Match Date: Sep 02, 2021
Venue: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena, Ruchira Palliyaguruge
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 14 runs
Man of the Match: Avishka Fernando
| Sri Lanka innings | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |
| Avishka Fernando | c Phehlukwayo b Shamsi | 118 | 115 | 10 | 2 |
| Minod Bhanuka (WK) | b Markram | 27 | 39 | 3 | – |
| Bhanuka Rajapaksa | c Verreynne b Maharaj | 0 | 3 | – | – |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | st Klaasen b Maharaj | 44 | 62 | 5 | – |
| Charith Asalanka | c Klaasen b Rabada | 72 | 62 | 6 | 1 |
| Dasun Shanaka (C) | run out (Rabada) | 6 | 9 | 1 | – |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | b Rabada | 3 | 6 | – | – |
| Chamika Karunaratne | not out | 7 | 7 | – | – |
| Dushmantha Chameera | run out (Nortje->Rabada) | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| Akila Dananjaya | run out (Nortje->Rabada) | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| Praveen Jayawickrama | did not bat | ||||
| Extras | 23 (5 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 11 w) | ||||
| Total | 300/9 (50 overs) | ||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||
| 1-57 (Minod Bhanuka, 11.5 ov), 2-58 (Rajapaksa, 12.3 ov), 3-137 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 30.3 ov), 4-234 (Fernando, 42.2 ov), 5-255 (Shanaka, 45.5 ov), 6-272 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 47.6 ov), 7-291 (Asalanka, 49.2 ov), 8-299 (Chameera, 49.5 ov), 9-300 (Dananjaya, 50 ov) | |||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Rabada | 9 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Nortje | 10 | 0 | 69 | 0 | – | – |
| Maharaj | 10 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 1 | – |
| Markram | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 | – | – |
| Phehlukwayo | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Shamsi | 10 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 1 | – |
| South Africa innings | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |
| Janneman Malan | lbw b Wanindu Hasaranga | 23 | 31 | 3 | – |
| Aiden Markram | c Wanindu Hasaranga b Jayawickrama | 96 | 90 | 5 | 4 |
| Temba Bavuma (C) | retired hurt | 38 | 53 | 1 | – |
| Rassie van der Dussen | b Dananjaya | 59 | 59 | 6 | – |
| Kyle Verreynne | lbw b Dananjaya | 12 | 20 | – | – |
| Heinrich Klaasen (WK) | run out (Karunaratne->Rajapaksa) | 36 | 31 | 2 | – |
| Andile Phehlukwayo | b Karunaratne | 5 | 8 | – | – |
| Kagiso Rabada | not out | 13 | 7 | 2 | – |
| Keshav Maharaj | not out | 0 | 1 | – | – |
| Tabraiz Shamsi | did not bat | ||||
| Anrich Nortje | did not bat | ||||
| Extras | 4 (4 w) | ||||
| Total | 286/6 (50 overs) | ||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||
| 1-49 (Malan, 9.4 ov), 2-166 (Markram, 30.5 ov), 3-209 (Verreynne, 39.3 ov), 4-260 (van der Dussen, 45.5 ov), 5-269 (Phehlukwayo, 48.1 ov), 6-286 (Klaasen, 49.5 ov) | |||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Chameera | 7 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Karunaratne | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | 10 | 1 | 52 | 1 | – | – |
| Jayawickrama | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | – | – |
| Dananjaya | 10 | 0 | 65 | 2 | – | – |
| Shanaka | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 8 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | – |