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RESULT

1st Test, Colombo (SSC), July 27 - 31, 2006, South Africa tour of Sri Lanka

169 & 434

756/5d

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 153 runs

Player Of The Match

Mahela Jayawardene

, SL

374

Murali spins South Africa to defeat

Murali spins South Africa to defeat

Jayawardene and Sangakkara create history

Jayawardene and Sangakkara create history

Sri Lanka continue their dominance

Sri Lanka continue their dominance

South Africa hang on to fight another day

South Africa hang on to fight another day

Sangakkara and Jayawardene run amok

Sangakkara and Jayawardene run amok

Match Coverage

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Six instances when a Sri Lanka pair batted out entire day of a Test

Dimuth Karunaratne and Dhananjaya de Silva kept the Bangladesh bowlers at bay on day four of the Pallekele Test

Six instances when a Sri Lanka pair batted out entire day of a Test

A tale of two SSC Tests

In 1993 and 2006, South Africa's bowlers had vastly different results in Colombo. Brett Schultz and Makhaya Ntini look back

A tale of two SSC Tests

It takes two to tango

Two greats look back on 20 years of friendship that has included World Cup heartbreak, a world-record stand, and missing a wedding

It takes two to tango

Instant answers to T20 questions

South Africa Innings

Player Name		R	B
JA Rudolph	caught	90	182
AJ Hall	lbw	64	177
HM Amla	lbw	2	14
AG Prince	caught	61	182
AB de Villiers	lbw	24	38
MV Boucher	caught	85	160
HH Gibbs	caught	18	32
N Boje	not out	33	130
A Nel	bowled	0	8
DW Steyn	bowled	4	9
M Ntini	bowled	16	32
Extras	(b 11, lb 4, nb 20, w 2)
Total	434(10 wkts; 157.2 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	165	Andrew Hall	Jacques Rudolph
2nd	6	Andrew Hall	Hashim Amla
3rd	14	Andrew Hall	Ashwell Prince
4th	49	Ashwell Prince	AB de Villiers
5th	78	Mark Boucher	Ashwell Prince
6th	38	Herschelle Gibbs	Mark Boucher
7th	51	Nicky Boje	Mark Boucher
8th	3	Nicky Boje	Andre Nel
9th	8	Nicky Boje	Dale Steyn
10th	22	Nicky Boje	Makhaya Ntini

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