South Africa beat Sri Lanka South Africa won by 7 runs - Sri Lanka vs South Africa, South Africa tour of Sri Lanka, 2nd Test Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy July 30 - August 02, 2000 Match Summary, Report | ESPNcricinfo.com

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2nd Test, Kandy, July 30 - August 02, 2000, South Africa tour of Sri Lanka

253 & 231

(T:177) 308 & 169

South Africa won by 7 runs

Player Of The Match

Arjuna Ranatunga

, SL

54 & 88

Player Of The Match

, SA

118* & 2/34

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Scorecard summary

South Africa • 253/10(84.5 overs)

1st INNINGS

118* (219)

Kumar Dharmasena

3/58 (20)

60 (111)

2/58 (20)

Sri Lanka • 308/10(99.4 overs)

1st INNINGS

Marvan Atapattu

120 (292)

3/83 (24)

Arjuna Ranatunga

54 (77)

2/18 (11.4)

South Africa • 231/10(93.5 overs)

2nd INNINGS

87 (208)

Muthiah Muralidaran

3/76 (36)

33 (66)

2/21 (9.5)

Sri Lanka • 169/10(50.1 overs)

2nd INNINGS

Arjuna Ranatunga

88 (103)

3/24 (10.1)

40 (98)

2/34 (13)

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Match details

Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to field first
Series	South Africa tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2000
Player Of The Match	Arjuna Ranatunga Lance Klusener
Series result	3-match series level 1-1
Match number	Test no. 1505
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Daryl Harper Gamini Silva
TV Umpire	Asoka de Silva
Match Referee	Brian Hastings

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Sri Lanka Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
MS Atapattu	lbw	0	1
ST Jayasuriya	lbw	0	1
RP Arnold	lbw	40	98
DPMD Jayawardene	caught	1	3
KC Sangakkara	caught	5	25
A Ranatunga	caught	88	103
HDPK Dharmasena	caught	1	13
UDU Chandana	bowled	16	26
WPUJC Vaas	run out	5	13
DNT Zoysa	not out	2	19
M Muralidaran	caught	0	1
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 2, w 2)
Total	169(10 wkts; 50.1 ovs)

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	0	Marvan Atapattu	Sanath Jayasuriya
2nd	5	Sanath Jayasuriya	Russel Arnold
3rd	4	Russel Arnold	Mahela Jayawardene
4th	12	Russel Arnold	Kumar Sangakkara
5th	109	Arjuna Ranatunga	Russel Arnold
6th	3	Arjuna Ranatunga	Kumar Dharmasena
7th	28	Arjuna Ranatunga	Upul Chandana
8th	0	Upul Chandana	Chaminda Vaas
9th	8	Chaminda Vaas	Nuwan Zoysa
10th	0	Muthiah Muralidaran	Nuwan Zoysa

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