2000 Singer Triangular Series5th Match · ODI
Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 8 wickets in the 5th Match - Match Info
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, . Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl.
Sri Lanka168/227.3 ov
South Africa16749.2 ov
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 135 balls remaining)
Sri Lanka won the tournament
Match details
- Match
- 5th Match, ODI · 2000 Singer Triangular Series
- Date
- (Tue 11 Jul, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to bowl
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 135 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Avishka Gunawardene
Head to head (ODI)
Played 81 · SL won 33 · SA won 46 · Tied 1 · No result 1
Last 5 meetings
- 2nd Match · 2000 Singer Triangular Series · SL 249/7 v SA 212Sri Lanka won by 37 runs
- 9th Match · 1999 Cricket World Cup · SA 199/9 v SL 110South Africa won by 89 runs
- 1st Semi-Final · 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy · SA 240/7 v SL 132/9South Africa won by 92 runs (D/L method)
- 1st Match · 1998 Emirates Triangular Tournament · SA 201 v SL 258Sri Lanka won by 57 runs
- 9th Match · 1997–98 Standard Bank International One-Day Series · SA 106/5 v SL 105South Africa won by 5 wickets (with 141 balls remaining)
Recent results (ODI)
- W vs PAK · SL 244/4 v PAK 240/6Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
- W vs SA · SL 249/7 v SA 212Sri Lanka won by 37 runs
- W vs PAK · SL 166/5 v PAK 164/8Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 45 balls remaining)
- L vs PAK · PAK 277/4 v SL 238/9Pakistan won by 39 runs
- L vs PAK · PAK 193/3 v SL 192Pakistan won by 7 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
- W vs PAK · PAK 223/9 v SA 241/6South Africa won by 18 runs
- L vs SL · SL 249/7 v SA 212Sri Lanka won by 37 runs
- W vs AUS · AUS 205 v SA 209/6South Africa won by 4 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
- L vs AUS · SA 144/9 v AUS 145/5Australia won by 5 wickets (with 153 balls remaining)
- W vs AUS · AUS 240/9 v SA 241/4South Africa won by 6 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
Top players in this fixture
SL v SA ODIs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arjuna Ranatunga SL | 16 | 442 | 93 | 31.57 | 68.74 |
| Jonty Rhodes SA | 17 | 411 | 54 | 31.62 | 73.66 |
| Daryll Cullinan SA | 15 | 372 | 63 | 24.80 | 64.47 |
| Roshan Mahanama SL | 15 | 362 | 68 | 25.86 | 57.19 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya SL | 16 | 288 | 68 | 18.00 | 70.24 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muttiah Muralitharan SL | 14 | 22 | 3.75 |
| Allan Donald SA | 10 | 17 | 3.79 |
| Kumar Dharmasena SL | 10 | 17 | 4.45 |
| Shaun Pollock SA | 7 | 13 | 3.61 |
| Pat Symcox SA | 11 | 13 | 3.73 |
ODIs at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
- Matches
- 16
- Average 1st-innings score
- 187
- Won batting first
- 6
- Won chasing
- 6
- Highest total
- 296/4 by Sri Lanka ()