SL win on Murali’s note

ADELAIDE, JAN 23: Despair turned to delight for Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan as he hit the winning run against England afte...

ADELAIDE, JAN 23: Despair turned to delight for Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan as he hit the winning run against England after being no-balled for throwing in their triangular series match today.

Sri Lanka snatched a one-wicket win with two deliveries of their 50 overs to spare in the day-night game, making 303 for nine after England scored 302 for three.

SCOREBOARD

England: Nick Knight run out 45, Alec Stewart c Ranatunga b Vaas 39, Graeme Hick not out 126, Nasser Hussain c Tillekaratne b Jayasuriya 5, Neil Fairbrother not out 78; Extras (2lb, 4w, 3nb): 9. Total (For three wickets): 302

Fall Of Wickets: 1-64, 2-139, 3-148.

Bowling: Vaas 10-0-76-1, Wickremasinghe 9-0-71-0, Jayawardene 4-0-24-0, Muralitharan 7-0-46-0, Jayasuriya 10-0-42-1, Chandana 10-0-41-0.

Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya c Fairbrother b Gough 51, Romesh Kaluwitharana run out 0, Maravan Atapattu c Fairbrother b Mullally 3, Hashan Tillekaratne b Croft 28, Mahela Jayawardene lbw Wells 120,Arjuna Ranatunga c Wells b Gough 41, Chaminda Vaas run out 5, Upul Chandana c Fairbrother b Wells 25, Roshan Mahanama run out 13, Muthaiah Muralitharan not out 2, Pramodaya Wickremasinghe not out 2; Extras (lb9, w4): 13. Total (for 9 wkts, 49.4 overs): 303

Fall Of Wickets: 1-3, 2-8, 3-68, 4-137, 5-223, 7-269, 8-288, 9-298.

Bowling: Gough 10-1-68-2, Mullally 10-0-61-1, Hollioake 5-0-45-0, Ealham 10-1-48-0, Croft 10-0-42-1, Wells 4.4-0-30-2.