South Africa v Sri Lanka, Colombo

South Africa 169/10 & 434/10

Sri Lanka 756/5

Sri Lanka won by 153 runs

South Africa v Sri Lanka 2006 · 1st Test Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 27–31 Jul 2006

Conditions

Conditions model covers 2008-present. Raw match aggregate: 1359 runs at 54.4 per wicket.

The lead

How Sri Lanka's lead moved across the match.

Best bowling

Top match figures

M Muralitharan6/131

M Muralitharan4/41

CRD Fernando4/48

DW Steyn3/129

Top score

374

DPMD Jayawardene · Sri Lanka

Biggest stand

624

3rd wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

3–21

3 wkts for 21 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSri Lanka won by 153 runs

Length5 days

South Africa

169 /10 (50.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
HH Gibbs	b CRD Fernando	19	41	3	46.34
AJ Hall	b CRD Fernando	17	31	3	54.84
JA Rudolph	c HAPW Jayawardene b MF Maharoof	29	52	5	55.77
HM Amla	st HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	19	64	0	29.69
AG Prince	c HAPW Jayawardene b MF Maharoof	1	15	0	6.67
AB de Villiers	c CK Kapugedera b M Muralitharan	65	72	8	90.28
MV Boucher	c ST Jayasuriya b M Muralitharan	4	9	0	44.44
N Boje	lbw b M Muralitharan	5	10	1	50.00
A Nel	lbw b CRD Fernando	0	2	0	0.00
DW Steyn	b CRD Fernando	0	1	0	0.00
M Ntini*	not out	0	5	0	0.00

Extras 10 (b 4, lb 6)

Total 169/10 (50.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SL Malinga	10.0	2	38	0	3.80
MF Maharoof	9.0	1	32	2	3.56
CRD Fernando	13.0	2	48	4	3.69
M Muralitharan	18.2	6	41	4	2.24

Fall of wickets

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

Sri Lanka

756 /5 (185.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
WU Tharanga	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	7	10	1	0	70.00
ST Jayasuriya	lbw b DW Steyn	4	6	0	0	66.67
KC Sangakkara	c MV Boucher b AJ Hall	287	457	35	0	62.80
DPMD Jayawardene	b A Nel	374	572	43	1	65.38
TM Dilshan	lbw b DW Steyn	45	67	6	0	67.16
CK Kapugedera*	not out	1	7	0	0	14.29

Extras 38 (b 17, lb 5, w 8, nb 8)

Total 756/5 (185.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Ntini	31.0	3	97	0	3.13
DW Steyn	26.0	1	129	3	4.96
A Nel	25.1	3	114	1	4.53
AJ Hall	25.0	2	99	1	3.96
N Boje	65.0	5	221	0	3.40
JA Rudolph	7.0	0	45	0	6.43
AG Prince	2.0	0	7	0	3.50
AB de Villiers	4.0	0	22	0	5.50

Fall of wickets

1-6 (ST Jayasuriya, 1.3)·2-14 (WU Tharanga, 3.4)·3-638 (KC Sangakkara, 160.3)·4-751 (TM Dilshan, 182.1)·5-756 (DPMD Jayawardene, 185.1)

South Africa

434 /10 (157.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Rudolph	c CK Kapugedera b CRD Fernando	90	182	13	0	49.45
AJ Hall	lbw b M Muralitharan	64	177	7	0	36.16
HM Amla	lbw b CRD Fernando	2	14	0	0	14.29
AG Prince	c DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	61	182	4	0	33.52
AB de Villiers	lbw b M Muralitharan	24	38	3	0	63.16
MV Boucher	c & b ST Jayasuriya	85	160	10	0	53.12
HH Gibbs	c & b M Muralitharan	18	32	3	0	56.25
N Boje*	not out	33	130	2	0	25.38
A Nel	b M Muralitharan	0	8	0	0	0.00
DW Steyn	b M Muralitharan	4	9	1	0	44.44
M Ntini	b SL Malinga	16	32	1	1	50.00

Extras 37 (b 11, lb 4, w 2, nb 20)

Total 434/10 (157.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SL Malinga	16.2	1	85	1	5.20
MF Maharoof	15.0	3	48	0	3.20
CRD Fernando	24.0	6	69	2	2.88
M Muralitharan	64.0	11	131	6	2.05
TM Dilshan	4.0	1	10	0	2.50
ST Jayasuriya	34.0	8	76	1	2.24

Fall of wickets

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