Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
South Africa led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
2,3,4 January 2001 (5-day match)
South Africa have won the Test series
Sri Lanka came, saw, but could not conquer as South Africa wrapped up the third and final Test at SuperSport Park
It was the 1673rd ODI in cricket history
Man of the match, man of the series, winning captain - about the only accolade Shaun Pollock was missing at the conclusion of the third Castle Lager/MTN Test match was man of the century, and it's a fair bet that if a vote was taken now for the
Despite a dressing room riddled with flu and a brave, if unexpected, third wicket partnership between Russel Arnold and Kumar Sangakkara, South Africa seemed to be heading for a second successive victory inside three days at stumps on the second day