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South Africa v Sri Lanka, 1997/1998, 2nd test
Centurion (Centurion Park), 27/03/1998 - 30/03/1998

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: RE Koertzen, Javed Akhtar
Result: South Africa won by 6 wickets

Sri Lanka
ST Jayasuriya         c Boucher          b Ntini                 51
MS Atapattu           run out                                    12
RS Mahanama           c Kallis           b Cronje                50
PA de Silva           c Adams            b Ntini                  1
*A Ranatunga          lbw                b Donald                73
HP Tillakaratne       c Kirsten          b Cronje                55
+RS Kaluwitharana     c Boucher          b Donald                 9
GP Wickramasinghe     c Adams            b Donald                10
DNT Zoysa             lbw                b Kallis                 0
M Muralitharan        c Boucher          b Cronje                11
KR Pushpakumara       not out                                     0
Extras                b 6, lb 14, w 3, nb 8                      31
Total                 all out                                   303

Fall Of Wickets
1-53 (Atapattu)               2-66 (Jayasuriya)             
3-68 (de Silva)               4-186 (Mahanama)              
5-228 (Ranatunga)             6-240 (Kaluwitharana)         
7-254 (Wickramasinghe)        8-255 (Zoysa)                 
9-290 (Muralitharan)          10-303 (Tillakaratne)         

Bowling
Donald              33     10    73     3
Pollock              7.1    3     9     0
Kallis              19      7    42     1
Adams               22      6    77     0
Ntini               22.5    7    61     2
Cronje              14.3    3    21     3

South Africa
GFJ Liebenberg        lbw                b Pushpakumara           0
G Kirsten                                b Muralitharan          13
HD Ackerman                              b Zoysa                  7
DJ Cullinan           c Wickramasinghe   b Jayasuriya           103
*WJ Cronje            st Kaluwitharana   b Muralitharan          10
JH Kallis             c Kaluwitharana    b Wickramasinghe        12
SM Pollock                               b Muralitharan           1
+MV Boucher           c Jayasuriya       b Muralitharan          13
AA Donald                                b Muralitharan           6
PR Adams                             c & b Jayasuriya            12
M Ntini               not out                                     2
Extras                b 1, lb 6, w 6, nb 8                       21
Total                 all out                                   200

Fall Of Wickets
1-0 (Liebenberg)              2-11 (Ackerman)               
3-75 (Kirsten)                4-103 (Cronje)                
5-122 (Kallis)                6-137 (Pollock)               
7-170 (Boucher)               8-182 (Cullinan)              
9-186 (Donald)                10-200 (Adams)                

Bowling
Pushpakumara        16      2    55     1
Zoysa               12      2    29     1
Wickramasinghe      15      2    36     1
Muralitharan        30      8    63     5
Jayasuriya           5      2    10     2

Sri Lanka
ST Jayasuriya                            b Donald                16
MS Atapattu           c Boucher          b Donald                 7
RS Mahanama           lbw                b Donald                 0
PA de Silva           run out                                    41
*A Ranatunga          c Boucher          b Cronje                 0
HP Tillakaratne       c                  b Cronje                 0
+RS Kaluwitharana     run out                                     0
GP Wickramasinghe                        b Adams                 21
DNT Zoysa             c Boucher          b Donald                14
M Muralitharan        c Kirsten          b Donald                15
KR Pushpakumara       not out                                     0
Extras                b 0, lb 5, w 0, nb 3                        8
Total                 all out                                   122

Fall Of Wickets
1-19 (Jayasuriya)             2-19 (Mahanama)               
3-40 (Atapattu)               4-40 (Ranatunga)              
5-42 (Tillakaratne)           6-42 (Kaluwitharana)          
7-85 (de Silva)               8-98 (Wickramasinghe)         
9-118 (Zoysa)                 10-122 (Muralitharan)         

Bowling
Donald              13.3    2    54     5
Kallis               7      3    12     0
Adams                7      1    25     1
Ntini                6      2    13     0
Cronje               8      3    13     2

South Africa
G Kirsten             not out                                    75
GFJ Liebenberg        lbw                b Muralitharan          45
HD Ackerman                              b Muralitharan           2
DJ Cullinan           lbw                b Muralitharan           0
*WJ Cronje            c de Silva         b Jayasuriya            82
JH Kallis             not out                                     0
Extras                b 8, lb 3, w 0, nb 11                      22
Total                 for 4 wickets                             226

Fall Of Wickets
1-89 (Liebenberg)             2-99 (Ackerman)               
3-99 (Cullinan)               4-215 (Cronje)                

Bowling
Pushpakumara         7      2    27     0
Zoysa                2      0    11     0
Wickramasinghe       6      1     7     0
Muralitharan        23.5    4    94     3
Jayasuriya          19      6    62     1
de Silva             5      1    14     0