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Thu, 27 Jul - Mon, 31 Jul 2006 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Sri Lanka won by an innings and 153 runs
Sri Lanka
593/4 (18.00)
South Africa
756/1 (20.00) & 434/10 (157.2)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
South Africa innigs
756/1 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Herschelle Gibbs
b Fernando
19
41
72
3
0
46.34
In 2006
Career
Andrew Hall
b Fernando
17
31
50
3
0
54.83
In 2006
Career
Jacques Rudolph
c †HAPW Jayawardene b Maharoof
29
52
72
5
0
55.76
In 2006
Career
Hashim Amla
st †HAPW Jayawardene b Muralidaran
19
64
96
0
0
29.68
In 2006
Career
Ashwell Prince (c)
c †HAPW Jayawardene b Maharoof
1
15
16
0
0
6.66
In 2006
Career
AB de Villiers
c Kapugedera b Muralidaran
65
72
97
8
0
90.27
In 2006
Career
Mark Boucher (WK)
c Jayasuriya b Muralidaran
4
9
20
0
0
44.44
In 2006
Career
Nicky Boje
lbw b Muralidaran
5
10
16
1
0
50.00
In 2006
Career
Andre Nel
lbw b Fernando
0
2
6
0
0
0.00
In 2006
Career
Dale Steyn
b Fernando
0
1
2
0
0
0.00
In 2006
Career
Makhaya Ntini
not out
0
5
21
0
0
0.00
In 2006
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 6)
10
Total
169 50.2 Ov (RR: 3.35, 238 Mins)
3211
5738
0
380
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Lasith Malinga
10.00
2
38
0
3.80
0
0
0
In 2006
Career
Farveez Maharoof
9.00
1
32
2
3.55
0
0
0
In 2006
Career
Dilhara Fernando
13.00
2
48
4
3.69
0
0
0
In 2006
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
18.20
6
41
4
2.23
0
0
0
In 2006
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
593/4 (18.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Upul Tharanga
c †Boucher b Steyn
7
10
19
1
0
70.00
In 2006
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
lbw b Steyn
4
6
7
0
0
66.66
In 2006
Career
Kumar Sangakkara
c †Boucher b Hall
287
457
675
35
0
62.80
In 2006
Career
Mahela Jayawardene (c)
b Nel
374
572
752
43
1
65.38
In 2006
Career
Tillakaratne Dilshan
lbw b Steyn
45
67
83
6
0
67.16
In 2006
Career
Chamara Kapugedera
not out
1
7
14
0
0
14.28
In 2006
Career
Extras
(b 17, lb 5, nb 8, w 8)
38
Total
756/5d 185.1 Ov (RR: 4.08, 782 Mins)
14364
21261
0
1615
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Makhaya Ntini
31.00
3
97
0
3.12
0
0
1
In 2006
Career
Dale Steyn
26.00
1
129
3
4.96
0
2
6
In 2006
Career
Andre Nel
25.10
2
114
1
4.52
0
1
1
In 2006
Career
Andrew Hall
25.00
2
99
1
3.96
0
0
0
In 2006
Career
Nicky Boje
65.00
5
221
0
3.40
0
0
0
In 2006
Career
Jacques Rudolph
7.00
0
45
0
6.42
1
0
0
In 2006
Career
Ashwell Prince
2.00
0
7
0
3.50
0
1
0
In 2006
Career
AB de Villiers
4.00
0
22
0
5.50
0
0
0
In 2006
Career
South Africa innigs
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Jacques Rudolph
c Kapugedera b Fernando
90
182
206
13
0
49.45
In 2006
Career
Andrew Hall
lbw b Muralidaran
64
177
263
7
0
36.15
In 2006
Career
Hashim Amla
lbw b Fernando
2
14
16
0
0
14.28
In 2006
Career
Ashwell Prince (c)
c DPMD Jayawardene b Muralidaran
61
182
211
4
0
33.51
In 2006
Career
AB de Villiers
lbw b Muralidaran
24
38
67
3
0
63.15
In 2006
Career
Mark Boucher (WK)
c & b Jayasuriya
85
160
232
10
0
53.12
In 2006
Career
Herschelle Gibbs
c & b Muralidaran
18
32
48
3
0
56.25
In 2006
Career
Nicky Boje
not out
33
130
139
2
0
25.38
In 2006
Career
Andre Nel
b Muralidaran
0
8
9
0
0
0.00
In 2006
Career
Dale Steyn
b Muralidaran
4
9
11
1
0
44.44
In 2006
Career
Makhaya Ntini
b Malinga
16
32
37
1
1
50.00
In 2006
Career
Extras
(b 11, lb 4, nb 20, w 2)
37
Total
434 157.2 Ov (RR: 2.75, 624 Mins)
8246
18316
0
836
19
0.00
Sri Lanka innigs
434/10 (157.2)
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