Sri Lanka First-Class Matches 2005/06 and 2006

SRI LANKA v SOUTH AFRICA Played at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, August 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 2006. Sri Lanka won by one wicket. SOUTH AFRICA 1 H.H.Gibbs lbw b Vaas 0 c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan 92 2 A.J.Hall c Dilshan b Malinga 0 c H.A.P.W.Jayawardene b Maharoof 32 3 J.A.Rudolph b Malinga 13 run out 15 4 H.M.Amla lbw b Muralitharan 40 run out 8 5 *A.G.Prince c H.A.P.W.Jayawardene b Muralitharan 86 c and b Muralitharan 17 6 A.B.de Villiers c H.A.P.W.Jayawardene b Malinga 95 c Dilshan b Muralitharan 33 7 †M.V.Boucher b Muralitharan 32 c Dilshan b Muralitharan 65 8 S.M.Pollock not out 57 c Tharanga b Muralitharan 14 9 N.Boje c Sangakkara b Maharoof 11 c H.A.P.W.Jayawardene b Muralitharan 15 10 D.W.Steyn c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan 6 lbw b Muralitharan 0 11 M.Ntini c Maharoof b Muralitharan 13 not out 5 Extras nb 8 8 b 9, lb 4, w 1, nb 1 15 —— —— 361 311 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-4 (2), 3-31 (3), 4-70 (4), 5-231 (5), 6-256 (6), 7-273 (7), 8-307 (9), 9-327 (10), 10-361 (11) FoW (2): 1-76 (2), 2-119 (3), 3-131 (4), 4-161 (1), 5-206 (5), 6-207 (6), 7-235 (8), 8-280 (9), 9-282 (10), 10-311 (7) SRI LANKA 1 W.U.Tharanga c Boje b Ntini 2 c Gibbs b Ntini 0 2 S.T.Jayasuriya c Gibbs b Ntini 47 c Amla b Boje 73 3 K.C.Sangakkara c Amla b Ntini 14 c Amla b Pollock 39 4 *D.P.M.D.Jayawardene c Boucher b Steyn 13 c Gibbs b Boje 123 5 T.M.Dilshan b Ntini 4 c Gibbs b Boje 18 6 C.K.Kapugedera b Boje 63 c de Villiers b Boje 13 7 †H.A.P.W.Jayawardene b Steyn 42 lbw b Hall 30 8 M.F.Maharoof b Steyn 56 not out 29 9 W.P.U.J.C.Vaas c Boucher b Steyn 64 c de Villiers b Hall 4 10 S.L.Malinga not out 8 (11) not out 1 11 M.Muralitharan c Hall b Steyn 0 (10) b Hall 2 Extras lb 1, w 2, nb 5 8 b 4, lb 8, w 4, nb 4 20 —— —— 321 (9 wickets) 352 FoW (1): 1-16 (1), 2-43 (3), 3-74 (4), 4-85 (5), 5-86 (2), 6-191 (6), 7-191 (7), 8-308 (8), 9-317 (9), 10-321 (11) FoW (2): 1-12 (1), 2-94 (3), 3-121 (2), 4-164 (5), 5-201 (6), 6-279 (7), 7-341 (4), 8-348 (9), 9-350 (10) Sri Lanka Bowling O M R W O M R W Vaas 18 4 71 1 19 4 53 0 Malinga 18 4 81 3 4nb 12 1 55 0 1nb Muralitharan 33.5 2 128 5 (4) 46.5 12 97 7 Maharoof 15 2 52 1 4nb (3) 21 3 53 1 1w Jayasuriya 5 0 29 0 9 0 40 0 South Africa Bowling O M R W O M R W Ntini 21 3 84 4 7.2 2 13 1 Steyn 13.1 1 82 5 2w,3nb 22.4 2 81 0 3w,2nb Pollock 16 4 52 0 2nb (4) 19 2 60 1 2nb Hall 15 7 31 0 (5) 25 3 75 3 1w Boje 20 6 71 1 (3) 39.3 11 111 4 Umpires: Aleem Dar and B.F.Bowden. Third umpire: T.H.Wijewardene. Referee: J.Srinath. Toss: South Africa Close of Play: 1st day: South Africa (1) 361 all out; 2nd day: South Africa (2) 6-0 (Gibbs 4*, Hall 2*, 2 overs); 3rd day: South Africa (2) 257-7 (Boucher 28*, Boje 5*, 92 overs); 4th day: Sri Lanka (2) 262-5 (D.P.M.D.Jayawardene 77*, H.A.P.W.Jayawardene 27*, 72 overs). Man of the Match: D.P.M.D.Jayawardene. D.P.M.D.Jayawardene’s 123 took 248 balls in 359 minutes and included 11 fours and 2 sixes. 113