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Fri, 04 Aug - Tue, 08 Aug 2006 - 00:00 – 2nd Test • P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket
Sri Lanka
256/4 (18.00) & 352/9 (113.3)
South Africa
756/1 (20.00) & 311/10 (107.5)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
Sanath Jayasuriya
2
Chaminda Vaas
2
Farveez Maharoof
2
Chamara Kapugedera
2
Shaun Pollock
2
Herschelle Gibbs
2
Mark Boucher
2
Most Wickets
Muttiah Muralitharan
12
Makhaya Ntini
5
Nicky Boje
5
Dale Steyn
5
Andrew Hall
3
Lasith Malinga
3
Farveez Maharoof
2
Best Bowling Fig
Muttiah Muralitharan
7
Dale Steyn
5
Makhaya Ntini
4
Nicky Boje
4
Andrew Hall
3
Lasith Malinga
3
Shaun Pollock
1
Best Average
Muttiah Muralitharan
18.750000
Makhaya Ntini
19.400000
Dale Steyn
32.600000
Andrew Hall
35.333333
Nicky Boje
36.400000
Most Runs Conceed
Muttiah Muralitharan
225
Nicky Boje
182
Dale Steyn
163
Lasith Malinga
136
Best Economy
Andrew Hall
2.650000
Muttiah Muralitharan
2.812500
Farveez Maharoof
2.916666
Nicky Boje
3.069139
Best Strike Rate
Sanath Jayasuriya
0.851063
Lasith Malinga
0.818181
Shaun Pollock
0.696078
Mark Boucher
0.678321
Chamara Kapugedera
0.649572
Most Runs
Mahela Jayawardene
136
AB de Villiers
128
Sanath Jayasuriya
120
Ashwell Prince
103
Mark Boucher
97
Best Averages
Farveez Maharoof
85.000000
Shaun Pollock
71.000000
Mahela Jayawardene
68.000000
AB de Villiers
64.000000
Sanath Jayasuriya
60.000000
Highest Score
Mahela Jayawardene
123
AB de Villiers
95
Herschelle Gibbs
92
Ashwell Prince
86
Best Bowling Fig
Farveez Maharoof
1
Most Not Outs
Farveez Maharoof
2
Lasith Malinga
2
Shaun Pollock
2
Most Runs Conceed
Chaminda Vaas
124
Shaun Pollock
112
Andrew Hall
106
Best Economy
Shaun Pollock
3.200000
Chaminda Vaas
3.351351
Makhaya Ntini
3.439716
Best Strike Rate
Dale Steyn
42.6
Lasith Malinga
60
Nicky Boje
71.16
Andrew Hall
80
Farveez Maharoof
108
Makhaya Ntini
33.84
Muttiah Muralitharan
40
Most Not Outs
Makhaya Ntini
2
Best Strike Rate
Tillakaratne Dilshan
0.647058
Hashim Amla
0.631578
Most Runs
Herschelle Gibbs
92
Farveez Maharoof
85
Most Ducks
Muttiah Muralitharan
2
Upul Tharanga
2
Best Average
Lasith Malinga
45.333333
Farveez Maharoof
52.500000
Most Dots
Lasith Malinga
1
Nicky Boje
4
Muttiah Muralitharan
3
Most Ducks
Herschelle Gibbs
2
Andrew Hall
2
Dale Steyn
2
Most Fours
AB de Villiers
23
Sanath Jayasuriya
17
Ashwell Prince
15
Mark Boucher
13
Mahela Jayawardene
13
Farveez Maharoof
13
Kumar Sangakkara
11
Best Averages
Ashwell Prince
51.500000
Mark Boucher
48.500000
Most 100s
Mahela Jayawardene
2
Worst Bowling Fig
Muttiah Muralitharan
128
Nicky Boje
111
Makhaya Ntini
84
Dale Steyn
82
Lasith Malinga
81
Andrew Hall
75
Most Dots
Shaun Pollock
2
Makhaya Ntini
2
Chaminda Vaas
1
Sanath Jayasuriya
1
Worst Bowling Fig
Chaminda Vaas
71
Highest Score
Sanath Jayasuriya
73
Mark Boucher
65
Chaminda Vaas
64
Most sixes
Sanath Jayasuriya
3
Mahela Jayawardene
2
Mark Boucher
2
Chamara Kapugedera
2
Shaun Pollock
2
Herschelle Gibbs
1
Andrew Hall
1
Most Fours
Chaminda Vaas
10
Prasanna Jayawardene
9
Most Balls Faced
Mahela Jayawardene
275
Farveez Maharoof
228
Ashwell Prince
220
AB de Villiers
204
Herschelle Gibbs
192
Chaminda Vaas
150
Mark Boucher
143