MatchesMen's TestSouth Africa tour of Sri Lanka 2006

South Africa v Sri Lanka

1st Test · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo · 27 Jul 2006 – 31 Jul 2006

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 153 runs

South Africa 1st innings16950.2 overs

Sri Lanka 1st innings756/5d185.1 overs

South Africa 2nd innings434157.2 overs

South Africa 1st innings 169 (50.2 ov)

Batter		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		10
Total	all out, 50.2 overs	169

Fall of wickets: 32-1 (AJ Hall, 9.6 ov), 45-2 (HH Gibbs, 13.6 ov), 78-3 (JA Rudolph, 25.2 ov), 80-4 (AG Prince, 29.4 ov), 112-5 (HM Amla, 36.6 ov), 128-6 (MV Boucher, 40.6 ov), 148-7 (N Boje, 44.5 ov), 151-8 (A Nel, 45.5 ov), 151-9 (DW Steyn, 45.6 ov), 169-10 (AB de Villiers, 50.2 ov)

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

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	32	60	HH Gibbs 13, AJ Hall 17
2	13	24	HH Gibbs 6, JA Rudolph 6
3	33	68	JA Rudolph 23, HM Amla 9
4	2	26	HM Amla 1, AG Prince 1
5	32	44	HM Amla 9, AB de Villiers 21
6	16	24	AB de Villiers 12, MV Boucher 4
7	20	23	AB de Villiers 11, N Boje 5
8	3	6	AB de Villiers 3, A Nel 0
9	0	1	AB de Villiers 0, DW Steyn 0
10	18	26	AB de Villiers 18, M Ntini 0

Sri Lanka 1st innings 756/5d (185.1 ov)

Batter		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		38
Total	5 wickets declared, 185.1 overs	756

Did not bat: CRD Fernando, HAPW Jayawardene, M Muralitharan, SL Malinga, MF Maharoof

Fall of wickets: 6-1 (ST Jayasuriya, 1.3 ov), 14-2 (WU Tharanga, 3.3 ov), 638-3 (KC Sangakkara, 160.3 ov), 751-4 (TM Dilshan, 182.1 ov), 756-5 (DPMD Jayawardene, 185.1 ov)

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

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	6	9	WU Tharanga 2, ST Jayasuriya 4
2	8	12	WU Tharanga 5, KC Sangakkara 2
3	624	942	KC Sangakkara 285, DPMD Jayawardene 309
4	113	130	DPMD Jayawardene 63, TM Dilshan 45
5	5	18	DPMD Jayawardene 2, CK Kapugedera 1

South Africa 2nd innings 434 (157.2 ov)

Batter		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		37
Total	all out, 157.2 overs	434

Fall of wickets: 165-1 (JA Rudolph, 51.6 ov), 171-2 (HM Amla, 55.5 ov), 185-3 (AJ Hall, 64.5 ov), 234-4 (AB de Villiers, 83.2 ov), 312-5 (AG Prince, 106.6 ov), 350-6 (HH Gibbs, 118.4 ov), 401-7 (MV Boucher, 138.6 ov), 404-8 (A Nel, 141.5 ov), 412-9 (DW Steyn, 145.3 ov), 434-10 (M Ntini, 157.2 ov)

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

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	165	312	JA Rudolph 90, AJ Hall 53
2	6	23	AJ Hall 4, HM Amla 2
3	14	54	AJ Hall 7, AG Prince 4
4	49	111	AG Prince 23, AB de Villiers 24
5	78	142	AG Prince 34, MV Boucher 38
6	38	70	MV Boucher 18, HH Gibbs 18
7	51	122	MV Boucher 29, N Boje 22
8	3	17	N Boje 2, A Nel 0
9	8	22	N Boje 3, DW Steyn 4
10	22	71	N Boje 6, M Ntini 16

Match details

Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Player of the match: DPMD Jayawardene
Ground: Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Sri Lanka
Season: 2006
Umpires: MR Benson, BF Bowden
Match referee: J Srinath
Source: Cricsheet match 249193