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South Africa v Sri Lanka @ Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
8 November 1997
Toss: South Africa (field)
Umpires: Javed Akhtar, Saleem Badar
Third Umpire: Athar Zaidi
Match Referee: AM Ebrahim
Match Result: South Africa won by 4 wickets
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Pat Symcox b Fanie de Villiers | 14 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | c Hansie Cronje b Lance Klusener | 22 | 61 | 89 | 2 | - |
| 3. Roshan Mahanama | c Andrew Hudson b Allan Donald | 26 | 26 | 42 | 3 | 1 |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Lance Klusener b Allan Donald | 24 | 23 | 31 | 4 | - |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Lance Klusener b Shaun Pollock | 32 | 56 | 95 | 3 | - |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | c Dave Richardson b Shaun Pollock | 28 | 60 | 59 | 3 | - |
| +7. Lanka de Silva | c Dave Richardson b Shaun Pollock | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | not out | 24 | 39 | 54 | 1 | - |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | not out | 18 | 19 | 30 | 2 | - |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 11. Sajeewa de Silva |
| FOW | 1-29 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-66 (Roshan Mahanama), 3-95 (Marvan Atapattu), 4-101 (Aravinda de Silva), 5-155 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 6-157 (Lanka de Silva), 7-173 (Arjuna Ranatunga). |
| Extras | 0b, 8lb, 11w, 1nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs) 209 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 0 | 42 | 3 | (2w,0nb) |
| Fanie de Villiers | 8 | 1 | 28 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Allan Donald | 10 | 0 | 46 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Lance Klusener | 7 | 0 | 29 | 1 | (5w,1nb) |
| Pat Symcox | 10 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Hansie Cronje | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Andrew Hudson | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 11 | 18 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 2. Gary Kirsten | run out (Roshan Mahanama > ) | 7 | 25 | 49 | 1 | - |
| 3. Lance Klusener | c & b Sajeewa de Silva | 99 | 96 | 160 | 11 | 2 |
| 4. Pat Symcox | b Sajeewa de Silva | 15 | 10 | 13 | - | 2 |
| 5. Daryll Cullinan | st Lanka de Silva b Aravinda de Silva | 20 | 38 | 44 | 3 | - |
| *6. Hansie Cronje | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Kumar Dharmasena | 33 | 42 | 65 | 2 | 1 |
| 7. Jonty Rhodes | not out | 5 | 11 | 21 | - | - |
| 8. Shaun Pollock | not out | 10 | 12 | 11 | 1 | - |
| +9. Dave Richardson | ||||||
| 10. Fanie de Villiers | ||||||
| 11. Allan Donald |
| FOW | 1-18 (Andrew Hudson), 2-40 (Gary Kirsten), 3-71 (Pat Symcox), 4-109 (Daryll Cullinan), 5-188 (Hansie Cronje), 6-197 (Lance Klusener). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 3w, 7nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 40.4 ovs) 210 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 6 | 1 | 34 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 6 | 0 | 48 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (1w,7nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 8.4 | 0 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 5 | 0 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Andrew Hudson, Gary Kirsten, Lance Klusener, Pat Symcox, Daryll Cullinan, Hansie Cronje, Jonty Rhodes, Shaun Pollock, Dave Richardson, Fanie de Villiers, Allan Donald