Sri Lanka First-Class Matches 2005/06 and 2006

SRI LANKA v SOUTH AFRICA Played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, July 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 2006. Sri Lanka won by an innings and 153 runs. SOUTH AFRICA 1 H.H.Gibbs b Fernando 19 (7) c and b Muralitharan 18 2 A.J.Hall b Fernando 17 lbw b Muralitharan 64 3 J.A.Rudolph c H.A.P.W.Jayawardene b Maharoof 29 (1) c Kapugedera b Fernando 90 4 H.M.Amla st H.A.P.W.Jayawardene b Muralitharan 19 (3) lbw b Fernando 2 5 *A.G.Prince c H.A.P.W.Jayawardene b Maharoof 1 (4) c D.P.M.D.Jayawardene b Muralitharan 61 6 A.B.de Villiers c Kapugedera b Muralitharan 65 (5) lbw b Muralitharan 24 7 †M.V.Boucher c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan 4 (6) c and b Jayasuriya 85 8 N.Boje lbw b Muralitharan 5 not out 33 9 A.Nel lbw b Fernando 0 b Muralitharan 0 10 D.W.Steyn b Fernando 0 b Muralitharan 4 11 M.Ntini not out 0 b Malinga 16 Extras b 4, lb 6 10 b 11, lb 4, w 2, nb 20 37 —— —— 169 434 FoW (1): 1-32 (2), 2-45 (1), 3-78 (3), 4-80 (5), 5-112 (4), 6-128 (7), 7-148 (8), 8-151 (9), 9-151 (10), 10-169 (6) FoW (2): 1-165 (1), 2-171 (3), 3-185 (2), 4-234 (5), 5-312 (4), 6-350 (7), 7-401 (6), 8-404 (9), 9-412 (10), 10-434 (11) SRI LANKA 1 W.U.Tharanga c Boucher b Steyn 7 2 S.T.Jayasuriya lbw b Steyn 4 3 K.C.Sangakkara c Boucher b Hall 287 4 *D.P.M.D.Jayawardene b Nel 374 5 T.M.Dilshan lbw b Steyn 45 6 C.K.Kapugedera not out 1 7 †H.A.P.W.Jayawardene 8 M.F.Maharoof 9 S.L.Malinga 10 C.R.D.Fernando 11 M.Muralitharan Extras b 17, lb 5, w 8, nb 8 38 —— (5 wickets, declared) 756 FoW (1): 1-6 (2), 2-14 (1), 3-638 (3), 4-751 (5), 5-756 (4) Sri Lanka Bowling O M R W O M R W Malinga 10 2 38 0 16.2 0 85 1 1w,7nb Maharoof 9 1 32 2 15 3 48 0 1w,5nb Fernando 13 2 48 4 24 6 69 2 8nb Muralitharan 18.2 6 41 4 64 11 131 6 Dilshan (5) 4 1 10 0 Jayasuriya (6) 34 8 76 1 South Africa Bowling O M R W Ntini 31 3 97 0 1nb Steyn 26 1 129 3 2w,6nb Nel 25.1 2 114 1 1w,1nb Hall 25 2 99 1 Boje 65 5 221 0 Rudolph 7 0 45 0 Prince 2 0 7 0 1w de Villiers 4 0 22 0 Umpires: M.R.Benson and B.F.Bowden. Third umpire: E.A.R.de Silva. Referee: J.Srinath. Toss: South Africa Close of Play: 1st day: Sri Lanka (1) 128-2 (Sangakkara 59*, D.P.M.D.Jayawardene 55*, 26 overs); 2nd day: Sri Lanka (1) 485-2 (Sangakkara 229*, D.P.M.D.Jayawardene 224*, 112 overs); 3rd day: South Africa (2) 43-0 (Rudolph 24*, Hall 13*, 15 overs); 4th day: South Africa (2) 311-4 (Prince 60*, Boucher 38*, 105 overs). Man of the Match: D.P.M.D.Jayawardene. K.C.Sangakkara’s 287 took 457 balls in 675 minutes and included 35 fours. D.P.M.D.Jayawardene’s 374 took 572 balls in 752 minutes and included 43 fours and 1 six. 112