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South Africa v Sri Lanka @ New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
8, 9, 10 November 2002 (five-day match)
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: DJ Harper, RB Tiffin
Third Umpire: S Wadvalla
Match Referee: GR Viswanath
Match Result: South Africa won by an innings and 64 runs
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | b Shaun Pollock | 34 | 117 | 160 | 5 | - |
| 2. Russel Arnold | c Graeme Smith b Makhaya Ntini | 0 | 6 | 9 | - | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Graeme Smith b Steve Elworthy | 26 | 51 | 66 | 5 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Mark Boucher b Jacques Kallis | 39 | 100 | 151 | 7 | - |
| *5. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Graeme Smith b Jacques Kallis | 32 | 46 | 72 | 5 | - |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | run out (Makhaya Ntini > > ) | 24 | 65 | 103 | 3 | - |
| 7. Hasantha Fernando | c Gary Kirsten b Jacques Kallis | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | c Jacques Kallis b Andrew Hall | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 9. Dilhara Fernando | b Shaun Pollock | 7 | 36 | 43 | 1 | - |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | c Makhaya Ntini b Andrew Hall | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 11. Ruchira Perera | not out | 11 | 22 | 37 | 2 | - |
| FOW | 1-2 (Russel Arnold), 2-46 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-86 (Marvan Atapattu), 4-137 (Mahela Jayawardene), 5-140 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 6-140 (Hasantha Fernando), 7-141 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-152 (Dilhara Fernando), 9-165 (Muttiah Muralitharan), 192 (Hashan Tillakaratne). |
| Extras | 4b, 2lb, 1w, 1nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 75.3 ovs, 330 mins) 192 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 18 | 8 | 45 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 14 | 5 | 45 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Steve Elworthy | 15.3 | 3 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 17 | 8 | 35 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Hall | 11 | 6 | 19 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graeme Smith | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Hasantha Fernando | 73 | 92 | 147 | 14 | - |
| 2. Gary Kirsten | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Hasantha Fernando | 55 | 139 | 196 | 9 | - |
| 3. Martin van Jaarsveld | b Hasantha Fernando | 3 | 11 | 14 | - | - |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 75 | 214 | 302 | 8 | - |
| 5. Ashwell Prince | c Ruchira Perera b Chaminda Vaas | 3 | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| 6. Neil McKenzie | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| +7. Mark Boucher | c Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 38 | 66 | 95 | 4 | - |
| *8. Shaun Pollock | c Kumar Sangakkara b Dilhara Fernando | 38 | 65 | 103 | 5 | - |
| 9. Andrew Hall | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 31 | 50 | 56 | 4 | - |
| 10. Steve Elworthy | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 6 | 6 | 11 | 1 | - |
| 11. Makhaya Ntini | not out | 2 | 3 | 6 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-133 (Graeme Smith), 2-148 (Martin van Jaarsveld), 3-175 (Gary Kirsten), 4-179 (Ashwell Prince), 5-180 (Neil McKenzie), 6-249 (Mark Boucher), 7-329 (Shaun Pollock), 8-378 (Andrew Hall), 9-378 (Jacques Kallis), 386 (Steve Elworthy). |
| Extras | 16b, 10lb, 5w, 31nb, 0pen) 62 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 104.4 ovs, 472 mins) 386 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 22 | 2 | 79 | 3 | (1w,7nb) |
| Ruchira Perera | 10.2 | 2 | 40 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 20 | 2 | 95 | 1 | (2w,17nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 31.2 | 8 | 83 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hasantha Fernando | 21 | 2 | 63 | 3 | (2w,3nb) |
3rd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | c Graeme Smith b Steve Elworthy | 43 | 92 | 121 | 8 | - |
| 2. Russel Arnold | c Jacques Kallis b Makhaya Ntini | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini | 7 | 18 | 26 | - | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Gary Kirsten b Shaun Pollock | 1 | 13 | 14 | - | - |
| *5. Sanath Jayasuriya | b Shaun Pollock | 0 | 3 | 9 | - | - |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | c Steve Elworthy b Andrew Hall | 27 | 67 | 118 | 5 | - |
| 7. Hasantha Fernando | lbw b Steve Elworthy | 0 | 4 | 8 | - | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | c Gary Kirsten b Makhaya Ntini | 32 | 30 | 38 | 3 | - |
| 9. Dilhara Fernando | not out | 4 | 4 | 17 | - | - |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | b Andrew Hall | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| 11. Ruchira Perera | b Andrew Hall | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-2 (Russel Arnold), 2-16 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-21 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-25 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 5-77 (Marvan Atapattu), 6-81 (Hasantha Fernando), 7-122 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-122 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 9-122 (Muttiah Muralitharan), 130 (Ruchira Perera). |
| Extras | 4b, 7lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 41 ovs, 187 mins) 130 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 8 | 3 | 17 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 10 | 4 | 22 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 11 | 3 | 40 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Steve Elworthy | 10 | 3 | 39 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Hall | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Graeme Smith, Gary Kirsten, Martin van Jaarsveld, Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince, Neil McKenzie, Mark Boucher, Shaun Pollock, Andrew Hall, Steve Elworthy, Makhaya Ntini