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South Africa v Sri Lanka @ Sardar Patel (Gujarat) Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
24 October 2006
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: DJ Harper, SJA Taufel
Third Umpire: Aleem Dar
Match Referee: JJ Crowe
Match Result: South Africa won by 78 runs
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Graeme Smith | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 15 | 18 | 1 | - |
| 2. Boeta Dippenaar | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 3 | 19 | 38 | - | - |
| 3. Herschelle Gibbs | c Kumar Sangakkara b Lasith Malinga | 16 | 18 | 15 | 3 | - |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | st Kumar Sangakkara b Sanath Jayasuriya | 43 | 71 | 93 | 2 | 1 |
| 5. AB de Villiers | c Farveez Maharoof b Muttiah Muralitharan | 54 | 88 | 117 | 3 | - |
| +6. Mark Boucher | b Lasith Malinga | 29 | 39 | 51 | - | 1 |
| 7. Justin Kemp | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 7 | 16 | 15 | - | - |
| 8. Shaun Pollock | not out | 21 | 17 | 32 | - | 1 |
| 9. Robin Peterson | b Lasith Malinga | 22 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 10. Andre Nel | b Lasith Malinga | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 11. Makhaya Ntini | not out | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-13 (Graeme Smith), 2-30 (Herschelle Gibbs), 3-30 (Boeta Dippenaar), 4-110 (Jacques Kallis), 5-145 (AB de Villiers), 6-169 (Justin Kemp), 7-176 (Mark Boucher), 8-218 (Robin Peterson), 9-218 (Andre Nel). |
| Extras | 4b, 2lb, 6w, 1nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs, 205 mins) 219 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 3 | 16 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lasith Malinga | 9 | 0 | 53 | 4 | (2w,0nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 42 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 36 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Farveez Maharoof | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Upul Tharanga | c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini | 11 | 34 | 41 | 1 | - |
| 2. Sanath Jayasuriya | lbw b Shaun Pollock | 3 | 12 | 19 | - | - |
| *3. Mahela Jayawardene | run out (Herschelle Gibbs > Shaun Pollock) | 36 | 50 | 93 | 4 | - |
| +4. Kumar Sangakkara | c Mark Boucher b Shaun Pollock | 0 | 9 | 9 | - | - |
| 5. Marvan Atapattu | b Andre Nel | 2 | 5 | 10 | - | - |
| 6. Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Herschelle Gibbs b Andre Nel | 36 | 63 | 95 | 3 | - |
| 7. Farveez Maharoof | c Graeme Smith b Jacques Kallis | 3 | 15 | 19 | - | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | not out | 29 | 34 | 56 | 4 | - |
| 9. Lasith Malinga | c Graeme Smith b Andre Nel | 2 | 6 | 12 | - | - |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | c Shaun Pollock b Makhaya Ntini | 3 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| 11. Dilhara Fernando | lbw b Justin Kemp | 4 | 7 | 13 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-9 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-21 (Upul Tharanga), 3-23 (Kumar Sangakkara), 4-34 (Marvan Atapattu), 5-78 (Mahela Jayawardene), 6-91 (Farveez Maharoof), 7-114 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 8-124 (Lasith Malinga), 9-127 (Muttiah Muralitharan), 141 (Dilhara Fernando). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 5w, 2nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 39.1 ovs, 190 mins) 141 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 0 | 21 | 2 | (1w,1nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 9 | 1 | 24 | 2 | (1w,1nb) |
| Andre Nel | 9 | 1 | 41 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 8 | 0 | 34 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Justin Kemp | 3.1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Graeme Smith, Boeta Dippenaar, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Mark Boucher, Justin Kemp, Shaun Pollock, Robin Peterson, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini