TestNo. 2026MenUpset 60

South Africa v Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka won by 208 runs

Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, Match 226 December 2011 to 29 December 2011Kingsmead, Durban

Sri Lankabatted first

338 & 27978.2 ov

South Africa

168 & 24187.3 ov

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match HMRKB Herath

Sri Lanka innings

338108.2 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
NT Paranavitana	c MV Boucher b M de Lange	12	29	1	0	41.4
TM Dilshan	c M Morkel b Imran Tahir	47	69	6	0	68.1
KC Sangakkara	c MV Boucher b M de Lange	0	3	0	0	0.0
DPMD Jayawardene	b M Morkel	31	58	3	1	53.4
TT Samaraweera	c AG Prince b M de Lange	102	269	11	0	37.9
AD Mathews	c & b M de Lange	30	51	5	0	58.8
LD Chandimal	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	58	86	7	0	67.4
NLTC Perera	c HM Amla b M de Lange	12	28	2	0	42.9
HMRKB Herath	c MV Boucher b M de Lange	30	54	4	0	55.6
UWMBCA Welegedara	c HM Amla b M de Lange	2	4	0	0	50.0
CRD Fernando	not out	0*	5	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 8, nb 6	14
Total	all out, 108.2 overs, run rate 3.12	338

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-35 NT Paranavitana2-47 KC Sangakkara3-84 TM Dilshan4-117 DPMD Jayawardene5-162 AD Mathews6-273 LD Chandimal7-289 NLTC Perera8-335 HMRKB Herath9-337 UWMBCA Welegedara10-338 TT Samaraweera

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
DW Steyn	23	5	63	0	2.74	109	8	0	0
M Morkel	21	3	61	2	2.90	98	7	0	4
M de Lange	23.2	3	81	7	3.47	101	11	0	0
Imran Tahir	32	3	101	1	3.16	138	12	1	2
JH Kallis	9	1	24	0	2.67	40	1	0	0

South Africa innings

16854.4 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c LD Chandimal b UWMBCA Welegedara	15	38	2	0	39.5
JA Rudolph	c UWMBCA Welegedara b NLTC Perera	7	13	1	0	53.8
HM Amla	c LD Chandimal b UWMBCA Welegedara	54	83	10	0	65.1
JH Kallis	c DPMD Jayawardene b UWMBCA Welegedara	0	3	0	0	0.0
AB de Villiers	c DPMD Jayawardene b UWMBCA Welegedara	25	79	3	0	31.6
AG Prince	c DPMD Jayawardene b HMRKB Herath	11	24	1	0	45.8
MV Boucher	c TM Dilshan b HMRKB Herath	3	14	0	0	21.4
DW Steyn	not out	29*	36	2	2	80.6
M Morkel	b HMRKB Herath	0	5	0	0	0.0
Imran Tahir	st LD Chandimal b HMRKB Herath	11	19	0	1	57.9
M de Lange	c LD Chandimal b UWMBCA Welegedara	9	17	2	0	52.9
Extras	w 1, nb 3	4
Total	all out, 54.4 overs, run rate 3.07	168

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-22 JA Rudolph2-27 GC Smith3-27 JH Kallis4-103 AB de Villiers5-106 HM Amla6-118 MV Boucher7-119 AG Prince8-119 M Morkel9-145 Imran Tahir10-168 M de Lange

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
UWMBCA Welegedara	16.4	3	52	5	3.12	77	6	0	0	3
NLTC Perera	9	3	27	1	3.00	43	5	0	0	0
TM Dilshan	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0	0
HMRKB Herath	20	7	49	4	2.45	98	3	3	0	0
AD Mathews	2	0	11	0	5.50	8	2	0	1	0
CRD Fernando	6	0	29	0	4.83	24	5	0	0	0

