SOUTH AFRICA vs SRI LANKA, 1st Test
SOUTH AFRICA vs SRI LANKA, 1st Test: match overview
SOUTH AFRICA and SRI LANKA met in the 1st Test of Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 1998 at Newlands, Cape Town on Thursday, March 19, 1998. Result: South Africa won by 70 runs.
A Test match is played over up to five days with two innings a side, so the scorecard here tracks both innings for each team, the follow-on and declarations, and the session-by-session state of play.
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Match facts
- Match
- 1st Test, Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 1998
- Teams
- SOUTH AFRICA vs SRI LANKA
- Format
- Test match
- Venue
- Newlands, Cape Town
- Date
- Thursday, March 19, 1998
- Start time
- 05:30 AM local (00:00 GMT)
- Status
- South Africa won by 70 runs