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Sri Lanka in England, 1998
Leicestershire v Sri Lankans
Grace Road, Leicester
24,25,26,27 July 1998 (4-day match)

Result: Sri Lankans won by 9 wickets

Toss: Leicestershire
Umpires: NT Plews and JF Steele

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Leicestershire 245, Sri Lankans 51/0 (Jayasuriya 16*, Arnold 27*, 10 ov)
  • Day 2: Sri Lankans 442/7 (Tillakaratne 91*, Wickramasinghe 6*, 114 ov)
  • Day 3: Sri Lankans 509, Leicestershire 234/5 (Nixon 24*, Dakin 19*, 83 ov)
    Leicestershire 1st innings
    DL Maddy              c HAPW Jayawardene b Perera              26
    IJ Sutcliffe          c Hathurusingha    b Wickramasinghe      17
    DI Stevens                               b Hathurusingha        1
    *BF Smith             c Jayasuriya       b Hathurusingha        0
    A Habib               c HAPW Jayawardene b Hathurusingha        0
    +PA Nixon             lbw                b Perera              20
    JM Dakin              c HAPW Jayawardene b Muralitharan        79
    D Williamson          c Jayasuriya       b Wickramasinghe      20
    DJ Millns             not out                                  46
    CD Crowe              c HAPW Jayawardene b Muralitharan         2
    MT Brimson            c Jayasuriya       b Muralitharan         1
    Extras                (lb 8, w 9, nb 16)                       33
    Total                 (all out, 87 overs)                     245
    
    FoW: 1-40, 2-45, 3-45, 4-51, 5-59, 6-81,
         7-149, 8-228, 9-233, 10-245.
    
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Wickramasinghe              17      4     54      2
    Perera                      17      4     60      2
    Hathurusingha               27      7     64      3
    Muralitharan                23      8     41      3
    DPMD Jayawardene             3      0     18      0
    
    Sri Lankans 1st innings
    ST Jayasuriya         c Nixon            b Dakin               36
    RP Arnold             lbw                b Dakin               33
    DPMD Jayawardene      c Nixon            b Williamson          48
    PA de Silva           c Nixon            b Dakin                1
    *A Ranatunga          c Maddy            b Brimson            110
    HP Tillakaratne       lbw                b Williamson         120
    UC Hathurusingha      lbw                b Dakin               60
    +HAPW Jayawardene                        b Williamson          25
    GP Wickramasinghe     c Nixon            b Brimson              6
    ASA Perera            c Williamson       b Crowe               26
    M Muralitharan        not out                                   7
    Extras                (b 5, lb 19, w 1, nb 12)                 37
    Total                 (all out, 132.4 overs)                  509
    
    
    FoW: 1-70, 2-83, 3-89, 4-226, 5-267, 6-386,
         7-426, 8-447, 9-501, 10-509.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Dakin                       38      6    110      4
    Millns                       1      0     14      0
    Williamson                  28      6    110      3
    Crowe                       33.4    3    120      1
    Brimson                     22      3     84      2
    Maddy                       10      2     47      0
    
    Leicestershire 2nd innings
    DL Maddy              c HAPW Jayawardene b Muralitharan        29
    IJ Sutcliffe                             b Muralitharan        15
    DI Stevens            lbw                b Muralitharan         2
    *BF Smith             c Arnold           b de Silva            75
    A Habib               lbw                b Muralitharan        23
    +PA Nixon                                b Perera              38
    JM Dakin              c Tillakaratne     b Wickramasinghe      42
    D Williamson          lbw                b Wickramasinghe      34
    DJ Millns             c DPMD Jayawardene b Muralitharan        14
    CD Crowe              lbw                b Perera              23
    MT Brimson            not out                                   2
    Extras                (b 4, lb 22, w 5, nb 34)                 65
    Total                 (all out, 136.5 overs)                  362
    
    
    FoW: 1-53, 2-59, 3-64, 4-148, 5-203, 6-267,
         7-288, 8-315, 9-351, 10-362.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Wickramasinghe              30      7     99      2
    Perera                      25.5    5     77      2
    Hathurusingha               10      3     21      0
    Muralitharan                55     21    108      5
    Jayasuriya                   4      1      6      0
    Arnold                       3      0     11      0
    de Silva                     9      3     14      1
    
    Sri Lankans 2nd innings (target: 99 runs)
    ST Jayasuriya         c Williamson       b Crowe               30
    RP Arnold             not out                                  44
    DPMD Jayawardene      not out                                  21
    Extras                (lb 2, nb 2)                              4
    Total                 (1 wicket, 24.5 overs)                   99
    
    DNB: PA de Silva, *A Ranatunga, HP Tillakaratne,
         UC Hathurusingha, +HAPW Jayawardene, GP Wickramasinghe,
         ASA Perera, M Muralitharan.
    
    FoW: 1-53.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Millns                      10      2     49      0
    Dakin                        5      0     21      0
    Crowe                        7      2     20      1
    Brimson                      2.5    0      7      0
    


  • report from The Electronic Telegraph | report from The Daily News

    Tour Index

    Team Pages: Leicestershire, Sri Lankans.

    Ground Page: Grace Road, Leicester

    Leicestershire Player Pages: DL Maddy, IJ Sutcliffe, DI Stevens, BF Smith, A Habib, PA Nixon, JM Dakin, D Williamson, DJ Millns, CD Crowe, MT Brimson.

    Sri Lankans Player Pages: ST Jayasuriya, RP Arnold, DPMD Jayawardene, PA de Silva, A Ranatunga, HP Tillakaratne, UC Hathurusingha, HAPW Jayawardene, GP Wickramasinghe, ASA Perera, M Muralitharan.

    Match Officials' Pages: NT Plews, JF Steele.

    Contributed by Robin Abrahams (robin@cricinfo.com)  
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