Sun, 06 Aug - Thu, 10 Aug 2000 - 00:00 – 3rd Test • Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Match drawn
Sri LankaSri Lanka
471/10 (20.00) & 195/4 (67.1)
South AfricaSouth Africa
600/7 (20.00) & 241/9 (113.5)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4
Most 50s 2 Sanath Jayasuriya
Best Average 17.25 Muttiah Muralitharan 26.75 Chaminda Vaas 32.5 Sanath Jayasuriya 36.5 Ruchira Perera
Best Bowling Fig 5 Muttiah Muralitharan
Most 50s 2 Jonty Rhodes 2 Lance Klusener
Best Average 13.25 Shaun Pollock
Best Bowling Fig 4 Chaminda Vaas 2 Ruchira Perera 2 Sanath Jayasuriya
Best Average 25.4 Nicky Boje
Best Bowling Fig 5 Nicky Boje 3 Shaun Pollock
Most Wickets 8 Muttiah Muralitharan 4 Chaminda Vaas 2 Ruchira Perera
Best Bowling Fig 2 Nantie Hayward 1 Paul Adams 1 Lance Klusener
Most Wickets 2 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Runs Conceed 138 Muttiah Muralitharan 107 Chaminda Vaas
Most Wickets 5 Nicky Boje 4 Shaun Pollock 3 Nantie Hayward
Most Runs Conceed 73 Ruchira Perera 65 Aravinda de Silva 65 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Wickets 1 Paul Adams 1 Lance Klusener
Most Runs Conceed 127 Nicky Boje
Best Economy 1.63 Muttiah Muralitharan 1.76 Russel Arnold 2.2 Aravinda de Silva
Most Runs Conceed 89 Nantie Hayward
Best Economy 1.88 Shaun Pollock 2.35 Nicky Boje
Best Strike Rate 0.54 Jacques Kallis 0.5 Lance Klusener
Best Averages 130 Lance Klusener
Best Economy 2.33 Chaminda Vaas 2.41 Sanath Jayasuriya
Best Strike Rate 0.61 Sanath Jayasuriya
Best Averages 50 Nicky Boje
Most Fours 10 Lance Klusener 8 Jonty Rhodes
Best Strike Rate 0.52 Upul Chandana
Best Averages 135 Mahela Jayawardene 51 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Fours 6 Daryll Cullinan
Most Runs 130 Lance Klusener 75 Jonty Rhodes
Most Fours 18 Mahela Jayawardene 15 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Runs 135 Mahela Jayawardene 102 Sanath Jayasuriya
Highest Score 101 Mahela Jayawardene 85 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Runs 51 Gary Kirsten 50 Nicky Boje 46 Shaun Pollock
Best Bowling Fig 1 Aravinda de Silva 1 Upul Chandana
Most Not Outs 2 Mahela Jayawardene
Most Fours 5 Nicky Boje 4 Shaun Pollock
Highest Score 95 Lance Klusener
Most Wickets 1 Aravinda de Silva 1 Upul Chandana
Most Not Outs 2 Arjuna Ranatunga
Highest Score 54 Jonty Rhodes 40 Gary Kirsten
Most Runs Conceed 72 Paul Adams
Most Not Outs 1 Muttiah Muralitharan
Best Strike Rate 55.2 Upul Chandana 60 Ruchira Perera
Most Not Outs 2 Lance Klusener 2 Nantie Hayward 2 Nicky Boje
Best Strike Rate 63.38 Muttiah Muralitharan
Best Strike Rate 0.5 Mahela Jayawardene 0.45 Arjuna Ranatunga
Best Strike Rate 42.3 Shaun Pollock 58 Nantie Hayward
Most Ducks 2 Jacques Kallis
Best Strike Rate 69 Chaminda Vaas
Most Ducks 2 Marvan Atapattu
Best Averages 42 Arjuna Ranatunga
Most Ducks 2 Nantie Hayward
Best Strike Rate 0.43 Mark Boucher
Best Strike Rate 64.8 Nicky Boje
Best Averages 32 Upul Chandana
Most 100s 2 Mahela Jayawardene
Most Fours 8 Arjuna Ranatunga
Most Ducks 2 Neil McKenzie
Best Average 29.67 Nantie Hayward
Most Balls Faced 262 Lance Klusener
Most Fours 6 Aravinda de Silva
Most Balls Faced 269 Mahela Jayawardene
Worst Bowling Fig 85 Chaminda Vaas
Most Balls Faced 213 Gary Kirsten 204 Jonty Rhodes 147 Nicky Boje
Worst Bowling Fig 70 Muttiah Muralitharan 60 Ruchira Perera 56 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Balls Faced 144 Shaun Pollock
Best Averages 37.5 Jonty Rhodes
Worst Bowling Fig 72 Paul Adams
Highest Score 41 Aravinda de Silva
Most sixes 1 Mahela Jayawardene
Most Balls Faced 166 Sanath Jayasuriya
Worst Bowling Fig 68 Nantie Hayward 65 Nicky Boje
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
Upul Chandana vs Lance Klusener
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 14.8
⚠ Bowler dominance
Russel Arnold vs Nicky Boje
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 59.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Nicky Boje
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 70.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Aravinda de Silva vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 20.7
Balanced matchup
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
Jacques Kallis vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 62.6
✔ Batsman advantage
Jacques Kallis vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 69.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Mark Boucher vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 26.4
Balanced matchup
Mahela Jayawardene vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 84.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Nicky Boje vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 30.3
✔ 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
Mark Boucher vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 52.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Gary Kirsten vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 45.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Daryll Cullinan vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 124.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Daryll Cullinan vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 29.0
Balanced matchup
Jonty Rhodes vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 48.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Shaun Pollock vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 35.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Lance Klusener vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 13.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Nicky Boje vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 56.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Mahela Jayawardene vs Lance Klusener
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 77.3
✔ 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
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 2.3
