a11713 o1400	England v Sri Lanka
	Carlton and United Series 1998/99
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 3rd February 1999 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sri Lanka won by 11 runs
Points	England 0; Sri Lanka 2
Umpires	AJ McQuillan, SJA Taufel
TV umpire	JI Cameron
Referee	PL van der Merwe
Reserve Umpire	PF Hughes
Player of the Match	TT Samaraweera

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DA Gunawardene	st Crawley b Giles	24	45	73	1	-	53.33
+RS Kaluwitharana	c Gough b Alleyne	54	87	108	5	-	62.07
WPUJC Vaas	run out (Knight)	14	14	27	-	-	100.00
PA de Silva	not out	52	52	84	3	1	100.00
*A Ranatunga	c Hussain b Gough	0	4	7	-	-	0.00
DPMD Jayawardene	c BC Hollioake b Alleyne	2	7	11	-	-	28.57
MS Atapattu	lbw b Alleyne	4	15	13	-	-	26.67
UDU Chandana	c Giles b Wells	0	7	5	-	-	0.00
HP Tillakaratne	not out	13	35	36	1	-	37.14
GP Wickramasinghe	did not bat
TT Samaraweera	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb, 12 w)	18
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 44 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-71 (Gunawardene, 16.4 ov), 2-99 (Vaas, 22.5 ov), 3-109 (Kaluwitharana, 24.3 ov), 4-111 (Ranatunga, 25.5 ov), 5-122 (Jayawardene, 28.2 ov), 6-133 (Atapattu, 32.3 ov), 7-134 (Chandana, 33.6 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Gough	9	2	35	1	2	1	54.00	3.89
BC Hollioake	4	0	25	0	2	1	-	6.25
Ealham	9	2	30	0	-	-	-	3.33
Giles	5	0	31	1	3	-	30.00	6.20
Alleyne	9	1	27	3	-	-	18.00	3.00
Wells	8	1	29	1	-	-	48.00	3.62

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England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
NV Knight	b Chandana	58	109	137	2	-	53.21
VJ Wells	b Samaraweera	26	50	60	2	-	52.00
GA Hick	b Samaraweera	0	2	2	-	-	0.00
N Hussain	st Kaluwitharana b Tillakaratne	9	24	29	-	-	37.50
+JP Crawley	c Ranatunga b Samaraweera	13	21	36	1	-	61.90
MA Ealham	c sub (RS Mahanama) b Jayawardene	0	3	11	-	-	0.00
MW Alleyne	c Jayawardene b Chandana	18	20	24	1	-	90.00
*AJ Hollioake	st Kaluwitharana b Chandana	13	17	33	1	-	76.47
BC Hollioake	run out (Vaas)	4	6	6	-	-	66.67
AF Giles	not out	10	10	13	-	-	100.00
D Gough	not out	1	3	5	-	-	33.33
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 11 w)	18
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 44 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-53 (Wells, 16.2 ov), 2-53 (Hick, 16.4 ov), 3-74 (Hussain, 24.2 ov), 4-118 (Crawley, 32.6 ov), 5-119 (Knight, 34.2 ov), 6-122 (Ealham, 35.2 ov), 7-150 (Alleyne, 39.6 ov), 8-155 (BC Hollioake, 41.1 ov), 9-162 (AJ Hollioake, 42.4 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Vaas	6	0	24	0	-	-	-	4.00
de Silva	9	0	25	0	3	1	-	2.78
Samaraweera	9	0	34	3	-	-	18.00	3.78
Chandana	9	0	35	3	2	-	18.00	3.89
Tillakaratne	5	0	22	1	2	-	30.00	4.40
Jayawardene	6	0	24	1	-	-	36.00	4.00

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Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 44 overs per side
--> JP Crawley made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> RS Kaluwitharana 50 in 84 balls, 105 minutes with 4 fours
--> PA de Silva 50 in 50 balls, 84 minutes with 3 fours and 1 six
--> NV Knight 50 in 93 balls, 119 minutes
--> VJ Wells passed his previous highest score of 10 in ODI matches
--> MW Alleyne equalled his previous highest score of 18 in ODI matches
--> BC Hollioake made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> DA Gunawardene made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> TT Samaraweera made his debut in Australia in List A matches
--> TT Samaraweera made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> MW Alleyne achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed RS Kaluwitharana in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 0-7)
--> TT Samaraweera achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed GA Hick in the England innings (previous best was 1-35)

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Start of match delayed by waterlogged ground to 4:15pm. Scheduled finishing time extended to 11:00pm and the dinner break reduced to 30 mins to start at 7:20pm. 44-over per side match to include 13 overs of fielding restrictions and a maximum of 9 overs per bowler.

 

 

 

 

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