Match Date: Oct 30, 2021
Venue: Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Toss: South Africa won the toss and decided to field
Umpires: JS Wilson (West Indies), P Wilson (Australia)
Match Result: South Africa won by 4 wickets
Man of the Match: Tabraiz Shamsi
| Sri Lanka innings | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |
| Pathum Nissanka | c Nortje b Pretorius | 72 | 58 | 6 | 3 |
| Kusal Perera (WK) | b Nortje | 7 | 10 | 1 | – |
| Charith Asalanka | run out (Rabada->de Kock) | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| Bhanuka Rajapaksa | c and b Shamsi | 0 | 3 | – | – |
| Avishka Fernando | c and b Shamsi | 3 | 5 | – | – |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | c Markram b Shamsi | 4 | 5 | – | – |
| Dasun Shanaka (C) | c Rabada b Pretorius | 11 | 12 | 2 | – |
| Chamika Karunaratne | c van der Dussen b Pretorius | 5 | 5 | – | – |
| Dushmantha Chameera | b Nortje | 3 | 4 | – | – |
| Maheesh Theekshana | not out | 7 | 3 | 1 | – |
| Lahiru Kumara | run out (de Kock->Nortje) | 0 | 1 | – | – |
| Extras | 9 (7 lb, 2 w) | ||||
| Total | 142 all out (20 overs) | ||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||
| 1-20 (Perera, 3.5 ov), 2-61 (Asalanka, 8.5 ov), 3-62 (Rajapaksa, 9.3 ov), 4-77 (Fernando, 11.4 ov), 5-91 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 13.4 ov), 6-110 (Shanaka, 16.4 ov), 7-131 (Karunaratne, 18.2 ov), 8-131 (Pathum Nissanka, 18.4 ov), 9-142 (Chameera, 19.5 ov), 10-142 (Kumara, 20 ov) |
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| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Markram | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | – |
| Rabada | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | – | – |
| Nortje | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | – |
| Maharaj | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | – | – |
| Shamsi | 4 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 1 | – |
| Pretorius | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | – | – |
| South Africa innings | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |
| Quinton de Kock (WK) | c and b Chameera | 12 | 10 | 2 | – |
| Reeza Hendricks | lbw b Chameera | 11 | 12 | 1 | – |
| Rassie van der Dussen | run out (Shanaka) | 16 | 11 | – | – |
| Temba Bavuma (C) | c Pathum Nissanka b Wanindu Hasaranga | 46 | 46 | 1 | 1 |
| Aiden Markram | b Wanindu Hasaranga | 19 | 20 | 2 | – |
| David Miller | not out | 23 | 13 | – | 2 |
| Dwaine Pretorius | c Rajapaksa b Wanindu Hasaranga | 0 | 1 | – | – |
| Kagiso Rabada | not out | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Keshav Maharaj | did not bat | ||||
| Anrich Nortje | did not bat | ||||
| Tabraiz Shamsi | did not bat | ||||
| Extras | 6 (3 lb, 1 nb, 2 w) | ||||
| Total | 146/6 (19.5 overs) | ||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||
| 1-25 (Hendricks, 3.2 ov), 2-26 (de Kock, 3.4 ov), 3-49 (van der Dussen, 7.6 ov), 4-96 (Markram, 14.6 ov), 5-112 (Bavuma, 17.1 ov), 6-112 (Pretorius, 17.2 ov) | |||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Chameera | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 | – | 1 |
| Theekshana | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Kumara | 3.5 | 0 | 35 | 0 | – | – |
| Karunaratne | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | – | – |
| Shanaka | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | – |