2002 Morocco CupFinal · ODI
Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 27 runs in the final - Match Info
National Cricket Stadium, Tangier, . Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- Final, ODI · 2002 Morocco Cup
- Date
- (Wed 21 Aug, 15:00 PKT)
- Venue
- National Cricket Stadium, Tangier, West Indies
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to bat
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 27 runs
- Player of the match
- Sanath Jayasuriya
Head to head (ODI)
Played 81 · SL won 33 · SA won 46 · Tied 1 · No result 1
Last 5 meetings
- 6th Match · 2002 Morocco Cup · SA 220/6 v SL 221/4Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets (with 47 balls remaining)
- 3rd Match · 2002 Morocco Cup · SA 174 v SL 267/7Sri Lanka won by 93 runs
- 6th ODI · Sri Lanka tour of South Africa · SA 204 v SL 214/6Sri Lanka won by 4 runs (D/L method)
- 5th ODI · Sri Lanka tour of South Africa · SA 207/5 v SL 206South Africa won by 5 wickets (with 48 balls remaining)
- 4th ODI · Sri Lanka tour of South Africa · SA 290/7 v SL 191South Africa won by 99 runs
Recent results (ODI)
- L vs SL · SA 220/6 v SL 221/4Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets (with 47 balls remaining)
- W vs PAK · PAK 188 v SA 196/8South Africa won by 8 runs
- L vs SL · SA 174 v SL 267/7Sri Lanka won by 93 runs
- W vs PAK · PAK 229 v SA 283/9South Africa won by 54 runs
- W vs AUS · SA 249/7 v AUS 185South Africa won by 65 runs (D/L method)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonty Rhodes SA | 26 | 749 | 75 | 39.42 | 80.97 |
| Jacques Kallis SA | 17 | 634 | 113 | 45.29 | 73.13 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya SL | 26 | 569 | 68 | 21.88 | 75.26 |
| Marvan Atapattu SL | 19 | 461 | 63 | 27.12 | 63.06 |
| Gary Kirsten SA | 16 | 452 | 76 | 28.25 | 73.62 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muttiah Muralitharan SL | 23 | 34 | 3.73 |
| Shaun Pollock SA | 17 | 26 | 3.84 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya SL | 24 | 22 | 4.85 |
| WPUJC Vaas SL | 18 | 21 | 4.54 |
| Allan Donald SA | 13 | 20 | 4.11 |
ODIs at National Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 6
- Average 1st-innings score
- 248
- Won batting first
- 5
- Won chasing
- 1
- Highest total
- 283/9 by South Africa ()