f41461	Border v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in South Africa and Zimbabwe 1994/95
Venue	Buffalo Park, East London on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th January 1995 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Border won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	SF Marais, RA Noble
Close of play day 1	Border (1) 218/9 (Emslie 18*, Ehrke 14*; 106 overs)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lankans (1) 249/6 (A Ranatunga 11*, Upashantha 0*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 3	Border (2) 79/0 (Stonier 41*, Lawson 30*; 41 overs)

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Border first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MP Stonier	c Upashantha b Muralitharan	60	176	204	5	-
AG Lawson	c Jayasuriya b Kalpage	25	114	146	2	-
FJC Cronje	lbw b Wickramasinghe	51	187	224	3	1
*PN Kirsten	b Muralitharan	24	38	39	4	-
PC Strydom	b Muralitharan	0	1	7	-	-
PJ Botha	b Muralitharan	1	7	11	-	-
+SJ Palframan	c Upashantha b Muralitharan	2	4	5	-	-
IL Howell	run out	0	5	4	-	-
BC Fourie	b Muralitharan	8	22	27	1	-
PAN Emslie	not out	20	86	109	1	-
JA Ehrke	c Gurusinha b Muralitharan	17	34	38	1	-
Extras	(8 lb, 7 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 111.4 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-78 (Lawson), 2-98 (Stonier), 3-138 (Kirsten), 4-138 (Strydom), 5-142 (Botha), 6-146 (Palframan), 7-146 (Howell), 8-163 (Fourie), 9-202 (Cronje), 10-223 (Ehrke, 111.4 ov)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wickramasinghe	24	7	36	1	-	-
Vaas	24	5	47	0	-	-
Upashantha	6	1	31	0	-	-
Muralitharan	35.4	13	57	7	-	-
Kalpage	18	5	33	1	-	-
de Silva	4	0	11	0	-	-

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Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Gurusinha	c Strydom b Emslie	117	180	190	16	1
+PB Dassanayake	c Cronje b Howell	40	155	229	3	-
S Ranatunga	c Botha b Emslie	34	107	120	1	-
ST Jayasuriya	lbw b Emslie	10	36	42	-	-
RS Kalpage	b Ehrke	0	4	2	-	-
PA de Silva	c Palframan b Ehrke	21	57	69	1	-
*A Ranatunga	b Ehrke	116	207	254	10	-
KEA Upashantha	c sub b Ehrke	57	157	212	3	1
WPUJC Vaas	b Emslie	6	34	51	-	-
GP Wickramasinghe	b Fourie	0	3	3	-	-
M Muralitharan	not out	31	32	36	4	1
Extras	(5 b, 14 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 161.3 overs)	454
Fall of wickets:
1-166 (Gurusinha), 2-180 (Dassanayake), 3-211 (Jayasuriya), 4-212 (Kalpage), 5-228 (S Ranatunga), 6-241 (de Silva), 7-409 (Upashantha), 8-415 (A Ranatunga), 9-416 (Wickramasinghe), 10-454 (Vaas, 161.3 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fourie	31	6	66	1	-	-
Ehrke	27	6	85	4	-	-
Botha	20	7	39	0	-	-
Howell	26	2	100	1	-	-
Emslie	43.3	9	85	4	-	-
Cronje	3	0	27	0	-	-
Kirsten	11	1	33	0	-	-

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Border second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MP Stonier	c Dassanayake b Wickramasinghe	46	125	143	4	-
AG Lawson	c Dassanayake b Muralitharan	77	304	352	6	-
FJC Cronje	lbw b Kalpage	70	154	196	6	-
*PN Kirsten	not out	12	43	48	1	-
PC Strydom	not out	3	49	37	-	-
PJ Botha	did not bat
+SJ Palframan	did not bat
IL Howell	did not bat
BC Fourie	did not bat
PAN Emslie	did not bat
JA Ehrke	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(3 wickets, 112 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-85 (Stonier), 2-204 (Cronje), 3-210 (Lawson)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wickramasinghe	13	1	33	1	-	-
Vaas	13	5	17	0	-	-
Upashantha	4	1	12	0	-	-
Muralitharan	35	15	53	1	-	-
Kalpage	30	9	63	1	-	-
de Silva	6	3	12	0	-	-
Jayasuriya	8	3	15	0	-	-
S Ranatunga	3	1	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PAN Emslie (1) equalled his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> AP Gurusinha (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> S Ranatunga (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> A Ranatunga (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> GP Wickramasinghe made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> RS Kalpage made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> M Muralitharan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JA Ehrke in the Border first innings (previous best was 6-42)
--> RS Kalpage reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed FJC Cronje, his 1st wicket in the Border second innings

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