t1810 f49467	Sri Lanka v South Africa
	South Africa in Sri Lanka 2006 (1st Test)
Venue	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo on 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st July 2006 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sri Lanka won by an innings and 153 runs
Umpires	MR Benson (England), BF Bowden (New Zealand)
TV umpire	EAR de Silva
Referee	J Srinath (India)
Reserve Umpire	MG Silva
Close of play day 1	Sri Lanka (1) 128/2 (Sangakkara 59*, DPMD Jayawardene 55*; 26 overs)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lanka (1) 485/2 (Sangakkara 229*, DPMD Jayawardene 224*; 112 overs)
Close of play day 3	South Africa (2) 43/0 (Rudolph 24*, Hall 13*; 15 overs)
Close of play day 4	South Africa (2) 311/4 (Prince 60*, Boucher 38*; 105 overs)
Player of the Match	DPMD Jayawardene

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HH Gibbs	b Fernando	19	41	72	3	-
AJ Hall	b Fernando	17	31	50	3	-
JA Rudolph	c HAPW Jayawardene b Maharoof	29	52	72	5	-
HM Amla	st HAPW Jayawardene b Muralitharan	19	64	96	-	-
*AG Prince	c HAPW Jayawardene b Maharoof	1	15	16	-	-
AB de Villiers	c Kapugedera b Muralitharan	65	72	97	8	-
+MV Boucher	c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan	4	9	20	-	-
N Boje	lbw b Muralitharan	5	10	16	1	-
A Nel	lbw b Fernando	0	2	6	-	-
DW Steyn	b Fernando	0	1	2	-	-
M Ntini	not out	0	5	21	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 238 minutes, 50.2 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Hall, 9.6 ov), 2-45 (Gibbs, 13.6 ov), 3-78 (Rudolph, 25.2 ov), 4-80 (Prince, 29.4 ov), 5-112 (Amla, 36.6 ov), 6-128 (Boucher, 40.6 ov), 7-148 (Boje, 44.5 ov), 8-151 (Nel, 45.5 ov), 9-151 (Steyn, 45.6 ov), 10-169 (de Villiers, 50.2 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Malinga	10	2	38	0	-	-
Maharoof	9	1	32	2	-	-
Fernando	13	2	48	4	-	-
Muralitharan	18.2	6	41	4	-	-

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WU Tharanga	c Boucher b Steyn	7	10	19	1	-
ST Jayasuriya	lbw b Steyn	4	6	7	-	-
KC Sangakkara	c Boucher b Hall	287	457	675	35	-
*DPMD Jayawardene	b Nel	374	572	752	43	1
TM Dilshan	lbw b Steyn	45	67	83	6	-
CK Kapugedera	not out	1	7	14	-	-
+HAPW Jayawardene	did not bat
MF Maharoof	did not bat
SL Malinga	did not bat
CRD Fernando	did not bat
M Muralitharan	did not bat
Extras	(17 b, 5 lb, 8 nb, 8 w)	38
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 782 minutes, 185.1 overs)	756
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Jayasuriya, 1.3 ov), 2-14 (Tharanga, 3.3 ov), 3-638 (Sangakkara, 160.3 ov), 4-751 (Dilshan, 182.1 ov), 5-756 (DPMD Jayawardene, 185.1 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ntini	31	3	97	0	-	1
Steyn	26	1	129	3	2	6
Nel	25.1	2	114	1	1	1
Hall	25	2	99	1	-	-
Boje	65	5	221	0	-	-
Rudolph	7	0	45	0	-	-
Prince	2	0	7	0	1	-
de Villiers	4	0	22	0	-	-

