VB SeriesMatch 6 · ODI
South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 9 runs - Match Info
Adelaide Oval, . South Africa won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- Match 6, ODI · VB Series 2005/06
- Date
- (Tue 24 Jan, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia
- Toss
- South Africa, chose to bat
- Result
- South Africa won by 9 runs
- Player of the match
- Boeta Dippenaar
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Daryl Harper (Australia)
- TV umpire
- Steve Davis (Australia)
- Match referee
- Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Head to head (ODI)
Played 81 · SA won 46 · SL won 33 · Tied 1 · No result 1
Last 5 meetings
- Match 3 · VB Series · SA 188 v SL 282/6Sri Lanka won by 94 runs
- 5th ODI · South Africa tour of Sri Lanka · SL 308/8 v SA 259Sri Lanka won by 49 runs
- 4th ODI · South Africa tour of Sri Lanka · SA 235/7 v SL 236/3Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
- 3rd ODI · South Africa tour of Sri Lanka · SL 192/6 v SA 191Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
- 2nd ODI · South Africa tour of Sri Lanka · SL 213/9 v SA 176Sri Lanka won by 37 runs
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 runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Kallis SA | 28 | 1150 | 113 | 50.00 | 74.58 |
| Marvan Atapattu SL | 30 | 1052 | 124 | 40.46 | 72.10 |
| Kumar Sangakkara SL | 23 | 879 | 88 | 43.95 | 75.32 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya SL | 38 | 879 | 79 | 23.13 | 78.69 |
| Lance Klusener SA | 21 | 571 | 99 | 38.07 | 89.50 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun Pollock SA | 30 | 44 | 3.87 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan SL | 26 | 39 | 3.79 |
| WPUJC Vaas SL | 29 | 35 | 4.19 |
| Jacques Kallis SA | 25 | 30 | 4.56 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya SL | 35 | 29 | 4.66 |
ODIs at Adelaide Oval
- Matches
- 57
- Average 1st-innings score
- 227
- Won batting first
- 34
- Won chasing
- 22
- Highest total
- 339/4 by West Indies ()