5 overs)       518
    
    DNB: BKV Prasad, Harbhajan Singh, A Nehra.
    
    FoW: 1-20 (Laxman, 7.1 ov), 2-252 (Ramesh, 71.3 ov),
         3-288 (Dravid, 78.6 ov), 4-351 (Tendulkar, 90.1 ov),
         5-463 (Azharuddin, 125.3 ov), 6-491 (Ganguly, 136.3 ov),
         7-518 (Mongia, 142.5 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Vaas                        31      5    108      1 (1nb)
    Perera                      30      4    125      1 (7nb, 1w)
    Upashantha                  28      3     94      1 (1nb, 1w)
    Hathurusingha               18      3     51      1 (2nb, 1w)
    Arnold                      24.5    2     94      2
    Jayawardene                 11      3     35      1
    
    Sri Lanka 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    RP Arnold             run out (Dravid)                         34 120  93  5 1
    MS Atapattu           lbw                b Nehra                6  24  13  1 0
    DPMD Jayawardene                     c & b Kumble             242 677 465 30 2
    UC Hathurusingha      lbw                b Prasad              14  61  39  2 0
    PA de Silva                              b Harbhajan Singh     23  69  54  4 0
    *A Ranatunga         c sub (HH Kanitkar) b Kumble              66 176 113  8 0
    HP Tillakaratne       st Mongia          b Harbhajan Singh     14 105  47  3 0
    +RS Kaluwitharana                        b Harbhajan Singh     23  57  45  2 0
    WPUJC Vaas            c Laxman           b Kumble              23  93  64  3 0
    KEA Upashantha        lbw                b Kumble               6  22  17  1 0
    PDRL Perera           not out                                   1   6   9  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 19, w 4, nb 9)                  33
    Total                 (all out, 159.1 overs)                  485
    
    FoW: 1-18 (Atapattu, 5.2 ov), 2-93 (Arnold, 29.3 ov),
         3-129 (Hathurusingha, 44.1 ov), 4-178 (de Silva, 59.2 ov),
         5-354 (Tillakaratne, 115.5 ov), 6-390 (Kaluwitharana, 131.2 ov),
         7-466 (Vaas, 153.2 ov), 8-466 (Ranatunga, 153.3 ov),
         9-484 (Upashantha, 157.3 ov), 10-485 (Jayawardene, 159.1 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Prasad                      31      6     94      1 (1w)
    Nehra                       28      5     94      1 (8nb)
    Kumble                      54.1   10    134      4
    Harbhajan Singh             40      9    127      3
    Tendulkar                    5      0     16      0
    Ganguly                      1      1      0      0
    
    India 2nd innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    S Ramesh              c Tillakaratne     b Upashantha          30  50  38  5 0
    VVS Laxman            lbw                b Upashantha          25 111  63  3 0
    SC Ganguly            st Kaluwitharana   b de Silva            78 244 167  8 0
    SR Tendulkar          not out                                 124 308 235 10 1
    *M Azharuddin         c Arnold           b de Silva            15  43  41  0 0
    A Kumble              c Vaas             b Arnold              10  36  40  0 0
    BKV Prasad            not out                                   9  43  52  1 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 3, w 2, nb 9)                   15
    Total                 (5 wickets, 104 overs)                  306
    
    DNB: R Dravid, Harbhajan Singh, A Nehra, +NR Mongia.
    
    FoW: 1-50 (Ramesh, 9.6 ov), 2-74 (Laxman, 21.5 ov),
         3-213 (Ganguly, 64.2 ov), 4-253 (Azharuddin, 78.4 ov),
         5-283 (Kumble, 88.5 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Vaas                        18      3     58      0
    Perera                      14      2     60      0 (3nb, 2w)
    Upashantha                  15      2     41      2 (1nb)
    Arnold                      23.4    4     54      1
    de Silva                    18.2    2     59      2 (2nb)
    Jayawardene                 14      1     30      0
    Tillakaratne                 1      1      0      0
    

      Day 3

    • Play was called off 1.5 hrs before close of play due to bad light.

      Day 4

    • A Ranatunga retired hurt on 66* from 293/4 to 466/7
    • Rain interrupts play again, Umpires had to call of play due to inclement weather.




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    Team Pages: Sri Lanka, India.

    Ground Page: Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

    India Player Pages: S Ramesh, VVS Laxman, R Dravid, SR Tendulkar, M Azharuddin, SC Ganguly, NR Mongia, A Kumble, BKV Prasad, Harbhajan Singh, A Nehra.

    Sri Lanka Player Pages: RP Arnold, MS Atapattu, DPMD Jayawardene, UC Hathurusingha, PA de Silva, A Ranatunga, HP Tillakaratne, RS Kaluwitharana, WPUJC Vaas, KEA Upashantha, PDRL Perera.

    Match Officials' Pages: RE Koertzen, RB Tiffin, Saleem Badar, CW Smith.

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