f43627	Gauteng v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in South Africa 1997/98
Venue	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 7th, 8th, 9th March 1998 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gauteng won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gauteng won by 118 runs
Umpires	DF Becker, WA Diedricks
Close of play day 1	Sri Lankans (1) 45/1 (Jayasuriya 22*, Mahanama 10*)
Close of play day 2	Gauteng (2) 23/2 (Seymore 4*, Cullinan 6*)

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Gauteng first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Benfield	c Kaluwitharana b de Silva	9	28	49	1	-
AJ Seymore	c Wickramasinghe b Vaas	7	10	11	1	-
ND McKenzie	c Jayasuriya b Wickramasinghe	135	201	245	19	4
DJ Cullinan	c Kaluwitharana b Chandana	47	78	112	6	-
DN Crookes	c Wickramasinghe b Chandana	67	107	141	7	2
G Toyana	c Mahanama b Chandana	1	6	10	-	-
+N Pothas	c Atapattu b Chandana	10	19	27	2	-
RP Snell	not out	4	5	7	1	-
*CE Eksteen	did not bat
EW Kidwell	did not bat
JT Mafa	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 5 nb, 7 w)	16
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 74.2 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Seymore), 2-45 (Benfield), 3-148 (Cullinan), 4-245 (McKenzie), 5-251 (Toyana), 6-285 (Pothas), 7-296 (Crookes, 74.2 ov)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	11	1	58	1	-	2
Wickramasinghe	20	5	70	1	1	1
de Silva	13	2	50	1	4	2
Chandana	23.2	2	80	4	-	-
Jayasuriya	3	0	19	0	-	-
Jayawardene	4	0	15	0	-	-

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Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ST Jayasuriya	c McKenzie b Mafa	38	61	80	6	1
MS Atapattu	b Kidwell	1	16	27	-	-
RS Mahanama	c Toyana b Eksteen	52	115	139	4	-
DPMD Jayawardene	b Mafa	6	10	19	-	-
*A Ranatunga	b Mafa	0	1	2	-	-
HP Tillakaratne	not out	66	158	204	6	1
+RS Kaluwitharana	c Toyana b Snell	42	57	74	5	-
UDU Chandana	c Cullinan b Snell	8	15	21	1	-
WPUJC Vaas	b Snell	0	1	2	-	-
KSC de Silva	did not bat
GP Wickramasinghe	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 6 nb, 13 w)	30
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 71.2 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Atapattu), 2-67 (Jayasuriya), 3-84 (Jayawardene), 4-84 (Ranatunga), 5-134 (Mahanama), 6-226 (Kaluwitharana), 7-243 (Chandana), 8-243 (Vaas, 71.2 ov)

Gauteng bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kidwell	19	3	63	1	6	4
Snell	16.2	3	42	3	6	-
Eksteen	17	3	53	1	-	-
Mafa	10	1	53	3	1	2
Crookes	9	1	21	0	-	-

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Gauteng second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Benfield	b Vaas	0	3	2	-	-
AJ Seymore	c Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya	52	122	163	6	-
ND McKenzie	b Vaas	0	2	9	-	-
DJ Cullinan	c Ranatunga b Wickramasinghe	6	28	39	-	-
DN Crookes	lbw b Vaas	3	12	13	-	-
G Toyana	lbw b Wickramasinghe	11	26	35	2	-
+N Pothas	c Mahanama b Wickramasinghe	40	66	92	6	-
RP Snell	c Jayawardene b Chandana	44	55	64	7	-
*CE Eksteen	not out	12	19	43	3	-
EW Kidwell	not out	2	6	10	-	-
JT Mafa	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 15 nb, 13 w)	33
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 54 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Benfield), 2-4 (McKenzie), 3-23 (Cullinan), 4-32 (Crookes), 5-56 (Toyana), 6-125 (Seymore), 7-151 (Pothas), 8-189 (Snell)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	15	1	51	3	-	12
de Silva	7	0	33	0	13	2
Jayawardene	4	0	17	0	-	-
Wickramasinghe	14	3	42	3	-	1
Chandana	8	2	38	1	-	-
Jayasuriya	6	1	17	1	-	-

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Sri Lankans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ST Jayasuriya	c Pothas b Snell	5	8	14	1	-
MS Atapattu	b Kidwell	24	42	70	4	-
RS Mahanama	c Crookes b Snell	14	26	29	-	1
*A Ranatunga	c Seymore b Snell	3	26	42	-	-
DPMD Jayawardene	c Pothas b Kidwell	0	1	2	-	-
HP Tillakaratne	lbw b Kidwell	2	20	38	-	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	b Eksteen	42	41	63	9	-
UDU Chandana	c Cullinan b Eksteen	15	11	19	2	-
WPUJC Vaas	c Pothas b Mafa	4	8	13	1	-
GP Wickramasinghe	b Crookes	14	27	25	2	-
KSC de Silva	not out	2	7	21	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 9 w)	13
Total	(all out, 35.5 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Jayasuriya), 2-36 (Mahanama), 3-52 (Atapattu), 4-52 (Jayawardene), 5-55 (Ranatunga), 6-67 (Tillakaratne), 7-103 (Chandana), 8-122 (Vaas), 9-122 (Kaluwitharana), 10-138 (Wickramasinghe, 35.5 ov)

Gauteng bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kidwell	14	1	53	3	-	1
Snell	13	3	51	3	9	1
Eksteen	4	0	21	2	-	-
Mafa	4	0	11	1	-	-
Crookes	0.5	0	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JT Mafa made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RP Snell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RS Mahanama made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> HP Tillakaratne made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> UDU Chandana made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> KSC de Silva made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> DPMD Jayawardene made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> WPUJC Vaas reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AJ Seymore, his 1st wicket in the Gauteng first innings

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