f43519	Sri Lanka A v England A
	England A in Kenya and Sri Lanka 1997/98
Venue	Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala on 30th January, 1st, 2nd, 3rd February 1998 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England A won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	DAS Dissanayake, JG Pushparajah
Close of play day 1	England A (1) 202/4 (Ealham 30*, Hollioake 2*; 94 overs)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lanka A (1) 105/2 (Atapattu 45*, Jayawardene 25*; 27 overs)
Close of play day 3	Sri Lanka A (1) 341/8 (Villavarayan 36*, Hettiarachchi 9*)

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England A first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SP James	c de Silva b Samaraweera	23
*NV Knight	c Atapattu b Samaraweera	85
DL Maddy	b Chandana	50
MA Ealham	c and b Samaraweera	87
A Flintoff	c de Silva b Hettiarachchi	4
BC Hollioake	c Chandana b Hettiarachchi	67
AF Giles	b Hettiarachchi	10
+CMW Read	lbw b Perera	17
J Ormond	c de Silva b Perera	27
DA Cosker	not out	0
PM Hutchison	b Perera	0
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 156.5 overs)	385
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-142, 3-179, 4-189, 5-321, 6-335, 7-337, 8-374, 9-385, 10-385 (156.5 ov)

Sri Lanka A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Villavarayan	14	2	70	0	-	-
Perera	14.5	4	35	3	-	-
Samaraweera	45	10	106	3	-	-
Hettiarachchi	40	11	73	3	-	-
Chandana	38	13	76	1	-	-
Jayawardene	5	1	13	0	-	-

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Sri Lanka A first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RP Arnold	c Hollioake b Hutchison	9
*MS Atapattu	c Flintoff b Ormond	52
S Ranatunga	c James b Ormond	10
DPMD Jayawardene	c Cosker b Hutchison	110
MN Nawaz	b Cosker	31
+SKL de Silva	c Giles b Ealham	38
UDU Chandana	c Read b Hutchison	6
TT Samaraweera	lbw b Ealham	1
MS Villavarayan	not out	50
DS Hettiarachchi	b Cosker	10
ASA Perera	not out	10
Extras	(7 b, 17 lb, 17 nb)	41
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 128 overs)	368
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-43, 3-126, 4-183, 5-254, 6-280, 7-289, 8-296, 9-354

England A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hollioake	24	5	59	0	-	-
Hutchison	17	6	43	3	-	-
Ormond	16	2	67	2	-	-
Giles	39	12	73	0	-	-
Cosker	17	1	52	2	-	-
Ealham	15	4	50	2	-	-

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England A second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SP James	c Nawaz b Samaraweera	15
*NV Knight	c and b Chandana	45
DL Maddy	c de Silva b Chandana	56
MA Ealham	not out	25
A Flintoff	not out	0
BC Hollioake	did not bat
AF Giles	did not bat
+CMW Read	did not bat
J Ormond	did not bat
DA Cosker	did not bat
PM Hutchison	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 8 nb)	13
Total	(3 wickets, 67 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-97, 3-154

Sri Lanka A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Villavarayan	7	2	19	0	-	-
Perera	9	1	21	0	-	-
Samaraweera	18	2	44	1	-	-
Hettiarachchi	11	3	25	0	-	-
Chandana	17	5	33	2	-	-
Jayawardene	5	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DPMD Jayawardene (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> MS Villavarayan (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> ASA Perera achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the England A first innings (previous best was 3-62)

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