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South Africa v Sri Lanka

4 Aug 2006 – 8 Aug 2006 · P Sara Oval · South Africa tour of Sri Lanka

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South Africa tour of Sri LankaRESULT

South Africa361/1089.4 ov311/10107.5 ov

Sri Lanka321/1085.1 ov352/9113.3 ov

Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket

South Africa361/10

South Africa batting, innings 1
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Herschelle Gibbs	lbw · WPUJC Vaas	0	2	0	0	0.00
Andrew Hall	c TM Dilshan b SL Malinga	0	9	0	0	0.00
Jacques Rudolph	bowled · SL Malinga	13	20	2	0	65.00
Hashim Amla	lbw · M Muralitharan	40	47	7	0	85.11
Ashwell Prince	c HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	86	144	13	0	59.72
AB de Villiers	c HAPW Jayawardene b SL Malinga	95	141	18	0	67.38
Mark Boucher	bowled · M Muralitharan	32	41	6	0	78.05
Shaun Pollock	not out	57	70	5	2	81.43
Nicky Boje	c KC Sangakkara b MF Maharoof	11	23	2	0	47.83
Dale Steyn	c ST Jayasuriya b M Muralitharan	6	22	0	0	27.27
Makhaya Ntini	c MF Maharoof b M Muralitharan	13	27	3	0	48.15
Total · 538 legal balls		361	89.4 overs (6 balls/over)

Extras & penalties: 8 runs.

Bowling

South Africa innings bowling
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	NB
Chaminda Vaas	18.0	71	1	3.94	0
Lasith Malinga	18.0	81	3	4.50	4
Muttiah Muralitharan	33.5	128	5	3.78	0
Farveez Maharoof	14.5	52	1	3.51	4
Sanath Jayasuriya	5.0	29	0	5.80	0

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (HH Gibbs) · 2-4 (AJ Hall) · 3-31 (JA Rudolph) · 4-70 (HM Amla) · 5-231 (AG Prince) · 6-256 (AB de Villiers) · 7-273 (MV Boucher) · 8-307 (N Boje) · 9-327 (DW Steyn) · 10-361 (M Ntini)

Sri Lanka321/10

Sri Lanka batting, innings 2
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Upul Tharanga	c N Boje b M Ntini	2	9	0	0	22.22
Sanath Jayasuriya	c HH Gibbs b M Ntini	47	67	8	0	70.15
Kumar Sangakkara	c HM Amla b M Ntini	14	31	3	0	45.16
Mahela Jayawardene	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	13	27	2	0	48.15
Tillakaratne Dilshan	bowled · M Ntini	4	5	1	0	80.00
Chamara Kapugedera	bowled · N Boje	63	77	9	2	81.82
Prasanna Jayawardene	bowled · DW Steyn	42	49	6	1	85.71
Farveez Maharoof	bowled · DW Steyn	56	110	11	0	50.91
Chaminda Vaas	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	64	130	10	0	49.23
Lasith Malinga	not out	8	10	2	0	80.00
Muttiah Muralitharan	c AJ Hall b DW Steyn	0	1	0	0	0.00
Total · 511 legal balls		321	85.1 overs (6 balls/over)

Extras & penalties: 8 runs.

Bowling

Sri Lanka innings bowling
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	WD	NB
Makhaya Ntini	21.0	84	4	4.00	0	0
Dale Steyn	13.1	82	5	6.23	2	3
Shaun Pollock	16.0	52	0	3.25	0	2
Andrew Hall	15.0	31	0	2.07	0	0
Nicky Boje	20.0	71	1	3.55	0	0

Fall of wickets: 1-16 (WU Tharanga) · 2-43 (KC Sangakkara) · 3-74 (DPMD Jayawardene) · 4-85 (TM Dilshan) · 5-86 (ST Jayasuriya) · 6-191 (CK Kapugedera) · 7-191 (HAPW Jayawardene) · 8-308 (MF Maharoof) · 9-317 (WPUJC Vaas) · 10-321 (M Muralitharan)

South Africa311/10

South Africa batting, innings 3
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Herschelle Gibbs	c ST Jayasuriya b M Muralitharan	92	190	11	1	48.42
Andrew Hall	c HAPW Jayawardene b MF Maharoof	32	63	2	1	50.79
Jacques Rudolph	run out	15	33	1	0	45.45
Hashim Amla	run out	8	29	0	0	27.59
Ashwell Prince	caught and bowled · M Muralitharan	17	76	2	0	22.37
AB de Villiers	c TM Dilshan b M Muralitharan	33	63	5	0	52.38
Mark Boucher	c TM Dilshan b M Muralitharan	65	102	7	2	63.73
Shaun Pollock	c WU Tharanga b M Muralitharan	14	32	1	0	43.75
Nicky Boje	c HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	15	43	3	0	34.88
Dale Steyn	lbw · M Muralitharan	0	7	0	0	0.00
Makhaya Ntini	not out	5	10	1	0	50.00
Total · 647 legal balls		311	107.5 overs (6 balls/over)

Extras & penalties: 15 runs.

Bowling

South Africa innings bowling
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	19.0	53	0	2.79	0	0
Lasith Malinga	12.0	55	0	4.58	0	1
Farveez Maharoof	21.0	53	1	2.52	1	0
Muttiah Muralitharan	46.5	97	7	2.07	0	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	9.0	40	0	4.44	0	0

Fall of wickets: 1-76 (AJ Hall) · 2-119 (JA Rudolph) · 3-131 (HM Amla) · 4-161 (HH Gibbs) · 5-206 (AG Prince) · 6-207 (AB de Villiers) · 7-235 (SM Pollock) · 8-280 (N Boje) · 9-282 (DW Steyn) · 10-311 (MV Boucher)

Sri Lanka352/9

Sri Lanka batting, innings 4
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Upul Tharanga	c HH Gibbs b M Ntini	0	7	0	0	0.00
Sanath Jayasuriya	c HM Amla b N Boje	73	74	9	3	98.65
Kumar Sangakkara	c HM Amla b SM Pollock	39	64	8	0	60.94
Mahela Jayawardene	c HH Gibbs b N Boje	123	248	11	2	49.60
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c HH Gibbs b N Boje	18	29	4	0	62.07
Chamara Kapugedera	c AB de Villiers b N Boje	13	40	1	0	32.50
Prasanna Jayawardene	lbw · AJ Hall	30	79	3	0	37.97
Farveez Maharoof	not out	29	118	2	0	24.58
Chaminda Vaas	c AB de Villiers b AJ Hall	4	20	0	0	20.00
Muttiah Muralitharan	bowled · AJ Hall	2	5	0	0	40.00
Lasith Malinga	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
Total · 681 legal balls		352	113.3 overs (6 balls/over)

Extras & penalties: 20 runs.

Bowling

Sri Lanka innings bowling
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	WD	NB
Makhaya Ntini	7.2	13	1	1.77	0	0
Dale Steyn	22.4	81	0	3.57	3	2
Nicky Boje	39.3	111	4	2.81	0	0
Shaun Pollock	19.0	60	1	3.16	0	2
Andrew Hall	25.0	75	3	3.00	1	0

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (WU Tharanga) · 2-94 (KC Sangakkara) · 3-121 (ST Jayasuriya) · 4-164 (TM Dilshan) · 5-201 (CK Kapugedera) · 6-279 (HAPW Jayawardene) · 7-341 (DPMD Jayawardene) · 8-348 (WPUJC Vaas) · 9-350 (M Muralitharan)

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