World Cup Match - RSA v SRL, Pool B.

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Sri Lanka innings
MS Atapattu c sub (RJ Peterson) b Hall 124
ST Jayasuriya run out (Kirsten) 16
HP Tillakaratne c Boucher b Kallis 14
DPMD Jayawardene c Boucher b Hall 1
PA de Silva c Smith b Ntini 73
RP Arnold b Pollock 8
KC Sangakkara c Pollock b Kallis 6
WPUJC Vaas run out (Boucher) 3
M Muralitharan b Kallis 4
CRD Fernando not out 1
Extras (lb 2, w 11, nb 5) 18
Total (9 wickets, 50 overs, 210 mins) 268

Bowling O M R W
Pollock 10 1 48 1 (1nb, 2w)
Ntini 10 0 49 1 (2nb, 3w)
Zondeki 6 0 35 0 (3w)
Kallis 10 0 41 3 (1w)
Hall 10 0 62 2 (1nb, 1w)
Klusener 4 0 31 0 (1nb, 1w)

South Africa innings (target: 269 runs from 50 overs)
GC Smith c Gunaratne b de Silva 35
HH Gibbs b Muralitharan 73
G Kirsten b de Silva 8
JH Kallis b Jayasuriya 16
HH Dippenaar lbw b Jayasuriya 8
MV Boucher not out 45
SM Pollock run out (Sangakkara/Muralitharan) 25
L Klusener not out 1
Extras n (lb 4, w 12, nb 2) 18
Total (6 wickets, 45 overs) 229

Bowling O M R W
Vaas 7 1 33 0 (1nb)
Gunaratne 6 0 26 0
Fernando 1 0 14 0 (1nb)
de Silva 8 0 36 2 (1w)
Arnold 4 0 16 0 (1w)
Muralitharan 9 0 51 1 (1w)
Jayasuriya 10 0 49 2 (3w)



Hosts South Africa were knocked out of the World Cup in bizarre and cruel circumstances after a rain affected tie in their crunch clash against Sri Lanka at Durban on Monday night.

Sri Lanka scored an imposing 268 after a superb century from opener Marvan Atapattu and then restricted the Proteas to 229 for six in 45 overs before the soaked players were forced from the field by sheets of rain.

 

[dippyslara]

i really pity for RSA they surely deserved a place in the super sixes...really tough luck for RSA...i really could not see that sad face of polllock yesterdy when the match results were announced...so depresssing right ....

 

[jonah]

The irony is that if Boucher had taken a single off the last ball before they came off, SA would have gone through. They must be absolutely gutted.

 

[zimrahil]

yes basically they mis understood the rules - they thought they had enough when they reached 229 - bit unprofessional that. Jayasuriya said he had the D/L paper in his pocket, and he knew at the end of the over it was a tie.