f45460	Eastern Province v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in South Africa 2000/01
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 9th, 10th December 2000 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lankans won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sri Lankans won by 8 wickets
Umpires	WA Diedricks, KH Hurter
TV umpire	M Gajjar
Close of play day 1	Sri Lankans (1) 253/9 (Zoysa 19*, Muralitharan 2*; 72 overs)

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Benfield	c Muralitharan b Zoysa	0	8	11	-	-
*CC Bradfield	b Fernando	4	4	6	1	-
JDC Bryant	c Jayawardene b Zoysa	37	53	70	3	2
DJ Callaghan	b Fernando	9	14	18	-	-
JM Kemp	run out	0	9	18	-	-
MW Creed	b Muralitharan	6	20	31	1	-
RJ Peterson	run out	1	4	13	-	-
S Abrahams	lbw b Muralitharan	9	38	36	1	-
+DW Murray	not out	8	23	34	1	-
M Hayward	b Fernando	1	4	5	-	-
GJP Kruger	c Kaluwitharana b Fernando	0	3	2	-	-
Extras	(12 lb, 5 w)	17
Total	(all out, 30 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Bradfield), 2-13 (Benfield), 3-22 (Callaghan), 4-28 (Kemp), 5-69 (Bryant), 6-69 (Creed), 7-71 (Peterson), 8-91 (Abrahams), 9-92 (Hayward), 10-92 (Kruger, 30 ov)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Zoysa	8	2	16	2	-	-
Fernando	11	6	27	4	5	-
Wickramasinghe	5	1	28	0	-	-
Muralitharan	6	2	9	2	-	-

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Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MS Atapattu	c Murray b Kruger	42	68	82	6	-
*ST Jayasuriya	c Callaghan b Hayward	38	57	78	7	-
KC Sangakkara	c Peterson b Kruger	37	80	105	5	1
DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b Kemp	87	145	184	11	2
RP Arnold	lbw b Kruger	0	1	1	-	-
TM Dilshan	c Kemp b Kruger	0	1	1	-	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	c Murray b Creed	15	30	56	2	-
DNT Zoysa	not out	27	34	57	5	-
GP Wickramasinghe	b Kemp	0	1	1	-	-
CRD Fernando	c Murray b Kemp	4	13	9	-	-
M Muralitharan	c Benfield b Kemp	7	14	21	1	-
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	9
Total	(all out, 73.2 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-85 (Jayasuriya), 2-85 (Atapattu), 3-176 (Sangakkara), 4-176 (Arnold), 5-176 (Dilshan), 6-224 (Kaluwitharana), 7-232 (Jayawardene), 8-232 (Wickramasinghe), 9-236 (Fernando), 10-266 (Muralitharan, 73.2 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hayward	11	0	60	1	2	-
Kemp	21.2	4	59	4	-	-
Kruger	20	5	76	4	-	-
Creed	10	2	26	1	-	4
Peterson	7	1	24	0	-	-
Abrahams	4	1	18	0	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CC Bradfield	lbw b Wickramasinghe	30	75	88	3	-
MR Benfield	c Kaluwitharana b Fernando	22	15	34	4	1
JDC Bryant	c Dilshan b Fernando	50	95	116	8	-
DJ Callaghan	c Dilshan b Wickramasinghe	0	3	6	-	-
JM Kemp	c Kaluwitharana b Zoysa	1	30	29	-	-
MW Creed	not out	40	74	142	4	-
RJ Peterson	c Jayasuriya b Fernando	23	39	33	4	-
S Abrahams	lbw b Muralitharan	5	14	14	1	-
+DW Murray	c Dilshan b Muralitharan	32	63	63	2	1
M Hayward	b Muralitharan	0	6	7	-	-
GJP Kruger	st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan	0	3	2	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-47 (Benfield), 2-81 (Bradfield), 3-85 (Callaghan), 4-105 (Kemp), 5-114 (Bryant), 6-147 (Peterson), 7-164 (Abrahams), 8-214 (Murray), 9-214 (Hayward), 10-214 (Kruger, 69 ov)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Zoysa	14	3	55	1	-	-
Fernando	16	2	76	3	-	2
Muralitharan	28	11	41	4	-	-
Wickramasinghe	11	4	34	2	-	-

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Sri Lankans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MS Atapattu	not out	19	19	30	2	-
*ST Jayasuriya	c Bradfield b Kemp	0	6	9	-	-
KC Sangakkara	c Peterson b Kemp	6	8	10	1	-
DPMD Jayawardene	not out	14	7	9	3	-
RP Arnold	did not bat
TM Dilshan	did not bat
+RS Kaluwitharana	did not bat
DNT Zoysa	did not bat
GP Wickramasinghe	did not bat
CRD Fernando	did not bat
M Muralitharan	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 6.4 overs)	41
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Jayasuriya), 2-23 (Sangakkara)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kemp	3.4	1	15	2	-	-
Kruger	3	0	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> CRD Fernando made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> GJP Kruger completed a hat-trick in the Sri Lankans first innings (Sangakkara, Arnold, Dilshan)

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