Sri Lanka v South Africa

At Tangier, August 21. Sri Lanka won by 27 runs. Toss: Sri Lanka.

Sanath Jayasuriya made all the headlines as his team won the inaugural Morocco Cup. He was at his unforgiving best with the bat in the morning, and by the time he picked up the trophy, the $120,000 cheque and the man of the series award, he had his right arm in a sling after dislocating his shoulder as he caught Gibbs. It was an unusual day all round, with military top brass, a local band playing cacophonous six-foot bugles and hordes of chanting schoolchildren among the biggest crowd of the tournament. Sri Lanka made a quick start as Jayasuriya again picked up easy runs off the hapless Telemachus, but the innings did not live up to its early promise. Gibbs's brilliant diving catch in the covers off a well-struck drive by Arnold felt like a turning point. However, South Africa's top order crumpled almost as easily as it had three days previously against Pakistan. This time it was left to Boucher and Dippenaar to pick up the pieces, working a run-a-ball century stand. But, too far behind the run-rate, the South Africans perished trying to regain ground.

Man of the Match: S. T. Jayasuriya. Man of the Series: S. T. Jayasuriya.