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ODI no. 2556

ICC World Cup - 26th match, Super Eights South Africa v Sri Lanka

2006/07 season

Played at Providence Stadium, Guyana (neutral venue), on 28 March 2007 (50-over match) Result South Africa won by 1 wicket (with 10 balls remaining)

	Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		WU Tharanga	c Kemp b Ntini	12	13	13	2	0	92.30
		ST Jayasuriya	c Kallis b Langeveldt	26	44	27	4	0	96.29
		DPMD Jayawardene	c de Villiers b Langeveldt	12	49	31	1	0	38.70
		KC Sangakkara	c Boucher b Hall	28	50	38	4	0	73.68
		LPC Silva	run out (Gibbs)	9	44	27	1	0	33.33
		TM Dilshan	c Kemp b Ntini	58	100	76	4	0	76.31
		RP Arnold	c Boucher b Langeveldt	50	99	73	2	0	68.49
		MF Maharoof	c Ntini b Langeveldt	5	14	9	0	0	55.55
		WPUJC Vaas	c Gibbs b Langeveldt	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
		SL Malinga	not out	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
		M Muralitharan	run out (Pollock)	1	1	1	0	0	100.00
		Extras	(lb 3, w 4, nb 1)	8
		Total	(all out; 49.3 overs)	209	(4.22 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-13 (Tharanga, 3.1 ov), 2-45 (Jayasuriya, 10.1 ov), 3-65 (Jayawardene, 14.4 ov), 4-90 (Sangakkara, 21.3 ov), 5-98 (Silva, 24.1 ov), 6-195 (Dilshan, 45.5 ov), 7-208 (Arnold, 48.2 ov), 8-208 (Maharoof, 48.5 ov), 9-208 (Vaas, 48.6 ov), 10-209 (Muralitharan, 49.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	SM Pollock	8	0	46	0	5.75
	M Ntini	8	0	26	2	3.25
	CK Langeveldt	10	1	39	5	3.90	(1nb)
	AJ Hall	9.3	0	33	1	3.47	(3w)
	JH Kallis	6	0	24	0	4.00
	RJ Peterson	5	0	22	0	4.40	(1w)
	GC Smith	3	0	16	0	5.33

	South Africa innings (target: 210 runs from 50 overs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		GC Smith	st Sangakkara b Muralitharan	59	79	65	7	1	90.76
		AB de Villiers	b Vaas	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
		JH Kallis	c Sangakkara b Malinga	86	187	110	4	0	78.18
		HH Gibbs	c & b Muralitharan	31	79	51	1	0	60.78
		MV Boucher	lbw b Muralitharan	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
		JM Kemp	st Sangakkara b Jayasuriya	5	23	16	0	0	31.25
		SM Pollock	b Malinga	13	23	24	1	0	54.16
		AJ Hall	c Tharanga b Malinga	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
		RJ Peterson	not out	4	18	8	1	0	50.00
		M Ntini	b Malinga	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
		CK Langeveldt	not out	1	8	9	0	0	11.11
		Extras	(b 5, lb 4, w 3, nb 1)	13
		Total	(9 wickets; 48.2 overs)	212	(4.38 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-1 (de Villiers, 0.6 ov), 2-95 (Smith, 17.2 ov), 3-160 (Gibbs, 32.1 ov), 4-160 (Boucher, 32.2 ov), 5-182 (Kemp, 37.6 ov), 6-206 (Pollock, 44.5 ov), 7-206 (Hall, 44.6 ov), 8-207 (Kallis, 46.1 ov), 9-207 (Ntini, 46.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	WPUJC Vaas	10	1	31	1	3.10
	SL Malinga	9.2	0	54	4	5.78	(1nb, 1w)
	MF Maharoof	7	0	41	0	5.85
	M Muralitharan	10	0	34	3	3.40	(1w)
	ST Jayasuriya	10	0	34	1	3.40	(1w)
	TM Dilshan	2	0	9	0	4.50

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first Points South Africa 2, Sri Lanka 0 Players of the match CK Langeveldt (South Africa) and SL Malinga (Sri Lanka) Umpires SA Bucknor and DJ Harper (Australia) TV umpire MR Benson (England) Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire SJA Taufel (Australia)

Match notes

Sri Lanka innings Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 10.6 overs (66 balls), Extras 1 Drinks: Sri Lanka - 65/3 in 14.4 overs (KC Sangakkara 13) Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0 Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 25.3 overs (157 balls), Extras 7 Drinks: Sri Lanka - 114/5 in 30.0 overs (TM Dilshan 15, RP Arnold 5) 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (TM Dilshan 31, RP Arnold 18, Ex 1) Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 37.6 overs (233 balls), Extras 8 TM Dilshan: 50 off 67 balls (3 x 4) Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 46.5 overs (286 balls), Extras 8 RP Arnold: 50 off 71 balls (2 x 4) South Africa innings Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 South Africa: 50 runs in 10.6 overs (68 balls), Extras 2 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 62 balls (GC Smith 28, JH Kallis 21, Ex 2) GC Smith: 50 off 50 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6) Drinks: South Africa - 92/1 in 16.0 overs (GC Smith 58, JH Kallis 30) South Africa: 100 runs in 18.5 overs (115 balls), Extras 4 JH Kallis: 50 off 55 balls (4 x 4) 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 62 balls (JH Kallis 24, HH Gibbs 23, Ex 3) South Africa: 150 runs in 28.3 overs (173 balls), Extras 7 Drinks: South Africa - 166/4 in 34.0 overs (JH Kallis 67, JM Kemp 1) South Africa: 200 runs in 43.4 overs (266 balls), Extras 13 Power Play 3: Overs 44.1 - 49.0 SL Malinga took 4 wickets in 4 balls with the wickets of Pollock, Hall, Kallis and Ntini. Official Attendance - 5,220

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