- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras29 (lb 6, nb 15, w 8)TOTAL227/7 (50 Overs, RR: 4.54)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Alec Stewart, 1.5 ov), 2-30 (Nick Knight, 5.1 ov), 3-37 (Nasser Hussain, 7.2 ov), 4-38 (Graeme Hick, 8.2 ov), 5-127 (Adam Hollioake, 30.6 ov), 6-166 (Mark Ealham, 39.6 ov), 7-221 (Robert Croft, 49.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WPUJC Vaas 10 2 38 2 3.8 1 3 PDRL Perera 10 0 55 3 5.5 3 10 M Muralidaran 10 1 26 1 2.6 0 0 UDU Chandana 8 0 39 0 4.87 1 2 ST Jayasuriya 9 0 47 0 5.22 2 0 PA de Silva 3 0 16 0 5.33 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras6 (lb 2, nb 3, w 1)TOTAL99 all out (33.3 Overs, RR: 2.95)Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 4.2 ov), 2-65 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 17.4 ov), 3-65 (Marvan Atapattu, 17.5 ov), 4-67 (Aravinda de Silva, 19.1 ov), 5-71 (Mahela Jayawardene, 20.6 ov), 6-85 (Roshan Mahanama, 27.4 ov), 7-98 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 31.2 ov), 8-98 (Upul Chandana, 32.4 ov), 9-99 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 33.1 ov), 10-99 (Ruchira Perera, 33.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB D Gough 8 2 15 2 1.87 1 1 AD Mullally 6.3 0 17 2 2.61 0 1 DW Headley 8 0 33 1 4.12 0 1 MA Ealham 10 2 32 5 3.2 0 0 RDB Croft 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
29 January 1999 - day/night match (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
England 2, Sri Lanka 0
Match Notes
- 4th Umpire - R Woolridge
- PDRL Perera took the wicket of Stewart with his 5th ball in ODIs
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