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Sri Lanka v South Africa @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
11, 12, 13, 14, 15 August 2004 (five-day match)
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: BF Bowden, SA Bucknor
Third Umpire: EAR de Silva
Match Referee: CH Lloyd
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 313 runs
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Marvan Atapattu | c Mark Boucher b Shaun Pollock | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - |
| 2. Sanath Jayasuriya | lbw b Nicky Boje | 43 | 59 | 111 | 6 | - |
| 3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Jacques Kallis b Shaun Pollock | 232 | 357 | 529 | 31 | 1 |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | b Makhaya Ntini | 82 | 210 | 252 | 10 | - |
| 5. Chaminda Vaas | c Martin van Jaarsveld b Shaun Pollock | 10 | 21 | 30 | 2 | - |
| 6. Thilan Samaraweera | c Makhaya Ntini b Jacques Kallis | 21 | 61 | 98 | 3 | - |
| 7. Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Jacques Kallis b Shaun Pollock | 3 | 13 | 13 | - | - |
| +8. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Mark Boucher b Nantie Hayward | 7 | 15 | 19 | 1 | - |
| 9. Upul Chandana | st Mark Boucher b Nicky Boje | 40 | 81 | 105 | 6 | - |
| 10. Rangana Herath | b Makhaya Ntini | 7 | 15 | 27 | 1 | - |
| 11. Lasith Malinga | not out | 6 | 28 | 70 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-4 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-99 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-291 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-316 (Chaminda Vaas), 5-392 (Thilan Samaraweera), 6-399 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 7-416 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 8-418 (Kumar Sangakkara), 9-437 (Rangana Herath), 470 (Upul Chandana). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 1w, 8nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 142.3 ovs, 634 mins) 470 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 30 | 8 | 81 | 4 | (0w,5nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 33 | 6 | 108 | 2 | (1w,2nb) |
| Nantie Hayward | 17 | 4 | 75 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 17 | 6 | 54 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nicky Boje | 34.3 | 5 | 102 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Rudolph | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin van Jaarsveld | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Graeme Smith | c & b Sanath Jayasuriya | 65 | 125 | 199 | 4 | 2 |
| 2. Herschelle Gibbs | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 3. Martin van Jaarsveld | c Kumar Sangakkara b Sanath Jayasuriya | 51 | 105 | 133 | 6 | - |
| 4. Nicky Boje | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 5. Jacques Kallis | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 13 | 57 | 71 | - | - |
| 6. Jacques Rudolph | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Lasith Malinga | 6 | 33 | 51 | 1 | - |
| 7. Boeta Dippenaar | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Rangana Herath | 25 | 60 | 70 | 5 | - |
| +8. Mark Boucher | not out | 10 | 30 | 48 | 1 | - |
| 9. Shaun Pollock | lbw b Rangana Herath | 1 | 5 | 9 | - | - |
| 10. Makhaya Ntini | b Rangana Herath | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 11. Nantie Hayward | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-1 (Herschelle Gibbs), 2-109 (Martin van Jaarsveld), 3-109 (Nicky Boje), 4-140 (Graeme Smith), 5-141 (Jacques Kallis), 6-166 (Jacques Rudolph), 7-186 (Boeta Dippenaar), 8-188 (Shaun Pollock), 9-188 (Makhaya Ntini), 189 (Nantie Hayward). |
| Extras | 1b, 8lb, 0w, 8nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 69.1 ovs, 298 mins) 189 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lasith Malinga | 13 | 1 | 51 | 1 | (0w,7nb) |
| Rangana Herath | 25 | 6 | 60 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 14.1 | 4 | 34 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Marvan Atapattu | b Jacques Rudolph | 72 | 151 | 178 | 7 | - |
| 2. Sanath Jayasuriya | st Mark Boucher b Nicky Boje | 19 | 25 | 40 | 3 | - |
| 3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Makhaya Ntini b Jacques Kallis | 64 | 58 | 84 | 10 | 1 |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Mark Boucher b Jacques Kallis | 3 | 5 | 10 | - | - |
| 5. Thilan Samaraweera | not out | 21 | 54 | 73 | 1 | - |
| 6. Tillakaratne Dilshan | not out | 23 | 37 | 29 | 4 | - |
| 7. Chaminda Vaas | ||||||
| +8. Romesh Kaluwitharana | ||||||
| 9. Upul Chandana | ||||||
| 10. Rangana Herath | ||||||
| 11. Lasith Malinga |
| FOW | 1-46 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-142 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-149 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-179 (Marvan Atapattu). |
| Extras | 6b, 1lb, 2w, 0nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 55 ovs, 211 mins) 211 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 8 | 0 | 46 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Nicky Boje | 23 | 6 | 81 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nantie Hayward | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graeme Smith | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Rudolph | 7 | 2 | 22 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Graeme Smith | c Thilan Samaraweera b Lasith Malinga | 17 | 38 | 65 | 1 | - |
| 2. Herschelle Gibbs | c Thilan Samaraweera b Lasith Malinga | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | - |
| 3. Martin van Jaarsveld | b Chaminda Vaas | 2 | 17 | 28 | - | - |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Chaminda Vaas | 3 | 6 | 9 | - | - |
| 5. Jacques Rudolph | c Lasith Malinga b Chaminda Vaas | 1 | 9 | 24 | - | - |
| 6. Boeta Dippenaar | not out | 59 | 166 | 216 | 8 | - |
| +7. Mark Boucher | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas | 51 | 132 | 145 | 7 | - |
| 8. Shaun Pollock | c Marvan Atapattu b Tillakaratne Dilshan | 3 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 9. Nicky Boje | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 16 | 20 | 26 | 3 | - |
| 10. Makhaya Ntini | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 11. Nantie Hayward | c & b Lasith Malinga | 1 | 13 | 29 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-4 (Herschelle Gibbs), 2-18 (Martin van Jaarsveld), 3-24 (Jacques Kallis), 4-36 (Graeme Smith), 5-36 (Jacques Rudolph), 6-137 (Mark Boucher), 7-140 (Shaun Pollock), 8-163 (Nicky Boje), 9-163 (Makhaya Ntini), 179 (Nantie Hayward). |
| Extras | 6b, 3lb, 1w, 12nb, 0pen) 22 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 67 ovs, 282 mins) 179 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 18 | 8 | 29 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lasith Malinga | 13 | 1 | 54 | 3 | (1w,10nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 9 | 3 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rangana Herath | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 12 | 6 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chaminda Vaas, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Upul Chandana, Rangana Herath, Lasith Malinga