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South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series - 1st Test

Sri Lanka v South Africa

Match drawn

Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
RS Mahanama b Schultz 53 177 135 5 0 39.25
UC Hathurusingha c †Richardson b Donald 1 20 13 0 0 7.69
AP Gurusinha c †Richardson b Donald 26 121 99 2 0 26.26
PA de Silva c Wessels b Schultz 27 135 67 2 0 40.29
A Ranatunga* c †Richardson b Donald 44 71 66 7 1 66.66
HP Tillakaratne lbw b Schultz 92 258 222 13 0 41.44
RS Kalpage c †Richardson b Cronje 42 131 94 7 0 44.68
PB Dassanayake† b Schultz 7 45 35 0 0 20.00
PK Wijetunge b Donald 10 15 11 2 0 90.90
GP Wickramasinghe c Rhodes b Donald 11 22 18 1 0 61.11
M Muralitharan not out 2 22 8 0 0 25.00
Extras (lb 11, w 1, nb 4) 16
Total (all out; 127.2 overs) 331 (2.59 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-5 (Hathurusingha), 2-77 (Gurusinha), 3-100 (Mahanama), 4-157 (Ranatunga), 5-168 (de Silva), 6-258 (Kalpage), 7-273 (Dassanayake), 8-285 (Wijetunge), 9-313 (Wickramasinghe), 10-331 (Tillakaratne)
Bowling O M R W Econ
AA Donald 28 5 69 5 2.46
BN Schultz 31.2 12 75 4 2.39
CE Eksteen 14 4 44 0 3.14
WJ Cronje 26 14 32 1 1.23
PL Symcox 28 3 100 0 3.57
South Africa 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
KC Wessels* c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan 47 174 144 2 0 32.63
AC Hudson c Gurusinha b Wijetunge 90 296 274 10 1 32.84
WJ Cronje b Muralitharan 17 81 55 3 0 30.90
DJ Cullinan lbw b Hathurusingha 33 81 61 2 1 54.09
SJ Cook b Wickramasinghe 7 37 31 1 0 22.58
JN Rhodes c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan 8 48 31 0 0 25.80
DJ Richardson† c & b Wickramasinghe 2 5 6 0 0 33.33
PL Symcox c Mahanama b Muralitharan 48 71 64 7 0 75.00
CE Eksteen b Muralitharan 1 24 11 0 0 9.09
AA Donald not out 0 12 5 0 0 0.00
BN Schultz lbw b Kalpage 0 4 6 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 4, w 1, nb 9) 14
Total (all out; 112.5 overs) 267 (2.36 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-104 (Wessels), 2-152 (Cronje), 3-179 (Hudson), 4-203 (Cook), 5-203 (Cullinan), 6-206 (Richardson), 7-240 (Rhodes), 8-262 (Eksteen), 9-267 (Symcox), 10-267 (Schultz)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GP Wickramasinghe 19 4 58 2 3.05
AP Gurusinha 3 0 3 0 1.00
RS Kalpage 17.5 6 23 1 1.28
PK Wijetunge 29 2 58 1 2.00
M Muralitharan 39 8 104 5 2.66
PA de Silva 1 0 3 0 3.00
UC Hathurusingha 4 0 14 1 3.50
Sri Lanka 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
RS Mahanama lbw b Symcox 17 65 36 3 0 47.22
UC Hathurusingha b Donald 9 87 67 0 0 13.43
PK Wijetunge c Hudson b Symcox 0 2 4 0 0 0.00
AP Gurusinha b Schultz 27 64 57 4 0 47.36
PA de Silva c †Richardson b Symcox 68 150 109 9 1 62.38
A Ranatunga* b Schultz 131 214 140 18 1 93.57
HP Tillakaratne not out 33 111 64 4 0 51.56
RS Kalpage not out 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 3, lb 6, nb 6) 15
Total (6 wickets dec; 80 overs) 300 (3.75 runs per over)
Did not bat PB Dassanayake†, GP Wickramasinghe, M Muralitharan
Fall of wickets1-26 (Mahanama), 2-26 (Wijetunge), 3-34 (Hathurusingha), 4-75 (Gurusinha), 5-196 (de Silva), 6-299 (Ranatunga)
Bowling O M R W Econ
AA Donald 22 5 73 1 3.31
BN Schultz 20 2 82 2 4.10
WJ Cronje 8 2 27 0 3.37
PL Symcox 21 2 75 3 3.57
CE Eksteen 9 2 34 0 3.77
South Africa 2nd innings (target: 365 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
AC Hudson c †Dassanayake b Hathurusingha 4 15 12 0 0 33.33
KC Wessels* c Wickramasinghe b Muralitharan 16 81 59 1 0 27.11
WJ Cronje c sub b Wickramasinghe 1 8 2 0 0 50.00
DJ Cullinan lbw b Wickramasinghe 46 126 100 7 0 46.00
SJ Cook c Tillakaratne b Wijetunge 24 139 131 2 0 18.32
JN Rhodes not out 101 262 107 14 1 94.39
DJ Richardson† c Tillakaratne b de Silva 4 17 19 1 0 21.05
PL Symcox c Hathurusingha b de Silva 21 76 73 2 1 28.76
CE Eksteen not out 4 92 89 0 0 4.49
Extras (b 10, lb 4, w 1, nb 15) 30
Total (7 wickets; 112 overs) 251 (2.24 runs per over)
Did not bat AA Donald, BN Schultz
Fall of wickets1-13 (Hudson), 2-15 (Cronje), 3-47 (Wessels), 4-92 (Cullinan), 5-126 (Cook), 6-138 (Richardson), 7-199 (Symcox)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GP Wickramasinghe 22 6 59 2 2.68
UC Hathurusingha 9 5 9 1 1.00
M Muralitharan 31 11 48 1 1.54
PK Wijetunge 23 3 60 1 2.60
RS Kalpage 8 2 21 0 2.62
PA de Silva 17 3 35 2 2.05
HP Tillakaratne 2 0 5 0 2.50
Match details
Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Series 3-match series level 0-0
Test debuts CE Eksteen and PL Symcox (South Africa); PB Dassanayake and PK Wijetunge (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match A Ranatunga (Sri Lanka)
Umpires BL Aldridge (New Zealand) and KT Francis
Match referee JR Reid (New Zealand)
Close of play
25 Aug day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 241/5 (HP Tillakaratne 37*, RS Kalpage 39*)
26 Aug day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 81/0 (KC Wessels 39*, AC Hudson 39*)
27 Aug rest day
28 Aug day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 26/2 (UC Hathurusingha 6*, AP Gurusinha 0*)
29 Aug day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 25/2 (KC Wessels 9*, DJ Cullinan 4*)
30 Aug day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 251/7 (112 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • General
  • SL 2nd innings
  • Ranatunga passes 2500 runs, the first Sri Lankan to do so.
  • RSA 2nd innings
  • JN Rhodes: 101 runs, 270 min (approx), 14x4, 1x6
 
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