1998 Emirates Triangular TournamentFinal · ODI
Sri Lanka beat England by 5 wickets in the final - Match Info
Lord's, London, . England won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- Final, ODI · 1998 Emirates Triangular Tournament
- Date
- (Thu 20 Aug, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Lord's, London, England
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Muttiah Muralitharan
Head to head (ODI)
Played 87 · ENG won 43 · SL won 40 · Tied 1 · No result 3
Last 5 meetings
- 2nd Match · 1998 Emirates Triangular Tournament · ENG 247 v SL 211England won by 36 runs
- 1st QF · 1995–96 Wills World Cup · SL 236/5 v ENG 235/8Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 56 balls remaining)
- 2nd ODI · England tour of Sri Lanka · SL 183/2 v ENG 180Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 88 balls remaining)
- 1st ODI · England tour of Sri Lanka · SL 250/5 v ENG 170Sri Lanka won by 32 runs (revised target)
- 23rd Match · 1992 Cricket World Cup · ENG 280/6 v SL 174England won by 106 runs
Recent results (ODI)
- L vs SA · ENG 230 v SA 244/7South Africa won by 14 runs
- W vs SL · ENG 247 v SL 211England won by 36 runs
- W vs SA · ENG 206/3 v SA 205/8England won by 7 wickets (with 90 balls remaining)
- L vs SA · ENG 194 v SA 226/9South Africa won by 32 runs
- L vs SA · ENG 223/9 v SA 224/7South Africa won by 3 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
Top players in this fixture
ENG v SL ODIs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aravinda de Silva SL | 9 | 305 | 80 | 43.57 | 88.66 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga SL | 10 | 290 | 42 | 29.00 | 67.60 |
| Graeme Hick ENG | 5 | 202 | 86 | 40.40 | 75.94 |
| Alec Stewart ENG | 6 | 150 | 59 | 25.00 | 73.53 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya SL | 4 | 146 | 82 | 48.67 | 153.68 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriya SL | 5 | 13 | 4.56 |
| Phil DeFreitas ENG | 6 | 6 | 4.97 |
| Chris Lewis ENG | 3 | 5 | 3.46 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe SL | 5 | 5 | 4.68 |
| Ruwan Kalpage SL | 2 | 4 | 3.39 |
ODIs at Lord's
- Matches
- 22
- Average 1st-innings score
- 241
- Won batting first
- 10
- Won chasing
- 12
- Highest total
- 334/4 by England ()