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South Africa v Sri Lanka @ Buffalo Park, East London
17 December 2000
Toss: South Africa (bat)
Umpires: IL Howell, DL Orchard
Third Umpire: WA Diedricks
Match Referee: Naushad Ali
Match Result: South Africa won by 95 runs
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gary Kirsten | c Mahela Jayawardene b Nuwan Zoysa | 6 | 13 | 29 | - | - |
| 2. Andrew Hall | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 3. Jacques Kallis | c Russel Arnold b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 35 | 48 | 67 | 4 | 1 |
| 4. Neil McKenzie | not out | 120 | 135 | 183 | 13 | 1 |
| 5. Jonty Rhodes | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Sanath Jayasuriya | 50 | 51 | 67 | 3 | 1 |
| +6. Mark Boucher | c Pramodya Wickramasinghe b Muttiah Muralitharan | 55 | 48 | 53 | 5 | 1 |
| 7. Lance Klusener | c Upul Chandana b Nuwan Zoysa | 6 | 6 | 13 | 1 | - |
| 8. Nicky Boje | run out (Marvan Atapattu > ) | 7 | 4 | 9 | 1 | - |
| *9. Shaun Pollock | ||||||
| 10. Roger Telemachus | ||||||
| 11. Makhaya Ntini |
| FOW | 1-1 (Andrew Hall), 2-24 (Gary Kirsten), 3-69 (Jacques Kallis), 4-157 (Jonty Rhodes), 5-257 (Mark Boucher), 6-279 (Lance Klusener), 7-302 (Nicky Boje). |
| Extras | 0b, 12lb, 5w, 6nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs, 214 mins) 302 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 0 | 54 | 1 | (1w,4nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 10 | 0 | 68 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 7 | 0 | 39 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 7 | 0 | 43 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sanath Jayasuriya | b Shaun Pollock | 7 | 9 | 20 | - | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | lbw b Shaun Pollock | 2 | 9 | 12 | - | - |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini | 36 | 57 | 81 | 4 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c & b Nicky Boje | 59 | 84 | 129 | 5 | - |
| 5. Kumar Sangakkara | c Andrew Hall b Makhaya Ntini | 11 | 21 | 27 | 1 | - |
| 6. Russel Arnold | not out | 39 | 56 | 94 | 3 | - |
| 7. Upul Chandana | lbw b Lance Klusener | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | not out | 34 | 68 | 59 | 2 | - |
| 9. Nuwan Zoysa | ||||||
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 11. Pramodya Wickramasinghe |
| FOW | 1-8 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-17 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-80 (Marvan Atapattu), 4-106 (Kumar Sangakkara), 5-141 (Mahela Jayawardene), 6-147 (Upul Chandana). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 7w, 7nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs, 216 mins) 207 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 0 | 34 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Roger Telemachus | 9 | 1 | 44 | 0 | (3w,4nb) |
| Makhaya Ntini | 10 | 0 | 38 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 8 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Lance Klusener | 9 | 2 | 32 | 1 | (0w,3nb) |
| Nicky Boje | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Neil McKenzie | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Gary Kirsten, Andrew Hall, Jacques Kallis, Neil McKenzie, Jonty Rhodes, Mark Boucher, Lance Klusener, Nicky Boje, Shaun Pollock, Roger Telemachus, Makhaya Ntini