- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras16 (nb 14, w 2)TOTAL257/8d (64.2 Overs, RR: 3.99)Did not bat: CRD FernandoFall of wickets: 1-15 (Marvan Atapattu, 2.6 ov), 2-27 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 4.5 ov), 3-27 (Kumar Sangakkara, 5.5 ov), 4-46 (Russel Arnold, 8.6 ov), 5-180 (Mahela Jayawardene, 41.4 ov), 6-210 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 48.6 ov), 7-228 (Upul Chandana, 54.3 ov), 8-230 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 57.1 ov)
21/12Result
Tour Match, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Pietermaritzburg, Dec 21-23 2000
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![Sri Lankans]( "Sri Lankans")
257/8d -
![KwaZulu-Natal]( "KwaZulu-Natal")
299/5 (84.3 ov)
21/12Result
Tour Match, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Pietermaritzburg, Dec 21-23 2000
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![Sri Lankans]( "Sri Lankans")
257/8d -
![KwaZulu-Natal]( "KwaZulu-Natal")
299/5 (84.3 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras16 (b 7, lb 2, nb 7)TOTAL299/5 (84.3 Overs, RR: 3.53)Fall of wickets: 1-168 (Mark Bruyns, 46.6 ov), 2-197 (Doug Watson, 57.4 ov), 3-203 (Jon Kent, 59.5 ov), 4-217 (Ahmed Amla, 66.1 ov), 5-218 (Ashraf Mall, 66.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DNT Zoysa 7.3 3 20 0 2.66 0 0 CRD Fernando 14 2 55 0 3.92 0 1 GP Wickramasinghe 11 4 33 1 3.00 0 1 TM Dilshan 3 1 13 0 4.33 0 0 UDU Chandana 28 4 109 2 3.89 0 4 RP Arnold 9 3 22 0 2.44 0 1 ST Jayasuriya 4 1 11 0 2.75 0 0 DPMD Jayawardene 8 1 27 2 3.37 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lankans , elected to bat first
Season
Match days
21,22,23 December 2000 (3-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Close of Play
- Thu, 21 Dec - day 1 - no play
- Fri, 22 Dec - day 2 - Sri Lankans 1st innings 257/8 (DNT Zoysa 24*, GP Wickramasinghe 4*, 64.2 ov)
- Sat, 23 Dec - day 3 - KwaZulu-Natal 1st innings 299/5 (84.3 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- KwaZulu-Natal 1st innings: 1x7 ball over (13th over called by umpire Orchard)
- KwaZulu-Natal 1st innings: 1x7 ball over (45th over called by umpire Orchard)
- Natal 50, 73 minutes, 15.4 overs
- Bruyns 50, 109 minutes, 84 balls
- Natal 100, 130 minutes, 31.1 overs
- Watson 50, 143 minutes, 95 balls
- Kaluwitharana takes over as keeper after lunch
- Natal 150, 161 minutes, 42.4 overs (259b)
- Natal 200, 224 minutes, 58.2 overs
- Natal 250, 271 minutes, 73.4 overs
- New ball taken after 82 overs
- Bad Light stops play at 15:55
- Start delayed - wet outfield
- Sri Lankans 1st innings:
- Sri Lankans 1st innings: 1x7 ball over (3rd over, called by umpire Orchard)
- Ataputta loses his wicket on the seventh ball of the 3rd over
- Sri Lanka 50, 59 minutes, 11.2 overs
- 50 partnership, (Jayawardena, Dilshan) 57 balls, 39 minutes
- Sri Lankan 100, 91 minutes, 18.5 overs
- Jayawardene 50, 102 minutes, 72 balls
- 100 partnership (Jayawardene, Dilshan) 155 balls, 104 minutes
- Sri Lanka 150, 162 minutes, 35.2 overs
- Dilshan 50, 95 balls
- Bad Light taken at 16:07
- No play water logged outfield
Match Coverage
All Match NewsGloomy ending to Lankan tour match
As might have been expected ever since the whole of the first day was lost to rain Sri Lanka's three-day match against KwaZulu-Natal at The Oval in Pietermaritzburg fizzled out to a tame draw on Saturday
Sri Lankan batting gives cause for concern
Another abbreviated day for Sanath Jayasuriya's Sri Lankans and another day of frustration for the tourists' senior batsmen as time starts to run out ahead of the first Test match against South Africa at Kingsmead on Boxing Day