South Africa vs Sri Lanka

Result

South Africa

169(50.2 ov)

434(157.2 ov)

Sri Lanka

756/5(185.1 ov)

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 153 runs

Format:: Test
Venue:: Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Start:: Thu 27 Jul, 12:00 UTC
Series:: South Africa tour of Sri Lanka 2006

Scorecard

South Africa innings

169(50.2 ov, 50 overs and 2 balls, RR 3.36)

South Africa batting against Sri Lanka
Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Herschelle Gibbsb Dilhara Fernando	19	41	3	0	46.34
Andrew Hallb Dilhara Fernando

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Jacques Rudolphc Prasanna Jayawardene b Farveez Maharoof	29	52	5	0	55.77

Hashim Amlast Prasanna Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan	19	64	0	0	29.69

Ashwell Princec Prasanna Jayawardene b Farveez Maharoof	1	15	0	0	6.67

AB de Villiers50c Chamara Kapugedera b Muttiah Muralitharan	65	72	8	0	90.28

Mark Boucherc Sanath Jayasuriya b Muttiah Muralitharan	4	9	0	0	44.44

Nicky Bojelbw b Muttiah Muralitharan	5	10	1	0	50.00

André Nellbw b Dilhara Fernando	0	2	0	0	0.00

Dale Steynb Dilhara Fernando	0	1	0	0	0.00

Makhaya Ntininot out	0*	5	0	0	0.00

Extras	10	(b 4, lb 6)

Total	169	10 wickets, 50.2 overs, 3.36 run rate

Sri Lanka bowling against South Africa
Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Muttiah Muralitharan	18.2 (18 overs and 2 balls)	6	41	4	2.24
Dilhara Fernando	13 (13 overs)	2	48	4	3.69
Lasith Malinga	10 (10 overs)	2	38	0	3.80
Farveez Maharoof	9 (9 overs)	1	32	2	3.56

Sri Lanka innings

756/5(185.1 ov, 185 overs and 1 ball, RR 4.08)declared

Sri Lanka batting against South Africa
Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Upul Tharangac Mark Boucher b Dale Steyn	7	10	1	0	70.00
Sanath Jayasuriyalbw b Dale Steyn	4	6	0	0	66.67
Kumar Sangakkara100c Mark Boucher b Andrew Hall	287	457	35	0	62.80
Mahela Jayawardene100b André Nel	374	572	43	1	65.38
Tillakaratne Dilshanlbw b Dale Steyn	45	67	6	0	67.16
Chamara Kapugederanot out	1*	7	0	0	14.29
Extras	38	(b 17, lb 5, w 8, nb 8)
Total	756	5 wickets, 185.1 overs, 4.08 run rate

Did not bat: Prasanna Jayawardene, Farveez Maharoof, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 1.3 ov), 2-14 (Upul Tharanga, 3.3 ov), 3-638 (Kumar Sangakkara, 160.3 ov), 4-751 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 182.1 ov), 5-756 (Mahela Jayawardene, 185.1 ov)

South Africa bowling against Sri Lanka
Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Nicky Boje	65 (65 overs)	5	221	0	3.40	0	0
Makhaya Ntini	31 (31 overs)	3	97	0	3.13	0	1
Dale Steyn	26 (26 overs)	1	129	3	4.96	2	6

Partnerships (5)

1st wkt 6 runs (1.3 ov) — Upul Tharanga & Sanath Jayasuriya
2nd wkt 8 runs (2 ov) — Kumar Sangakkara & Upul Tharanga
3rd wkt 624 runs (157 ov) — Mahela Jayawardene & Kumar Sangakkara
4th wkt 113 runs (21.4 ov) — Tillakaratne Dilshan & Mahela Jayawardene
5th wkt 5 runs (3 ov) — Chamara Kapugedera & Mahela Jayawardene

South Africa innings

434(157.2 ov, 157 overs and 2 balls, RR 2.76)

South Africa batting against Sri Lanka
Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jacques Rudolph50c Chamara Kapugedera b Dilhara Fernando	90	182	13	0	49.45
Andrew Hall50lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan	64	177	7	0	36.16
Hashim Amlalbw b Dilhara Fernando	2	14	0	0	14.29
Ashwell Prince50c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan	61	182	4	0	33.52
AB de Villierslbw b Muttiah Muralitharan	24	38	3	0	63.16
Mark Boucher50c & b Sanath Jayasuriya	85	160	10	0	53.13
Herschelle Gibbsc & b Muttiah Muralitharan	18	32	3	0	56.25
Nicky Bojenot out	33*	130	2	0	25.38
André Nelb Muttiah Muralitharan	0	8	0	0	0.00
Dale Steynb Muttiah Muralitharan	4	9	1	0	44.44
Makhaya Ntinib Lasith Malinga	16	32	1	1	50.00
Extras	37	(b 11, lb 4, w 2, nb 20)
Total	434	10 wickets, 157.2 overs, 2.76 run rate

Fall of wickets: 1-165 (Jacques Rudolph, 52 ov), 2-171 (Hashim Amla, 55.5 ov), 3-185 (Andrew Hall, 64.5 ov), 4-234 (AB de Villiers, 83.2 ov), 5-312 (Ashwell Prince, 107 ov), 6-350 (Herschelle Gibbs, 118.4 ov), 7-401 (Mark Boucher, 139 ov), 8-404 (André Nel, 141.5 ov), 9-412 (Dale Steyn, 145.3 ov), 10-434 (Makhaya Ntini, 157.2 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling against South Africa
Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
Muttiah Muralitharan	64 (64 overs)	11	131	6	2.05	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	34 (34 overs)	8	76	1	2.24	0
Dilhara Fernando	24 (24 overs)	6	69	2	2.88

Partnerships (10)

1st wkt 165 runs (52 ov) — Jacques Rudolph & Andrew Hall
2nd wkt 6 runs (3.5 ov) — Andrew Hall & Hashim Amla
3rd wkt 14 runs (9 ov) — Ashwell Prince & Andrew Hall
4th wkt 49 runs (18.3 ov) — AB de Villiers & Ashwell Prince
5th wkt 78 runs (23.4 ov) — Mark Boucher & Ashwell Prince
6th wkt 38 runs (11.4 ov) — Mark Boucher & Herschelle Gibbs
7th wkt 51 runs (20.2 ov) — Nicky Boje & Mark Boucher
8th wkt 3 runs (2.5 ov) — Nicky Boje & André Nel
9th wkt 8 runs (3.4 ov) — Dale Steyn & Nicky Boje
10th wkt 22 runs (11.5 ov) — Makhaya Ntini & Nicky Boje

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Runs per overBars marked with a dot are overs in which a wicket fell

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Runs and wickets in each over
Innings	Over	Runs	Wickets
1	1	1	0
1	2	1	0
1	3	0	0
1	4	6	0
1	5	7	0
1	6	4	0
1	7	5	0
1	8	3	0
1	9	0	0
1	10	5	1

Cumulative runs

#	Team	P	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Sri Lanka	2	2	0	4	+0.198
2	South Africa	2	0	2	0	-0.198

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