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Sri Lanka v South Africa @ Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
30, 31 July, 1, 2 August 2000 (five-day match)
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: DJ Harper, MG Silva
Third Umpire: EAR de Silva
Match Referee: BF Hastings
Match Result: South Africa won by 7 runs
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gary Kirsten | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 5 | 4 | - | - |
| 2. Neil McKenzie | c Mahela Jayawardene b Nuwan Zoysa | 0 | 5 | 14 | - | - |
| 3. Jacques Kallis | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 16 | 42 | 77 | 2 | - |
| 4. Daryll Cullinan | b Kumar Dharmasena | 2 | 32 | 38 | - | - |
| 5. Jonty Rhodes | b Kumar Dharmasena | 12 | 22 | 24 | - | - |
| 6. Lance Klusener | not out | 118 | 219 | 243 | 13 | 2 |
| +7. Mark Boucher | run out (Muttiah Muralitharan > > ) | 60 | 111 | 115 | 8 | - |
| *8. Shaun Pollock | c Mahela Jayawardene b Upul Chandana | 5 | 19 | 18 | - | - |
| 9. Nicky Boje | lbw b Upul Chandana | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Paul Adams | c Mahela Jayawardene b Kumar Dharmasena | 6 | 37 | 41 | - | - |
| 11. Nantie Hayward | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 13 | 22 | 58 | 2 | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Gary Kirsten), 2-4 (Neil McKenzie), 3-16 (Daryll Cullinan), 4-34 (Jonty Rhodes), 5-34 (Jacques Kallis), 6-158 (Mark Boucher), 7-173 (Shaun Pollock), 8-173 (Nicky Boje), 9-210 (Paul Adams), 253 (Nantie Hayward). |
| Extras | 9b, 6lb, 0w, 6nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 84.5 ovs, 320 mins) 253 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 5 | 11 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 6 | 2 | 16 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 20 | 3 | 58 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 30.5 | 3 | 95 | 2 | (0w,6nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 20 | 2 | 58 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | lbw b Shaun Pollock | 120 | 292 | 371 | 15 | - |
| *2. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Jacques Kallis b Nantie Hayward | 28 | 70 | 78 | 4 | - |
| 3. Russel Arnold | run out (Jacques Kallis > > ) | 28 | 67 | 99 | 3 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Daryll Cullinan b Nicky Boje | 18 | 25 | 38 | 3 | - |
| +5. Kumar Sangakkara | run out (Neil McKenzie > > ) | 24 | 38 | 39 | 4 | - |
| 6. Arjuna Ranatunga | lbw b Nantie Hayward | 54 | 77 | 129 | 9 | 1 |
| 7. Kumar Dharmasena | c Mark Boucher b Shaun Pollock | 3 | 14 | 22 | - | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | c Jonty Rhodes b Shaun Pollock | 4 | 12 | 16 | - | - |
| 9. Upul Chandana | not out | 1 | 3 | 16 | - | - |
| 10. Nuwan Zoysa | b Jacques Kallis | 3 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | b Jacques Kallis | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-53 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-109 (Russel Arnold), 3-142 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-182 (Kumar Sangakkara), 5-286 (Marvan Atapattu), 6-296 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 7-300 (Kumar Dharmasena), 8-303 (Chaminda Vaas), 9-308 (Nuwan Zoysa), 308 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 6b, 12lb, 0w, 7nb, 0pen) 25 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 99.4 ovs, 411 mins) 308 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 24 | 5 | 83 | 3 | (0w,6nb) |
| Nantie Hayward | 22 | 6 | 67 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 11.4 | 4 | 18 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nicky Boje | 15 | 2 | 50 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Klusener | 11 | 2 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Adams | 14 | 1 | 44 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daryll Cullinan | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gary Kirsten | b Kumar Dharmasena | 13 | 53 | 65 | 1 | - |
| 2. Neil McKenzie | b Nuwan Zoysa | 1 | 14 | 24 | - | - |
| 3. Jacques Kallis | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 87 | 208 | 237 | 6 | 1 |
| 4. Daryll Cullinan | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 6 | 17 | 13 | - | 1 |
| 5. Jonty Rhodes | c Kumar Sangakkara b Sanath Jayasuriya | 33 | 66 | 85 | 2 | 1 |
| 6. Lance Klusener | c Kumar Sangakkara b Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 17 | 15 | - | - |
| +7. Mark Boucher | c Marvan Atapattu b Muttiah Muralitharan | 15 | 19 | 22 | 2 | - |
| *8. Shaun Pollock | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 20 | 46 | 51 | 2 | 1 |
| 9. Nicky Boje | c sub b Upul Chandana | 27 | 73 | 76 | 2 | - |
| 10. Paul Adams | not out | 14 | 49 | 77 | 2 | - |
| 11. Nantie Hayward | lbw b Upul Chandana | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-10 (Neil McKenzie), 2-37 (Gary Kirsten), 3-50 (Daryll Cullinan), 4-121 (Jonty Rhodes), 5-128 (Lance Klusener), 6-153 (Mark Boucher), 7-186 (Shaun Pollock), 8-186 (Jacques Kallis), 9-231 (Nicky Boje), 231 (Nantie Hayward). |
| Extras | 7b, 1lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 93.5 ovs, 339 mins) 231 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 14 | 6 | 17 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 16 | 2 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 36 | 8 | 76 | 3 | (0w,3nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 9.5 | 0 | 21 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 13 | 1 | 45 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | lbw b Shaun Pollock | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| *2. Sanath Jayasuriya | lbw b Nantie Hayward | 0 | 1 | 6 | - | - |
| 3. Russel Arnold | lbw b Nicky Boje | 40 | 98 | 154 | 5 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Mark Boucher b Nantie Hayward | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | - |
| +5. Kumar Sangakkara | c Nantie Hayward b Jacques Kallis | 5 | 25 | 39 | - | - |
| 6. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Jonty Rhodes b Nicky Boje | 88 | 103 | 140 | 15 | - |
| 7. Kumar Dharmasena | c Jonty Rhodes b Lance Klusener | 1 | 13 | 10 | - | - |
| 8. Upul Chandana | b Lance Klusener | 16 | 26 | 32 | 3 | - |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | run out (Jacques Kallis > Lance Klusener > ) | 5 | 13 | 23 | - | - |
| 10. Nuwan Zoysa | not out | 2 | 19 | 20 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | c Mark Boucher b Nicky Boje | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-5 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-9 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-21 (Kumar Sangakkara), 5-130 (Russel Arnold), 6-133 (Kumar Dharmasena), 7-161 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 8-161 (Upul Chandana), 9-169 (Chaminda Vaas), 169 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 1b, 6lb, 2w, 2nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 50.1 ovs, 220 mins) 169 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 11 | 4 | 38 | 1 | (1w,2nb) |
| Nantie Hayward | 5 | 1 | 15 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 8 | 1 | 25 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Paul Adams | 3 | 1 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Klusener | 13 | 3 | 34 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nicky Boje | 10.1 | 4 | 24 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya, Russel Arnold, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Arjuna Ranatunga, Kumar Dharmasena, Upul Chandana, Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Zoysa, Muttiah Muralitharan