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South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Rudolph	c Kapugedera b Fernando	90	182	206	13	-
AJ Hall	lbw b Muralitharan	64	177	263	7	-
HM Amla	lbw b Fernando	2	14	16	-	-
*AG Prince	c DPMD Jayawardene b Muralitharan	61	182	211	4	-
AB de Villiers	lbw b Muralitharan	24	38	67	3	-
+MV Boucher	c and b Jayasuriya	85	160	232	10	-
HH Gibbs	c and b Muralitharan	18	32	48	3	-
N Boje	not out	33	130	139	2	-
A Nel	b Muralitharan	0	8	9	-	-
DW Steyn	b Muralitharan	4	9	11	1	-
M Ntini	b Malinga	16	32	37	1	1
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb, 20 nb, 2 w)	37
Total	(all out, 624 minutes, 157.2 overs)	434
Fall of wickets:
1-165 (Rudolph, 51.6 ov), 2-171 (Amla, 55.5 ov), 3-185 (Hall, 64.5 ov), 4-234 (de Villiers, 83.2 ov), 5-312 (Prince, 106.6 ov), 6-350 (Gibbs, 118.4 ov), 7-401 (Boucher, 138.6 ov), 8-404 (Nel, 141.5 ov), 9-412 (Steyn, 145.3 ov), 10-434 (Ntini, 157.2 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Malinga	16.2	0	85	1	1	7
Maharoof	15	3	48	0	1	5
Fernando	24	6	69	2	-	8
Muralitharan	64	11	131	6	-	-
Dilshan	4	1	10	0	-	-
Jayasuriya	34	8	76	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: South Africa (1) 78/2 (Rudolph 29*, HM Amla 9*; 25 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: South Africa (1) 169 all out
--> Day 2 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 227/2 (KC Sangakkara 108*, DPMD Jayawardene 99*; 52 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Sri Lanka (1) 320/2 (KC Sangakkara 147*, DPMD Jayawardene 145*; 81 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 584/2 (KC Sangakkara 271*, DPMD Jayawardene 276*; 144 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Sri Lanka (1) 720/3 (DPMD Jayawardene 357*, TM Dilshan 34*; 176 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: South Africa (2) 150/0 (JA Rudolph 80*, AJ Hall 50*; 46 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: South Africa (2) 209/3 (AG Prince 17*, AB de Villiers 9*; 73 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: South Africa (2) 392/6 (Boucher 80*, Boje 18*; 135 overs)
--> South Africa first innings: 50 in 15.2 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 100 in 33.4 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 150 in 45.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 50 in 10.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 100 in 20.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 150 in 31.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 200 in 42.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 250 in 57.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 300 in 73.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 350 in 85.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 400 in 93.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 450 in 103.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 500 in 118.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 550 in 134.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 600 in 148.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 650 in 164.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 700 in 172.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 750 in 181.1 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 50 in 16.3 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 100 in 27.2 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 150 in 45.4 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 200 in 69.6 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 250 in 86.3 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 300 in 101.3 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 350 in 118.3 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 400 in 137.6 overs
--> AB de Villiers (1) 50 in 52 balls with 7 fours
--> KC Sangakkara (1) 50 in 56 balls with 8 fours
--> KC Sangakkara (1) 100 in 116 balls with 14 fours
--> KC Sangakkara (1) 150 in 224 balls with 19 fours
--> KC Sangakkara (1) 200 in 272 balls with 27 fours
--> KC Sangakkara (1) 250 in 371 balls with 32 fours
--> KC Sangakkara (1) passed his previous highest score of 270 in First-Class matches
--> KC Sangakkara (1) passed his previous highest score of 270 in Test matches
--> KC Sangakkara (1) passed 4500 runs in Test matches when he reached 44
--> KC Sangakkara (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 242
--> DPMD Jayawardene (1) 50 in 72 balls with 6 fours
--> DPMD Jayawardene (1) 100 in 161 balls with 14 fours
--> DPMD Jayawardene (1) 150 in 259 balls with 20 fours
--> DPMD Jayawardene (1) 200 in 323 balls with 26 fours and 1 six
--> DPMD Jayawardene (1) passed his previous highest score of 242 in Test matches
--> DPMD Jayawardene (1) 250 in 403 balls with 29 fours and 1 six
--> DPMD Jayawardene (1) passed his previous highest score of 274 in First-Class matches
--> DPMD Jayawardene (1) 300 in 491 balls with 34 fours and 1 six
--> DPMD Jayawardene (1) 350 in 534 balls with 41 fours and 1 six
--> DPMD Jayawardene (1) passed 6000 runs in Test matches when he reached 260
--> DPMD Jayawardene (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 236
--> TM Dilshan (1) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 11
--> AJ Hall (2) 50 in 131 balls with 6 fours
--> JA Rudolph (2) 50 in 77 balls with 8 fours
--> JA Rudolph (2) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 90
--> AG Prince (2) 50 in 141 balls with 4 fours
--> MV Boucher (2) 50 in 99 balls with 7 fours
--> AJ Hall made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> AJ Hall made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> AG Prince made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> AB de Villiers made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> DW Steyn made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> A Nel made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> CK Kapugedera made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> HM Amla made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches

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KC Sangakkara (28) and DPMD Jayawardene (22) added 50 in 70 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket in the first innings
KC Sangakkara (56) and DPMD Jayawardene (45) added 100 in 112 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket in the first innings
KC Sangakkara (80) and DPMD Jayawardene (65) added 150 in 190 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket in the first innings
KC Sangakkara (102) and DPMD Jayawardene (90) added 200 in 267 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket in the first innings
KC Sangakkara (122) and DPMD Jayawardene (116) added 250 in 374 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket in the first innings
KC Sangakkara (141) and DPMD Jayawardene (143) added 300 in 451 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket in the first innings
KC Sangakkara (172) and DPMD Jayawardene (162) added 350 in 505 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket in the first innings
KC Sangakkara (196) and DPMD Jayawardene (187) added 400 in 565 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket in the first innings
KC Sangakkara (217) and DPMD Jayawardene (216) added 450 in 616 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket in the first innings
KC Sangakkara (231) and DPMD Jayawardene (248) added 500 in 719 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket in the first innings
KC Sangakkara (259) and DPMD Jayawardene (266) added 550 in 819 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket in the first innings
KC Sangakkara (277) and DPMD Jayawardene (294) added 600 in 912 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket in the first innings
DPMD Jayawardene (33) and TM Dilshan (20) added 50 in 61 balls for the Sri Lanka 4th wicket in the first innings
DPMD Jayawardene (56) and TM Dilshan (39) added 100 in 110 balls for the Sri Lanka 4th wicket in the first innings
JA Rudolph (33) and AJ Hall (13) added 50 in 104 balls for the South Africa 1st wicket in the second innings
JA Rudolph (63) and AJ Hall (28) added 100 in 174 balls for the South Africa 1st wicket in the second innings
JA Rudolph (80) and AJ Hall (50) added 150 in 284 balls for the South Africa 1st wicket in the second innings
AG Prince (23) and MV Boucher (23) added 50 in 81 balls for the South Africa 5th wicket in the second innings
MV Boucher (29) and N Boje (21) added 50 in 116 balls for the South Africa 7th wicket in the second innings
New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 320/2 after 81.1 overs (KC Sangakkara 147, DPMD Jayawardene 145)
New Ball Taken: South Africa 233/3 after 82.1 overs (AG Prince 27, AB de Villiers 23)
EAR de Silva stood in place of the indisposed MR Benson at the start of the 5th day