South Africa vs Sri Lanka
1997-98
| Date | Venue | Captains | Scores | Result | Player of the Match |
| 19 Mar 1998 | Cape Town |
WJ Cronje (SAf)
A Ranatunga (SL) |
SAf 418 & 264
SL 306 & 306 |
South Africa 70 runs |
|
| 27 Mar 1998 | Centurion |
WJ Cronje (SAf)
A Ranatunga (SL) |
SL 303 & 122
SAf 200 & 226-4 |
South Africa 6 wickets |
South Africa Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
| DJ Cullinan | 2 | 4 | 0 | 284 | 71.00 | 1 | 2 | 113 | 60.43 | 33/2 | 1 |
| WJ Cronje | 2 | 4 | 0 | 215 | 53.75 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 65.75 | 19/10 | 0 |
| G Kirsten | 2 | 4 | 1 | 165 | 55.00 | 2 | 0 | 75* | 36.75 | 25 | 3 |
| SM Pollock | 2 | 3 | 0 | 99 | 33.00 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 51.56 | 8/1 | 0 |
| JH Kallis | 2 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 21.33 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 32.32 | 6/1 | 3 |
| MV Boucher | 2 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 18.66 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 28.43 | 5 | 13 |
| GFJ Liebenberg | 1 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 22.50 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 50.00 | 7 | 0 |
| HD Ackerman | 2 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 28.78 | 2 | 1 |
| AA Donald | 2 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 32.43 | 3 | 0 |
| PR Adams | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5.66 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 51.52 | 1/1 | 3 |
| AM Bacher | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18.75 | 0 | 0 |
| M Ntini | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | 0 | 3* | 26.32 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| AA Donald | 88 | 23 | 257 | 14 | 18.35 | 5/54 | 2.92 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| SM Pollock | 56.1 | 11 | 169 | 6 | 28.16 | 4/83 | 3.01 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| PR Adams | 76 | 12 | 254 | 5 | 50.80 | 2/62 | 3.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WJ Cronje | 27.3 | 9 | 39 | 5 | 7.80 | 3/21 | 1.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M Ntini | 44.2 | 10 | 148 | 4 | 37.00 | 2/61 | 3.34 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| JH Kallis | 48 | 16 | 122 | 2 | 61.00 | 1/42 | 2.54 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Sri Lanka Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
| PA de Silva | 2 | 4 | 0 | 156 | 39.00 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 65.82 | 25/1 | 1 |
| MS Atapattu | 2 | 4 | 0 | 150 | 37.50 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 34.64 | 18 | 0 |
| A Ranatunga | 2 | 4 | 0 | 136 | 34.00 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 44.88 | 21 | 1 |
| GP Wickramasinghe | 2 | 4 | 0 | 93 | 23.25 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 68.38 | 14/1 | 1 |
| HP Tillakaratne | 2 | 4 | 0 | 90 | 22.50 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 33.71 | 13 | 1 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 2 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 21.00 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 68.85 | 12/1 | 3 |
| RS Mahanama | 2 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 17.50 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 30.70 | 7/1 | 3 |
| RS Kaluwitharana | 2 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 16.75 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 55.83 | 11 | 3/4 |
| M Muralitharan | 2 | 4 | 1 | 51 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 | 15* | 61.45 | 7 | 2 |
| WPUJC Vaas | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 49.18 | 6 | 0 |
| DNT Zoysa | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 32.56 | 1 | 0 |
| KR Pushpakumara | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 9* | 28.26 | 3 | 1 |
Sri Lanka Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| M Muralitharan | 139.5 | 30 | 400 | 16 | 25.00 | 5/63 | 2.86 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 63 | 16 | 154 | 7 | 22.00 | 4/53 | 2.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GP Wickramasinghe | 57.4 | 11 | 142 | 4 | 35.50 | 3/75 | 2.46 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| WPUJC Vaas | 32 | 5 | 116 | 4 | 29.00 | 2/41 | 3.62 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| DNT Zoysa | 14 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 40.00 | 1/29 | 2.86 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| KR Pushpakumara | 51 | 7 | 187 | 1 | 187.00 | 1/55 | 3.67 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| MS Atapattu | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PA de Silva | 10 | 2 | 29 | 0 | - | - | 2.90 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Avg | 0-9 | 10-49 | 50-99 | 100+ | Best | Test | Batsmen | ||
| South Africa | |||||||||
| 1st | 28.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 89 | 2(2) | Kirsten & Liebenberg | |
| 2nd | 18.8 | - | 4 | - | - | 41 | 1(1) | Ackerman & Kirsten | |
| 3rd | 68.8 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 116 | 1(2) | Cullinan & Kallis | |
| 4th | 63.0 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 116 | 2(2) | Kirsten & Cronje | |
| 5th | 19.7 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 20 | 1(2) | Boucher & Cronje | |
| 6th | 16.3 | - | 3 | - | - | 22 | 1(2) | Ackerman & Cronje | |
| 7th | 53.0 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 95 | 1(1) | Boucher & Pollock | |
| 8th | 28.0 | - | 3 | - | - | 37 | 1(2) | Donald & Cronje | |
| 9th | 6.7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 12 | 1(1) | Adams & Pollock | |
| 10th | 7.3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 14 | 2(1) | Adams & Ntini | |
| 8 | 20 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| Sri Lanka | |||||||||
| 1st | 23.8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 53 | 2(1) | Jayasuriya & Atapattu | |
| 2nd | 13.2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 24 | 1(2) | Mahanama & Atapattu | |
| 3rd | 55.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 129 | 1(1) | de Silva & Atapattu | |
| 4th | 55.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 2(1) | Ranatunga & Mahanama | |
| 5th | 12.2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 42 | 2(1) | Ranatunga & Tillakaratne | |
| 6th | 23.8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 59 | 1(2) | Kaluwitharana & Tillakaratne | |
| 7th | 19.8 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 43 | 2(2) | de Silva & Wickramasinghe | |
| 8th | 12.0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 29 | 1(1) | Wickramasinghe & Vaas | |
| 9th | 33.2 | - | 4 | - | - | 48 | 1(2) | Muralitharan & Wickramasinghe | |
| 10th | 10.5 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 19 | 1(2) | Pushpakumara & Wickramasinghe | |
| 13 | 21 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
Overall Summary
| SAf | SL | ||
| Runs Scored | 1108 | 1037 | |
| Wickets lost | 34 | 40 | |
| Overs faced | 368.3 | 340 | |
| Runs per wicket | 32.59 | 25.92 | |
| Runs per over | 3.01 | 3.05 | |
| Innings | 39 | 44 | |
| Ducks | 3 | 7 | |
| Fifties | 6 | 8 | |
| Centuries | 2 | 0 | |
| 5 w/inn | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 w/mat | 0 | 0 |
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