Thu, 20 Jul - Sun, 23 Jul 2000 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Galle International Stadium
Sri Lanka won by an innings and 15 runs
Sri LankaSri Lanka
522/10 (20.00)
South AfricaSouth Africa
222/7 (20.00) & 269/10 (92)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most 50s 1 Marvan Atapattu 1 Chaminda Vaas
Best Average 13.15 Muttiah Muralitharan 25 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Wickets 13 Muttiah Muralitharan 4 Upul Chandana
Best Bowling Fig 7 Muttiah Muralitharan 2 Upul Chandana
Most Runs Conceed 171 Muttiah Muralitharan 134 Upul Chandana
Best Economy 1.79 Chaminda Vaas 2 Russel Arnold 2.25 Muttiah Muralitharan 2.56 Nuwan Zoysa
Best Strike Rate 0.95 Sanath Jayasuriya 0.81 Arjuna Ranatunga 0.58 Mahela Jayawardene
Best Averages 167 Mahela Jayawardene 148 Sanath Jayasuriya 54 Marvan Atapattu 54 Chaminda Vaas
Most Fours 24 Sanath Jayasuriya 22 Mahela Jayawardene 9 Marvan Atapattu 7 Chaminda Vaas
Most Runs 167 Mahela Jayawardene 148 Sanath Jayasuriya 54 Marvan Atapattu 54 Chaminda Vaas
Most Wickets 1 Sanath Jayasuriya 1 Kumar Dharmasena
Best Strike Rate 35.08 Muttiah Muralitharan 48 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Runs Conceed 107 Kumar Dharmasena
Best Bowling Fig 1 Kumar Dharmasena 1 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Not Outs 1 Muttiah Muralitharan
Highest Score 167 Mahela Jayawardene 148 Sanath Jayasuriya 54 Marvan Atapattu 54 Chaminda Vaas
Most 100s 1 Sanath Jayasuriya 1 Mahela Jayawardene
Best Strike Rate 64.5 Upul Chandana
Worst Bowling Fig 88 Upul Chandana 87 Muttiah Muralitharan
Best Average 33.5 Upul Chandana
Most Balls Faced 288 Mahela Jayawardene 156 Sanath Jayasuriya
Worst Bowling Fig 70 Kumar Dharmasena
Most sixes 2 Mahela Jayawardene 1 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Balls Faced 133 Chaminda Vaas
Most 50s 2 Jonty Rhodes 2 Gary Kirsten
Best Average 10 Daryll Cullinan 24.33 Shaun Pollock 41 Jacques Kallis
Most Wickets 3 Shaun Pollock 3 Paul Adams 1 Makhaya Ntini 1 Nicky Boje 1 Jacques Kallis
Best Bowling Fig 3 Shaun Pollock 3 Paul Adams 1 Daryll Cullinan 1 Jacques Kallis 1 Makhaya Ntini
Most Runs Conceed 184 Paul Adams 73 Shaun Pollock 73 Makhaya Ntini 72 Nicky Boje 41 Jacques Kallis
Best Economy 2.4 Shaun Pollock 2.41 Jacques Kallis
Best Strike Rate 0.56 Jonty Rhodes 0.5 Nicky Boje 0.48 Daryll Cullinan
Best Averages 126 Daryll Cullinan 75 Jonty Rhodes 34.5 Jacques Kallis
Most Fours 13 Daryll Cullinan 8 Gary Kirsten 8 Jacques Kallis 7 Jonty Rhodes 7 Nicky Boje
Most Runs 126 Daryll Cullinan 75 Jonty Rhodes 69 Jacques Kallis
Most Wickets 1 Daryll Cullinan
Best Economy 2.53 Lance Klusener
Best Strike Rate 12 Daryll Cullinan 60.8 Shaun Pollock
Best Bowling Fig 1 Nicky Boje
Most Not Outs 2 Jonty Rhodes 2 Daryll Cullinan
Highest Score 114 Daryll Cullinan 63 Jonty Rhodes 55 Gary Kirsten
Best Strike Rate 90 Paul Adams 102 Jacques Kallis
Best Averages 33.5 Gary Kirsten
Most 100s 2 Daryll Cullinan
Worst Bowling Fig 184 Paul Adams 73 Shaun Pollock 73 Makhaya Ntini 72 Nicky Boje
Best Average 61.33 Paul Adams
Best Strike Rate 0.48 Lance Klusener
Most Runs 67 Gary Kirsten
Most Ducks 2 Mark Boucher 2 Makhaya Ntini
Most Balls Faced 261 Daryll Cullinan 198 Gary Kirsten 169 Jacques Kallis
Worst Bowling Fig 41 Jacques Kallis
Highest Score 40 Jacques Kallis
Most sixes 1 Daryll Cullinan
Most Balls Faced 133 Jonty Rhodes 125 Neil McKenzie
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 12
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 24.6
Balanced matchup
Marvan Atapattu vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 11
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 50.9
✔ Batsman advantage
Chaminda Vaas vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 10
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 37.9
✔ Batsman advantage
Russel Arnold vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 8
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 41.1
✔ Batsman advantage
Mahela Jayawardene vs Nicky Boje
Dismissals 8
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 72.9
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Sangakkara vs Nicky Boje
Dismissals 8
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 63.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Sangakkara vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 104.1
✔ Batsman advantage
Marvan Atapattu vs Jacques Kallis
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 40.4
✔ Batsman advantage
Marvan Atapattu vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 55.2
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Nicky Boje
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 70.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Russel Arnold vs Nicky Boje
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 59.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Shaun Pollock vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 42.2
✔ Batsman advantage
Jacques Kallis vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 68.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Sangakkara vs Jacques Kallis
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 31.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Sangakkara vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 69.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Mahela Jayawardene vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 72.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Mark Boucher vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 26.4
Balanced matchup
Jacques Kallis vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 69.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Jonty Rhodes vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 44.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Daryll Cullinan vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 40.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Mahela Jayawardene vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 84.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Mahela Jayawardene vs Jacques Kallis
