Related Link : VB Series 2005/06
Venue : Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane (d/n)
Toss : South Africa won the toss, elected to field first
Umpires : Aleem Dar and Daryl Harper
Match Result : Sri Lanka won by 94 runs; SL 5 pts, SA 0 pts
Man of the Match : Kumar Sangakkara
Sri Lanka (50 Overs Maximum)
Upul Tharanga c Boucher b Garnett Kruger 16 (18) 2 ‘4s’
Jehan Mubarak lbw b Johan Botha 61 (69) 9 ‘4s’
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) c Smith b Shaun Pollock 88 (110) 10 ‘4s’
Tillakarathe Dilshan c Gibbs b Monde Zondeki 15 (20)
Marvan Atapattu (C) run out (Gibbs) 33 (43) 2 ‘4s’
Mahela Jayawardene c Prince b Johan Botha 14 (15) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Russel Arnold not out 15 (17) 1 ‘4s’
Chaminda Vaas not out 14 (14) 1 ‘4s’
Nuwan Kulasekara
Muttiah Muralitharan
Ruchira Perera
Extras: 26 (Wides: 8 No Balls: 6 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 12)
Total: 282/6 (Overs: 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-33 (Tharanga, 5.3 ovs), 2-145 (Mubarak, 23.5 ovs), 3-172 (Dilshan, 30.4 ovs), 4-211 (Sangakkara, 38.1 ovs), 5-244 (Jayawardene, 43.4 ovs), 6-259 (Atapattu, 45.6 ovs)
South Africa Bowling
Shaun Pollock 10-1-39-1 (1w 1nb)
Garnett Kruger 8-0-61-1 (3w)
Andrew Hall 10-0-58-0 (1w 3nb)
Monde Zondeki 9-0-49-1 (2w 1nb)
Johan Botha 10-0-49-2
Graeme Smith 3-0-14-0
South Africa (Target : 283 from 50 Overs)
Graeme Smith (C) lbw b Chaminda Vaas 3 (10)
Boeta Dippenaar b Nuwan Kulasekara 10 (12) 2 ‘4s’
Jacques Rudolph run out (Perera) 53 (63) 8 ‘4s’
Herschelle Gibbs run out (Perera/Sangakkara/Kulasekara) 7 (16)
Ashwell Prince c Kulasekara b Malinga Bandara 29 (44) 2 ‘4s’
Mark Boucher (WK) c Dilshan b Malinga Bandara 62 (71) 3 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Justin Kemp b Malinga Bandara 10 (21)
Shaun Pollock c Atapattu b Chaminda Vaas 4 (9)
Andrew Hall b Muralitharan 4 (9)
Johan Botha b Muralitharan 2 (8)
Garnett Kruger not out 0 (3)
Extras: 4 (Wides: 3 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 1)
Total: 188 all out (Overs: 44.2)
Fall of Wickets : 1-27 (Graeme Smith, 7.5 ovs), 2-27 (Kallis, 8.3 ovs), 3-55 (Gibbs, 14.4 ovs), 4-125 (Prince, 31.6 ovs), 5-162 (Dippenaar, 40.5 ovs), 6-152 (Kemp, 35.6 ovs), 7-179 (Pollock, 40.1 ovs), 8-184 (Hall, 41.5 ovs), 9-188 (Botha, 43.3 ovs), 10-188 (Boucher, 44.2 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Chaminda Vaas 8-2-21-2
Ruchira Perera 6-0-38-0 (1w)
Nuwan Kulasekara 6-0-24-1 (2w)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 6-0-29-0
Muttiah Muralitharan 9-1-34-2
Malinga Bandara 8.2-0-31-3
Jehan Mubarak 1-0-10-0
- South Africa Full Substitute : Jacques Rudolph (replaced Monde Zondeki after 46 overs of the SL innings)
- Sri Lanka Full Substitute : Malinga Bandara (replaced Upul Tharanga at the start of the South African innings)