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South Africa v Sri Lanka

27 Jul 2006 – 31 Jul 2006 · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground · South Africa tour of Sri Lanka

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South Africa tour of Sri LankaRESULT

South Africa169/1050.2 ov434/10157.2 ov

Sri Lanka756/5d185.1 ov

Sri Lanka won by 1 inning and 153 runs

South Africa169/10

South Africa batting, innings 1
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Herschelle Gibbs	bowled · CRD Fernando	19	41	3	0	46.34
Andrew Hall	bowled · CRD Fernando	17	31	3	0	54.84
Jacques Rudolph	c HAPW Jayawardene b MF Maharoof	29	52	5	0	55.77
Hashim Amla	stumped · M Muralitharan	19	64	0	0	29.69
Ashwell Prince	c HAPW Jayawardene b MF Maharoof	1	15	0	0	6.67
AB de Villiers	c CK Kapugedera b M Muralitharan	65	72	8	0	90.28
Mark Boucher	c ST Jayasuriya b M Muralitharan	4	9	0	0	44.44
Nicky Boje	lbw · M Muralitharan	5	10	1	0	50.00
André Nel	lbw · CRD Fernando	0	2	0	0	0.00
Dale Steyn	bowled · CRD Fernando	0	1	0	0	0.00
Makhaya Ntini	not out	0	5	0	0	0.00
Total · 302 legal balls		169	50.2 overs (6 balls/over)

Extras & penalties: 10 runs.

Bowling

South Africa innings bowling
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Lasith Malinga	10.0	38	0	3.80
Farveez Maharoof	9.0	32	2	3.56
Dilhara Fernando	13.0	48	4	3.69
Muttiah Muralitharan	18.2	41	4	2.24

Fall of wickets: 1-32 (AJ Hall) · 2-45 (HH Gibbs) · 3-78 (JA Rudolph) · 4-80 (AG Prince) · 5-112 (HM Amla) · 6-128 (MV Boucher) · 7-148 (N Boje) · 8-151 (A Nel) · 9-151 (DW Steyn) · 10-169 (AB de Villiers)

Sri Lanka756/5d

Sri Lanka batting, innings 2
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Upul Tharanga	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	7	10	1	0	70.00
Sanath Jayasuriya	lbw · DW Steyn	4	6	0	0	66.67
Kumar Sangakkara	c MV Boucher b AJ Hall	287	457	35	0	62.80
Mahela Jayawardene	bowled · A Nel	374	572	43	1	65.38
Tillakaratne Dilshan	lbw · DW Steyn	45	67	6	0	67.16
Chamara Kapugedera	not out	1	7	0	0	14.29
Total · 1111 legal balls		756	185.1 overs (6 balls/over)

Extras & penalties: 38 runs. Innings declared.

Bowling

Sri Lanka innings bowling
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	WD	NB
Makhaya Ntini	31.0	97	0	3.13	0	1
Dale Steyn	26.0	129	3	4.96	2	6
André Nel	25.1	114	1	4.53	5	1
Andrew Hall	25.0	99	1	3.96	0	0
Nicky Boje	65.0	221	0	3.40	0	0
Jacques Rudolph	7.0	45	0	6.43	0	0
Ashwell Prince	2.0	7	0	3.50	1	0
AB de Villiers	4.0	22	0	5.50	0	0

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (ST Jayasuriya) · 2-14 (WU Tharanga) · 3-638 (KC Sangakkara) · 4-751 (TM Dilshan) · 5-756 (DPMD Jayawardene)

South Africa434/10

South Africa batting, innings 3
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jacques Rudolph	c CK Kapugedera b CRD Fernando	90	182	13	0	49.45
Andrew Hall	lbw · M Muralitharan	64	177	7	0	36.16
Hashim Amla	lbw · CRD Fernando	2	14	0	0	14.29
Ashwell Prince	c DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	61	182	4	0	33.52
AB de Villiers	lbw · M Muralitharan	24	38	3	0	63.16
Mark Boucher	caught and bowled · ST Jayasuriya	85	160	10	0	53.13
Herschelle Gibbs	caught and bowled · M Muralitharan	18	32	3	0	56.25
Nicky Boje	not out	33	130	2	0	25.38
André Nel	bowled · M Muralitharan	0	8	0	0	0.00
Dale Steyn	bowled · M Muralitharan	4	9	1	0	44.44
Makhaya Ntini	bowled · SL Malinga	16	32	1	1	50.00
Total · 944 legal balls		434	157.2 overs (6 balls/over)

Extras & penalties: 37 runs.

Bowling

South Africa innings bowling
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	WD	NB
Lasith Malinga	16.2	85	1	5.20	1	7
Farveez Maharoof	15.0	48	0	3.20	1	5
Dilhara Fernando	24.0	69	2	2.88	0	8
Muttiah Muralitharan	64.0	131	6	2.05	0	0
Tillakaratne Dilshan	4.0	10	0	2.50	0	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	34.0	76	1	2.24	0	0

Fall of wickets: 1-165 (JA Rudolph) · 2-171 (HM Amla) · 3-185 (AJ Hall) · 4-234 (AB de Villiers) · 5-312 (AG Prince) · 6-350 (HH Gibbs) · 7-401 (MV Boucher) · 8-404 (A Nel) · 9-412 (DW Steyn) · 10-434 (M Ntini)

Source: Cricsheet · ODC-By 1.0 · Coverage & methodology. Results through 25 Oct 2026.