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South Africa v Sri Lanka @ Newlands, Cape Town
11 January 2001
Toss: South Africa (bat)
Umpires: RE Koertzen, SB Lambson
Third Umpire: BG Jerling
Match Referee: R Subba Row
Match Result: South Africa won by 99 runs
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Boeta Dippenaar | c Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 77 | 86 | 102 | 12 | 1 |
| 2. Herschelle Gibbs | c Kaushalya Weeraratne b Chaminda Vaas | 13 | 21 | 45 | 1 | - |
| 3. Nicky Boje | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 32 | 38 | 65 | 2 | - |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Nuwan Zoysa | 82 | 79 | 106 | - | 4 |
| 5. Jonty Rhodes | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas | 53 | 52 | 52 | 5 | - |
| 6. Lance Klusener | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Chaminda Vaas | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 7. Neil McKenzie | c Pramodya Wickramasinghe b Nuwan Zoysa | 18 | 21 | 34 | - | - |
| +8. Mark Boucher | not out | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - |
| *9. Shaun Pollock | not out | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 10. Makhaya Ntini | ||||||
| 11. Roger Telemachus |
| FOW | 1-53 (Herschelle Gibbs), 2-120 (Boeta Dippenaar), 3-133 (Nicky Boje), 4-217 (Jonty Rhodes), 5-219 (Lance Klusener), 6-283 (Neil McKenzie), 7-284 (Jacques Kallis). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 1w, 3nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs, 215 mins) 290 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 0 | 44 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 7 | 0 | 52 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kaushalya Weeraratne | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 53 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 50 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Herschelle Gibbs b Roger Telemachus | 12 | 21 | 25 | 1 | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | b Makhaya Ntini | 74 | 107 | 145 | 5 | - |
| 3. Kaushalya Weeraratne | b Makhaya Ntini | 13 | 16 | 34 | 2 | - |
| 4. Marvan Atapattu | c Shaun Pollock b Jacques Kallis | 10 | 26 | 38 | - | - |
| 5. Kumar Sangakkara | c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| 6. Mahela Jayawardene | c Shaun Pollock b Roger Telemachus | 37 | 47 | 57 | 3 | - |
| 7. Russel Arnold | c Makhaya Ntini b Jacques Kallis | 21 | 19 | 30 | 2 | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | run out (Makhaya Ntini > Nicky Boje) | 1 | 3 | 7 | - | - |
| 9. Nuwan Zoysa | not out | 3 | 8 | 13 | - | - |
| 10. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini | 2 | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-25 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-63 (Kaushalya Weeraratne), 3-98 (Marvan Atapattu), 4-101 (Kumar Sangakkara), 5-150 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 6-174 (Mahela Jayawardene), 7-178 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-187 (Russel Arnold), 9-191 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe), 191 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 10w, 1nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 42.2 ovs, 182 mins) 191 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Roger Telemachus | 8 | 0 | 44 | 2 | (3w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 8 | 0 | 31 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 8.2 | 0 | 37 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Klusener | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Neil McKenzie | 2.3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nicky Boje | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Boeta Dippenaar, Herschelle Gibbs, Nicky Boje, Jacques Kallis, Jonty Rhodes, Lance Klusener, Neil McKenzie, Mark Boucher, Shaun Pollock, Makhaya Ntini, Roger Telemachus