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South Africa v Sri Lanka @ Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein
14 January 2001
Toss: South Africa (field)
Umpires: BG Jerling, RE Koertzen
Third Umpire: DF Becker
Match Referee: R Subba Row
Match Result: South Africa won by 5 wickets
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Mark Boucher b Shaun Pollock | 23 | 17 | 31 | 3 | 1 |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Nicky Boje b Shaun Pollock | 9 | 15 | 21 | 1 | - |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | b Makhaya Ntini | 20 | 28 | 55 | 2 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c & b Jacques Kallis | 20 | 24 | 21 | 3 | - |
| 5. Mahela Jayawardene | c Mark Boucher b Jacques Kallis | 1 | 7 | 10 | - | - |
| 6. Russel Arnold | c Shaun Pollock b Nicky Boje | 32 | 53 | 70 | 4 | - |
| 7. Kumar Sangakkara | c Boeta Dippenaar b Shaun Pollock | 33 | 52 | 77 | 3 | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | c Jacques Kallis b Allan Donald | 7 | 27 | 36 | 1 | - |
| 9. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | c Mark Boucher b Nicky Boje | 32 | 40 | 49 | 2 | - |
| 10. Dilhara Fernando | not out | 12 | 29 | 44 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | run out (Justin Kemp > ) | 6 | 5 | 9 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-24 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-35 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-67 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-78 (Mahela Jayawardene), 5-80 (Marvan Atapattu), 6-142 (Russel Arnold), 7-152 (Kumar Sangakkara), 8-160 (Chaminda Vaas), 9-194 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe), 206 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 9w, 1nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.2 ovs, 209 mins) 206 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 2 | 44 | 3 | (2w,0nb) |
| Allan Donald | 7 | 0 | 42 | 1 | (2w,1nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 8 | 0 | 33 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Justin Kemp | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Nicky Boje | 9.2 | 0 | 33 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Boeta Dippenaar | c Russel Arnold b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 28 | 42 | 46 | 5 | - |
| 2. Herschelle Gibbs | run out (Marvan Atapattu > ) | 79 | 112 | 163 | 7 | 1 |
| 3. Nicky Boje | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 40 | 31 | 40 | 5 | - |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 31 | 48 | 55 | 1 | 1 |
| 5. Neil McKenzie | c sub b Aravinda de Silva | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 6. Jonty Rhodes | not out | 11 | 14 | 22 | - | - |
| +7. Mark Boucher | not out | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | - |
| 8. Justin Kemp | ||||||
| *9. Shaun Pollock | ||||||
| 10. Makhaya Ntini | ||||||
| 11. Allan Donald |
| FOW | 1-51 (Boeta Dippenaar), 2-112 (Nicky Boje), 3-177 (Jacques Kallis), 4-180 (Neil McKenzie), 5-192 (Herschelle Gibbs). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 2w, 7nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 42 ovs, 179 mins) 207 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 2 | 30 | 1 | (1w,4nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (1w,3nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 6 | 0 | 32 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 9 | 1 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Boeta Dippenaar, Herschelle Gibbs, Nicky Boje, Jacques Kallis, Neil McKenzie, Jonty Rhodes, Mark Boucher, Justin Kemp, Shaun Pollock, Makhaya Ntini, Allan Donald