TestNo. 2131Men

Sri Lanka v South Africa

Match drawn

South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, Match 224 July 2014 to 28 July 2014Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

Sri Lankabatted first

421 & 229/8d53.4 ov

South Africa

282 & 159/8111 ov

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match DPMD Jayawardene

Sri Lanka innings

421121.4 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
WU Tharanga	c Q de Kock b DW Steyn	11	16	2	0	68.8
JK Silva	c AB de Villiers b JP Duminy	44	73	7	0	60.3
KC Sangakkara	c Imran Tahir b DW Steyn	0	1	0	0	0.0
DPMD Jayawardene	run out (AN Petersen)	165	284	17	1	58.1
AD Mathews	c Q de Kock b JP Duminy	63	135	6	0	46.7
KDK Vithanage	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	13	38	1	1	34.2
N Dickwella	run out (Q de Kock)	72	116	8	1	62.1
MDK Perera	c HM Amla b Imran Tahir	12	41	0	1	29.3
HMRKB Herath	not out	7*	14	1	0	50.0
BAW Mendis	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	2	11	0	0	18.2
RAS Lakmal	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	4	4	1	0	100.0
Extras	b 11, lb 14, nb 3	28
Total	all out, 121.4 overs, run rate 3.46	421

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-16 WU Tharanga2-16 KC Sangakkara3-115 JK Silva4-246 AD Mathews5-285 KDK Vithanage6-385 DPMD Jayawardene7-404 MDK Perera8-409 N Dickwella9-415 BAW Mendis10-421 RAS Lakmal

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
DW Steyn	22	5	69	2	3.14	102	11	0	0
VD Philander	21.4	7	52	2	2.40	106	6	0	1
M Morkel	26	6	69	1	2.65	119	8	0	1
Imran Tahir	33	4	121	1	3.67	122	9	2	0
JP Duminy	18	1	80	2	4.44	63	9	2	1
D Elgar	1	0	5	0	5.00	3	0	0	0

South Africa innings

282134.5 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Petersen	c & b HMRKB Herath	2	10	0	0	20.0
D Elgar	c JK Silva b MDK Perera	1	22	0	0	4.5
F du Plessis	c N Dickwella b RAS Lakmal	36	109	3	1	33.0
HM Amla	not out	139*	382	12	0	36.4
AB de Villiers	lbw b MDK Perera	37	99	5	0	37.4
Q de Kock	b MDK Perera	0	2	0	0	0.0
JP Duminy	st N Dickwella b HMRKB Herath	3	58	0	0	5.2
VD Philander	b MDK Perera	9	29	0	0	31.0
DW Steyn	c KC Sangakkara b HMRKB Herath	30	71	2	2	42.3
Imran Tahir	c WU Tharanga b HMRKB Herath	15	32	2	0	46.9
M Morkel	c JK Silva b MDK Perera	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 3, w 1, nb 6	10
Total	all out, 134.5 overs, run rate 2.09	282

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-3 AN Petersen2-13 D Elgar3-71 F du Plessis4-150 AB de Villiers5-150 Q de Kock6-175 JP Duminy7-204 VD Philander8-251 DW Steyn9-279 Imran Tahir10-282 M Morkel

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
RAS Lakmal	23	7	54	1	2.35	113	7	0	1	4
HMRKB Herath	45	17	71	4	1.58	230	4	3	0	0
MDK Perera	41.5	11	69	5	1.65	205	4	0	0	0
BAW Mendis	21	1	68	0	3.24	89	8	0	0	2
KDK Vithanage	4	0	17	0	4.25	12	1	0	0	0

Sri Lanka innings

229/8d53.4 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
WU Tharanga	c Q de Kock b DW Steyn	30	40	4	0	75.0
JK Silva	c VD Philander b M Morkel	26	57	5	0	45.6
KC Sangakkara	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	72	90	8	0	80.0
DPMD Jayawardene	c D Elgar b Imran Tahir	0	6	0	0	0.0
AD Mathews	not out	63*	83	2	2	75.9
KDK Vithanage	c F du Plessis b M Morkel	7	8	1	0	87.5
N Dickwella	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	16	21	2	0	76.2
MDK Perera	b Imran Tahir	7	7	1	0	100.0
HMRKB Herath	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	4	11	0	0	36.4
Extras	b 1, lb 2, nb 1	4
Total	8 wickets, 53.4 overs, run rate 4.27	229

Did not batBAW Mendis, RAS Lakmal

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-38 WU Tharanga2-82 JK Silva3-83 DPMD Jayawardene4-164 KC Sangakkara5-174 KDK Vithanage6-203 N Dickwella7-214 MDK Perera8-229 HMRKB Herath

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
DW Steyn	13	1	59	2	4.54	45	7	0	0
VD Philander	11	3	35	0	3.18	49	5	0	0
Imran Tahir	18	0	76	2	4.22	58	6	0	1
M Morkel	9.4	1	45	4	4.66	35	4	2	0
D Elgar	1	0	9	0	9.00	2	1	0	0
JP Duminy	1	0	2	0	2.00	5	0	0	0

South Africa innings

159/8111 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Petersen	c KDK Vithanage b HMRKB Herath	0	25	0	0	0.0
D Elgar	b MDK Perera	13	65	1	0	20.0
Q de Kock	c KDK Vithanage b HMRKB Herath	37	92	1	0	40.2
HM Amla	c DPMD Jayawardene b MDK Perera	25	159	4	0	15.7
AB de Villiers	b HMRKB Herath	12	67	1	0	17.9
F du Plessis	c DPMD Jayawardene b HMRKB Herath	10	49	2	0	20.4
JP Duminy	lbw b MDK Perera	3	65	0	0	4.6
VD Philander	not out	27*	98	5	0	27.6
DW Steyn	c N Dickwella b HMRKB Herath	6	28	1	0	21.4
Imran Tahir	not out	4*	21	1	0	19.0
Extras	b 5, lb 14, nb 3	22
Total	8 wickets, 111 overs, run rate 1.43	159

Did not batM Morkel

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-4 AN Petersen2-47 D Elgar3-68 Q de Kock4-93 AB de Villiers5-105 HM Amla6-110 F du Plessis7-130 JP Duminy8-148 DW Steyn

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
HMRKB Herath	45	30	40	5	0.89	249	6	0
MDK Perera	44	24	60	3	1.36	226	5	0
BAW Mendis	13	8	17	0	1.31	69	3	0
RAS Lakmal	4	1	11	0	2.75	22	1	3
KDK Vithanage	5	1	12	0	2.40	21	1	0

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Player of the match

DPMD JayawardeneSri Lanka

165off 284 balls, 17 fours and 1 sixes, strike rate 58.1

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2131
Competition: South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series
Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to bat
Umpires: NJ Llong and RA Kettleborough
TV umpire: BF Bowden
Match referee: JJ Crowe
Season: 2014

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 29 / 25°C, 0.2 mm rain
Day 2: 29 / 25°C, 0.3 mm rain
Day 3: 29 / 25°C, 1.6 mm rain
Day 4: 28 / 26°C, 6.7 mm rain
Day 5: 28 / 26°C, 7.3 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2014-07-24-sri-lanka-v-south-africa/scorecard200

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