South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test at Centurion, Jan 20 2001 - Match Result

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Scorecard summary

South Africa1st Inn

378/10(91.3 overs)

Shaun Pollock

111 (106)

Nuwan Zoysa

4/76 (22)

Neil McKenzie

103 (191)

Pramodya Wickramasinghe

2/51 (12.3)

Sri Lanka1st Inn

119/10(36.5 overs)

Romesh Kaluwitharana

32 (30)

Makhaya Ntini

4/39 (11)

Pramodya Wickramasinghe

21 (25)

Allan Donald

2/28 (9)

Sri Lanka2nd Inn

252/10(81.3 overs)

98 (215)

3/33 (13)

71 (82)

2/51 (19.3)

Match details

GroundSuperSport Park, Centurion

TossSri Lanka, elected to field first

Series

Sri Lanka tour of South Africa

Season2000/01

Player Of The Match

Shaun Pollock

Player Of The Series

Shaun Pollock

Series resultSouth Africa won the 3-match series 2-0

Match numberTest no. 1529

Match daysday (5-day match)

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