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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 14th, 15th, 16th July 1998 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Somerset won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | B Dudleston, R Palmer |
| Close of play day 1 | Sri Lankans (1) 8/2 (Atapattu 0*, Bandaratilleke 1*; 5 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sri Lankans (2) 243/3 (Arnold 115*, Tillakaratne 51*; 54 overs) |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *PD Bowler | c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe | 27 | 27 | 4 | - | ||
| ME Trescothick | b Dharmasena | 95 | 143 | 16 | 1 | ||
| RJ Harden | c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe | 8 | 18 | 2 | - | ||
| MN Lathwell | c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe | 56 | 81 | 8 | - | ||
| KA Parsons | not out | 101 | 147 | 16 | - | ||
| M Burns | b Bandaratilleke | 13 | 38 | 2 | - | ||
| ARK Pierson | c Tillakaratne b Wickramasinghe | 39 | 111 | 5 | - | ||
| +LD Sutton | not out | 3 | 17 | - | - | ||
| PS Jones | did not bat | ||||||
| MPL Bulbeck | did not bat | ||||||
| BJ Trott | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 10 lb, 10 nb, 2 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 96.1 overs) | 366 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-47 (Bowler), 2-65 (Harden), 3-183 (Lathwell), 4-201 (Trescothick), 5-229 (Burns), 6-355 (Pierson) | |||||||
| Sri Lankans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wickramasinghe | 24.1 | 5 | 69 | 4 | - | - | |
| Villavarayan | 15 | 3 | 78 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hathurusingha | 18 | 4 | 76 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dharmasena | 23 | 1 | 66 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bandaratilleke | 12 | 1 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jayawardene | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jayasuriya | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sri Lankans first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *ST Jayasuriya | hit wkt b Bulbeck | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| MS Atapattu | lbw b Bulbeck | 7 | 31 | 1 | - | ||
| RP Arnold | c Parsons b Jones | 2 | 8 | - | - | ||
| MRCN Bandaratilleke | c Sutton b Bulbeck | 11 | 21 | 2 | - | ||
| DPMD Jayawardene | b Trott | 3 | 24 | - | - | ||
| HP Tillakaratne | not out | 38 | 120 | 4 | - | ||
| +RS Kaluwitharana | b Trott | 21 | 26 | 3 | - | ||
| UC Hathurusingha | c Harden b Jones | 4 | 8 | 1 | - | ||
| HDPK Dharmasena | c Sutton b Trescothick | 10 | 39 | 1 | - | ||
| GP Wickramasinghe | c Trescothick b Parsons | 18 | 19 | 3 | - | ||
| MS Villavarayan | c Sutton b Parsons | 5 | 16 | 1 | - | ||
| Extras | (11 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 52.4 overs) | 130 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Jayasuriya), 2-7 (Arnold), 3-25 (Atapattu), 4-26 (Bandaratilleke), 5-30 (Jayawardene), 6-58 (Kaluwitharana), 7-65 (Hathurusingha), 8-102 (Dharmasena), 9-121 (Wickramasinghe), 10-130 (Villavarayan, 52.4 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bulbeck | 11 | 4 | 20 | 3 | - | - | |
| Jones | 12 | 3 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Trott | 8 | 2 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Trescothick | 11 | 4 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Parsons | 10.4 | 3 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sri Lankans second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *ST Jayasuriya | lbw b Bulbeck | 4 | 8 | 1 | - | ||
| MS Atapattu | c Burns b Bulbeck | 53 | 53 | 10 | - | ||
| RP Arnold | c Harden b Trescothick | 209 | 270 | 37 | - | ||
| DPMD Jayawardene | c Sutton b Parsons | 9 | 20 | 2 | - | ||
| HP Tillakaratne | b Bulbeck | 82 | 134 | 12 | - | ||
| +RS Kaluwitharana | c Parsons b Trescothick | 33 | 66 | 4 | - | ||
| UC Hathurusingha | not out | 34 | 76 | 2 | - | ||
| HDPK Dharmasena | not out | 45 | 51 | 7 | - | ||
| MRCN Bandaratilleke | did not bat | ||||||
| GP Wickramasinghe | did not bat | ||||||
| MS Villavarayan | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 6 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 113 overs) | 483 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Jayasuriya), 2-93 (Atapattu), 3-127 (Jayawardene), 4-326 (Tillakaratne), 5-395 (Arnold), 6-408 (Kaluwitharana) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bulbeck | 19 | 1 | 104 | 3 | - | - | |
| Jones | 20 | 2 | 84 | 0 | - | - | |
| Burns | 6 | 1 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Trott | 9 | 2 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pierson | 15 | 3 | 54 | 0 | - | - | |
| Trescothick | 20 | 3 | 83 | 2 | - | - | |
| Parsons | 11 | 4 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bowler | 9 | 3 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Harden | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *PD Bowler | run out | 66 | 85 | 3 | - | ||
| M Burns | c Dharmasena b Wickramasinghe | 13 | 19 | 1 | - | ||
| RJ Harden | c Dharmasena b Villavarayan | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| MN Lathwell | c Jayawardene b Villavarayan | 5 | 10 | - | - | ||
| KA Parsons | c Villavarayan b Hathurusingha | 25 | 32 | 3 | - | ||
| ME Trescothick | run out | 26 | 17 | 1 | 2 | ||
| ARK Pierson | st Kaluwitharana b Dharmasena | 3 | 6 | - | - | ||
| +LD Sutton | not out | 16 | 38 | 1 | - | ||
| PS Jones | not out | 8 | 14 | 1 | - | ||
| MPL Bulbeck | did not bat | ||||||
| BJ Trott | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (13 lb, 2 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 37 overs) | 177 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27 (Burns), 2-29 (Harden), 3-39 (Lathwell), 4-94 (Parsons), 5-139 (Trescothick), 6-146 (Pierson), 7-155 (Bowler) | |||||||
| Sri Lankans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wickramasinghe | 9 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Villavarayan | 8 | 0 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hathurusingha | 6 | 0 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bandaratilleke | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dharmasena | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jayasuriya | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Atapattu | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tillakaratne | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> KA Parsons (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 53
--> RP Arnold (2) 200 with 37 fours
--> LD Sutton (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> HDPK Dharmasena made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> RP Arnold made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> DPMD Jayawardene made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> MRCN Bandaratilleke made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> MS Villavarayan made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> GP Wickramasinghe reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
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