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South Africa v Sri Lanka @ Boland Bank Park, Paarl
9 January 2001
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: WA Diedricks, DL Orchard
Third Umpire: SB Lambson
Match Referee: R Subba Row
Match Result: South Africa won by 8 wickets
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sanath Jayasuriya | lbw b Nicky Boje | 66 | 83 | 112 | 7 | 1 |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | b Shaun Pollock | 83 | 117 | 164 | 8 | - |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | not out | 51 | 70 | 93 | 1 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | b Nicky Boje | 22 | 16 | 20 | 3 | - |
| 5. Chaminda Vaas | c Herschelle Gibbs b Jacques Kallis | 3 | 4 | 8 | - | - |
| 6. Kumar Sangakkara | not out | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2 | - |
| 7. Russel Arnold | ||||||
| 8. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 9. Kaushalya Weeraratne | ||||||
| 10. Dilhara Fernando | ||||||
| 11. Nuwan Zoysa |
| FOW | 1-110 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-184 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 3-217 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-225 (Chaminda Vaas). |
| Extras | 1b, 4lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 50 ovs) 247 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 0 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alan Dawson | 9 | 0 | 58 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 8 | 0 | 40 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 8 | 0 | 40 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Klusener | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nicky Boje | 10 | 0 | 39 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Boeta Dippenaar | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Kaushalya Weeraratne | 65 | 100 | 121 | 5 | - |
| 2. Herschelle Gibbs | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 1 | 2 | 9 | - | - |
| 3. Jacques Kallis | not out | 100 | 139 | 202 | 3 | 1 |
| 4. Jonty Rhodes | not out | 75 | 59 | 89 | 5 | - |
| 5. Neil McKenzie | ||||||
| +6. Mark Boucher | ||||||
| 7. Lance Klusener | ||||||
| 8. Nicky Boje | ||||||
| 9. Alan Dawson | ||||||
| *10. Shaun Pollock | ||||||
| 11. Makhaya Ntini |
| FOW | 1-5 (Herschelle Gibbs), 2-116 (Boeta Dippenaar). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 2w, 7nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 2 wickets, 48.5 ovs) 250 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 9.5 | 1 | 37 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 7 | 0 | 54 | 0 | (2w,5nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 39 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kaushalya Weeraratne | 6 | 0 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Boeta Dippenaar, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Jonty Rhodes, Neil McKenzie, Mark Boucher, Lance Klusener, Nicky Boje, Alan Dawson, Shaun Pollock, Makhaya Ntini