South Africa Vs Sri Lanka 26Th Match Super Eights
ICC World Cup in West Indies - 2007 (2006/07) · Providence Stadium, Providence · 28 March 2007
South Africa won by 1 wicket (with 10 balls remaining)
South Africa won by 1 wicket (with 10 balls remaining). Jacques Kallis top-scored with 86 for South Africa. Charl Langeveldt took 5/39.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Providence Stadium, Providence
- Date
- 28 March 2007
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to bat
- Result
- South Africa won by 1 wicket (with 10 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Charl Langeveldt
- Captains
- Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), Graeme Smith (South Africa)
- Umpires
- DJ Harper and SA Bucknor
- Match referee
- JJ Crowe
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
Sri Lanka batted first and made 209 all out. Tillakaratne Dilshan top-scored with 58 off 76 balls, and Russel Arnold made 50. Charl Langeveldt took 5 for 39 for South Africa. The innings was built on a 97-run stand for the sixth wicket between Russel Arnold and Tillakaratne Dilshan, 46% of the total.
Chasing 210, South Africa made 212 for 9. Jacques Kallis top-scored with 86 off 110 balls, and Graeme Smith made 59. Lasith Malinga took 4 for 54 for Sri Lanka. The innings was built on a 94-run stand for the second wicket between Jacques Kallis and Graeme Smith, 44% of the total. From 182 for 5 they lost 4 wickets for 25 runs, to 207 for 9.
South Africa won by 1 wicket (with 10 balls remaining).
SRI LANKA: 209 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriya | c Jacques Kallis b Charl Langeveldt | 26 | 27 |
| Upul Tharanga | c Justin Kemp b Makhaya Ntini | 12 | 13 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | c AB de Villiers b Charl Langeveldt | 12 | 31 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | c Mark Boucher b Andrew Hall | 28 | 38 |
| Chamara Silva | run out (Herschelle Gibbs) | 9 | 27 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Justin Kemp b Makhaya Ntini | 58 | 76 |
| Russel Arnold | c Mark Boucher b Charl Langeveldt | 50 | 73 |
| Farveez Maharoof | c Makhaya Ntini b Charl Langeveldt | 5 | 9 |
| Chaminda Vaas | c Herschelle Gibbs b Charl Langeveldt | 0 | 1 |
| Lasith Malinga | not out | 0 | 2 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | run out (Shaun Pollock) | 1 | 1 |
Extras 8 · Total 209 all out
| Bowler (South Africa) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun Pollock | 8 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| Makhaya Ntini | 8 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| Charl Langeveldt | 10 | 1 | 39 | 5 |
| Andrew Hall | 9.3 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| Jacques Kallis | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Robin Peterson | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Graeme Smith | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-13 (Upul Tharanga, 3.1 ov), 2-45 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 10.1 ov), 3-65 (Mahela Jayawardene, 14.4 ov), 4-90 (Kumar Sangakkara, 21.3 ov), 5-98 (Chamara Silva, 24.1 ov), 6-195 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 45.5 ov), 7-208 (Russel Arnold, 48.2 ov), 8-208 (Farveez Maharoof, 48.5 ov), 9-208 (Chaminda Vaas, 48.6 ov), 10-209 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 49.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sanath Jayasuriya (0) and Upul Tharanga (12) | 13 | 19 |
| second | Sanath Jayasuriya (26) and Mahela Jayawardene (6) | 32 | 42 |
| third | Mahela Jayawardene (6) and Kumar Sangakkara (13) | 20 | 28 |
| fourth | Chamara Silva (8) and Kumar Sangakkara (15) | 25 | 41 |
| fifth | Tillakaratne Dilshan (4) and Chamara Silva (1) | 8 | 15 |
| sixth | Russel Arnold (42) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (54) | 97 | 130 |
| seventh | Russel Arnold (8) and Farveez Maharoof (5) | 13 | 15 |
| eighth | Chaminda Vaas (0) and Farveez Maharoof (0) | 0 | 3 |
| ninth | Chaminda Vaas (0) and Lasith Malinga (0) | 0 | 1 |
| tenth | Muthiah Muralidaran (1) and Lasith Malinga (0) | 1 | 3 |
SOUTH AFRICA: 212 FOR 9
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Smith | st Kumar Sangakkara b Muthiah Muralidaran | 59 | 65 |
| AB de Villiers | b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 5 |
| Jacques Kallis | c Kumar Sangakkara b Lasith Malinga | 86 | 110 |
| Herschelle Gibbs | c & b Muthiah Muralidaran | 31 | 51 |
| Mark Boucher | lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran | 0 | 1 |
| Justin Kemp | st Kumar Sangakkara b Sanath Jayasuriya | 5 | 16 |
| Shaun Pollock | b Lasith Malinga | 13 | 24 |
| Andrew Hall | c Upul Tharanga b Lasith Malinga | 0 | 1 |
| Robin Peterson | not out | 4 | 8 |
| Makhaya Ntini | b Lasith Malinga | 0 | 1 |
| Charl Langeveldt | not out | 1 | 9 |
Extras 13 · Total 212 for 9
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| Lasith Malinga | 9.2 | 0 | 54 | 4 |
| Farveez Maharoof | 7 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | 10 | 0 | 34 | 3 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-1 (AB de Villiers, 0.6 ov), 2-95 (Graeme Smith, 17.2 ov), 3-160 (Herschelle Gibbs, 32.1 ov), 4-160 (Mark Boucher, 32.2 ov), 5-182 (Justin Kemp, 37.6 ov), 6-206 (Shaun Pollock, 44.5 ov), 7-206 (Andrew Hall, 44.6 ov), 8-207 (Jacques Kallis, 46.1 ov), 9-207 (Makhaya Ntini, 46.2 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Graeme Smith (1) and AB de Villiers (0) | 1 | 6 |
| second | Jacques Kallis (32) and Graeme Smith (58) | 94 | 99 |
| third | Jacques Kallis (31) and Herschelle Gibbs (31) | 65 | 89 |
| fourth | Jacques Kallis (0) and Mark Boucher (0) | 0 | 1 |
| fifth | Jacques Kallis (12) and Justin Kemp (5) | 22 | 34 |
| sixth | Shaun Pollock (13) and Jacques Kallis (10) | 24 | 41 |
| seventh | Jacques Kallis (0) and Andrew Hall (0) | 0 | 1 |
| eighth | Jacques Kallis (1) and Robin Peterson (0) | 1 | 7 |
| ninth | Makhaya Ntini (0) and Robin Peterson (0) | 0 | 1 |
| tenth | Charl Langeveldt (1) and Robin Peterson (4) | 5 | 12 |
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