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Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 7 wickets in the 3rd ODI - Match Info

Willowmoore Park, Benoni, . Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl.

South Africa253/750 ov
Sri Lanka258/341.4 ov
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (with 50 balls remaining)
Australia won the tournament

Match details

Match
3rd ODI, ODI · ICC World Cup 2002/03
Date
(Sun 1 Dec, 14:00 PKT)
Venue
Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa
Toss
Sri Lanka, chose to bowl
Result
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (with 50 balls remaining)
Player of the match
Marvan Atapattu

Head to head (ODI)

Played 81 · SA won 46 · SL won 33 · Tied 1 · No result 1

Last 5 meetings

Recent results (ODI)

Top players in this fixture

SA v SL ODIs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.

Most runsMRunsHSAvgSR
Jonty Rhodes SA287617538.0580.79
Jacques Kallis SA2074911346.8175.96
Sanath Jayasuriya SL296937123.9079.20
Marvan Atapattu SL224936324.6561.70
Aravinda de Silva SL234637723.1570.58
Most wicketsMWktsEcon
Muttiah Muralitharan SL24363.72
Shaun Pollock SA20313.83
Allan Donald SA16264.07
WPUJC Vaas SL21244.39
Jacques Kallis SA17224.35

ODIs at Willowmoore Park

Matches
5
Average 1st-innings score
207
Won batting first
1
Won chasing
4
Highest total
288 by Sri Lanka ()