March 28, 2007
South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 1 wicket (with 10 balls remaining) in a dramatic finish in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at the Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana.
South Africa looked to be cruising to victory at 206-5, before Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga set a new World Cup record - and also international level record - with 4 wickets from 4 balls. Nevertheless, South Africa held their nerve to scrape home by one wicket.
This was both teams' first game in the Super 8 stage, although Sri Lanka already had 2 points on the board, thanks to their victory over Bangladesh in the group stage. South Africa entered empty-handed, having lost to their fellow group qualifiers, Australia.
Toss: Sri Lanka won, and elected to bat first.
 Sri Lanka innings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Upul Tharanga | c Kemp b Ntini | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 92.30 | |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | c Kallis b Langeveldt | 26 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 96.29 | |
| Mahela Jayawardene | c de Villiers b Langeveldt | 12 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 38.70 | |
| Kumar Sangakkara | c Boucher b Hall | 28 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 73.68 | |
| Chamara Silva | run out (Gibbs) | 9 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Kemp b Ntini | 58 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 76.31 | |
| Russel Arnold | c Boucher b Langeveldt | 50 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 68.49 | |
| Farveez Maharoof | c Ntini b Langeveldt | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| Chaminda Vaas | c Gibbs b Langeveldt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Lasith Malinga | not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | run out (Pollock) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3; w 4; nb 1) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out; 49.3 overs) | 209 | 18 | 0 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Tharanga, 3.1 ov), 2-45 (Jayasuriya, 10.1 ov), 3-65 (Jayawardene, 14.4 ov), 4-90 (Sangakkara, 21.3 ov), 5-98 (Silva, 24.1 ov), 6-195 (Dilshan, 45.5 ov), 7-208 (Arnold, 48.2 ov), 8-208 (Maharoof, 48.5 ov), 9-208 (Vaas, 48.6 ov), 10-209 (Muralitharan, 49.3 ov)
 South Africa bowling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket(s) | Econ | |
| Shaun Pollock | 8 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 5.75 | |
| Makhaya Ntini | 8 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 3.25 | |
| Charl Langeveldt | 10 | 1 | 39 | 5 | 3.90 | |
| Andrew Hall | 9.3 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 3.47 | |
| Jacques Kallis | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.00 | |
| Robin Peterson | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4.40 | |
| Graeme Smith | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5.33 | |
| South Africa innings (Target: 210 runs from 50 overs) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Graeme Smith | st Sangakkara b Muralitharan | 59 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 90.76 | |
| Abraham de Villiers | b Vaas | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Jacques Kallis | c Sangakkara b Malinga | 86 | 110 | 4 | 0 | 78.18 | |
| Herschelle Gibbs | c & b Muralitharan | 31 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 60.78 | |
| Mark Boucher | lbw b Muralitharan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Justin Kemp | st Sangakkara b Jayasuriya | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 31.25 | |
| Shaun Pollock | b Malinga | 13 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 54.16 | |
| Andrew Hall | c Tharanga b Malinga | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Robin Peterson | not out | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Makhaya Ntini | b Malinga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Charl Langeveldt | not out | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |
| Extras | (b 5; lb 4; w 3; nb 1) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (9 Wickets; 48.2 overs) | 212 | 14 | 1 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (de Villiers, 0.6 ov), 2-95 (Smith, 17.2 ov), 3-160 (Gibbs, 32.1 ov), 4-160 (Boucher, 32.2 ov), 5-182 (Kemp, 37.6 ov), 6-206 (Pollock, 44.5 ov), 7-206 (Hall, 44.6 ov), 8-207 (Kallis, 46.1 ov), 9-207 (Ntini, 46.2 ov)
| Sri Lanka bowling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket(s) | Econ | |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 3.10 | |
| Lasith Malinga | 9.2 | 0 | 54 | 4 | 5.78 | |
| Farveez Maharoof | 7 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 5.85 | |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 3.40 | |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 3.40 | |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | |
Sri Lanka: W U Tharanga, S T Jayasuriya, K C Sangakkara (wkt), D P M D Jayawardene (capt), L P C Silva, T M Dilshan, M F Maharoof, W P U J C Vaas, R P Arnold, S L Malinga, M Muralitharan
South Africa: G C Smith (capt), A B de Villiers, J H Kallis, H H Gibbs, J M Kemp, M V Boucher (wkt), S M Pollock, A J Hall, R J Peterson, M Ntini, C K Langeveldt
Player of the match: C K Langeveldt (South Africa)
Umpires: S A Bucknor (West Indies) and D J Harper (Australia)TV umpire: M R Benson (England)
Match referee: J J Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire: S J A Taufel (Australia)
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