South Africa v Sri Lanka @ W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
31 January 2006
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: MR Benson, PD Parker
Third Umpire: RL Parry
Match Referee: JJ Crowe
Super Sub 1st Innings: Sri Lanka full substitute: CM Bandara (CRD Fernando, Sri Lanka innings, 38.4 ov).
Super Sub 2nd Innings: South Africa full substitute: J Botha (CK Langeveldt, Sri Lanka innings, 45.4 ov).
Match Result: South Africa won by 5 wickets
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Jehan Mubarak | b Graeme Smith | 31 | 50 | 65 | 5 | - | |
| 2. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Ashwell Prince b Graeme Smith | 86 | 65 | 96 | 9 | 3 | |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Justin Kemp b Charl Langeveldt | 16 | 24 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | lbw b Graeme Smith | 1 | 8 | 7 | - | - | |
| *5. Marvan Atapattu | c Jacques Rudolph b Johannes van der Wath | 7 | 17 | 23 | - | - | |
| 6. Russel Arnold | c Justin Kemp b Shaun Pollock | 15 | 46 | 44 | 1 | - | |
| 7. Tillakaratne Dilshan | run out (Justin Kemp > Johannes van der Wath) | 37 | 42 | 74 | 3 | - | |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | run out (Ashwell Prince > Graeme Smith) | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| 9. Nuwan Kulasekara | c Justin Kemp b Shaun Pollock | 1 | 6 | 4 | - | - | |
| %10. Malinga Bandara | run out (Ashwell Prince > Johannes van der Wath) | 11 | 22 | 30 | - | 1 | |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | not out | 1 | 6 | 8 | - | - | |
| 12. Dilhara Fernando |
| FOW | 1-94 (Jehan Mubarak), 2-137 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-142 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-144 (Kumar Sangakkara), 5-159 (Marvan Atapattu), 6-179 (Russel Arnold), 7-179 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-182 (Nuwan Kulasekara), 9-216 (Malinga Bandara), 221 (Tillakaratne Dilshan). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 3w, 2nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47.4 ovs, 205 mins) 221 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 3 | 17 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Charl Langeveldt | 10 | 0 | 50 | 1 | (1w,2nb) |
| Andrew Hall | 9 | 0 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Johannes van der Wath | 8.4 | 0 | 66 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graeme Smith | 10 | 0 | 30 | 3 | (2w,0nb) |
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Graeme Smith | c Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 41 | 52 | 70 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2. Boeta Dippenaar | c Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 87 | 94 | 139 | 7 | 3 | |
| 3. Jacques Rudolph | st Kumar Sangakkara b Malinga Bandara | 25 | 48 | 62 | - | - | |
| 4. Herschelle Gibbs | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 | 8 | 10 | - | - | |
| +5. Mark Boucher | not out | 30 | 33 | 50 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Justin Kemp | st Kumar Sangakkara b Malinga Bandara | 6 | 12 | 11 | - | - | |
| 7. Ashwell Prince | not out | 20 | 25 | 27 | 3 | - | |
| 8. Shaun Pollock | |||||||
| 9. Johannes van der Wath | |||||||
| 10. Andrew Hall | |||||||
| %11. Johan Botha | |||||||
| 12. Charl Langeveldt |
| FOW | 1-84 (Graeme Smith), 2-164 (Jacques Rudolph), 3-164 (Boeta Dippenaar), 4-175 (Herschelle Gibbs), 5-190 (Justin Kemp). |
| Extras | 4b, 0lb, 6w, 1nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 45.1 ovs, 193 mins) 224 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 9 | 1 | 39 | 0 | (3w,0nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 5.1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 44 | 3 | (2w,1nb) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 7 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Malinga Bandara | 10 | 0 | 47 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
South Africa: Johan Botha, Andrew Hall, Johannes van der Wath, Shaun Pollock, Ashwell Prince, Justin Kemp, Mark Boucher, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Rudolph, Boeta Dippenaar, Graeme Smith, Charl Langeveldt
Sri Lanka: Muttiah Muralitharan, Malinga Bandara, Nuwan Kulasekara, Chaminda Vaas, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Russel Arnold, Marvan Atapattu, Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Jehan Mubarak, Mahela Jayawardene, Dilhara Fernando
