Pakistan v Sri Lanka @ Willowmoore Park, Benoni
15 April 1998
Toss: Pakistan (field)
Umpires: SB Lambson, CJ Mitchley
Third Umpire: DF Becker
Match Referee: JR Reid
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 115 runs
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | b Azhar Mahmood | 30 | 40 | 69 | 4 | 1 | |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Mushtaq Ahmed b Wasim Akram | 33 | 26 | 37 | 5 | - | |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | b Wasim Akram | 94 | 123 | 181 | 7 | 1 | |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | b Abdul Razzaq | 2 | 7 | 8 | - | - | |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | b Wasim Akram | 78 | 73 | 97 | 9 | - | |
| 6. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | c Waqar Younis b Wasim Akram | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 7. Roshan Mahanama | run out | 2 | 4 | 8 | - | - | |
| 8. Mahela Jayawardene | c Rashid Latif b Waqar Younis | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 9. Kumar Dharmasena | c Shahid Afridi b Waqar Younis | 20 | 21 | 24 | 1 | - | |
| 10. Chaminda Vaas | run out (Mohammad Yousuf > ) | 4 | 3 | 8 | - | - | |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | not out | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-56 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-91 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-94 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-232 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-232 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe), 6-238 (Roshan Mahanama), 7-238 (Mahela Jayawardene), 8-281 (Kumar Dharmasena), 9-286 (Marvan Atapattu), 288 (Chaminda Vaas). |
| Extras | 0b, 12lb, 12w, 0nb, 0pen) 24 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.4 ovs) 288 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Wasim Akram | 9.4 | 1 | 43 | 4 | (2w,1nb) |
| Waqar Younis | 10 | 0 | 86 | 2 | (4w,0nb) |
| Abdul Razzaq | 9 | 1 | 50 | 1 | (6w,1nb) |
| Azhar Mahmood | 10 | 0 | 33 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | 9 | 0 | 46 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shahid Afridi | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Pakistan
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Saeed Anwar | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 59 | 86 | 120 | 4 | - | |
| 2. Shahid Afridi | run out (Mahela Jayawardene > ) | 6 | 10 | 7 | - | - | |
| 3. Ijaz Ahmed | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 9 | 12 | 2 | - | |
| 4. Abdul Razzaq | b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 5. Inzamam-ul-Haq | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 3 | 6 | 11 | - | - | |
| 6. Mohammad Yousuf | run out (Romesh Kaluwitharana > ) | 29 | 47 | 68 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7. Azhar Mahmood | c Kumar Dharmasena b Muttiah Muralitharan | 13 | 27 | 36 | - | - | |
| 8. Wasim Akram | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 13 | 8 | 6 | - | 2 | |
| *+9. Rashid Latif | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 6 | 15 | 20 | - | - | |
| 10. Waqar Younis | c Chaminda Vaas b Muttiah Muralitharan | 17 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 1 | |
| 11. Mushtaq Ahmed | not out | 1 | 5 | 11 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-11 (Shahid Afridi), 2-32 (Ijaz Ahmed), 3-33 (Abdul Razzaq), 4-44 (Inzamam-ul-Haq), 5-108 (Mohammad Yousuf), 6-126 (Saeed Anwar), 7-142 (Wasim Akram), 8-151 (Azhar Mahmood), 9-156 (Rashid Latif), 173 (Waqar Younis). |
| Extras | 0b, 12lb, 6w, 0nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 39.2 ovs) 173 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 7 | 0 | 33 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 7 | 0 | 23 | 1 | (4w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 8 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 9.2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
Pakistan: Saeed Anwar, Shahid Afridi, Ijaz Ahmed, Abdul Razzaq, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, Azhar Mahmood, Wasim Akram, Rashid Latif, Waqar Younis, Mushtaq Ahmed
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Marvan Atapattu, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Roshan Mahanama, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan
