Sri Lanka v South Africa

At Tangier, August 19. Sri Lanka won by six wickets. Sri Lanka 4 pts. Toss: South Africa.

Only one team turned up for this dress rehearsal for the final - and Sri Lanka coasted to victory, thanks to another vintage work-it-around performance from de Silva, disciplined bowling from their second-string bowlers and some particularly poor fielding from the South Africans. Sri Lanka looked hungry for victory to continue their comeback from the dismal form of their tour of England; South Africa lacked bite, and even Pollock was guilty of some village-green errors in the field. Sri Lanka became the first team to succeed in chasing a total in Tangier, though, coming in a meaningless game, it was not enough to dispel talk of the pitches wearing badly and the toss being all-important.

Man of the Match: P. A. de Silva.