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 LankaSri Lanka
593/4 (18.00)
South AfricaSouth Africa
756/1 (20.00) & 434/10 (157.2)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most Runs Conceed 172 Muttiah Muralitharan 123 Lasith Malinga
Best Average 17.2 Muttiah Muralitharan 19.5 Dilhara Fernando 40 Farveez Maharoof 76 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most 50s 2 Mark Boucher 2 Ashwell Prince 2 Andrew Hall
Most Wickets 10 Muttiah Muralitharan 6 Dilhara Fernando 2 Farveez Maharoof
Most 50s 2 Jacques Rudolph 2 AB de Villiers
Most Runs Conceed 221 Nicky Boje
Most Wickets 1 Lasith Malinga
Best Economy 2.09 Muttiah Muralitharan 2.24 Sanath Jayasuriya 2.5 Tillakaratne Dilshan 3.16 Dilhara Fernando
Best Bowling Fig 6 Muttiah Muralitharan
Most Runs Conceed 129 Dale Steyn
Best Average 43 Dale Steyn 99 Andrew Hall
Best Bowling Fig 4 Dilhara Fernando 2 Farveez Maharoof 1 Lasith Malinga
Most Wickets 3 Dale Steyn 1 Andre Nel 1 Andrew Hall
Best Strike Rate 0.7 Upul Tharanga 0.67 Tillakaratne Dilshan 0.67 Sanath Jayasuriya 0.65 Mahela Jayawardene
Best Averages 374 Mahela Jayawardene 287 Kumar Sangakkara
Most Runs Conceed 114 Andre Nel 99 Andrew Hall
Best Bowling Fig 3 Dale Steyn
Most Fours 43 Mahela Jayawardene 35 Kumar Sangakkara
Most Runs 45 Tillakaratne Dilshan
Best Bowling Fig 1 Andre Nel 1 Andrew Hall
Best Strike Rate 0.81 AB de Villiers
Most Runs 374 Mahela Jayawardene
Highest Score 374 Mahela Jayawardene 287 Kumar Sangakkara
Best Strike Rate 0.53 Mark Boucher
Best Averages 59.5 Jacques Rudolph 44.5 Mark Boucher
Best Economy 3.33 Farveez Maharoof
Best Strike Rate 37 Dilhara Fernando 49.32 Muttiah Muralitharan
Best Averages 44.5 AB de Villiers 40.5 Andrew Hall
Most Fours 18 Jacques Rudolph
Best Strike Rate 72 Farveez Maharoof
Most Wickets 1 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Runs Conceed 117 Dilhara Fernando
Most Fours 11 AB de Villiers 10 Andrew Hall 10 Mark Boucher
Best Strike Rate 0.63 Kumar Sangakkara
Best Bowling Fig 1 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Not Outs 1 Chamara Kapugedera
Most Fours 6 Herschelle Gibbs 4 Ashwell Prince
Most Runs 119 Jacques Rudolph
Best Averages 45 Tillakaratne Dilshan
Most 100s 1 Mahela Jayawardene
Best Strike Rate 157.2 Lasith Malinga
Most Runs 89 AB de Villiers 89 Mark Boucher 81 Andrew Hall
Most Dots 1 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Runs 287 Kumar Sangakkara
Most 100s 1 Kumar Sangakkara
Highest Score 90 Jacques Rudolph 85 Mark Boucher 65 AB de Villiers
Worst Bowling Fig 131 Muttiah Muralitharan 85 Lasith Malinga
Most Fours 6 Tillakaratne Dilshan
Highest Score 64 Andrew Hall
Best Economy 3.13 Makhaya Ntini 3.4 Nicky Boje
Most Balls Faced 572 Mahela Jayawardene
Most sixes 1 Mahela Jayawardene
Most Balls Faced 457 Kumar Sangakkara
Best Strike Rate 52 Dale Steyn 150 Andrew Hall 150.6 Andre Nel
Most Not Outs 2 Makhaya Ntini 2 Nicky Boje
Best Average 114 Andre Nel
Most Dots 1 Jacques Rudolph
Most Runs 62 Ashwell Prince
Most Ducks 2 Andre Nel 2 Dale Steyn
Best Averages 38 Nicky Boje
Worst Bowling Fig 221 Nicky Boje 129 Dale Steyn 114 Andre Nel 99 Andrew Hall 97 Makhaya Ntini
Highest Score 61 Ashwell Prince
Most sixes 1 Makhaya Ntini
Tillakaratne Dilshan vs Rudi Steyn
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 29.5
Balanced matchup
Upul Tharanga vs Rudi Steyn
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 17.0
Balanced matchup
Mahela Jayawardene vs Rudi Steyn
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 39.2
✔ Batsman advantage
Mark Boucher vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 55.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Nicky Boje vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 30.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Hashim Amla vs Lasith Malinga
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 84.3
✔ Batsman advantage
AB de Villiers vs Lasith Malinga
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 64.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Sangakkara vs Alf Hall
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 177.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Sangakkara vs Rudi Steyn
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 38.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Makhaya Ntini vs Lasith Malinga
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 16.5
Balanced matchup
Nicky Boje vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 14.5
⚠ Bowler dominance
Andrew Hall vs Lasith Malinga
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Jacques Rudolph vs Lasith Malinga
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 26.5
Balanced matchup
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Alf Hall
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 31.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Rudi Steyn
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 7.5
⚠ Bowler dominance
Mahela Jayawardene vs Alf Hall
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 14.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Herschelle Gibbs vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 34.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Herschelle Gibbs vs Lasith Malinga
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 12.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Mark Boucher vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 53.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Herschelle Gibbs vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 43.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Mark Boucher vs Lasith Malinga
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 39.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Makhaya Ntini vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 12.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Makhaya Ntini vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 10.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Nicky Boje vs Farveez Maharoof
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 23.0
Balanced matchup
Andre Nel vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 2.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Andre Nel vs Lasith Malinga
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 1.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Ashwell Prince vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 24.0
Balanced matchup
Ashwell Prince vs Farveez Maharoof
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 15.0
Balanced matchup
Andrew Hall vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 31.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Andrew Hall vs Farveez Maharoof
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 63.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Mahela Jayawardene vs Jack Nel
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 572.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Hashim Amla vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 14.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Tillakaratne Dilshan vs Alf Hall
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 24.0
Balanced matchup
Tillakaratne Dilshan vs Jack Nel
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 63.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Jacques Rudolph vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 182.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Jacques Rudolph vs Farveez Maharoof
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 52.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Dale Steyn vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 1.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Dale Steyn vs Lasith Malinga
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 2.0
⚠ Bowler dominance