Sri Lanka innings

27978.2 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
NT Paranavitana	c AG Prince b M Morkel	9	22	2	0	40.9
TM Dilshan	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	4	3	1	0	133.3
KC Sangakkara	c GC Smith b Imran Tahir	108	190	13	0	56.8
DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b M de Lange	14	27	2	0	51.9
TT Samaraweera	b Imran Tahir	43	64	5	0	67.2
AD Mathews	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	3	6	0	0	50.0
LD Chandimal	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	54	92	7	0	58.7
NLTC Perera	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	12	17	1	0	70.6
HMRKB Herath	not out	8*	31	0	0	25.8
UWMBCA Welegedara	c HM Amla b DW Steyn	10	7	2	0	142.9
CRD Fernando	c AG Prince b M Morkel	3	13	0	0	23.1
Extras	b 5, lb 3, w 1, nb 2	11
Total	all out, 78.2 overs, run rate 3.56	279

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-4 TM Dilshan2-20 NT Paranavitana3-44 DPMD Jayawardene4-138 TT Samaraweera5-141 AD Mathews6-245 LD Chandimal7-245 KC Sangakkara8-262 NLTC Perera9-276 UWMBCA Welegedara10-279 CRD Fernando

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
M Morkel	18.2	4	46	2	2.51	87	6	0	0
DW Steyn	20	3	73	5	3.65	85	10	0	0
M de Lange	13	2	45	1	3.46	50	4	1	1
JH Kallis	11	1	43	0	3.91	46	6	0	0
Imran Tahir	16	1	64	2	4.00	61	7	0	1

South Africa innings

24187.3 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Rudolph	c DPMD Jayawardene b NLTC Perera	22	65	3	0	33.8
GC Smith	c DPMD Jayawardene b CRD Fernando	26	37	1	0	70.3
HM Amla	run out (UWMBCA Welegedara, LD Chandimal)	51	81	7	0	63.0
JH Kallis	c NT Paranavitana b HMRKB Herath	0	7	0	0	0.0
AG Prince	c NT Paranavitana b CRD Fernando	7	24	0	0	29.2
AB de Villiers	lbw b HMRKB Herath	69	141	6	1	48.9
MV Boucher	lbw b HMRKB Herath	7	34	0	0	20.6
DW Steyn	lbw b HMRKB Herath	43	125	7	0	34.4
M Morkel	lbw b TM Dilshan	5	10	0	0	50.0
Imran Tahir	not out	0*	0	0	0	-
M de Lange	b HMRKB Herath	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 6, lb 1, w 3, nb 1	11
Total	all out, 87.3 overs, run rate 2.75	241

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-37 GC Smith2-88 JA Rudolph3-97 JH Kallis4-106 HM Amla5-116 AG Prince6-133 MV Boucher7-232 AB de Villiers8-241 M Morkel9-241 DW Steyn10-241 M de Lange

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
UWMBCA Welegedara	16	5	33	0	2.06	83	4	0	1	0
NLTC Perera	13	0	48	1	3.69	56	7	0	0	0
CRD Fernando	13	3	29	2	2.23	62	1	0	2	1
TM Dilshan	11	2	35	1	3.18	45	4	0	0	0
HMRKB Herath	30.3	7	79	5	2.59	139	7	1	0	0
AD Mathews	3	0	9	0	3.00	12	1	0	0	0
TT Samaraweera	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0	0

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Player of the match

HMRKB HerathSri Lanka

30off 54 balls, 4 fours and 0 sixes, strike rate 55.6

4-49in 20 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2026
Competition: Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series
Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to bat
Umpires: RA Kettleborough and SJ Davis
TV umpire: RJ Tucker
Match referee: BC Broad
Season: 2011/12

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 25 / 25°C, 1.7 mm rain
Day 2: 26 / 24°C, 4.8 mm rain
Day 3: 25 / 23°C, 14.7 mm rain
Day 4: 23 / 22°C, 1.1 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2011-12-26-south-africa-v-sri-lanka/scorecard200

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  "result": "Sri Lanka won by 208 runs",
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    { "team": "South Africa", "runs": 168, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "Sri Lanka", "runs": 279, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "South Africa", "runs": 241, "wickets": 10 }
  ],
  "batting": [ ... 44 rows ... ],
  "bowling": [ ... 23 rows ... ]
}

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