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England v Sri Lanka @ W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
29 January 1999
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: SJ Davis, PD Parker
Third Umpire: TA Prue
Match Referee: PL van der Merwe
Match Result: England won by 128 runs
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Nick Knight | c Aravinda de Silva b Ruchira Perera | 13 | 21 | 28 | 1 | - |
| *+2. Alec Stewart | b Ruchira Perera | 0 | 2 | 7 | - | - |
| 3. Graeme Hick | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 20 | 37 | 2 | - |
| 4. Nasser Hussain | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Ruchira Perera | 0 | 9 | 9 | - | - |
| 5. Neil Fairbrother | not out | 81 | 119 | 183 | 3 | - |
| 6. Adam Hollioake | run out (Ruchira Perera > ) | 46 | 74 | 94 | 2 | - |
| 7. Mark Ealham | c Roshan Mahanama b Muttiah Muralitharan | 16 | 32 | 32 | - | - |
| 8. Robert Croft | c Upul Chandana b Chaminda Vaas | 32 | 38 | 43 | 2 | - |
| 9. Darren Gough | not out | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| 10. Dean Headley | ||||||
| 11. Alan Mullally |
| FOW | 1-6 (Alec Stewart), 2-30 (Nick Knight), 3-37 (Nasser Hussain), 4-38 (Graeme Hick), 5-127 (Adam Hollioake), 6-166 (Mark Ealham), 7-221 (Robert Croft). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 8w, 15nb, 0pen) 29 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs, 224 mins) 227 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 2 | 38 | 2 | (1w,3nb) |
| Ruchira Perera | 10 | 0 | 55 | 3 | (3w,10nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 9 | 0 | 47 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Adam Hollioake b Mark Ealham | 40 | 58 | 78 | 4 | 1 |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Adam Hollioake b Darren Gough | 5 | 11 | 17 | 1 | - |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | c Nick Knight b Mark Ealham | 17 | 36 | 62 | 2 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Alec Stewart b Mark Ealham | 1 | 5 | 9 | - | - |
| 5. Mahela Jayawardene | c Nasser Hussain b Darren Gough | 3 | 13 | 15 | - | - |
| *6. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Nick Knight b Mark Ealham | 11 | 32 | 57 | - | - |
| 7. Roshan Mahanama | c Nasser Hussain b Mark Ealham | 6 | 17 | 29 | 1 | - |
| 8. Upul Chandana | c Darren Gough b Dean Headley | 9 | 19 | 24 | - | - |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | not out | 0 | 4 | 11 | - | - |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | b Alan Mullally | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| 11. Ruchira Perera | c Graeme Hick b Alan Mullally | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-15 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-65 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-65 (Marvan Atapattu), 4-67 (Aravinda de Silva), 5-71 (Mahela Jayawardene), 6-85 (Roshan Mahanama), 7-98 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 8-98 (Upul Chandana), 9-99 (Muttiah Muralitharan), 99 (Ruchira Perera). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 1w, 3nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 33.3 ovs, 151 mins) 99 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Darren Gough | 8 | 2 | 15 | 2 | (1w,1nb) |
| Alan Mullally | 6.3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Dean Headley | 8 | 0 | 33 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Mark Ealham | 10 | 2 | 32 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robert Croft | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Nick Knight, Alec Stewart, Graeme Hick, Nasser Hussain, Neil Fairbrother, Adam Hollioake, Mark Ealham, Robert Croft, Darren Gough, Dean Headley, Alan Mullally