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169 & 434
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Overs: 185.1 RR: 4.08 vs spin: 3.69
vs seam: 4.15
Overs: 157.2 RR: 2.76 vs spin: 2.13
vs seam: 3.65
Thu 27/07/06 Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), 1st Test, Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
SRI LANKA WIN Sri Lanka won by an innings and 153 runs
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South Africa - 1st Inns 169 (50.2; RR: 3.36)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
HH Gibbs b Fernando 19 41 3 0 46.34
AJ Hall b Fernando 17 31 3 0 54.84
JA Rudolph c Jayawardene b Maharoof 29 52 5 0 55.77
HM Amla st Jayawardene b Muralitharan 19 64 0 0 29.69
AG Prince c Jayawardene b Maharoof 1 15 0 0 6.67
AB de Villiers c Kapugedera b Muralitharan 65 72 8 0 90.28
MV Boucher c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan 4 9 0 0 44.44
N Boje lbw b Muralitharan 5 10 1 0 50.00
A Nel lbw b Fernando 0 2 0 0 0.00
DW Steyn b Fernando 0 1 0 0 0.00
M Ntini not out 0 5 0 0 0.00
Extras (4b, 6lb, 0w, 0nb) 10  
TOTAL 169 all out (50.2 overs; RR: 3.36)

Fall of wickets

32-1 (AJ Hall 9.6 ov), 45-2 (HH Gibbs 13.6 ov), 78-3 (JA Rudolph 25.2 ov), 80-4 (AG Prince 29.4 ov), 112-5 (HM Amla 36.6 ov), 128-6 (MV Boucher 40.6 ov), 148-7 (N Boje 44.5 ov), 151-8 (A Nel 45.5 ov), 151-9 (DW Steyn 45.6 ov), 169-10 (AB de Villiers 50.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
SL Malinga 10.0 2 38 0 3.80 0 0
MF Maharoof 9.0 1 32 2 3.56 0 0
CRD Fernando 13.0 2 48 4 3.69 0 0
M Muralitharan 18.2 6 41 4 2.28 0 0

Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 756-5 (185.1; RR: 4.08)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WU Tharanga c Boucher b Steyn 7 10 1 0 70.00
ST Jayasuriya lbw b Steyn 4 6 0 0 66.67
KC Sangakkara c Boucher b Hall 287 457 35 0 62.80
DPMD Jayawardene b Nel 374 572 43 1 65.38
TM Dilshan lbw b Steyn 45 67 6 0 67.16
CK Kapugedera not out 1 7 0 0 14.29
HAPW Jayawardene  
MF Maharoof  
SL Malinga  
CRD Fernando  
M Muralitharan  
Extras (17b, 5lb, 8w, 8nb) 38  
TOTAL 756-5 (185.1 overs; RR: 4.08)

Fall of wickets

6-1 (ST Jayasuriya 1.3 ov), 14-2 (WU Tharanga 3.3 ov), 638-3 (KC Sangakkara 160.3 ov), 751-4 (TM Dilshan 182.1 ov), 756-5 (DPMD Jayawardene 185.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
M Ntini 31.0 3 97 0 3.13 0 1
DW Steyn 26.0 1 129 3 4.96 2 6
A Nel 25.1 2 114 1 4.56 1 1
AJ Hall 25.0 2 99 1 3.96 0 0
N Boje 65.0 5 221 0 3.40 0 0
JA Rudolph 7.0 0 45 0 6.43 0 0
AG Prince 2.0 0 7 0 3.50 1 0
AB de Villiers 4.0 0 22 0 5.50 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 434 (157.2; RR: 2.76)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JA Rudolph c Kapugedera b Fernando 90 182 13 0 49.45
AJ Hall lbw b Muralitharan 64 177 7 0 36.16
HM Amla lbw b Fernando 2 14 0 0 14.29
AG Prince c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 61 182 4 0 33.52
AB de Villiers lbw b Muralitharan 24 38 3 0 63.16
MV Boucher c & b Jayasuriya 85 160 10 0 53.13
HH Gibbs c & b Muralitharan 18 32 3 0 56.25
N Boje not out 33 130 2 0 25.38
A Nel b Muralitharan 0 8 0 0 0.00
DW Steyn b Muralitharan 4 9 1 0 44.44
M Ntini b Malinga 16 32 1 1 50.00
Extras (11b, 4lb, 2w, 20nb) 37  
TOTAL 434 all out (157.2 overs; RR: 2.76)

Fall of wickets

165-1 (JA Rudolph 51.6 ov), 171-2 (HM Amla 55.5 ov), 185-3 (AJ Hall 64.5 ov), 234-4 (AB de Villiers 83.2 ov), 312-5 (AG Prince 106.6 ov), 350-6 (HH Gibbs 118.4 ov), 401-7 (MV Boucher 138.6 ov), 404-8 (A Nel 141.5 ov), 412-9 (DW Steyn 145.3 ov), 434-10 (M Ntini 157.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
SL Malinga 16.2 0 85 1 5.31 1 7
MF Maharoof 15.0 3 48 0 3.20 1 5
CRD Fernando 24.0 6 69 2 2.88 0 8
M Muralitharan 64.0 11 131 6 2.05 0 0
TM Dilshan 4.0 1 10 0 2.50 0 0
ST Jayasuriya 34.0 8 76 1 2.24 0 0

Match Info

Match

Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), 1st Test

Date

Thursday July 27, 2006

Toss

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:00am UTC

Venue

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

Umpires

MR Benson, BF Bowden

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

ST Jayasuriya, M Muralitharan, DPMD Jayawardene, TM Dilshan, HAPW Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara, CRD Fernando, WU Tharanga, MF Maharoof, SL Malinga, CK Kapugedera

South Africa Team

Playing XI

N Boje, HH Gibbs, MV Boucher, AJ Hall, M Ntini, AG Prince, A Nel, JA Rudolph, HM Amla, AB de Villiers, DW Steyn