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 35.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Russel Arnold vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 23.0
Balanced matchup
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 45.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Dharmasena vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 28.8
Balanced matchup
Nuwan Zoysa vs Jacques Kallis
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 6.3
⚠ Bowler dominance
Upul Chandana vs Jacques Kallis
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 10.5
⚠ Bowler dominance
Daryll Cullinan vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 124.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Shaun Pollock vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 14.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
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
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 19.0
Balanced matchup
Jonty Rhodes vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 48.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Daryll Cullinan vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 29.0
Balanced matchup
Gary Kirsten vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 43.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 2.3
⚠ Bowler dominance
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Jacques Kallis
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 10.3
⚠ Bowler dominance
Chaminda Vaas vs Jacques Kallis
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 19.0
Balanced matchup
Marvan Atapattu vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 134.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 108.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Upul Chandana vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 23.3
Balanced matchup
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Jacques Kallis
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 30.0
Balanced matchup
Chaminda Vaas vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 33.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Chaminda Vaas vs Nicky Boje
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 84.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Nuwan Zoysa vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 9.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 1.5
⚠ Bowler dominance
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Nicky Boje
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.5
⚠ Bowler dominance
Upul Chandana vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 8.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Upul Chandana vs Nicky Boje
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 60.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Nuwan Zoysa vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.5
⚠ Bowler dominance
Russel Arnold vs Jacques Kallis
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 15.0
Balanced matchup
Shaun Pollock vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 6.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Paul Adams vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 16.0
Balanced matchup
Neil McKenzie vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 43.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Nicky Boje
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 77.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Nicky Boje vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 37.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Makhaya Ntini vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 11.5
⚠ Bowler dominance
Lance Klusener vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 11.5
⚠ Bowler dominance
Lance Klusener vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 39.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Mark Boucher vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 220.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Jacques Kallis vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 30.0
Balanced matchup
Makhaya Ntini vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 10.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Neil McKenzie vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 74.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Nicky Boje vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 46.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 56.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Jacques Kallis
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 93.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Paul Adams vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 37.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Paul Adams vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 22.0
Balanced matchup
Jacques Kallis vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 24.0
Balanced matchup
Shaun Pollock vs Kumar Dharmasena
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 41.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Jonty Rhodes vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 1.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Daryll Cullinan vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 78.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Russel Arnold vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 17.0
Balanced matchup
Kumar Dharmasena vs Jacques Kallis
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 7.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Chaminda Vaas vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Kumar Sangakkara vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 17.0
Balanced matchup
Mahela Jayawardene vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 3.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Nuwan Zoysa vs Daryll Cullinan
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 28.0
Balanced matchup
Marvan Atapattu vs Nicky Boje
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 98.0
✔ Batsman advantage