South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test at Centurion, Mar 27 1998, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa

RESULT
2nd Test, Centurion, March 27 - 30, 1998, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa
303 & 122
(T:226) 200 & 226/4

South Africa won by 6 wickets

Player Of The Match
3/73 & 5/54
allan-donald
Player Of The Series
284 runs
daryll-cullinan
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
South Africa 1st Innings
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
South Africa 2nd Innings
Match Flow
Info
Sri Lanka 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c †Boucher b Ntini51771046166.23
run out (Kirsten)1270892017.14
c Kallis b Cronje501782234128.08
c Adams b Ntini1280050.00
lbw b Donald7317726412041.24
c Kirsten b Cronje551341849041.04
c †Boucher b Donald915201060.00
c Adams b Donald1013222076.92
lbw b Kallis089000.00
c †Boucher b Cronje1136440030.55
not out 01421000.00
Extras(b 6, lb 14, nb 8, w 3)31
TOTAL118.3 Ov (RR: 2.55)303
Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Marvan Atapattu, 21.4 ov), 2-66 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 24.6 ov), 3-68 (Aravinda de Silva, 26.4 ov), 4-186 (Roshan Mahanama, 74.6 ov), 5-228 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 90.4 ov), 6-240 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 94.6 ov), 7-254 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 100.1 ov), 8-255 (Nuwan Zoysa, 101.4 ov), 9-290 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 112.4 ov), 10-303 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 118.3 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
33107332.21---30
7.13901.25---00
1974212.21---02
2267703.50---00
22.576122.67---011
14.332131.44---00
South Africa 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
lbw b Pushpakumara011000.00
b Muralidaran13821152015.85
b Zoysa77910100.00
c Wickramasinghe b Jayasuriya10318530713055.67
st †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran1027401037.03
c †Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe1238401031.57
b Muralidaran11625006.25
c Jayasuriya b Muralidaran1371732018.30
b Muralidaran625340024.00
c & b Jayasuriya1221241157.14
not out 29110022.22
Extras(b 1, lb 6, nb 8, w 6)21
TOTAL78 Ov (RR: 2.56)200
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Gerhardus Liebenberg, 0.1 ov), 2-11 (HD Ackerman, 1.5 ov), 3-75 (Gary Kirsten, 24.4 ov), 4-103 (Hansie Cronje, 32.6 ov), 5-122 (Jacques Kallis, 41.6 ov), 6-137 (Shaun Pollock, 48.3 ov), 7-170 (Mark Boucher, 66.4 ov), 8-182 (Daryll Cullinan, 71.2 ov), 9-186 (Allan Donald, 74.6 ov), 10-200 (Paul Adams, 77.6 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
1625513.43---19
1222912.41---22
1523612.40---02
3086352.10---02
521022.00---00
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
b Donald1623303069.56
c †Boucher b Donald734560020.58
lbw b Donald011000.00
run out (†Boucher)4175996154.66
c †Boucher b Cronje0710000.00
c sub (DN Crookes) b Cronje048000.00
run out (sub [DN Crookes])035000.00
b Adams2159744035.59
c †Boucher b Donald1435411040.00
c Kirsten b Donald15111920136.36
not out 00200-
Extras(lb 5, nb 3)8
TOTAL41.3 Ov (RR: 2.93)122
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 6.5 ov), 2-19 (Roshan Mahanama, 6.6 ov), 3-40 (Marvan Atapattu, 12.2 ov), 4-40 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 14.3 ov), 5-42 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 16.3 ov), 6-42 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 16.6 ov), 7-85 (Aravinda de Silva, 29.5 ov), 8-98 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 36.5 ov), 9-118 (Nuwan Zoysa, 41.1 ov), 10-122 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 41.3 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
13.325454.00---01
621302.16---01
731201.71---01
831321.62---00
712513.57---00
South Africa 2nd Innings (T: 226 runs)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
not out 7520323312036.94
lbw b Muralidaran45891207050.56
b Muralidaran22424008.33
lbw b Muralidaran036000.00
c de Silva b Jayasuriya82637086130.15
not out 078000.00
Extras(b 8, lb 3, nb 11)22
TOTAL62.5 Ov (RR: 3.59)226/4
Fall of wickets: 1-89 (Gerhardus Liebenberg, 30.4 ov), 2-99 (HD Ackerman, 38.4 ov), 3-99 (Daryll Cullinan, 40.1 ov), 4-215 (Hansie Cronje, 59.6 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
722703.85---04
201105.50---00
61701.16---00
511402.80---02
23.549433.94---06
1966213.26---00
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CLOSE OF PLAY
Fri, 27 Mar - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 165/3 (Roshan Mahanama 44*, Arjuna Ranatunga 40*, 60 ov)
Sat, 28 Mar - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 75/3 (Daryll Cullinan 42*, Hansie Cronje 0*, 24.4 ov)
Sun, 29 Mar - day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 93/7 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe 16*, Nuwan Zoysa 6*, 35 ov)
Mon, 30 Mar - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 226/4 (62.5 ov) - end of match
MATCH FLOW
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
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)
MATCH DETAILS
Centurion Park
TossSri Lanka, elected to bat first
Series
Season1997/98
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series resultSouth Africa won the 2-match series 2-0
Match numberTest no. 1414
Match daysday (5-day match)
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