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England v Sri Lanka @ Sydney Cricket Ground
3 February 1999
Toss: England (field)
Umpires: AJ McQuillan, SJA Taufel
Third Umpire: JI Cameron
Match Referee: PL van der Merwe
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 11 runs
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Avishka Gunawardene | st John Crawley b Ashley Giles | 24 | 45 | 73 | 1 | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Darren Gough b Mark Alleyne | 54 | 87 | 108 | 5 | - |
| 3. Chaminda Vaas | run out (Nick Knight > ) | 14 | 14 | 27 | - | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | not out | 52 | 52 | 84 | 3 | 1 |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Nasser Hussain b Darren Gough | 0 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| 6. Mahela Jayawardene | c Ben Hollioake b Mark Alleyne | 2 | 7 | 11 | - | - |
| 7. Marvan Atapattu | lbw b Mark Alleyne | 4 | 15 | 13 | - | - |
| 8. Upul Chandana | c Ashley Giles b Vince Wells | 0 | 7 | 5 | - | - |
| 9. Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 13 | 35 | 36 | 1 | - |
| 10. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | ||||||
| 11. Thilan Samaraweera |
| FOW | 1-71 (Avishka Gunawardene), 2-99 (Chaminda Vaas), 3-109 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 4-111 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-122 (Mahela Jayawardene), 6-133 (Marvan Atapattu), 7-134 (Upul Chandana). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 12w, 2nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 44 ovs) 181 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Darren Gough | 9 | 2 | 35 | 1 | (2w,1nb) |
| Ben Hollioake | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (2w,1nb) |
| Mark Ealham | 9 | 2 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ashley Giles | 5 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (3w,0nb) |
| Mark Alleyne | 9 | 1 | 27 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vince Wells | 8 | 1 | 29 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Nick Knight | b Upul Chandana | 58 | 109 | 137 | 2 | - |
| 2. Vince Wells | b Thilan Samaraweera | 26 | 50 | 60 | 2 | - |
| 3. Graeme Hick | b Thilan Samaraweera | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 4. Nasser Hussain | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Hashan Tillakaratne | 9 | 24 | 29 | - | - |
| +5. John Crawley | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Thilan Samaraweera | 13 | 21 | 36 | 1 | - |
| 6. Mark Ealham | c sub b Mahela Jayawardene | 0 | 3 | 11 | - | - |
| 7. Mark Alleyne | c Mahela Jayawardene b Upul Chandana | 18 | 20 | 24 | 1 | - |
| *8. Adam Hollioake | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Upul Chandana | 13 | 17 | 33 | 1 | - |
| 9. Ben Hollioake | run out (Chaminda Vaas > ) | 4 | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| 10. Ashley Giles | not out | 10 | 10 | 13 | - | - |
| 11. Darren Gough | not out | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-53 (Vince Wells), 2-53 (Graeme Hick), 3-74 (Nasser Hussain), 4-118 (John Crawley), 5-119 (Nick Knight), 6-122 (Mark Ealham), 7-150 (Mark Alleyne), 8-155 (Ben Hollioake), 9-162 (Adam Hollioake). |
| Extras | 1b, 5lb, 11w, 1nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 44 ovs) 170 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 9 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (3w,1nb) |
| Thilan Samaraweera | 9 | 0 | 34 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 9 | 0 | 35 | 3 | (2w,0nb) |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 6 | 0 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Nick Knight, Vince Wells, Graeme Hick, Nasser Hussain, John Crawley, Mark Ealham, Mark Alleyne, Adam Hollioake, Ben Hollioake, Ashley Giles, Darren Gough