Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
South Africa led the 6-match series 3-0
Match number
Season
Match days
9 January 2001 - day/night match (50-over match)
09/01Result
3rd ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Paarl, Jan 9 2001
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
247/4 -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
250/2 (48.5/50 ov)
Player of the Match
09/01Result
3rd ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Paarl, Jan 9 2001
-
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
247/4 -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
250/2 (48.5/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Scorecard Summary
SRI LANKA 247/4 (50 OVERS)
- Sanath Jayasuriya66 (83)
- Romesh Kaluwitharana83 (117)
- Nicky Boje2/39 (10)
- Shaun Pollock1/33 (10)
SOUTH AFRICA 250/2 (48.5 OVERS)
- Jacques Kallis*100 (139)
- Jonty Rhodes*75 (59)
- Chaminda Vaas1/37 (9.5)
- Kaushalya Weeraratne1/30 (6)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsSlick South Africans take 3-0 lead in ODI series
With Jacques Kallis pacing his innings to perfection and Jonty Rhodes scampering hither and thither, South Africa made tracking down Sri Lanka's best score of the series seem pretty much routine as they won the third Standard Bank one-day