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Middlesex v Sri Lankans
Sri Lanka in England 1998
VenueLord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 31st July, 1st, 2nd, 3rd August 1998 (4-day match)
Balls per over6
TossSri Lankans won the toss and decided to field
ResultMatch drawn
UmpiresP Adams, B Leadbeater
Close of play day 1Middlesex (1) 282/8 (Batt 3*, Tufnell 5*; 104 overs)
Close of play day 2Sri Lankans (1) 214/4 (Jayawardene 38*, Tillakaratne 1*; 54 overs)
Close of play day 3Middlesex (2) 123/3 (Weekes 22*, Johnson 4*; 46 overs)

Middlesex first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
DJ Goodchildrun out105267 12- 
RA Kettleboroughb Villavarayan943 1- 
DC Nashlbw b Villavarayan111 -- 
PN Weekesc Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara4392 4- 
JL Langerc Kaluwitharana b Villavarayan4368 6- 
*+KR Brownb Dharmasena2578 -1 
KP Dutchb Pushpakumara017 -- 
RL Johnsonc Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara827 1- 
CJ Battlbw b Perera1142 -- 
PCR Tufnellc Hathurusingha b Villavarayan2441 3- 
TF Bloomfieldnot out211 -- 
Extras(7 lb, 31 nb, 4 w)42
Total(all out, 113.4 overs)313
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Kettleborough), 2-40 (Nash), 3-129 (Weekes), 4-202 (Langer), 5-250 (Goodchild), 6-261 (Brown), 7-261 (Dutch), 8-277 (Johnson), 9-309 (Batt), 10-313 (Tufnell, 113.4 ov)
Sri Lankans bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Perera21   4461--
Pushpakumara23   1933--
Hathurusingha17   4540--
Villavarayan18.47364--
Dharmasena30   8741--
Jayasuriya4   130--

Sri Lankans first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
*ST Jayasuriyac Dutch b Batt2434 4- 
MS Atapattuc Brown b Tufnell114161 17- 
RP Arnoldc Weekes b Batt2046 3- 
DPMD Jayawardenec Nash b Bloomfield79142 10- 
HDPK Dharmasenalbw b Tufnell02 -- 
HP Tillakaratnec Kettleborough b Tufnell1146 1- 
+RS Kaluwitharanac Langer b Johnson7385 14- 
UC Hathurusinghalbw b Batt2053 3- 
ASA Pererac Weekes b Bloomfield1032 -- 
MS Villavarayanb Batt3234 6- 
KR Pushpakumaranot out729 1- 
Extras(8 b, 14 lb, 10 nb, 2 w)34
Total(all out, 109.5 overs)424
Fall of wickets:
1-56 (Jayasuriya), 2-127 (Arnold), 3-211 (Atapattu), 4-211 (Dharmasena), 5-237 (Tillakaratne), 6-334 (Jayawardene), 7-354 (Kaluwitharana), 8-377 (Perera), 9-397 (Hathurusingha), 10-424 (Villavarayan, 109.5 ov)
Middlesex bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Bloomfield22   2742--
Batt22.511034--
Johnson22   5721--
Tufnell24   4903--
Goodchild6   0200--
Dutch13   4430--

Middlesex second inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
DJ Goodchildlbw b Pushpakumara614 -- 
RA Kettleboroughc Kaluwitharana b Villavarayan38107 4- 
DC Nashlbw b Pushpakumara4288 3- 
PN Weekesc Dharmasena b Hathurusingha49126 8- 
RL Johnsonb Perera416 1- 
JL Langerc Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara1218 2- 
*+KR Brownnot out40113 3- 
KP Dutchb Hathurusingha816 1- 
CJ Battnot out1827 4- 
TF Bloomfielddid not bat      
PCR Tufnelldid not bat      
Extras(2 b, 4 lb, 8 nb)14
Total(7 wickets, 87 overs)231
Fall of wickets:
1-27 (Goodchild), 2-88 (Kettleborough), 3-114 (Nash), 4-123 (Johnson), 5-142 (Langer), 6-181 (Weekes), 7-201 (Dutch)
Sri Lankans bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Perera15   4341--
Pushpakumara18   5523--
Dharmasena17   6340--
Villavarayan15   1431--
Hathurusingha22   3622--

Notes
--> DJ Goodchild (1) passed his previous highest score of 83 in First-Class matches
--> DJ Goodchild (1) made his first century in First-Class matches