- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras16 (lb 11, nb 4, w 1)TOTAL331 all out (127.2 Overs, RR: 2.59)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Chandika Hathurusingha), 2-77 (Asanka Gurusinha), 3-100 (Roshan Mahanama), 4-157 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-168 (Aravinda de Silva), 6-258 (Ruwan Kalpage), 7-273 (Pubudu Dassanayake), 8-285 (Piyal Wijetunge), 9-313 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe), 10-331 (Hashan Tillakaratne)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AA Donald 28 5 69 5 2.46 0 0 BN Schultz 31.2 12 75 4 2.39 0 0 CE Eksteen 14 4 44 0 3.14 0 0 WJ Cronje 26 14 32 1 1.23 0 0 PL Symcox 28 3 100 0 3.57 0 0
25/08Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of Sri Lanka at Moratuwa, Aug 25-30 1993
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
331 & 300/6d -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
267 & 251/7 (112 ov)
Player of the Match
25/08Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of Sri Lanka at Moratuwa, Aug 25-30 1993
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
331 & 300/6d -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
267 & 251/7 (112 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras14 (lb 4, nb 9, w 1)TOTAL267 all out (112.5 Overs, RR: 2.36)Fall of wickets: 1-104 (Kepler Wessels), 2-152 (Hansie Cronje), 3-179 (Andrew Hudson), 4-203 (Jimmy Cook), 5-203 (Daryll Cullinan), 6-206 (David Richardson), 7-240 (Jonty Rhodes), 8-262 (Clive Eksteen), 9-267 (Pat Symcox), 10-267 (Brett Schultz)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GP Wickramasinghe 19 4 58 2 3.05 0 0 AP Gurusinha 3 0 3 0 1.00 0 0 RS Kalpage 17.5 6 23 1 1.28 0 0 PK Wijetunge 29 2 58 1 2.00 0 0 M Muralitharan 39 8 104 5 2.66 0 0 PA de Silva 1 0 3 0 3.00 0 0 UC Hathurusingha 4 0 14 1 3.50 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras15 (b 3, lb 6, nb 6)TOTAL300/6d (80 Overs, RR: 3.75)Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Roshan Mahanama), 2-26 (Piyal Wijetunge), 3-34 (Chandika Hathurusingha), 4-75 (Asanka Gurusinha), 5-196 (Aravinda de Silva), 6-299 (Arjuna Ranatunga)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AA Donald 22 5 73 1 3.31 0 0 BN Schultz 20 2 82 2 4.10 0 0 WJ Cronje 8 2 27 0 3.37 0 0 PL Symcox 21 2 75 3 3.57 0 0 CE Eksteen 9 2 34 0 3.77 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras30 (b 10, lb 4, nb 15, w 1)TOTAL251/7 (112 Overs, RR: 2.24)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Andrew Hudson), 2-15 (Hansie Cronje), 3-47 (Kepler Wessels), 4-92 (Daryll Cullinan), 5-126 (Jimmy Cook), 6-138 (David Richardson), 7-199 (Pat Symcox)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GP Wickramasinghe 22 6 59 2 2.68 0 0 UC Hathurusingha 9 5 9 1 1.00 0 0 M Muralitharan 31 11 48 1 1.54 0 0 PK Wijetunge 23 3 60 1 2.60 0 0 RS Kalpage 8 2 21 0 2.62 0 0 PA de Silva 17 3 35 2 2.05 0 0 HP Tillakaratne 2 0 5 0 2.50 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
3-match series level 0-0
Match number
Season
Match days
25,26,28,29,30 August 1993 (5-day match)
Umpires
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Wed, 25 Aug - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 241/5 (HP Tillakaratne 37*, RS Kalpage 39*)
- Thu, 26 Aug - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 81/0 (KC Wessels 39*, AC Hudson 39*)
- Fri, 27 Aug - rest day
- Sat, 28 Aug - day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 26/2 (UC Hathurusingha 6*, AP Gurusinha 0*)
- Sun, 29 Aug - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 25/2 (KC Wessels 9*, DJ Cullinan 4*)
- Mon, 30 Aug - day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 251/7 (112 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- SL 2nd innings
- Ranatunga passes 2500 runs, the first Sri Lankan to do so.
- RSA 2nd innings
- JN Rhodes: 101 runs, 270 min (approx), 14x4, 1x6
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The man who had to be king
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History favours South Africa
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