Related Link : VB Series 2005/06
Venue : Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (d/n)
Toss : South Africa won the toss, elected to bat first
Umpires : Aleem Dar and Daryl Harper
Match Result : South Africa won by 9 runs; SA 4 pts, SL 0pts
Man of the Match : Boeta Dippenaar
South Africa (50 Overs Maximum)
Graeme Smith (C) st Sangakkara b Muralitharan 28 (50) 2 ‘4s’
Boeta Dippenaar not out 125 (145) 7 ‘4s’
Johannes van der Wath c Arnold b Muralitharan 0 (1)
Jacques Rudolph c & b Tillakaratne Dilshan 11 (27)
Herschelle Gibbs b Ruchira Perera 68 (65) 4 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Shaun Pollock c Atapattu b Nuwan Kulasekara 8 (8)
Justin Kemp not out 6 (4) 1 ‘4s’
Ashwell Prince
Mark Boucher (WK)
Andrew Hall
Charl Langeveldt
Extras: 17 (Wides: 4 No Balls: 0 Byes: 2 Leg Byes: 11)
Total: 263/5 (Overs: 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-72 (Smith, 18.2 ovs), 2-72 (van der Wath, 18.3 ovs), 3-101 (Rudolph, 25.5 ovs), 4-220 (Gibbs, 45.3 ovs), 5-249 (Pollock, 48.4 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Chaminda Vaas 10-1-55-0
Ruchira Perera 7-0-45-1
Nuwan Kulasekara 9-1-35-1
Muttiah Muralitharan 10-0-45-2 (1w)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 8-0-43-1
Sanath Jayasuriya 6-0-27-0
Sri Lanka (Target : 264 from 50 Overs)
Jehan Mubarak c Prince b Shaun Pollock 4 (19)
Sanath Jayasuriya st Boucher b Andrew Hall 37 (30) 4 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) c & b Johannes van der Wath 23 (31) 4 ‘4s’
Tillakarathe Dilshan not out 82 (108) 3 ‘4s’
Marvan Atapattu (C) run out (Boucher) 23 (40)
Mahela Jayawardene b Johannes van der Wath 52 (52) 4 ‘4s’
Russel Arnold b Andrew Hall 11 (11) 1 ‘4s’
Malinga Bandara run out (Hall) 0 (1)
Chaminda Vaas c Botha b Shaun Pollock 9 (7)
Muttiah Muralitharan not out 0 (3)
Nuwan Kulasekara
Extras: 13 (Wides: 5 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 6)
Total: 254/8 (Overs: 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-11 (Mubarak, 4.5 ovs), 2-68 (Jayasuriya, 12.6 ovs), 3-68 (Sangakkara, 14.1 ovs), 4-117 (Atapattu, 26.2 ovs), 5-224 (Jayawardene, 44.1 ovs), 6-242 (Arnold, 47.2 ovs), 7-242 (Bandara, 47.3 ovs), 8-253 (Vaas, 48.6 ovs)
South Africa Bowling
Shaun Pollock 10-1-51-2 (1w)
Charl Langeveldt 10-0-62-0 (1w 1nb)
Andrew Hall 10-1-37-2 (1nb)
Johannes van der Wath 10-1-38-2 (1w)
Johan Botha 9-0-53-0 (2w)
Graeme Smith 1-0-7-0
- South Africa Full Substitute : Johan Botha (replaced Justin Kemp after 11 overs of the SL innings)
- Sri Lanka Full Substitute : Malinga Bandara (replaced Ruchira Perera after 47.2 overs of the SL innings)