South Africa v Sri Lanka (1306)

a11083 o1306	South Africa v Sri Lanka
	Standard Bank International Series 1997/98
Venue	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 5th April 1998 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Africa won by 57 runs
Points	South Africa 2; Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	SB Lambson, CJ Mitchley
Third umpire	DF Becker
Referee	JR Reid
Man of the Match	R Telemachus

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South Africa innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s MJR Rindel st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 59 66 97 6 - G Kirsten b de Silva 29 41 57 3 - L Klusener b de Silva 26 31 33 2 - DJ Cullinan b Chandana 24 31 41 1 - *WJ Cronje c de Silva b Chandana 22 20 26 - 2 JH Kallis c Vaas b Chandana 5 12 15 - - JN Rhodes not out 43 51 66 2 - DN Crookes c Wickramasinghe b Dharmasena 26 26 31 1 1 +MV Boucher b Jayasuriya 6 10 15 - - S Elworthy not out 14 12 11 2 - R Telemachus did not bat Extras (11 lb, 1 w) 12 Total (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) 266 Fall of wickets: 1-67 (Kirsten, 12.4 ov), 2-117 (Klusener, 22.3 ov), 3-121 (Rindel, 23.3 ov), 4-160 (Cronje, 30.1 ov), 5-169 (Cullinan, 32.4 ov), 6-172 (Kallis, 34.4 ov), 7-218 (Crookes, 43.2 ov), 8-243 (Boucher, 46.6 ov) Sri Lanka bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Vaas 7 0 33 0 - - Wickramasinghe 6 0 32 0 - - Dharmasena 6 0 37 1 - - de Silva 6 0 26 2 - - Muralitharan 10 0 39 1 - - Chandana 10 1 48 3 - - Jayasuriya 5 0 40 1 1 - Sri Lanka innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s ST Jayasuriya c Crookes b Cronje 68 83 117 6 1 MS Atapattu c Rhodes b Telemachus 4 17 16 - - RS Mahanama c Kirsten b Elworthy 11 19 32 1 - PA de Silva c Rindel b Cronje 28 46 64 3 - +RS Kaluwitharana c Boucher b Telemachus 19 22 34 2 - *A Ranatunga c Boucher b Crookes 0 4 3 - - HDPK Dharmasena c Rindel b Crookes 21 30 29 1 - UDU Chandana c Klusener b Elworthy 26 36 50 1 - WPUJC Vaas b Telemachus 8 11 11 1 - GP Wickramasinghe b Telemachus 0 1 1 - - M Muralitharan not out 13 13 19 1 - Extras (3 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) 11 Total (all out, 46.3 overs) 209 Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Atapattu, 3.5 ov), 2-51 (Mahanama, 10.6 ov), 3-116 (de Silva, 25.6 ov), 4-127 (Jayasuriya, 27.6 ov), 5-127 (Ranatunga, 28.4 ov), 6-151 (Kaluwitharana, 33.5 ov), 7-169 (Dharmasena, 38.3 ov), 8-182 (Vaas, 41.2 ov), 9-182 (Wickramasinghe, 41.3 ov), 10-209 (Chandana, 46.3 ov) South Africa bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Elworthy 8.3 1 34 2 - 3 Telemachus 10 0 43 4 1 - Cronje 9 0 43 2 - - Klusener 9 0 46 0 2 - Crookes 10 1 37 2 - -

Notes
--> MJR Rindel passed 1000 runs in ListA Matches for the season when he reached 59
--> ST Jayasuriya passed 4000 runs in ODIs when he reached 13
--> ST Jayasuriya passed 4500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 54
--> UDU Chandana equalled his previous highest ODIs score of 26
--> R Telemachus achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs when he dismissed WPUJC Vaas in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 2-40)

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de Silva dropped by Kallis in the slips when on 0
de Silva dropped by Boucher when on 12
Jayasuriya missed stumping chance by Boucher when on 62
Attendance 30,000 (Full House)