1998 Emirates Triangular Tournament1st Match · ODI
Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 57 runs in the 1st Match
Trent Bridge, Nottingham, . South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl.
Match report
From the scorecardSouth Africa won the toss and chose to bowl. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 258, Arjuna Ranatunga 58 from 91 balls and Marvan Atapattu 40 from 60 balls. Shaun Pollock took 3 for 54.
South Africa were bowled out for 201, Pat Symcox 58 from 87 balls and Jonty Rhodes 54 from 49 balls. Pramodya Wickramasinghe took 3 for 20.
Sri Lanka won by 57 runs.
Key performers
Sri Lanka innings
258(47.5 ov)| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriyac †MV Boucher b AA Donald | c †MV Boucher b AA Donald | 36 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 94.74 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana †c WJ Cronje b JH Kallis | c WJ Cronje b JH Kallis | 33 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 84.62 |
| Marvan Atapattust †MV Boucher b PL Symcox | st †MV Boucher b PL Symcox | 40 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Aravinda de Silvac G Kirsten b AA Donald | c G Kirsten b AA Donald | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga (c)run out (MJR Rindel) | run out (MJR Rindel) | 58 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 63.74 |
| Mahela Jayawardenec †MV Boucher b WJ Cronje | c †MV Boucher b WJ Cronje | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Chandika Hathurusinghelbw b WJ Cronje | lbw b WJ Cronje | 14 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 56.00 |
| Pramodya Wickramasingheb SM Pollock | b SM Pollock | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Kumar Dharmasenac †MV Boucher b SM Pollock | c †MV Boucher b SM Pollock | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 112.50 |
| Suresh Pereranot out | not out | 0* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Muttiah Muralitharanc S Elworthy b SM Pollock | c S Elworthy b SM Pollock | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Extras(b 4, lb 12, w 16, nb 7) | (b 4, lb 12, w 16, nb 7) | 39 | ||||
| Total47.5 Ov (RR 5.39) | 47.5 Ov (RR 5.39) | 258 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 85-1 (RS Kaluwitharana, 11.1 ov), 88-2 (ST Jayasuriya, 12.3 ov), 102-3 (PA de Silva, 14.1 ov), 182-4 (MS Atapattu, 31.4 ov), 192-5 (DPMD Jayawardene, 34.4 ov), 224-6 (UC Hathurusingha, 42.2 ov), 235-7 (GP Wickramasinghe, 43.5 ov), 252-8 (HDPK Dharmasena, 46 ov), 254-9 (A Ranatunga, 47.2 ov), 258-10 (M Muralitharan, 47.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun Pollock | 8.5 | 0 | 54 | 3 | 6.11 | - | - | - | 6 | 5 |
| Steve Elworthy | 5 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 8.60 | - | - | - | 0 | 3 |
| Allan Donald | 8 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 5.00 | - | - | - | 6 | 1 |
| Jacques Kallis | 7 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 3.14 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Rindel | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Pat Symcox | 9 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 4.67 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Hansie Cronje | 8 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 3.63 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 |
South Africa innings
201(49 ov)| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Kirstenb GP Wickramasinghe | b GP Wickramasinghe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mike Rindelc ? b GP Wickramasinghe | c ? b GP Wickramasinghe | 18 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 47.37 |
| Jacques Kallisc MS Atapattu b GP Wickramasinghe | c MS Atapattu b GP Wickramasinghe | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 |
| Daryll Cullinanb ASA Perera | b ASA Perera | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
| Pat Symcoxc ? b HDPK Dharmasena | c ? b HDPK Dharmasena | 58 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 66.67 |
| Hansie Cronje (c)lbw b M Muralitharan | lbw b M Muralitharan | 21 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 77.78 |
| Jonty Rhodesc UC Hathurusingha b HDPK Dharmasena | c UC Hathurusingha b HDPK Dharmasena | 54 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 110.20 |
| Shaun Pollocknot out | not out | 11* | 28 | 0 | 0 | 39.29 |
| Mark Boucher †run out | run out | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Steve Elworthyb ST Jayasuriya | b ST Jayasuriya | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Allan Donaldb HDPK Dharmasena | b HDPK Dharmasena | 13 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 40.63 |
| Extras(lb 6, w 10) | (lb 6, w 10) | 16 | ||||
| Total49 Ov (RR 4.10) | 49 Ov (RR 4.10) · Target 259 | 201 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 0-1 (G Kirsten, 0.2 ov), 8-2 (JH Kallis, 4.4 ov), 30-3 (MJR Rindel, 10.4 ov), 32-4 (DJ Cullinan, 11.3 ov), 66-5 (WJ Cronje, 20.4 ov), 166-6 (JN Rhodes, 36.5 ov), 175-7 (PL Symcox, 38.4 ov), 178-8 (MV Boucher, 39.2 ov), 178-9 (S Elworthy, 39.5 ov), 201-10 (AA Donald, 49 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 7 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 2.86 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Suresh Perera | 7 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 3.14 | - | - | - | 4 | 0 |
| Chandika Hathurusinghe | 6 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 5.50 | - | - | - | 4 | 0 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 4.20 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 4.10 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 9 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 4.11 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |