South Africa in Sri Lanka, 2006

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Past SAF-SL tours: 1997-98 |  2000
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Date Match Venue Result & Card
Jul 22-24 v Sri Lanka A Colombo Colts Match Drawn
Jul 27-31 1st TEST v Sri Lanka Colombo SSC Sri Lanka by an Innings and 152 runs
SAf 169 & 434, SL 756/5d
Aug 4-8 2nd TEST v Sri Lanka Colombo PSS Sri Lanka by 1 wicket
SAf 361 & 311, SL 321 & 352/9
Aug 14-19 ODI Series (SL Ind SAf)

 

Sri Lanka
Age TEST
29 TM Dilshan Bat Bowl
27 CRD Fernando Bat Bowl
37 ST Jayasuriya Bat Bowl
28 DPMD Jayawardene Bat Bowl
26 HAPW Jayawardene Bat Bowl
19 CK Kapugedera Bat Bowl
21 MF Maharoof Bat Bowl
22 SL Malinga Bat Bowl
34 M Muralitharan Bat Bowl
28 KC Sangakkara Bat Bowl
21 WU Tharanga Bat Bowl
32 WPUJC Vaas Bat Bowl
South Africa
Age TEST
23 HM Amla Bat Bowl
33 N Boje Bat Bowl
29 MV Boucher Bat Bowl
22 AB de Villiers Bat Bowl
32 HH Gibbs Bat Bowl
31 AJ Hall Bat Bowl
29 A Nel Bat Bowl
29 M Ntini Bat Bowl
33 SM Pollock Bat Bowl
29 AG Prince Bat Bowl
26 JA Rudolph Bat Bowl
23 DW Steyn Bat Bowl

 

Record performances for series

Highest Innings

Rank Name   Opp. Venue Date
1 DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 374 SAf Colombo SSC 27 Jul 2006
2 KC Sangakkara (SL) 287 SAf Colombo SSC 27 Jul 2006
3 DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 237 SAf Galle 4 Aug 2004
4 KC Sangakkara (SL) 232 SAf Colombo SSC 11 Aug 2004
5 G Kirsten (SAf) 180 SL Durban 26 Dec 2000
6 DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 167 SAf Galle 20 Jul 2000
7 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 148 SAf Galle 20 Jul 2000
8 A Ranatunga (SL) 131 SAf Moratuwa 25 Aug 1993
9 DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 123 SAf Colombo PSS 4 Aug 2006
10 WJ Cronje (SAf) 122 SL Colombo SSC 6 Sep 1993
11 MS Atapattu (SL) 120 SAf Kandy 30 Jul 2000
12 L Klusener (SAf) 118* SL Kandy 30 Jul 2000
13 DJ Cullinan (SAf) 114* SL Galle 20 Jul 2000
14 DJ Cullinan (SAf) 113 SL Cape Town 19 Mar 1998
15 DJ Cullinan (SAf) 112 SL Cape Town 2 Jan 2001

Best Bowling - Innings

Rank Name   Opp. Venue Date
1 M Muralitharan (SL) 7/84 SAf Galle 20 Jul 2000
2 M Muralitharan (SL) 7/97 SAf Colombo PSS 4 Aug 2006
3 WPUJC Vaas (SL) 6/29 SAf Colombo SSC 11 Aug 2004
4 SM Pollock (SAf) 6/30 SL Cape Town 2 Jan 2001
5 M Muralitharan (SL) 6/39 SAf Durban 26 Dec 2000
6 M Muralitharan (SL) 6/87 SAf Galle 20 Jul 2000
7 M Muralitharan (SL) 6/131 SAf Colombo SSC 27 Jul 2006
8 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 5/34 SAf Colombo SSC 11 Aug 2004
9 BN Schultz (SAf) 5/48 SL Colombo SSC 6 Sep 1993
10 AA Donald (SAf) 5/54 SL Centurion 27 Mar 1998
11 N Boje (SAf) 5/62 SL Colombo SSC 6 Aug 2000
12 M Muralitharan (SL) 5/63 SAf Centurion 27 Mar 1998
= BN Schultz (SAf) 5/63 SL Colombo PSS 14 Sep 1993
14 M Muralitharan (SL) 5/68 SAf Colombo SSC 6 Aug 2000
15 AA Donald (SAf) 5/69 SL Moratuwa 25 Aug 1993

Most Runs for Series

Rank Name M I R Avg. 50 100 HS
1 DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 12 22 1472 70.09 2 5 374
2 KC Sangakkara (SL) 12 22 1182 53.72 5 2 287
3 DJ Cullinan (SAf) 11 19 917 53.94 3 5 114*
4 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 15 27 857 31.74 5 1 148
5 MV Boucher (SAf) 14 23 700 33.33 6 0 92
6 G Kirsten (SAf) 9 16 639 42.60 5 1 180
= JH Kallis (SAf) 12 21 639 33.63 5 0 87
8 MS Atapattu (SL) 12 23 601 26.13 4 1 120

Most Wickets for Series

Rank Name M R W Avg. 5wi 10wm Best
1 M Muralitharan (SL) 15 2311 104 22.22 11 4 7/ 84
2 SM Pollock (SAf) 13 1072 48 22.33 1 0 6/ 30
3 M Ntini (SAf) 12 1043 35 29.80 0 0 4/ 39
4 N Boje (SAf) 10 1242 34 36.52 2 0 5/ 62
5 AA Donald (SAf) 6 556 29 19.17 2 0 5/ 54
6 WPUJC Vaas (SL) 11 924 27 34.22 1 0 6/ 29
7 JH Kallis (SAf) 12 710 23 30.86 0 0 4/ 39
8 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 15 671 21 31.95 1 0 5/ 34