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VB Series - 9th match

South Africa v Sri Lanka

South Africa won by 5 wickets (with 29 balls remaining)

ODI no. 2321 | 2005/06 season
Played at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth (neutral venue)
31 January 2006 - day/night (50-over match)


Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
J Mubarak	b Smith	31	65	50	5	0	62.00
15.6 bowls the top spin, goes on the cut, ball comes into him, bottom edge drags it into the stumps 94/1
ST Jayasuriya	c Prince b Smith	86	96	65	9	3	132.30
21.5 slightly short, gets back and cuts late, in the air, Prince dives, takes a blinding two handed catch at backward point 137/2
KC Sangakkara†	c Kemp b Langeveldt	16	40	24	1	0	66.66
24.3 just on the off, leaving him as he drives, edges to slip 144/4
DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b Smith	1	7	8	0	0	12.50
23.5 pushes forward, ball turns back from outside off, into the pad and thats out 142/3
MS Atapattu*	c Rudolph b van der Wath	7	23	17	0	0	41.17
30.3 short, cuts down the throat of deep cover 159/5
RP Arnold	c Kemp b Pollock	15	44	46	1	0	32.60
36.4 short outside off, gets back cuts, in the air, the tall Kemp at gully goes high to his right to take a two handed catch 179/6
TM Dilshan	run out (Kemp/van der Wath)	37	74	42	3	0	88.09
47.4 van der Wath to Muralitharan, outside the off, back, dabs just wide of backward point, Dilshan comes, Murali stays, kemp gathers and goes back to the bowler who lifts the bails 221/10
WPUJC Vaas	run out (Prince/Smith)	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
37.1 Smith to Dilshan, turned off the hips behind square, hesitation, Vaas keeps on coming, Dilshan stays, Prince returns to Smith who calmly lifts the bails with Vaas at the other end 179/7
KMDN Kulasekara	c Kemp b Pollock	1	4	6	0	0	16.66
38.4 just on the off, this one leaves him enough to get the edge and a fairly easy catch low down for Kemp at slip 182/8
HMCM Bandara	run out (Prince/van der Wath)	11	30	22	0	1	50.00
45.4 van der Wath to Dilshan, a full toss on the leg is driven straight, Prince gets across sliding, fumbles, and a silly second is attempted, Prince returns to the bowler who has the bails off, no need for the TV umpire 216/9
M Muralitharan	not out	1	8	6	0	0	16.66

Extras	(lb 10, w 3, nb 2)	15

Total	(all out; 47.4 overs; 205 mins)	221	(4.63 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-94 (Mubarak, 15.6 ov), 2-137 (Jayasuriya, 21.5 ov), 3-142 (Jayawardene, 23.5 ov), 4-144 (Sangakkara, 24.3 ov), 5-159 (Atapattu, 30.3 ov), 6-179 (Arnold, 36.4 ov), 7-179 (Vaas, 37.1 ov), 8-182 (Kulasekara, 38.4 ov), 9-216 (Bandara, 45.4 ov), 10-221 (Dilshan, 47.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	10	3	17	2	1.70
36.4 to Arnold, short outside off, gets back cuts, in the air, the tall Kemp at gully goes high to his right to take a two handed catch 179/6 38.4 to Kulasekara, just on the off, this one leaves him enough to get the edge and a fairly easy catch low down for Kemp at slip 182/8
CK Langeveldt	10	0	50	1	5.00	(2nb, 1w)
24.3 to Sangakkara, just on the off, leaving him as he drives, edges to slip 144/4
AJ Hall	9	0	48	0	5.33

JJ van der Wath	8.4	0	66	1	7.61
30.3 to Atapattu, short, cuts down the throat of deep cover 159/5
GC Smith	10	0	30	3	3.00	(2w)
15.6 to Mubarak, bowls the top spin, goes on the cut, ball comes into him, bottom edge drags it into the stumps 94/1 21.5 to Jayasuriya, slightly short, gets back and cuts late, in the air, Prince dives, takes a blinding two handed catch at backward point 137/2 23.5 to Jayawardene, pushes forward, ball turns back from outside off, into the pad and thats out 142/3


South Africa innings (target: 222 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith*	c †Sangakkara b Muralitharan	41	70	52	4	1	78.84
16.4 outside the off, gets well back, looked like he played for the doosra, gets the off spinner and a feint edge to the keeper 84/1
HH Dippenaar	c †Sangakkara b Muralitharan	87	139	94	7	3	92.55
32.1 pushes forward to the doosra, guessed wrong, plays for the off spin, edge feintly to Sangakara 164/3
JA Rudolph	st †Sangakkara b Bandara	25	62	48	0	0	52.08
31.6 comes down the pitch, gets the googly, runs past it and keeps on heading to the change rooms, easy stumping for Kumar 164/2
HH Gibbs	b Muralitharan	4	10	8	0	0	50.00
34.4 flighted outside off, Gibbs goes for the big heave ho, beaten, bowled 175/4
MV Boucher†	not out	30	50	33	1	0	90.90

JM Kemp	st †Sangakkara b Bandara	6	11	12	0	0	50.00
37.6 uses the feet, turns it into a yorker on his own, swings and misses, Sangakkara does very well with the full pitched ball 190/5
AG Prince	not out	20	27	25	3	0	80.00

Extras	(b 4, w 6, nb 1)	11

Total	(5 wickets; 45.1 overs; 193 mins)	224	(4.95 runs per over)

Did not bat SM Pollock, JJ van der Wath, AJ Hall, J Botha

Fall of wickets 1-84 (Smith, 16.4 ov), 2-164 (Rudolph, 31.6 ov), 3-164 (Dippenaar, 32.1 ov), 4-175 (Gibbs, 34.4 ov), 5-190 (Kemp, 37.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	9	1	39	0	4.33	(3w)

RP Arnold	1	0	11	0	11.00

KMDN Kulasekara	5.1	0	22	0	4.25

M Muralitharan	10	0	44	3	4.40	(1nb, 2w)
16.4 to Smith, outside the off, gets well back, looked like he played for the doosra, gets the off spinner and a feint edge to the keeper 84/1 32.1 to Dippenaar, pushes forward to the doosra, guessed wrong, plays for the off spin, edge feintly to Sangakara 164/3 34.4 to Gibbs, flighted outside off, Gibbs goes for the big heave ho, beaten, bowled 175/4
TM Dilshan	7	0	44	0	6.28

HMCM Bandara	10	0	47	2	4.70
31.6 to Rudolph, comes down the pitch, gets the googly, runs past it and keeps on heading to the change rooms, easy stumping for Kumar 164/2 37.6 to Kemp, uses the feet, turns it into a yorker on his own, swings and misses, Sangakkara does very well with the full pitched ball 190/5
ST Jayasuriya	3	0	13	0	4.33	(1w)

Match details

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Points South Africa 4, Sri Lanka 0

South Africa replacement J Botha for CK Langeveldt (Sri Lanka innings, 45.4 ov)
Sri Lanka replacement HMCM Bandara for CRD Fernando (Sri Lanka innings, 38.4 ov)
Player of the match GC Smith (South Africa)

Umpires MR Benson (England) and PD Parker
TV umpire RL Parry
Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand)

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