Centurion stand rescue SA

Sri Lanka, whose total was built around an unbeaten 104 by Hashan Tillakaratne, had South Africa struggling at 71 for two before Gibbs (76 batting) and Kallis (69 batting) came together in a stand of 112.Gibbs was unusually subdued and kept his normal extravagant strokeplay in check against defensive field placings by the Sri Lankan pace bowlers.

SCOREBOARD

Sri Lanka (1st Innings): M.Atapattu c Kirsten b Kallis 17; J.Mubarak c Smith b Pollock 48; K.Sangakkara c Pollock b Hall 35; M.Jayawardene b Pollock 44; H.Tillakaratne not out 104; R.Arnold c Boucher b Kallis 2; H.Fernando c Kallis b Ntini 24; C.Vaas c Boucher b Ntini 7; C.Gamage c Kirsten b Ntini 2; D.Fernando c Boucher b Ntini 0; M.Muralitharan b Kallis 27; Extras (lb10, nb2, w1): 13; Total: 323

Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-90, 3-108, 4-189, 5-207, 6-263, 7-277, 8-281, 9-281

Bowling: Pollock 29-11-51-2, Ntini 29-6-86-4, Elworthy 21-4-71-0, Kallis 15.5-2-71-3, Hall 14-3-34-1

South Africa (1st Innings): G.Smith lbw D.Fernando 15; H.Gibbs batting 76; G.Kirsten c H.Fernando b D.Fernando 11; J.Kallis batting 69; Extras (b4, lb2, nb3, w3): 12; Total (for 2 wkts): 183

Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-71

Bowling: Vaas 16-4-38-0, Gamage 11-2-41-0, D Fernando 12-0-40-2, Muralitharan 20-3-38-0, H.Fernando 10-2-20-0