World Cup Lead Up Match, 2002-03
Free State v Sri Lankans
Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein
6 February 2003 (50-over match)

Result: Sri Lankans won by 5 wickets

Toss: Free State
Umpires: MN Henry (Can) and DR Shepherd (Eng)

Free State innings (50 overs maximum)                           R   M   B  4 6
*+MN van Wyk          c Gunawardene      b Arnold              46  76  58  5 1
JA Beukes             c Jayawardene      b Jayasuriya          50 107  91  3 0
JJ van der Wath       lbw                b Muralitharan         1   4   6  0 0
ST Tshabalala         st Sangakkara      b Arnold               1   5   6  0 0
GFJ Liebenberg        not out                                  43  98  81  2 0
JR Schorn             c Gunawardene      b Gunaratne           18  49  46  0 0
R McLaren             c Gunawardene      b Gunaratne            1  10   6  0 0
HC Bakkes             c Gunawardene      b Nissanka             2  10   5  0 0
D Pretorius           not out                                   2   8   2  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 12, w 4, nb 1)                  18
Total                 (7 wickets, 50 overs, 186 mins)         182

DNB: AP Abrahams, PV Mpitsang.

FoW: 1-92 (van Wyk, 21.2 ov), 2-93 (van der Wath, 22.2 ov),
     3-99 (Tshabalala, 23.6 ov), 4-115 (Beukes, 28.5 ov),
     5-153 (Schorn, 43.4 ov), 6-160 (McLaren, 45.5 ov),
     7-170 (Bakkes, 48.1 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Fernando                     3      1     18      0 (1nb)
Gunaratne                    7      2     40      2
de Silva                    10      0     25      0 (2w)
Arnold                      10      0     33      2
Muralitharan                 8      1     13      1 (2w)
Jayasuriya                   8.3    1     26      1
Nissanka                     3.3    0     14      1

Sri Lankans innings (target: 183 runs from 50 overs)            R   M   B  4 6
*ST Jayasuriya        c Liebenberg       b van der Wath        13  17  16  3 0
DA Gunawardene        c van Wyk          b Pretorius           24  88  44  3 0
HP Tillakaratne       lbw                b van der Wath         0   7   4  0 0
PA de Silva           c Abrahams         b McLaren              9  20  19  1 0
DPMD Jayawardene      not out                                  58 122  77  5 0
+KC Sangakkara        c van Wyk          b Bakkes              30  50  48  4 0
RP Arnold             not out                                  29  28  24  4 1
Extras                (lb 10, w 8, nb 2)                       20
Total                 (5 wickets, 38.2 overs)                 183

DNB: PW Gunaratne, TCB Fernando, M Muralitharan, RAP Nissanka.

FoW: 1-19 (Jayasuriya, 3.6 ov), 2-19 (Tillakaratne, 5.4 ov),
     3-36 (de Silva, 10.1 ov), 4-77 (Gunawardene, 18.1 ov),
     5-130 (Sangakkara, 30.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Pretorius                    9.2    3     39      1 (1w)
van der Wath                 7      0     18      2 (3w)
McLaren                      4      0     27      1 (1nb, 1w)
Mpitsang                     6      0     27      0 (1nb)
Bakkes                       6      0     21      1 (1w)
Abrahams                     6      0     41      0 (2w)

Team Pages: Free State, Sri Lankans.

Ground Page: Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein

Free State Player Pages: MN van Wyk, JA Beukes, JJ van der Wath, ST Tshabalala, GFJ Liebenberg, JR Schorn, R McLaren, HC Bakkes, D Pretorius, AP Abrahams, PV Mpitsang.

Sri Lankans Player Pages: ST Jayasuriya, DA Gunawardene, HP Tillakaratne, PA de Silva, DPMD Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara, RP Arnold, PW Gunaratne, TCB Fernando, M Muralitharan, RAP Nissanka.

Match Officials' Pages: MN Henry, DR Shepherd.