Date-stamped : 10 Apr1998 - 10:33 Hansie Cronje's innings (including the 50 runs in 32 balls) during the 2nd innings of the 2nd Test at Centurion against Srl Lanka. South Africa 99/3, Partnership of 0 DJ Cullinan lbw Muralitha 0 ( 3) Muralitharan 12.1-4-20-3 (1nb) Ball Score Over Commentary 1 00 40.2 Muralitharan to Cronje, no run, drives off the back foot into the ground 2 01 40.3 Muralitharan to Cronje, one run, sweeps to fine leg, 3 01 41.1 Jayasuriya to Cronje, no run 4 02 41.2 Jayasuriya to Cronje, one run, 5 02 42.1 Muralitharan to Cronje, no run 6 06 42.2 Muralitharan to Cronje, FOUR, off the back foot, races past bwd point 7 12 42.3 Muralitharan to Cronje, SIX, his favourite shot, slog sweep to mid wicket 8 12 42.4 Muralitharan to Cronje, no run 9 13 42.5 Muralitharan to Cronje, one run, 10 13 43.1 Jayasuriya to Cronje, no run 11 13 43.2 Jayasuriya to Cronje, no run 12 17 43.3 Jayasuriya to Cronje, FOUR, 13 18 43.4 Jayasuriya to Cronje, one run, 14 22 44.1 Muralitharan to Cronje, FOUR, 15 22 44.2 Muralitharan to Cronje, no run 16 22 44.3 Muralitharan to Cronje, no run 17 23 44.4 Muralitharan to Cronje, one run, 18 23 45.1 Jayasuriya to Cronje, no run, leg side 19 23 45.2 Jayasuriya to Cronje, no run, leg side 20 23 45.3 Jayasuriya to Cronje, no run, defends back to the bowler 21 23 45.4 Jayasuriya to Cronje, no run, outside leg, throws the pad at it 22 23 45.5 Jayasuriya to Cronje, no run, outside leg, no shot, pads to shrt fine leg 23 23 45.6 Jayasuriya to Cronje, no run, leg side again, 24 23 46.6 Muralitharan to Cronje, no run, (no ball) forward defends 25 29 46.6 Muralitharan to Cronje, SIX, huge slog sweep, high up the bank 26 29 48.1 Muralitharan to Cronje, no run 27 29 48.2 Muralitharan to Cronje, no run 28 33 48.3 Muralitharan to Cronje, FOUR, very well pulled from one knee to sq leg, 29 39 48.4 Muralitharan to Cronje, SIX, huge, slog sweep, futher than the last one, 30 45 48.5 Muralitharan to Cronje, SIX, and even further has gone over the bank, 31 51 48.6 Muralitharan to Cronje, SIX, and again, higher than the others, 51 in 31 balls, 32 mins 4x4 5x6 Cronje raised his hands as he hit it, crowd now buzzing 32 52 50.2 Muralitharan to Cronje, no run 33 52 50.3 Muralitharan to Cronje, no run 34 52 50.4 Muralitharan to Cronje, no run 35 52 50.5 Muralitharan to Cronje, one run 36 56 51.1 Jayasuriya to Cronje, FOUR 37 57 51.2 Jayasuriya to Cronje, one run 38 58 51.5 Jayasuriya to Cronje, one run 39 58 53.1 Pushpakumara to Cronje, no run 40 58 53.2 Pushpakumara to Cronje, no run 41 58 53.3 Pushpakumara to Cronje, no run 42 58 53.4 Pushpakumara to Cronje, no run, bouncer 43 58 53.5 Pushpakumara to Cronje, no run, pushes to mid off 44 58 53.6 Pushpakumara to Cronje, no run (Tea) 45 59 54.6 Muralitharan to Cronje, one run, to mid wicket 46 59 55.1 Jayasuriya to Cronje, no run, leg side pads it away 47 59 55.2 Jayasuriya to Cronje, bye: two runs 48 59 55.3 Jayasuriya to Cronje, no run, leg side, lets it hit the pad 49 63 55.4 Jayasuriya to Cronje, FOUR, come forward,makes room, and lofts over the bowlers head 50 64 55.5 Jayasuriya to Cronje, one run, gives himself room, plays to wide mid off 51 64 56.1 Muralitharan to Cronje, no run 52 65 56.2 Muralitharan to Cronje, one run, off the toes to wide mid on 53 65 57.1 Jayasuriya to Cronje, no run 54 66 57.2 Jayasuriya to Cronje, one run 55 68 57.4 Jayasuriya to Cronje, two runs, gives himself room, angles the bat and lofts over the bowlers head 56 68 57.5 Jayasuriya to Cronje, no run 57 68 57.6 Jayasuriya to Cronje, no run, steps away from his wicket, back to the bowler 58 68 59.1 Jayasuriya to Cronje, no run, down leg sid leaves 59 72 59.2 Jayasuriya to Cronje, FOUR, steps to leg, makes room, and smashes it over the bowlers head 60 72 59.3 Jayasuriya to Cronje, no run 61 76 59.4 Jayasuriya to Cronje, FOUR, again makes room, dropped on the long on boundary by de Silva, went right through his hands. 62 82 59.5 Jayasuriya to Cronje, SIX, gets to the pitch and hoists it over cow corner 63 82 59.6 Jayasuriya to Cronje, OUT: made room, bottom of the bat, high to de Silva coming in from long on South Africa 215/4, Partnership of 116 *WJ Cronje c de Silva b Jayasuriya 82 ( 63) 8 x 4 5 x 6 Contributed by help@cricinfo.com