TestNo. 1810MenUpset 50

South Africa v Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 153 runs

South Africa tour of Sri Lanka, Match 127 July 2006 to 31 July 2006Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

South Africabatted first

169 & 434157.2 ov

Sri Lanka

756/5d185.1 ov

South Africa won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match DPMD Jayawardene

South Africa innings

16950.2 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
HH Gibbs	b CRD Fernando	19	41	3	0	46.3
AJ Hall	b CRD Fernando	17	31	3	0	54.8
JA Rudolph	c HAPW Jayawardene b MF Maharoof	29	52	5	0	55.8
HM Amla	st HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	19	64	0	0	29.7
AG Prince	c HAPW Jayawardene b MF Maharoof	1	15	0	0	6.7
AB de Villiers	c CK Kapugedera b M Muralitharan	65	72	8	0	90.3
MV Boucher	c ST Jayasuriya b M Muralitharan	4	9	0	0	44.4
N Boje	lbw b M Muralitharan	5	10	1	0	50.0
A Nel	lbw b CRD Fernando	0	2	0	0	0.0
DW Steyn	b CRD Fernando	0	1	0	0	0.0
M Ntini	not out	0*	5	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 6	10
Total	all out, 50.2 overs, run rate 3.36	169

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 760

1-32 AJ Hall2-45 HH Gibbs3-78 JA Rudolph4-80 AG Prince5-112 HM Amla6-128 MV Boucher7-148 N Boje8-151 A Nel9-151 DW Steyn10-169 AB de Villiers

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s
SL Malinga	10	2	38	0	3.80	39	5
MF Maharoof	9	1	32	2	3.56	40	5
CRD Fernando	13	2	48	4	3.69	56	6
M Muralitharan	18.2	6	41	4	2.24	80	4

Sri Lanka innings

756/5d185.1 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
WU Tharanga	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	7	10	1	0	70.0
ST Jayasuriya	lbw b DW Steyn	4	6	0	0	66.7
KC Sangakkara	c MV Boucher b AJ Hall	287	457	35	0	62.8
DPMD Jayawardene	b A Nel	374	572	43	1	65.4
TM Dilshan	lbw b DW Steyn	45	67	6	0	67.2
CK Kapugedera	not out	1*	7	0	0	14.3
Extras	b 17, lb 5, w 8, nb 8	38
Total	5 wickets, 185.1 overs, run rate 4.08	756

Did not batHAPW Jayawardene, MF Maharoof, SL Malinga, CRD Fernando, M Muralitharan

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 760

1-6 ST Jayasuriya2-14 WU Tharanga3-638 KC Sangakkara4-751 TM Dilshan5-756 DPMD Jayawardene

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
M Ntini	31	3	97	0	3.13	126	10	0	0	1
DW Steyn	26	1	129	3	4.96	100	16	0	2	6
A Nel	25.1	2	114	1	4.53	96	14	0	1	1
AJ Hall	25	2	99	1	3.96	94	13	0	0	0
N Boje	65	5	221	0	3.40	263	25	0	0	0
JA Rudolph	7	0	45	0	6.43	14	4	1	0	0
AG Prince	2	0	7	0	3.50	9	1	0	1	0
AB de Villiers	4	0	22	0	5.50	11	2	0	0	0

South Africa innings

434157.2 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Rudolph	c CK Kapugedera b CRD Fernando	90	182	13	0	49.5
AJ Hall	lbw b M Muralitharan	64	177	7	0	36.2
HM Amla	lbw b CRD Fernando	2	14	0	0	14.3
AG Prince	c DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	61	182	4	0	33.5
AB de Villiers	lbw b M Muralitharan	24	38	3	0	63.2
MV Boucher	c & b ST Jayasuriya	85	160	10	0	53.1
HH Gibbs	c & b M Muralitharan	18	32	3	0	56.3
N Boje	not out	33*	130	2	0	25.4
A Nel	b M Muralitharan	0	8	0	0	0.0
DW Steyn	b M Muralitharan	4	9	1	0	44.4
M Ntini	b SL Malinga	16	32	1	1	50.0
Extras	b 11, lb 4, w 2, nb 20	37
Total	all out, 157.2 overs, run rate 2.76	434

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 760

1-165 JA Rudolph2-171 HM Amla3-185 AJ Hall4-234 AB de Villiers5-312 AG Prince6-350 HH Gibbs7-401 MV Boucher8-404 A Nel9-412 DW Steyn10-434 M Ntini

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
SL Malinga	16.2	0	85	1	5.20	66	12	0	1	7
MF Maharoof	15	3	48	0	3.20	73	6	0	1	5
CRD Fernando	24	6	69	2	2.88	111	7	0	0	8
M Muralitharan	64	11	131	6	2.05	298	9	0	0	0
TM Dilshan	4	1	10	0	2.50	17	1	0	0	0
ST Jayasuriya	34	8	76	1	2.24	162	9	1	0	0

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Player of the match

DPMD JayawardeneSri Lanka

374off 572 balls, 43 fours and 1 sixes, strike rate 65.4

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1810
Competition: South Africa tour of Sri Lanka
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Umpires: BF Bowden and MR Benson
TV umpire: EAR de Silva
Match referee: J Srinath
Season: 2006

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 27 / 25°C, 2.4 mm rain
Day 2: 27 / 24°C, 1.1 mm rain
Day 3: 27 / 24°C, 1.5 mm rain
Day 4: 29 / 24°C, 1.1 mm rain
Day 5: 28 / 25°C, 0.8 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2006-07-27-south-africa-v-sri-lanka/scorecard200

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  "result": "Sri Lanka won by an innings and 153 runs",
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    { "team": "Sri Lanka", "runs": 756, "wickets": 5 },
    { "team": "South Africa", "runs": 434, "wickets": 10 }
  ],
  "batting": [ ... 28 rows ... ],
  "bowling": [ ... 18 rows ... ]
}

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