Sameer Cup 1996–973rd Match · ODI
Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 2 wickets in the 3rd Match - Match Info
Nairobi Club Ground, . South Africa won the toss and chose to bat.
South Africa16942 ov
Sri Lanka170/840.4 ov
Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets (with 56 balls remaining)
South Africa won the tournament
Match details
- Match
- 3rd Match, ODI · Sameer Cup 1996–97
- Date
- (Tue 1 Oct, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
- Toss
- South Africa, chose to bat
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets (with 56 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Sanath Jayasuriya
Head to head (ODI)
Played 81 · SA won 46 · SL won 33 · Tied 1 · No result 1
Last 5 meetings
- 12th Match · 1994–95 Mandela Trophy · SA 237/8 v SL 139/6South Africa won by 44 runs (revised target)
- 8th Match · 1994–95 Mandela Trophy · SA 191 v SL 226/8Sri Lanka won by 35 runs
- 8th Match · 1993 Hero Cup · SA 214/7 v SL 136South Africa won by 78 runs
- 3rd ODI · South Africa tour of Sri Lanka · SL 198/9 v SA 154Sri Lanka won by 44 runs
- 2nd ODI · South Africa tour of Sri Lanka · SL 98 v SA 222/7South Africa won by 124 runs
Recent results (ODI)
- W vs PAK · PAK 259 v SA 321/8South Africa won by 62 runs
- W vs IND · IND 249/9 v SA 287/5South Africa won by 38 runs
- W vs IND · IND 215/8 v SA 216/5South Africa won by 5 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
- W vs PAK · PAK 188 v SA 189/2South Africa won by 8 wickets (with 101 balls remaining)
- W vs IND · IND 208/8 v SA 288/6South Africa won by 80 runs
- W vs KEN · KEN 188/9 v SL 190/3Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (with 116 balls remaining)
- W vs AUS · SL 234/3 v AUS 184Sri Lanka won by 50 runs
- W vs ZIM · SL 228/4 v ZIM 227/5Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)
- W vs AUS · SL 232/6 v AUS 228/9Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)
- W vs IND · SL 230/1 v IND 226/5Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 34 balls remaining)
Top players in this fixture
SA v SL ODIs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arjuna Ranatunga SL | 7 | 224 | 64 | 37.33 | 81.75 |
| Jonty Rhodes SA | 7 | 202 | 53 | 33.67 | 68.01 |
| Roshan Mahanama SL | 7 | 192 | 68 | 27.43 | 51.61 |
| Aravinda de Silva SL | 7 | 153 | 73 | 25.50 | 62.96 |
| Andrew Hudson SA | 6 | 131 | 48 | 21.83 | 57.71 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Donald SA | 5 | 9 | 3.61 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya SL | 6 | 8 | 5.08 |
| Fanie de Villiers SA | 6 | 7 | 3.00 |
| Richard Snell SA | 5 | 7 | 3.75 |
| Ruwan Kalpage SL | 7 | 7 | 4.13 |