South Africa v Sri Lanka (967)

a8985 o967	South Africa v Sri Lanka
	Mandela Trophy 1994/95
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 21st December 1994 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Africa won by 44 runs (Highest scoring consecutive overs)
Points	South Africa 2; Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	RE Koertzen, KE Liebenberg
Third umpire	CJ Mitchley
Referee	PJP Burge
Man of the Match	CR Matthews

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South Africa innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s AC Hudson lbw b Wickramasinghe 27 31 27 4 1 G Kirsten b Dharmasena 20 44 57 1 - DJ Cullinan c Gurusinha b Dharmasena 63 75 89 4 1 *WJ Cronje c de Silva b Kalpage 5 23 24 - - JN Rhodes c Mahanama b Dharmasena 53 80 83 2 - DJ Callaghan c Jayasuriya b Dharmasena 23 25 30 2 - +DJ Richardson c Ranatunga b Vaas 7 7 13 - - EO Simons c Kalpage b Vaas 11 7 16 2 - CR Matthews not out 11 8 11 1 - PS de Villiers not out 7 2 3 - 1 CE Eksteen did not bat Extras (3 b, 7 lb) 10 Total (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) 237 Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Hudson), 2-53 (Kirsten), 3-79 (Cronje), 4-198 (Rhodes), 5-200 (Cullinan), 6-200 (Callaghan), 7-210 (Richardson), 8-229 (Simons) Sri Lanka bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Wickramasinghe 8 0 44 1 - - Vaas 9 0 42 2 - - Dharmasena 10 0 37 4 - - Muralitharan 10 0 32 0 - - Kalpage 10 1 51 1 - - Jayasuriya 3 0 21 0 - - Sri Lanka innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s RS Mahanama c Eksteen b Matthews 3 12 13 - - ST Jayasuriya c sub (MJR Rindel) b Matthews 20 26 42 2 1 AP Gurusinha lbw b Cronje 23 52 69 3 - PA de Silva c Callaghan b Matthews 0 4 8 - - *A Ranatunga c and b Cronje 29 38 57 2 1 +HP Tillakaratne not out 36 52 63 2 - RS Kalpage b Callaghan 9 11 22 - - HDPK Dharmasena not out 12 11 14 - - WPUJC Vaas did not bat GP Wickramasinghe did not bat M Muralitharan did not bat Extras (2 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) 7 Total (6 wickets, innings closed, 34 overs) 139 Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Mahanama), 2-34 (Jayasuriya), 3-34 (de Silva), 4-55 (Gurusinha), 5-84 (Ranatunga), 6-112 (Kalpage) South Africa bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls de Villiers 7 1 24 0 - - Matthews 7 0 22 3 - - Simons 7 0 25 0 - - Cronje 8 0 27 2 - - Callaghan 3 0 19 1 - - Eksteen 2 0 16 0 - -

Notes
--> Sri Lanka target was 184 runs in 34 overs
--> JN Rhodes passed 1500 runs in ODIs when he reached 38
--> HDPK Dharmasena achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ListA Matches when he dismissed DJ Callaghan in the South Africa innings (previous best was 3-26)
--> HDPK Dharmasena achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs when he dismissed DJ Cullinan in the South Africa innings (previous best was 2-34)
--> DJ Cullinan retired hurt in the South Africa innings having scored 62 (team score 160/3) - he returned when the score was 198/4

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Sri Lankan target was reduced to 184 off 34 overs