- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR37.5 Gone! slower ball on the stump, Atapattu makes himself room and tries to clear the in field, mistime drive over mid-off, Hall runs back and take the brilliant catch 190/38.5 Gone! good length delivery outside the off stump and straighten, Jayasuriya gets forward and drives it, drags the ball into the stumps, big wicket for South Africa 52/135.2 Gone! pitched on middle and leg, Sangakkara makes himself room and loft it in air towards mid-off, mistimed shot, ball went straight to Dippenaar at mid-off, big wicket for South Africa 175/241.5 Big wicket! pitched outide the off stump and cutting back in, Jayawardene tries to work it to onside, played across the line of off stump, ball hit the pads, huge appeal and umpire raises his finger 207/443.2 Another one gone! good change of pace, outside the off stump, Mubarak went after it, top edged it towards covers, Prince took the well judged catch running to his back, Proteas are good in taking catches today 212/549.4 Gone! fuller ball on middle and leg stump line, Dilshan tries to paddels it away across the line and misses the ball, ball crashes into the timbers, a much needed wicket at the moment 254/945.1 Bowled him! fuller ball just out side the off stump and spinning in, Kapugedera misjudged the line and drives it, beaten completely and ball make contact with off stump, South Africans picking wickets in regular intervels 220/646.4 One more! pitched on middle and off stump line, Vaas tries to loft it straight down the wicket, mistimed it, ball went high in air, Botha took a simple catch at mid-off 229/748.3 Eight down! again slower ball on the stump, Muralitharan gets forward and lofts it straight to Botha hands at long-on, Sri Lankan are fail to pile up runs at the end overs 241/8Extras24 (b 3, lb 5, nb 4, w 12)TOTAL257/9 (50 Overs, RR: 5.14)Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 8.5 ov), 2-175 (Kumar Sangakkara, 35.2 ov), 3-190 (Marvan Atapattu, 37.5 ov), 4-207 (Mahela Jayawardene, 41.5 ov), 5-212 (Jehan Mubarak, 43.2 ov), 6-220 (Chamara Kapugedera, 45.1 ov), 7-229 (Chaminda Vaas, 46.4 ov), 8-241 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 48.3 ov), 9-254 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 49.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SM Pollock 10 0 35 1 3.50 36 2 0 2 0 DW Steyn 3 0 32 0 10.66 12 3 1 0 4 AJ Hall 10 0 50 3 5.00 35 2 1 3 0 CK Langeveldt 10 0 47 2 4.70 31 4 0 2 0 JJ van der Wath 9 1 41 2 4.55 27 3 0 2 0 GC Smith 3 0 19 0 6.33 6 1 0 1 0 J Botha 5 0 25 1 5.00 11 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR26.1 Gone! flighted delivery outside the off stump, Smith played slog sweep and ball scooped over long-on, Muralitharan takes well judge catch there 113/46.2 Gone! slower delivery on the middle and off stump line, Dippenaar tries to play it late to third man, ball hits the back pad, and then bat, huge shout, Umpire Benson thinks that's out 19/16.5 Another wicket! again slower ball on the stump, Gibbs early into the shot, drives straight back to bowler in air, Vaas takes the return catch with one hand, Vaas strikes again! South Africa in trouble now 19/217.4 Bowled him! short ball outside the off stump, Boucher moves back to pulls it, bottom edge and ball crashes into the stumps, big wicket! 77/332.4 Another wicket! tossed up delivery on the off stump, Prince tries to play it against the spin, top edged and ball flies straight to Bandara, great bowling by Bandara! 137/626.4 Kemp gone on first ball! quicker ball on the middle and off stump line, Kemp moves forward and defends it, ball raps the pads in line into the stump, loud appeal and Umpire Benson agreed that one, Bandara strikes twice in this over 114/534.5 One more to Bandara! good length delivery outside the off stump, Pollock moves back and plays the late cut shot, ball took tiny edge and Sangakkara juggled a bit and took the catch at second attempt 146/735.2 Bowled him! deadly delivery, flighted ball outside the off stump, spung sharply and coming in to batsman, van der Wath gets forward and defends, ball went through the gate the hit the top of the off stump, Muralitharan strikes 147/842.3 Nine down! tossed up delivery outside the off stump, Botha comes down the track and lobs it towards long-on, substitute fielder took the catch 178/943.4 All over! flighted delivery on the off stump, Langeveldt sweeps it across the line over mid wicket, Mubarak took the simple catch at deep mid wicket, Sri Lanka won by 77 runs 181/10Extras8 (lb 3, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL181 all out (43.4 Overs, RR: 4.14)Did not bat: DW SteynFall of wickets: 1-19 (Boeta Dippenaar, 6.2 ov), 2-19 (Herschelle Gibbs, 6.5 ov), 3-77 (Mark Boucher, 17.4 ov), 4-113 (Graeme Smith, 26.1 ov), 5-114 (Justin Kemp, 26.4 ov), 6-137 (Ashwell Prince, 32.4 ov), 7-146 (Shaun Pollock, 34.5 ov), 8-147 (Johan van der Wath, 35.2 ov), 9-178 (Johan Botha, 42.3 ov), 10-181 (Charl Langeveldt, 43.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB WPUJC Vaas 7 3 17 2 2.42 35 3 0 0 0 PDRL Perera 6 0 40 0 6.66 16 4 0 0 0 CRD Fernando 7 1 32 1 4.57 24 2 0 1 1 M Muralidaran 8 0 28 1 3.50 27 0 0 0 0 TM Dilshan 4.4 0 23 1 4.92 10 1 0 1 0 HMCM Bandara 9 0 31 4 3.44 28 0 0 1 0 ST Jayasuriya 2 0 7 1 3.50 6 0 0 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
7 February 2006 (50-over match)
Sri Lanka replacement
HMCM Bandara for CK Kapugedera (South Africa innings, 20.0 ov)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Sri Lanka 5, South Africa 0
Match Notes
- Sri Lanka innings
- Sri Lanka 50 runs in 7.4 overs (53 balls), Extras 10
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Sri Lanka 100 runs in 20.3 overs (132 balls), Extras 12
- MS Atapattu 50 off 92 balls (4 x 4)
- Sri Lanka 150 runs in 30.4 overs (195 balls), Extras 17
- KC Sangakkara 50 off 62 balls (4 x 4)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 157/1 in 32.0 overs (MS Atapattu 61, KC Sangakkara 54)
- Sri Lanka 200 runs in 39.4 overs (249 balls), Extras 17
- Sri Lanka 250 runs in 49.2 overs (310 balls), Extras 22
- South Africa innings
- South Africa 50 runs in 12.6 overs (78 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: South Africa - 66/2 in 15.0 overs (GC Smith 32, MV Boucher 23)
- GC Smith 50 off 54 balls (5 x 4)
- South Africa 100 runs in 23.2 overs (142 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: South Africa - 128/5 in 30.0 overs (AG Prince 18, SM Pollock 6)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 35.5 overs (218 balls), Extras 6
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