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South Africa v Sri Lanka @ Trent Bridge, Nottingham
14 August 1998
Toss: South Africa (field)
Umpires: B Dudleston, P Willey
Third Umpire: B Leadbeater
Match Referee: AM Ebrahim
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 57 runs
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Mark Boucher b Allan Donald | 36 | 38 | 62 | 4 | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Hansie Cronje b Jacques Kallis | 33 | 39 | 56 | 5 | - |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | st Mark Boucher b Pat Symcox | 40 | 60 | 85 | 1 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Gary Kirsten b Allan Donald | 12 | 9 | 11 | 2 | - |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | run out (Mike Rindel > ) | 58 | 91 | 129 | 3 | - |
| 6. Mahela Jayawardene | c Mark Boucher b Hansie Cronje | 5 | 15 | 10 | - | - |
| 7. Chandika Hathurusingha | lbw b Hansie Cronje | 14 | 25 | 24 | - | - |
| 8. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | b Shaun Pollock | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | - |
| 9. Kumar Dharmasena | c Mark Boucher b Shaun Pollock | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | - |
| 10. Suresh Perera | not out | 0 | 2 | 11 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | c Steve Elworthy b Shaun Pollock | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-85 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-88 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-102 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-182 (Marvan Atapattu), 5-192 (Mahela Jayawardene), 6-224 (Chandika Hathurusingha), 7-235 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe), 8-252 (Kumar Dharmasena), 9-254 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 258 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 4b, 12lb, 16w, 7nb, 0pen) 39 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47.5 ovs) 258 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 8.5 | 0 | 54 | 3 | (6w,5nb) |
| Steve Elworthy | 5 | 0 | 43 | 0 | (0w,3nb) |
| Allan Donald | 8 | 0 | 40 | 2 | (6w,1nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 7 | 0 | 22 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Mike Rindel | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Pat Symcox | 9 | 1 | 42 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Hansie Cronje | 8 | 0 | 29 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gary Kirsten | b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 2. Mike Rindel | c sub b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 18 | 38 | 47 | 3 | - |
| 3. Jacques Kallis | c Marvan Atapattu b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 6 | 16 | 17 | - | - |
| 4. Daryll Cullinan | b Suresh Perera | 2 | 9 | 32 | - | - |
| 5. Pat Symcox | c sub b Kumar Dharmasena | 58 | 87 | 116 | 1 | 1 |
| *6. Hansie Cronje | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 21 | 27 | 40 | 3 | - |
| 7. Jonty Rhodes | c Chandika Hathurusingha b Kumar Dharmasena | 54 | 49 | 61 | 4 | - |
| 8. Shaun Pollock | not out | 11 | 28 | 39 | - | - |
| +9. Mark Boucher | run out | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | - |
| 10. Steve Elworthy | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 11. Allan Donald | b Kumar Dharmasena | 13 | 32 | 21 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Gary Kirsten), 2-8 (Jacques Kallis), 3-30 (Mike Rindel), 4-32 (Daryll Cullinan), 5-66 (Hansie Cronje), 6-166 (Jonty Rhodes), 7-175 (Pat Symcox), 8-178 (Mark Boucher), 9-178 (Steve Elworthy), 201 (Allan Donald). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 10w, 0nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49 ovs) 201 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 7 | 2 | 20 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Suresh Perera | 7 | 0 | 22 | 1 | (4w,0nb) |
| Chandika Hathurusingha | 6 | 1 | 33 | 0 | (4w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 42 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 41 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 9 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Gary Kirsten, Mike Rindel, Jacques Kallis, Daryll Cullinan, Pat Symcox, Hansie Cronje, Jonty Rhodes, Shaun Pollock, Mark Boucher, Steve Elworthy, Allan Donald