- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras4 (nb 3, w 1)TOTAL95 all out (38.4 Overs, RR: 2.45, 178 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Marvan Atapattu, 4.3 ov), 2-13 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 6.3 ov), 3-13 (Mahela Jayawardene, 6.6 ov), 4-13 (Russel Arnold, 8.3 ov), 5-33 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 17.2 ov), 6-66 (Kumar Sangakkara, 27.5 ov), 7-84 (Avishka Gunawardene, 33.3 ov), 8-95 (Chaminda Vaas, 37.5 ov), 9-95 (Nuwan Zoysa, 38.1 ov), 10-95 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 38.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SM Pollock 13.4 6 30 6 2.19 0 1 M Ngam 13 3 26 3 2.00 0 2 JH Kallis 6 2 19 1 3.16 0 0 M Ntini 6 2 20 0 3.33 1 0
02/01Result
2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Jan 2-4 2001
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
95 & 180 (45.2 ov) -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
Player of the Match
02/01Result
2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Jan 2-4 2001
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
95 & 180 (45.2 ov) -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras24 (lb 5, nb 18, w 1)TOTAL504/7d (158.2 Overs, RR: 3.18, 637 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Herschelle Gibbs, 0.5 ov), 2-97 (Gary Kirsten, 35.3 ov), 3-130 (Jacques Kallis, 49.2 ov), 4-231 (Neil McKenzie, 84.1 ov), 5-317 (Daryll Cullinan, 111.5 ov), 6-411 (Mark Boucher, 132.6 ov), 7-504 (Lance Klusener, 158.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WPUJC Vaas 32 6 109 1 3.40 0 8 DNT Zoysa 26 6 80 0 3.07 1 0 CRD Fernando 25 2 105 1 4.20 0 10 M Muralidaran 43 11 99 1 2.30 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 7 1 28 0 4.00 0 0 RP Arnold 24.2 4 76 3 3.12 0 0 DPMD Jayawardene 1 0 2 0 2.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras11 (lb 6, nb 4, w 1)TOTAL180 all out (45.2 Overs, RR: 3.97, 193 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 1.2 ov), 2-18 (Kumar Sangakkara, 7.1 ov), 3-53 (Marvan Atapattu, 12.5 ov), 4-99 (Mahela Jayawardene, 26.2 ov), 5-112 (Russel Arnold, 30.1 ov), 6-119 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 34.3 ov), 7-131 (Avishka Gunawardene, 35.5 ov), 8-135 (Nuwan Zoysa, 37.4 ov), 9-172 (Chaminda Vaas, 42.4 ov), 10-180 (Dilhara Fernando, 45.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SM Pollock 9 3 29 1 3.22 0 0 M Ngam 8.2 1 36 3 4.32 1 3 JH Kallis 7 1 29 0 4.14 0 0 M Ntini 11 2 52 2 4.72 0 1 N Boje 10 3 28 4 2.80 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
South Africa led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
2,3,4 January 2001 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Tue, 2 Jan - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 130/2 (JH Kallis 49*, DJ Cullinan 17*, 49 ov)
- Wed, 3 Jan - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 426/6 (L Klusener 44*, N Boje 7*, 139 ov)
- Thu, 4 Jan - day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 180 (45.2 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- L Klusener 50, 130 minutes, 90 balls, 6 fours
- South African 450, 583 minutes, 878 balls
- 50 Partenship (Klusener 33, Boje 20) 46 minutes 70 balls
- This is the highest score by South Africa vs Sri Lanka since readmission in 1991
- South African 500, 654 minutes, 970 balls
- Sri Lanka 2nd innings:
- Sri Lanan 50 came in 54 minutes off 73 balls
- Sri Lankan 100 came in 125 minutes off 164 balls
- Crowd attendance day 3 - 13 085
- Sri Lankan 150 came in 182 minutes off 248 balls
- Crowd attendance for the match - 37 450
- 50 Partnership (Cullinan 24, McKenzie 23, Extras 3) 70 mins, 94 balls
- Cullinan 50, 67 minutes, 102 balls, 6 fours, 1 six
- 100 Partnership (Cullinan 51, McKenzie 46, Extras 3) 129 minutes, 207 balls
- 50 Partnership (Cullinan 26, Boucher 24) 84 minutes, 119 balls
- Cullinan becomes the second South African to pass 4,000 test runs
- Cullinan 100, 263 minutes, 213 balls, 10 fours, 3 sixes
- Cullin becomes South Africa's highest test centurion - 12 hundreds
- Boucher 50, 127 minutes, 92 balls, 5 fours, 2 sixes
- 50 Partnership (Boucher 26, Klusener 19, Extras 5) 39 minutes, 45 balls
- South Africa 150, 249 minutes, 352 balls
- South Africa 200, 314 minutes, 448 balls
- South Africa 250, 367 minutes, 556 balls
- South Africa 300, 425 minutes, 656 balls
- South Africa 350, 475 minutes, 719 balls
- South Africa 400, 529 minutes, 781 balls
- New Ball taken in the 191st over
- Day 2 attendance 11,240
- G Kirsten equals WJ Cronje's record of 68 test appearances in this match
- Sri Lanka 1st innings:
- Sri Lanka 50, 103 minutes, 136 balls
- Boucher moves to second of all time fielding dismissals for South Africa
- Kirsten moves to top of all time fielding dismissals for a South African non-keeper
- Pollock's spell of 13.4-6-30-6 is the best ever return by a South African captain
- Sri Lanka's 95 is the lowest ever test score against South Africa
- South Africa 1st innings:
- South Africa 50, 88 minutes, 119 balls
- 50 Partnership (Kirsten 29, Kallis 12, Extras 9) 87 minutes, 119 balls
- Kirsten 50, 139 minutes, 97 balls, 7 fours
- South Africa 100, 162 minutes, 228 balls
- Day 1 attendance 13,125
- Umpire IL Howell making his Test Debut as an umpire
- 4th Umpire - M Gajjar
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