⚠ Bowler dominance
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 19.0
Balanced matchup
Marvan Atapattu vs Lance Klusener
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 54.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Marvan Atapattu vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 134.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Tom Hayward
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 35.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Nicky Boje
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 77.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Aravinda de Silva vs Lance Klusener
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 51.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Nantie Hayward vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.5
⚠ Bowler dominance
Marvan Atapattu vs Tom Hayward
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 20.0
Balanced matchup
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Nicky Boje
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.5
⚠ Bowler dominance
Russel Arnold vs Lance Klusener
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 22.5
Balanced matchup
Chaminda Vaas vs Nicky Boje
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 84.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Mahela Jayawardene vs Tom Hayward
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 209.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Nicky Boje vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 37.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Neil McKenzie vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 43.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Shaun Pollock vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 6.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Lance Klusener vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 11.5
⚠ Bowler dominance
Paul Adams vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 16.0
Balanced matchup
Gary Kirsten vs Somachandra De Silva
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 31.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Upul Chandana vs Nicky Boje
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 60.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Sangakkara vs Tom Hayward
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 46.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Sangakkara vs Lance Klusener
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 53.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Sangakkara vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 17.0
Balanced matchup
Daryll Cullinan vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 84.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Daryll Cullinan vs Suresh Perera
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 9.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Jonty Rhodes vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 52.0
✔ 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
Paul Adams vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 22.0
Balanced matchup
Lance Klusener vs Somachandra De Silva
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 31.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Gary Kirsten vs Suresh Perera
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 63.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Jacques Kallis vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 24.0
Balanced matchup
Jacques Kallis vs Somachandra De Silva
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Mark Boucher vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 220.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Mark Boucher vs Somachandra De Silva
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 7.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Tom Hayward
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 77.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Nantie Hayward vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 2.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Neil McKenzie vs Somachandra De Silva
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Neil McKenzie vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 74.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Neil McKenzie vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 1.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Neil McKenzie vs Suresh Perera
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 1.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Mahela Jayawardene vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 3.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Ruchira Perera vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 33.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Russel Arnold vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 17.0
Balanced matchup
Chaminda Vaas vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Chaminda Vaas vs Lance Klusener
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 10.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Aravinda de Silva vs Nicky Boje
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 7.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Aravinda de Silva vs Chris Adams
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 62.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 56.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Lance Klusener
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Marvan Atapattu vs Nicky Boje
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 98.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Tom Hayward
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 1.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Lance Klusener
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 46.0
✔ Batsman advantage