- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR26.4 three dots produce a risky single and a run-out. And the throw has come from Murali at mid-on. After having being bogged down, Knight set off for a suicidal single after hitting straight to Murali. And this was quite firmly hit. Murali hits the stumps direct, catching him well short. Extra joy for Sri Lanka because the throw has come from Murali 139/210.1 a swish off the pads, and caught at midwicket! A sharp take from Ranatunga, but a massive disappointment for Stewart, who had been purring along up until then! It was a leg-stump half-volley from Vaas, there to be struck, but he clipped it straight to the man! It was excellently timed to be fair, you'll almost count that as unlucky. Half a yard either side and he was clear 64/128.4 Hussain is unlucky here. He has made a forward press to draw a flat delivery down the leg side, and has changed his shot in time to look to paddle it fine, he has middled it too, but unfortunately he has found the only man in the vicinity of a paddle sweep: short fine leg. ODI wicket No. 150 for Jayasuriya. What an asset he is to this side 148/3Extras9 (lb 2, nb 3, w 4)TOTAL302/3 (50 Overs, RR: 6.04)Fall of wickets: 1-64 (Alec Stewart, 10.1 ov), 2-139 (Nick Knight, 26.4 ov), 3-148 (Nasser Hussain, 28.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WPUJC Vaas 10 0 76 1 7.6 0 2 GP Wickramasinghe 9 0 71 0 7.88 1 0 DPMD Jayawardene 4 0 24 0 6 1 0 M Muralidaran 7 0 46 0 6.57 1 1 ST Jayasuriya 10 0 42 1 4.2 0 0 UDU Chandana 10 0 41 0 4.1 1 0
Player of the Match
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.1 whatever it is, it won;t continue for too long. Gough has had his own back with good bowling. In the last over too, he tucked Jayasuriya up with a shortish delivery. He does the same here, and draws a leading edge as Jayasuriya looks to work it into the leg side. Easy catch for short midwicket 68/31.1 Kalu has been run out without facing a ball. He wants a run that is never on. Jayasuriya has taken a couple of steps after pushing this towards midwicket, but that is a batsman's natural reaction after playing the ball. He sends Kalu back but it is too late as Adam Hollioake swoops in and lobs a direct hit into the stumps 3/13.5 lovely catch but a loose loose shot. No feet as he drives a length ball on the up and gets a thick edge, but what an incredible catch this is. For my money, it is the catch of the summer. In a way it has gone straight to Fairbrother at first slip, but Alec Stewart has dived right across him, totally blindsighting him. So the only reaction time he has had is after it has crossed Stewart, which means he has had no time to sight this except for having seen the trajectory when Atapattu edged it. And he has taken this calmly, not even bothering to look at Stewart or celebrate. Special catch 8/223 bowled him! A similar shot to the last delivery, or at least similar intent. But the change of pace from Croft meant that the ball zipped through his defences before the shot had been formed, he pushed that one out with his index finger, and after jamming off Tillakaratne's pads, it has wriggled into his stumps! 137/445.2 another twist. Another turn. Wells has pulled a rabbit out of the hat. Full and straight, Jayawardene looks to manufacture a boundary into the leg side, walks across the stumps, but is beaten and hit right in front of the stumps. The crowd stands as one for a grand effort, but he is not too thrilled that he has left the job unfinished. One thing I can say: this is certainly not the last we are hearing of Jayawardene 269/738.4 slower ball gets Ranatunga. He does what he was brought on for. Ranatunga tries to play the flick shot he has been playing in the last few overs, but he is way early into the shot. Ends up chipping it to straight midwicket. England will be relieved that their irritant is gone, but the big wicket right now is the youngster Jayawardene 223/541.4 and the Vaas experiment has failed. The pressure is on, and it has resulted in a suicidal single to point. Hussain swoops in, gets a good bounce, and then knocks out the only stump visible to him 235/647.4 and another twist. This match refuses to die down. Chandana has brought it down to a run a ball but has now sliced a slow full toss to short cover for a diving catch for Fairbrother 288/848.5 oh Mahanama. He was held behind because he is supposed to be cool under pressure, but he has committed hara kiri here. Low full toss again, and he does nothing with it. Hits it to the left of short straight midwicket, and sets off for a suicidal runs. Fairbrother swoops in, fields it cleanly, and runs him out. No need for a replay to confirm this 298/9Extras13 (lb 9, w 4)TOTAL303/9 (49.4 Overs, RR: 6.1)Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 1.1 ov), 2-8 (Marvan Atapattu, 3.5 ov), 3-68 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 10.1 ov), 4-137 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 22.6 ov), 5-223 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 38.4 ov), 6-235 (Chaminda Vaas, 41.4 ov), 7-269 (Mahela Jayawardene, 45.2 ov), 8-288 (Upul Chandana, 47.4 ov), 9-298 (Roshan Mahanama, 48.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB D Gough 10 1 68 2 6.8 0 0 AD Mullally 10 0 61 1 6.1 1 0 AJ Hollioake 5 0 45 0 9 0 0 MA Ealham 10 1 48 0 4.8 2 0 RDB Croft 10 0 42 1 4.2 0 0 VJ Wells 4.4 0 30 2 6.42 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
23 January 1999 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Sri Lanka 2, England 0
Match Notes
- Hours of play: 2.00pm - 5.45pm, 6.30pm - 10.00pm
- 4th Umpire - P Angley
- Scorers: MN Ashton (Eng) and RM Artis (SL)
- 12th Men: BC Hollioake (England) and ASA Perera (Sri Lanka)
- M Muralitharan was called for throwing at 17.4 overs by umpire RA Emerson at square leg. Sri Lankan captain A Ranatunga then confronted the umpire and a heated argument followed. Ranatunga then summoned the Sri Lankan players to leave the field. Team manager Ranjith Fernando and match referee Peter van der Merwe were summoned and discussions and phonecalls to the Sri Lankan Cricket Board were conducted on the boundary line before play resumed. 14 minutes were lost.
- GA Hick 50 in 85 mins from 66 balls, 1x4, 2x6
- NH Fairbrother 50 in 66 mins from 57 balls, 2x4
- GA Hick 100 in 164 mins from 109 balls, 2x4, 3x6
- Hick/Fairbrother 4th wicket partnership 154* in 86 mins from 129 balls
- Sri Lanka innings: 1x7 ball over (3rd over, D Gough's 2nd over, called by umpire RA Emerson)
- ST Jayasuriya 50 in 43 minutes from 33 balls, 6x4, 2x6
- DPMD Jayawardene 50 in 51 minutes from 43 balls, 4x4
- DPMD jayawardene 100 in 142 mins from 100 balls, 6x4
- Sri Lanka won at 10.19pm
- Attendance: 9850
Match Coverage
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Retroreport - Sri Lanka squeak home after Muralitharan-Ranatunga-Emerson drama
Jayawardene's 120 trumps Hick's 126* as Sri Lanka hunt down 303 with two balls to spare
RetroPreview - Nervous expectation around Adelaide as England take on feisty Sri Lanka
England have beaten Sri Lanka twice in the series but will be wary of the shocks Ranatunga's men have inflicted recently
Ranatunga urges Murali not to play in Australia
'Obviously there's a campaign against him in Australia'
Emerson: Murali's action is 'worse than ever'
Five years after he no-balled Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing at the Adelaide Oval, causing a furious row with Arjuna Ranatunga, umpire Ross Emerson said that he remains convinced that Muralitharan's action 'is worse than ever before'



