Welcome to the highlights of Sri Lanka vs South Africa 1st ODI - 1993 South Africa tour of Sri Lanka 3-match ODI series - The first One-Day International cricket match between Sri Lanka and South Africa was played at Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy on August 22, 1993.
Match Overview:
Rain save South Africa after spinners Muttiah Muralitharan and Aravinda de Silva each took two wickets in the first One-day international.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
* An enthusiastic capacity crowd of around 12000 was denied a potentially thrilling finish by rain in Kandy, but they atleast saw Sri Lanka gain the psychological edge over South Africa with a month of international cricket to come.
Kepler Wessels out the Sri Lankans into bat first on a soft and slow wicket.
Roshan Mahanama and Chandika Hathurusinghe posted 110 at four runs per over for the first wicket, but the rains came and made a result an unlikely event, although the Sri Lankan spinners were making big inroads into the South African batting.
Sri Lanka scored 179-5 in 41.3 overs at when rain stopped the play - with top scorer by Chandika Hathurusinghe hit 51 off 85-balls including 5-fours.
Roshan Mahanama cracked a 49 off 95-balls - who fell one-run short of his half-century - including 3-fours, Arjuna Ranatunga struck 29 off 32-balls included 2-fours & a six and Asanka Gurusinha hit a unbeaten 22 off 24-balls contained 3-fours.
South Africa best bowler by Debutant Pat Symcox - who picked up 2-wickets for 28-runs in 9-overs on his debut ODI match - including a maiden and Allan Donald took one-wicket.
South Africa scored 52 for 4 at when rain stopped the play - due to rain revised target of 107 from 25-overs- with top scorer by Hansie Cronje cracked a 22 off 33-balls including 3-fours, Jonty Rhodes 8 for not out and Andrew Hudson 6.
Sri Lanka best bowler by Muttiah Muralitharan captured 2-wickets for 6-runs in 3-overs and Aravinda de Silva took two-wickets.
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