Related Link : VB Series 2005/06
Venue : W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth (d/n)
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss, elected to bat first
Umpires : Mark Benson and Peter Parker
Match Result : South Africa won by 5 wickets; SA 4 pts, SL 0pts
Man of the Match : Graeme Smith
Sri Lanka (50 Overs Maximum)
Jehan Mubarak b Graeme Smith 31 (50) 5 ‘4s’
Sanath Jayasuriya c Prince b Graeme Smith 86 (65) 9 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) c Kemp b Charl Langeveldt 16 (24) 1 ‘4s’
Mahela Jayawardene lbw b Graeme Smith 1 (8)
Marvan Atapattu (C) c Rudolph b Johannes van der Wath 7 (17)
Russel Arnold c Kemp b Shaun Pollock 15 (46) 1 ‘4s’
Tillakarathe Dilshan run out (Kemp/van der Wath) 37 (42) 3 ‘4s’
Chaminda Vaas run out (Prince/Smith) 0 (2)
Nuwan Kulasekara c Kemp b Shaun Pollock 1 (6)
Malinga Bandara run out (Prince/van der Wath) 11 (22) 1 ‘6s’
Muttiah Muralitharan not out 1 (6)
Extras: 15 (Wides: 3 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 10)
Total: 221 all out (Overs: 47.4)
Fall of Wickets : 1-94 (Mubarak, 15.6 ovs), 2-137 (Jayasuriya, 21.5 ovs), 3-142 (Jayawardene, 23.5 ovs), 4-144 (Sangakkara, 24.3 ovs), 5-159 (Atapattu, 30.3 ovs), 6-179 (Arnold, 36.4 ovs), 7-179 (Vaas, 37.1 ovs), 8-182 (Kulasekara, 38.4 ovs), 9-216 (Bandara, 45.4 ovs), 10-221 (Dilshan, 47.4 ovs)
South Africa Bowling
Shaun Pollock 10-3-17-2
Charl Langeveldt 10-0-50-1 (1w 2nb)
Andrew Hall 9-0-48-0
Johannes van der Wath 8.4-0-66-1
Graeme Smith 10-0-30-3 (2w)
South Africa (Target 222 from 50 Overs)
Graeme Smith (C) c Sangakkara b Muralitharan 41 (52) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Boeta Dippenaar c Sangakkara b Muralitharan 87 (94) 7 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Jacques Rudolph st Sangakkara b Malinga Bandara 25 (48)
Herschelle Gibbs b Muralitharan 4 (8)
Mark Boucher (WK) not out 30 (33) 1 ‘4s’
Justin Kemp st Sangakkara b Malinga Bandara 6 (12)
Ashwell Prince not out 20 (25) 3 ‘4s’
Johannes van der Wath
Shaun Pollock
Andrew Hall
Johan Botha
Extras: 11 (Wides: 6 No Balls: 1 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 0)
Total: 224/5 (Overs: 45.1)
Fall of Wickets : 1-84 (Smith, 16.4 ovs), 2-164 (Rudolph, 31.6 ovs), 3-164 (Dippenaar, 32.1 ovs), 4-175 (Gibbs, 34.4 ovs), 5-190 (Kemp, 37.6 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Chaminda Vaas 9-1-39-0 (3w)
Russel Arnold 1-0-11-0
Nuwan Kulasekara 5.1-0-22-0
Muttiah Muralitharan 10-0-44-3 (2w 1nb)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 7-0-44-0
Malinga Bandara 10-0-47-2
Sanath Jayasuriya 3-0-13-0 (1w)
- South Africa Full Substitute : Johan Botha (replaced Charl Langeveldt after 38.4 overs of the SL innings)
- Sri Lanka Full Substitute : Malinga Bandara (replaced Dilhara Fenando after 47.2 overs of the SL innings)