Malinga picks up the final wicket, it was short in length, Ntini going back instead of going front, misses it completely, the ball knocks back the stumps.
Sri Lanka vs South Africa, 1st Test at Colombo, Jul 27 2006 - Match Result
RESULT
1st Test, Colombo (SSC), July 27 - 31, 2006, South Africa tour of Sri Lanka
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Scorecard summary
South Africa • 169/10(50.2 overs)
1st INNINGS65 (72)
4/41 (18.2)
29 (52)
4/48 (13)
Sri Lanka • 756/5(185.1 overs)
1st INNINGS374 (572)
3/129 (26)
287 (457)
1/99 (25)
South Africa • 434/10(157.2 overs)
2nd INNINGS90 (182)
6/131 (64)
85 (160)
2/69 (24)
That's it Sri Lanka win by an innings and 153 runs, they now lead the series 1-0. This is Sri Lanka's third test win against South Africa. Wonderful effort from Muralitharan to pick up 6 wickets in second innings and 10 wickets for the match.
Highlights of the match: It was a great effort from the Sri Lankan bowlers to skittle out South Africa for 169 on day 1, Fernando and Muralitharan picking up four wickets each. Then when Sri Lanka batted, a world record partnership of 624 runs between Sangakkara and Jayawardene settled the things for Sri Lanka, it was a wonderful display of batting by both the batsmen. Sangakkara scoring 287 and Jayawardene scoring 374, which made him the top scorer for Sri Lanka in the tests, surpassing Jayasuriya's 340. Sri Lanka had a lead of 587 runs. It was going to be tough for South Africa in the second innings, but they battled well to get the match to the fifth day. Rudolph, Hall, Prince and Boucher played well, but they could not hold on for a draw as Muralitharan struck and picked up 6 wickets to win by a big margin.
Now for the presentations: Jayasuriya presents a momento to Jayawardene and Mahanama presents a momento to Sangakkara for their record breaking partnership.
Jayawardene also receives an award for becoming the highest Test scorer for Sri Lanka, he also collects the Man of the Match.
That's it from here, thanks for being with us. I am Binoy George along with my colleagues signing off. It is bye from all of us here at Cricinfo. Please join us again for the second test starting on 4th of August.
Murali wraps it up for Sri Lanka, check out the Bulletin by Anand Vasu.
157.2
W
Malinga to Ntini, OUT
Makhaya Ntini b Malinga 16 (32b 1x4 1x6 37m) SR: 50
157.1
•
Malinga to Ntini, no run
full and swinging down leg, Jayawardene does well to stop it
Malinga comes on to bowl
end of over 1571 run
SA: 434/9CRR: 2.76
Nicky Boje33 (130b 2x4)
Makhaya Ntini16 (30b 1x4 1x6)
Sanath Jayasuriya 34-8-76-1
Muthiah Muralidaran 64-11-131-6
Umpire Ashoka de Silva is on the field Umpiring as Benson has been sick today.
156.6
•
Jayasuriya to Boje, no run
moves back and works to the on side
156.5
•
Jayasuriya to Boje, no run
comes forward and plays, lobs up to the off side, Dilshan flings himself to the left and takes it, another appeal for a catch turned down by Umpire Bowden
156.4
•
Jayasuriya to Boje, no run
comes forward and defends, off the pad to silly-point, appeal for a catch turned down
156.3
•
Jayasuriya to Boje, no run
moves back and defends to short leg to a quicker delivery
156.2
•
Jayasuriya to Boje, no run
comes forward and defends on the track
156.1
1
Jayasuriya to Ntini, 1 run
down the leg side, played behind square leg to pick up a single
end of over 1561 run
SA: 433/9CRR: 2.77
Nicky Boje33 (125b 2x4)
Makhaya Ntini15 (29b 1x4 1x6)
Muthiah Muralidaran 64-11-131-6
Sanath Jayasuriya 33-8-75-1
155.6
•
Murali to Boje, no run
left alone outside the off stump
155.5
•
Murali to Boje, no run
good ball the doosra tossed up on the off and middle, strikes the pad, appeal turned down, it looked close
155.4
•
Murali to Boje, no run
comes forward and defends to gully
155.3
•
Murali to Boje, no run
comes forward and defends to silly-point
155.2
1
Murali to Ntini, 1 run
spins in, Ntini goes for the big shot, mistimes it to the on side, quick single taken
155.1
•
Murali to Ntini, no run
comes forward and defends it back to the bowler
end of over 155Maiden
SA: 432/9CRR: 2.78
Nicky Boje33 (121b 2x4)
Makhaya Ntini14 (27b 1x4 1x6)
Sanath Jayasuriya 33-8-75-1
Muthiah Muralidaran 63-11-130-6
154.6
•
Jayasuriya to Boje, no run
comes forward and defends down the track
154.5
•
Jayasuriya to Boje, no run
pushes it back down the track
154.4
•
Jayasuriya to Boje, no run
worked to the on side
154.3
•
Jayasuriya to Boje, no run
comes forward and pushes to the off side
154.2
•
Jayasuriya to Boje, no run
comes forward and defends
154.1
•
Jayasuriya to Boje, no run
full toss driven straight into Dilshan at silly-point, looks to have hurt him
Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
374 runs (572)
43 fours1 six
Productive shot
off side drive on front foot
97 runs
11 fours0 six
Control
93%
287 runs (457)
35 fours0 six
Productive shot
off side drive on front foot
92 runs
13 fours0 six
Control
92%
Match details
| Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | |
| Toss | South Africa, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2006 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | Sri Lanka led the 2-match series 1-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 1810 |
| Hours of play (local time) | 10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-1.10pm, Tea 3.10-3.30pm, Close 5.30pm |
| Match days | 27,28,29,30,31 July 2006 - day (5-day match) |
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