Sri Lanka v South Africa 2nd Test

South Africa tour of Sri Lanka - 2006 (2006) · P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo · 4 August 2006

Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket

Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket. Mahela Jayawardene top-scored with 123 for Sri Lanka. Muthiah Muralidaran took 7/97.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: South Africa tour of Sri Lanka - 2006 (2006)
Ground: P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
Dates: 4 August 2006 to 8 August 2006
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Result: Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket
Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene
Captains: Ashwell Prince (South Africa), Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
Umpires: Aleem Dar and BF Bowden
Match referee: J Srinath

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat.

South Africa batted first and made 361 all out. AB de Villiers top-scored with 95 off 141 balls, and Ashwell Prince made 86. Muthiah Muralidaran took 5 for 128 for Sri Lanka. The innings was built on a 161-run stand for the fifth wicket between Ashwell Prince and AB de Villiers, 45% of the total. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at P Saravanamuttu Stadium, 295 across 8 Tests.

Sri Lanka replied with 321 all out. Chaminda Vaas top-scored with 64 off 130 balls, and Chamara Kapugedera made 63. Dale Steyn took 5 for 82 for South Africa. The innings was built on a 117-run stand for the eighth wicket between Chaminda Vaas and Farveez Maharoof. South Africa led by 40 on first innings.

South Africa made 311 all out in their second innings. Herschelle Gibbs top-scored with 92 off 190 balls, and Mark Boucher made 65. Muthiah Muralidaran took 7 for 97 for Sri Lanka.

Set 352 to win, Sri Lanka made 352 for 9. Mahela Jayawardene top-scored with 123 off 248 balls, and Sanath Jayasuriya made 73. Nicky Boje took 4 for 111 for South Africa.

Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket.

SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS: 361 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Herschelle Gibbs	lbw b Chaminda Vaas	0	2
Andrew Hall	c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Lasith Malinga	0	9
Jacques Rudolph	b Lasith Malinga	13	20
Hashim Amla	lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran	40	47
Ashwell Prince	c Prasanna Jayawardene b Muthiah Muralidaran	86	144
AB de Villiers	c Prasanna Jayawardene b Lasith Malinga	95	141
Mark Boucher	b Muthiah Muralidaran	32	41
Shaun Pollock	not out	57	70
Nicky Boje	c Kumar Sangakkara b Farveez Maharoof	11	23
Dale Steyn	c Sanath Jayasuriya b Muthiah Muralidaran	6	22
Makhaya Ntini	c Farveez Maharoof b Muthiah Muralidaran	13	27

Extras 8 · Total 361 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Chaminda Vaas	18	4	71	1
Lasith Malinga	18	4	81	3
Muthiah Muralidaran	33.5	2	128	5
Farveez Maharoof	15	2	52	1
Sanath Jayasuriya	5	0	29	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Herschelle Gibbs, 0.2 ov), 2-4 (Andrew Hall, 3.3 ov), 3-31 (Jacques Rudolph, 7.4 ov), 4-70 (Hashim Amla, 20.3 ov), 5-231 (Ashwell Prince, 57.2 ov), 6-256 (AB de Villiers, 64.6 ov), 7-273 (Mark Boucher, 67.1 ov), 8-307 (Nicky Boje, 74.6 ov), 9-327 (Dale Steyn, 81.1 ov), 10-361 (Makhaya Ntini, 89.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Herschelle Gibbs (0) and Andrew Hall (0)	0	2
second	Andrew Hall (0) and Jacques Rudolph (4)	4	19
third	Jacques Rudolph (9) and Hashim Amla (18)	27	25
fourth	Ashwell Prince (16) and Hashim Amla (22)	39	78
fifth	Ashwell Prince (70) and AB de Villiers (88)	161	223
sixth	Mark Boucher (17) and AB de Villiers (7)	25	47
seventh	Shaun Pollock (1) and Mark Boucher (15)	17	14
eighth	Shaun Pollock (22) and Nicky Boje (11)	34	48
ninth	Shaun Pollock (13) and Dale Steyn (6)	20	38
tenth	Shaun Pollock (21) and Makhaya Ntini (13)	34	52

SRI LANKA, FIRST INNINGS: 321 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Upul Tharanga	c Nicky Boje b Makhaya Ntini	2	9
Sanath Jayasuriya	c Herschelle Gibbs b Makhaya Ntini	47	67
Kumar Sangakkara	c Hashim Amla b Makhaya Ntini	14	31
Mahela Jayawardene	c Mark Boucher b Dale Steyn	13	27
Tillakaratne Dilshan	b Makhaya Ntini	4	5
Chamara Kapugedera	b Nicky Boje	63	77
Prasanna Jayawardene	b Dale Steyn	42	49
Farveez Maharoof	b Dale Steyn	56	110
Chaminda Vaas	c Mark Boucher b Dale Steyn	64	130
Lasith Malinga	not out	8	10
Muthiah Muralidaran	c Andrew Hall b Dale Steyn	0	1

