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South Africa v Sri Lanka @ SuperSport Park, Centurion
20, 21, 22 January 2001 (five-day match)
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: RE Koertzen, P Willey
Third Umpire: DL Orchard
Match Referee: R Subba Row
Match Result: South Africa won by an innings and 7 runs
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Boeta Dippenaar | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Ruchira Perera | 20 | 25 | 29 | 4 | - |
| 2. Herschelle Gibbs | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Nuwan Zoysa | 1 | 11 | 19 | - | - |
| 3. Jacques Kallis | c Russel Arnold b Dilhara Fernando | 7 | 35 | 53 | 1 | - |
| 4. Daryll Cullinan | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 48 | 64 | 106 | 7 | 1 |
| 5. Neil McKenzie | c Pramodya Wickramasinghe b Nuwan Zoysa | 103 | 191 | 267 | 11 | 1 |
| +6. Mark Boucher | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Nuwan Zoysa | 38 | 45 | 64 | 6 | 1 |
| 7. Nicky Boje | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Russel Arnold | 6 | 15 | 16 | 1 | - |
| 8. Justin Kemp | run out (Kumar Sangakkara > > ) | 2 | 14 | 19 | - | - |
| *9. Shaun Pollock | c Kumar Sangakkara b Nuwan Zoysa | 111 | 106 | 123 | 16 | 3 |
| 10. Allan Donald | not out | 10 | 34 | 50 | - | - |
| 11. Makhaya Ntini | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 10 | 24 | 30 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-17 (Herschelle Gibbs), 2-31 (Boeta Dippenaar), 3-54 (Jacques Kallis), 4-115 (Daryll Cullinan), 5-168 (Mark Boucher), 6-185 (Nicky Boje), 7-204 (Justin Kemp), 8-354 (Neil McKenzie), 9-359 (Shaun Pollock), 378 (Makhaya Ntini). |
| Extras | 4b, 2lb, 1w, 15nb, 0pen) 22 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 91.3 ovs, 392 mins) 378 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 22 | 8 | 76 | 4 | (0w,3nb) |
| Ruchira Perera | 19 | 3 | 73 | 1 | (0w,4nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 16 | 1 | 107 | 1 | (0w,5nb) |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 12.3 | 3 | 51 | 2 | (1w,3nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 14 | 2 | 50 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 6 | 3 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | run out (Herschelle Gibbs > Boeta Dippenaar > ) | 3 | 25 | 21 | - | - |
| *2. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Neil McKenzie b Allan Donald | 16 | 18 | 39 | 3 | - |
| 3. Kumar Sangakkara | b Allan Donald | 3 | 9 | 20 | - | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Herschelle Gibbs b Jacques Kallis | 5 | 21 | 26 | 1 | - |
| 5. Mahela Jayawardene | c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini | 17 | 40 | 60 | 3 | - |
| 6. Russel Arnold | b Makhaya Ntini | 13 | 29 | 47 | 1 | - |
| +7. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini | 32 | 30 | 41 | 4 | 1 |
| 8. Nuwan Zoysa | c Jacques Kallis b Makhaya Ntini | 1 | 6 | 14 | - | - |
| 9. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | c Herschelle Gibbs b Justin Kemp | 21 | 25 | 42 | 4 | - |
| 10. Dilhara Fernando | lbw b Justin Kemp | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | - |
| 11. Ruchira Perera | not out | 1 | 17 | 26 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-6 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-24 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-25 (Kumar Sangakkara), 4-40 (Aravinda de Silva), 5-54 (Mahela Jayawardene), 6-71 (Russel Arnold), 7-76 (Nuwan Zoysa), 8-97 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 9-98 (Dilhara Fernando), 119 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 3w, 1nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 36.5 ovs, 179 mins) 119 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Allan Donald | 9 | 2 | 28 | 2 | (3w,0nb) |
| Shaun Pollock | 7 | 3 | 15 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 5 | 1 | 15 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 11 | 5 | 39 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Justin Kemp | 4.5 | 1 | 19 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | c Daryll Cullinan b Shaun Pollock | 0 | 16 | 17 | - | - |
| 2. Kumar Sangakkara | lbw b Makhaya Ntini | 98 | 215 | 334 | 14 | - |
| 3. Mahela Jayawardene | c Boeta Dippenaar b Jacques Kallis | 23 | 35 | 37 | 5 | - |
| 4. Russel Arnold | c Shaun Pollock b Nicky Boje | 71 | 82 | 102 | 13 | - |
| 5. Aravinda de Silva | c Shaun Pollock b Jacques Kallis | 22 | 36 | 33 | 5 | - |
| *6. Sanath Jayasuriya | b Allan Donald | 16 | 36 | 45 | 1 | - |
| +7. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Mark Boucher b Justin Kemp | 10 | 41 | 56 | 1 | - |
| 8. Nuwan Zoysa | c & b Justin Kemp | 2 | 16 | 15 | - | - |
| 9. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Dilhara Fernando | c Jacques Kallis b Justin Kemp | 1 | 10 | 14 | - | - |
| 11. Ruchira Perera | not out | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-9 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-43 (Mahela Jayawardene), 3-156 (Russel Arnold), 4-187 (Aravinda de Silva), 5-212 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 6-234 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 7-242 (Nuwan Zoysa), 8-243 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe), 9-248 (Dilhara Fernando), 252 (Kumar Sangakkara). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 2w, 4nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 81.3 ovs, 334 mins) 252 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 17 | 5 | 43 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 14 | 1 | 39 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Allan Donald | 7 | 0 | 39 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Justin Kemp | 13 | 2 | 33 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 19.3 | 5 | 51 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Nicky Boje | 11 | 2 | 45 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Boeta Dippenaar, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Daryll Cullinan, Neil McKenzie, Mark Boucher, Nicky Boje, Justin Kemp, Shaun Pollock, Allan Donald, Makhaya Ntini