Extras 8 · Total 321 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Makhaya Ntini	21	3	84	4
Dale Steyn	13.1	1	82	5
Shaun Pollock	16	4	52	0
Andrew Hall	15	7	31	0
Nicky Boje	20	6	71	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-16 (Upul Tharanga, 2.3 ov), 2-43 (Kumar Sangakkara, 10.5 ov), 3-74 (Mahela Jayawardene, 20.5 ov), 4-85 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 22.3 ov), 5-86 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 22.5 ov), 6-191 (Chamara Kapugedera, 43.2 ov), 7-191 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 44.1 ov), 8-308 (Farveez Maharoof, 81.6 ov), 9-317 (Chaminda Vaas, 83.6 ov), 10-321 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 85.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Sanath Jayasuriya (12) and Upul Tharanga (2)	16	15
second	Sanath Jayasuriya (12) and Kumar Sangakkara (14)	27	51
third	Sanath Jayasuriya (17) and Mahela Jayawardene (13)	31	61
fourth	Sanath Jayasuriya (6) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (4)	11	11
fifth	Sanath Jayasuriya (0) and Chamara Kapugedera (1)	1	2
sixth	Prasanna Jayawardene (42) and Chamara Kapugedera (62)	105	124
seventh	Prasanna Jayawardene (0) and Farveez Maharoof (0)	0	5
eighth	Chaminda Vaas (59) and Farveez Maharoof (56)	117	228
ninth	Chaminda Vaas (5) and Lasith Malinga (4)	9	12
tenth	Muthiah Muralidaran (0) and Lasith Malinga (4)	4	7

SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND INNINGS: 311 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Herschelle Gibbs	c Sanath Jayasuriya b Muthiah Muralidaran	92	190
Andrew Hall	c Prasanna Jayawardene b Farveez Maharoof	32	63
Jacques Rudolph	run out (Upul Tharanga)	15	33
Hashim Amla	run out (Chamara Kapugedera)	8	29
Ashwell Prince	c & b Muthiah Muralidaran	17	76
AB de Villiers	c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Muthiah Muralidaran	33	63
Mark Boucher	c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Muthiah Muralidaran	65	102
Shaun Pollock	c Upul Tharanga b Muthiah Muralidaran	14	32
Nicky Boje	c Prasanna Jayawardene b Muthiah Muralidaran	15	43
Dale Steyn	lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran	0	7
Makhaya Ntini	not out	5	10

Extras 15 · Total 311 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Chaminda Vaas	19	4	53	0
Lasith Malinga	12	1	55	0
Farveez Maharoof	21	3	53	1
Muthiah Muralidaran	46.5	12	97	7
Sanath Jayasuriya	9	0	40	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-76 (Andrew Hall, 22.5 ov), 2-119 (Jacques Rudolph, 36.4 ov), 3-131 (Hashim Amla, 44.6 ov), 4-161 (Herschelle Gibbs, 57.5 ov), 5-206 (Ashwell Prince, 75.1 ov), 6-207 (AB de Villiers, 75.4 ov), 7-235 (Shaun Pollock, 85.1 ov), 8-280 (Nicky Boje, 99.5 ov), 9-282 (Dale Steyn, 101.6 ov), 10-311 (Mark Boucher, 107.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Herschelle Gibbs (42) and Andrew Hall (32)	76	138
second	Herschelle Gibbs (26) and Jacques Rudolph (15)	43	83
third	Herschelle Gibbs (4) and Hashim Amla (8)	12	49
fourth	Herschelle Gibbs (20) and Ashwell Prince (10)	30	77
fifth	Ashwell Prince (7) and AB de Villiers (33)	45	104
sixth	Mark Boucher (1) and AB de Villiers (0)	1	3
seventh	Shaun Pollock (14) and Mark Boucher (10)	28	57
eighth	Nicky Boje (15) and Mark Boucher (29)	45	88
ninth	Mark Boucher (2) and Dale Steyn (0)	2	13
tenth	Mark Boucher (23) and Makhaya Ntini (5)	29	35

SRI LANKA, SECOND INNINGS: 352 FOR 9

Batter	How out	R	B
Upul Tharanga	c Herschelle Gibbs b Makhaya Ntini	0	7
Sanath Jayasuriya	c Hashim Amla b Nicky Boje	73	74
Kumar Sangakkara	c Hashim Amla b Shaun Pollock	39	64
Mahela Jayawardene	c Herschelle Gibbs b Nicky Boje	123	248
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c Herschelle Gibbs b Nicky Boje	18	29
Chamara Kapugedera	c AB de Villiers b Nicky Boje	13	40
Prasanna Jayawardene	lbw b Andrew Hall	30	79
Farveez Maharoof	not out	29	118
Chaminda Vaas	c AB de Villiers b Andrew Hall	4	20
Muthiah Muralidaran	b Andrew Hall	2	5
Lasith Malinga	not out	1	1

Extras 20 · Total 352 for 9

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Makhaya Ntini	7.2	2	13	1
Dale Steyn	22.4	2	81	0
Nicky Boje	39.3	11	111	4
Shaun Pollock	19	2	60	1
Andrew Hall	25	3	75	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-12 (Upul Tharanga, 2.1 ov), 2-94 (Kumar Sangakkara, 19.6 ov), 3-121 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 27.6 ov), 4-164 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 38.2 ov), 5-201 (Chamara Kapugedera, 49.4 ov), 6-279 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 78.1 ov), 7-341 (Mahela Jayawardene, 107.1 ov), 8-348 (Chaminda Vaas, 112.1 ov), 9-350 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 112.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Sanath Jayasuriya (8) and Upul Tharanga (0)	12	13
second	Sanath Jayasuriya (40) and Kumar Sangakkara (39)	82	109
third	Sanath Jayasuriya (25) and Mahela Jayawardene (2)	27	48
fourth	Mahela Jayawardene (23) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (18)	43	63
fifth	Mahela Jayawardene (23) and Chamara Kapugedera (13)	37	68
sixth	Mahela Jayawardene (41) and Prasanna Jayawardene (30)	78	171
seventh	Mahela Jayawardene (34) and Farveez Maharoof (25)	62	175
eighth	Chaminda Vaas (4) and Farveez Maharoof (3)	7	30
ninth	Muthiah Muralidaran (2) and Farveez Maharoof (0)	2	5
tenth	Farveez Maharoof (1) and Lasith Malinga (1)	2	3

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